The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-11-25
Observations
Subsidy Fight
Seen as Issue
in Election
sy Helen Esssry

portant features of the 1915 pres.
dental campaign Is taking place m
Congress. II IS IN the form OF
the battle over food subsidies.
With victory next year 2 distinct
possibility Republicans arc tai
ing full advantage of the political
implications in the subsidy issue
And Democratic leaders IN house
and Senate are trying TO check
mate them
Strategy Of the Democratic lead
ers is to work for 4 compromiso
that will permit continuation Of
food subsidies on a modified basis
Republicans oppose compromise
Their argument is that payment
Of subsidies 70 hold down prices Is
fundamental issue that cannot
be compromised.
II Democratic leaders have their
way. a bill will be passed before
Christmas continuing the life Of
the Commodity credit Corporation
and providing for continuance Of
the subsidy program through l9li
on "a nodded basis That would
end the battle
But right now II appears that
Republicans and farm bloc Demo
Gratis will have their way I'm
that case, Congress will pass the
CCC bill. Win a ban on payment Of
subsidies after January / The
President will veto the bill. and
Congress in all probability will fail
10 pass It over the veto.
That would kill CCC But no
BODY wants 10 kill the agency,
which is highly valuable to farm.
ers. So to keep it alive, Congress
would again pass 4 resolution ca
tending its life for three or four
months.
Democratic leaders don't want
that to happen The battle would
have, to be fought all over again
IN three or four months. The Re
publicsus agaiu could picture the
Administration as hostile TO farm,
ers
In this way, the Republicans
? could lose each time the subsidy
program could Do continued, and
the Republicans could picture the
Administration each three or four
months OF a presidential election
year as antasonistic TO farmers
WAR AGENCY and federal de-
partnent executives press rela-
tons. men ard other employees
would be practically speechless II
they suddenly found themselves
without the intricate pattern Of
Westinghouse built UP recently.
For instance without the words
overall picture 10 describe gen.
eral situation the Washington gov
eminent man presumably would
be unable 10 carry on. The phrase
must be used thousands OF times
daily in the capital
Rare also is the bureau chief or
employe who doesn't speak OF his
place OF employment as his shop
talk about things az federal state
or local levels" speak chilly
about "directives or about spell
ing out anything from the general
situation in cranberry production
10 synthetic rubber problems
WHITE COLLAR WORKERS
cot a surprise invitation TO wage
increase from none other than
WLB Chairman William n Davis
the administration No. 1 wage
freeze expert
Davis. who still adheres firmly
10 the Little Steel formula, takes
the position that most industrial
workers have received the full 5
per cent pay boost allowed BY this
yardstick. but that white collar
wages lag behind
= Hence. he said the Little Steel
formula can now be construed as
holding the door open 20 white
collar employees and other 'un-
derprivilezed' workers 70 obtain
the IS per cent boost permissible
since Jan. ! 1871, II they haven't
had 1t yet
II the white collar worker ever
gets his employer to offer that in
crease, he is free 10 take it. Davis
said The WLB chief admitted
however. Fat white collar workers
could not come individually before
the WLB since there we're too
many OF them and not enough
WLB."
About the only way they can get
the increase he argued is TO Join
an organization o. 20 to work
for someone else who will pay it..
On the latter hoeevc' Msrpover
Boss McNutts order against shift
ing jobs for higher pay interferes.
Finally. the Little steel formu-
Ia doesn't mean that each indiyid-
val white collar worker Is entitled
TO Is. per cent pay increase since
Jan. !. 1871. but rather that the
group as a whole is entitled to
that average raise 10 Offset higher