The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-01
Michigan in
Washington
BY Esther Van Wagner Tufty

by Ebtncr van luTty
Detroit Democrat John Dingell
increased his stature as a states
man during the debate on the tax
bill in the House. Republican Earl
Kitchener, OF Adrian. said his state
ment was true and fearless.
The real tax issue was, and still
is in the Senate,-'Do We need the
iO12 billion dollars additional toxes,
as demanded by the Treasury De-
partment, II the government econo-
mizes?"
Although a party stslwart. Din
CELL says. NO" and was most EN-
phatic about it. He vas one OF
the reasons especially as a mem
Der Of the House Ways and Means
Committed the Committee bill pro.
vided for an additional S2.142, O00,-
coo, not the l0h billion. The House
sustained the Committee and nov
the same issue seethes in the Sen.
ate.
Dingell was specific as well rs
emphatic. He says money could
be saved in many ways: % in the
construction Of merchant ships,
(2) by discarding the policy OF
~budgeting u%nallocated monies 10
the Army and Navy. encouraging
looseness in spending. (As All eX-
ample, in Michigan recently the
sale OF Sl,400, 900 Of standard tools
were sold as junk for 100000 and
then sold back TO the government
as new tools).
The Republican member OF the
same committee made more con-
demning accusations. Scooping
Senator Butler, of Nebraska, Con-
gresham Roy Woodruff gave the
highlights OF the Senator's find.
ings on a recent investigation in
South America. The Bay City Re-
publican, from the Butler report,
said: "a Agents OF this govern
ment are oYerrunning Central and
South American republics, commit
ting our people TO expenditures of
money (2) Under lend-lease act,
renewed for two years, the Con-
gress gave the President 20 mil
lion dollars for purposes Of winning
the war but II did not anticipate
the kind Of projects approved for
South America. (For example,
none to stock the streams OF
Venezuela with game fish or a sur
vey OF collections of Latin-Ameri'
can music.)
Woodruff believes that in cur
failing such expenses, plus the IL
billion which the War Department
turned back the other day, enough
will be saved to make greater taxes
unnecessary.
Every six months the War Man
power Commission makes an esti-
mate on anticipated labor short
ages and SURPRISES in various indus
trial areas.
On December !, the War Manpow-
er Commission will announce 1919
labor shortage, or near shortage,
areas. Four acute labor shortage
areas exist in Michigan-Adrian,
Detroit, Monroe, Muskegon.
Not so badly fixed are Battle
Creek, Benton Harbor, Flint, owes
so. Pontiac, Port Huron, Saginaw
Bay City. Owosso vas added for
the first time to this area Of la
Dor stringency.)
In Groop III, designated as areas
in which a Slight labor surplus
will remain after six months are
Grand Rapids, Holland. Ionia, Beld-
ing-Greenville, Jackson, Kalama-
zoo and Lansing.
Not a city in Michigan is listed
in the fourth classification, indicat-
ing a substantial labor surplus.
Michigan's liquor famine is the
special worry Of Senator Homer
Ferguson on the special investiga-
ton subcommittee Of the Senate
Judiciary Committee. His group is
focusing its senatorial spy-glasses
on the booze-barren states.
The Detroit judge has requested
a special report on M~ichigan's situa-
ton from Governor HARRY nelly
and will insert it in the committees
report.
On December 3, the Senator will
go to New York TO confer with the
state liquor officials Of the Empire
State.
James Tamoor, Detroit, has sent
both Michigan Senators Van
denberg and Ferguson a letter
urging them to vote for cloture on
the anti-poll tax bill. Tamoor
speaks for 5000 members of the
Pressed Steel Section OF Local 500,
United Auto Workers. Southern
senators are preparing for a fill
buster unless the cloture ruling