Evening star., 1943-07-07

from paying subsidies to push down
retail prices.
s. Approved by voice vote the
measure to keep CCC alive until
January /, with the antirollback
provision included in the bill.
A subsidy prohibition restricted
only to CCC was offered by Senator
Danaher, but was enlarged to in
ciude all Government agencies in an
amendment by Senator Tydings,
Democrat, of Maryland, who ap-
pealed for defiance of a presidential
veto.
Demands President Change Mind.
"The administration has advocated
Congress changing it's mind" he
told the Senate in reference to over
whelming votes by both chambers
for previous antisubsidy legislation
Il advocate the President changing
his mind"
While the administration has de-
clared the subsidy program vital to
stave off imitation, Senator George
Democrat. of Georgia started off the
Senate runaway with shouted de-
nunciation of the whole idea.
His gray hair askew, his face
ruddy with emotion, the Finance
Committee chairman declared that
subsldizatlon of consumers invari-
ably brought nothing but destruc-
tion of the political institutions of
the country that tried it."
I'VE are definitely heading to-
ward imitation" he warned. The
mounting national debt, aided by
subsidies, may shake faith in the
American dollar-and when that
time comes you will know what in
flation really means"
Attacks Coffee Subsidy.
Under the, rollback system, Sena-
tor George said, the Treasury will
have to sell more War bonds in
order to pay part of the people
food bill. Additional taxes, he add
ed. will have to come for the most
part out of the incomes of the per-
sons making $4,000 a year or less
for that represents the bulk of the
country'S income producers.
Subsidies to encourage production
are one thing, Senator George de-
clared, and consumers subsidies
something quite different. He said
he had seldom seen a course so in
excusable and unwise" as the plan
to subsidize coffee when, according
to the President, imports are in
creaSing to the extent that it soon
may be removed from the ration
list.
Senator Mcclellan. Democrat, of
Arkansas, who lost a son in the
North African theater, told the Sem
ate he could not look returning SOL
diers in the eye if he supported the
rollback subsidy program.
You'll not be able to defend it a
year from now, or even tomorrow, y
he said.
'"Shotgun Wedding With Imitation.
Senator Taft, sponsor of the pro-
posed ceiling on Government sub
sides, expressed reluctance to ap-
prove the program, but said he be-
lieved there was no way it could be
stopped except by direct prohibi-
ton. He added that such a step
would be useless because he felt it
would be certain to be vetoed.
Whether the President vetoes
this thing or not" asserted Senator
Tydings. lis not the concern of any
of this body. If you 60 to bed with
subsidies, you'll have a shotgun
wedding with imitation before next
summer"
Objecting to a move to return the
whole matter to committee for
further study, Senator Barkley de-
clared economic chaos" would re-
suit if CCC we're eliminated. He
said he was not particularly fond of
subsidies but added that the life
of the CCC was at stake in the bill.
Il don't think any one was quite
so surprised at this result" Senator
Barkley said, of the ballot to kill
CCC, ''as those who voted to strike
out the subsidies"