The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-13
Observations
Not Enough Tin
Cans For 1914
Pack Feared
BY Helen Essary

canned vegetables and fruits are
concerned oxer whether there viii
be enough Of there invaluable con
tanners this year 70 take care OF a
1874 pack whFi is expected to
reach sos mili6A Sans-consider-
ably above last years figure.
Hence the War Production Board
has the job OF determining wheth-
er some more sheet metal might
not be allowed for he can indus
try.
steel is not as scarce as it once
was. but there is bottle-neck in
rolling mill facilities for turning
on. the kind needed by the can
makers. Something will have TO
be done II it develops that the third
quarter steel allotment for the can
manufacturers I'll not take care
Of the heavy food canning needs
In those months.
The nation cannot look TO the
glass industry for help. The glass
business is working at capacity TO
turn out containers and is % per
cent behind orders now.
Whether an allotment or more
steel would mean more steel-pack-
ed canned goo 5 on grOcers shelves
is problematical The military ser
vices will take more processed
foods this year than last. so il Is
probable that the extra cans will
be for overseas shipment.
CHANCES ARE HE HOUSE in
reporting out the &c. !. bill OF
rights'-American Legion-sponsor-
ed veteran legislation-will give
It IA priority rating, Represen'
tative John z. Rankin OF Missis.
sippi. however. told the House the
World WCr veterans committee,
OF which he is chairman, will
make haste slowly" and report
out a bill the whole body can sup
port.
NO maIrber can tell when the
bill will reach the floor for pass
age" Rankin declared, adding rath-
er extensive hearings will be held
before II gets the committees
green light.
Grig Gen. Frank T Hines, chief
OF the Veterans Administration,
has asked 10 appear on the legis-
lation. Rankin said, as well as sew
eral members OF Congress and rep
resentatives from other veterans
organizations.
1xn-ar-al hU Hi
leaders that the bill could be quick
" approved by both houses OF
Congress and sent to the President
for approval before the recess.
Quick Senate adoption Of the bill
was seen ~ bipartisan leaders as
an indication OF speedy action by
both chambers.
THE HOUSING SHORTAGE
sometimes cramps the style OF the
War Labor Boards steel panel
which is hearing the case OF the
steel workers for a 1897 100000
wage boost.
With about $50 union and indus
try representatives attending each
session. the panel had 10 scrape
around for a suitable hearing room
and finally held a couple of meet
ings in the auditorium of the Ma
tional Museum.
All Of which led one wag TO
quip:
After this thing has dragged
o for two or three months. they
are going 10 lay It away upstairs
with the other fossils
THE HOUSE WAYS AND
MEANS COMMITTEE still is hav-
ing difficulty working out a plan
of individual income tax simplifica-
ito. 1t is true the committee has
announced agreement on a formu-
la for simplifcation hut the spell
ing out OF this formula into air
tight legislative language is prov
ing a tough job.
A look into the crystal ball
proves that Congress will do well II
it gets the simplificatlon bill
through the House by May !,
and through the Senate by June I.
REPRE- Essen TIVE SOL
BLOOM ID OF New York, came
out fatty the other day with the
assertion that there is no such
thing as United states senator
or United States supreme Court.
Bloom. a self-educated student
OF the Constitution and author Of
several books on Constitutional his
tory. explained his statement by
asserting that technically sena-
tors should be referred to as "sena-
tors of the United States" and the
court should be called Supreme
Court Of the United States"
20. he added. the fPtterheads-e+
the senators are off base because
they list the legislators as United
States senators. Similarly. the
Supreme Court usually is labeled
incorrectly.
u7.f- ,~ls NJ p1oOrr1 concluded