The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-08

merce describes the work OF the
committee as effective" and splen-
did at cutting red tape.
II is predicted than an appro-
priation for the committee which
is headed by former Grand Rap
ids man. Corrington Gill, will be
put in the bill by the Senate. II
so, the House will have another
chance to vote on 1t and both Con
gressmen Kitchener and Albert En-
gel, OF Muskegon. will vote for it,
It's known that when our troops
entered North Africa, We immedi-
ately fed the natives who were
starving because the Germans had
cleaned out their food stores. But
it is not known that the French
government paid for everything
but military aid. says Albert Engel.
When the American Army moves
into a country. IT Immediately pro-
vides wellpaid employment. With
these wages the civilians can buy
food from Uncle Sans grocery
store. Congressman Engel be-
lieves that the same payas-you-go
basis can be established for
UNRRA operations which begin
when the Army moves on After
all. the French and Dutch and Brit
ish have gold and credit in this
country on which to draw.
/ Engel looks ahead TO the day
when two million American soldiers
may be in France and bring along
with them a prosperity not known
even in peacetime. Not only does
the ARM provide jobs, but the sol
diers themselves will spend plenty
OF money where ever they are.
Right now in Italy, the Italians
are building roads for the Army at
good wages. Therefore they can
afford TO buy the food and medicine
and other supplies needed.
Economy-minded Engel sees in
UNRRA a possible medium for I'M
loading some of our SURPRISES and
for keeping prices stable here.
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1.-THE American public is not get
ting used to OPA but popularity is
assured for the agency. which sees
that everyone gets a fair share of
scarce products and keeps prices
and rents from going upwards" So
says W. Earl Fitzgerald, Detroit
district OPA director temporarily
stationed in Washington.
Mr.. Fitzgerald should know. He
has just recently taken a swing
around the country visiting one
district after another, and is de-
lighted that the growing reaction
to OPA practices is good rather
than bad After all the Yankee
has a shrewd appreciation for the
avoidance OF skyrocketing prices
which usually accompany wars.
The director from Michigan's
prime purpose for the visit to 9th
er localities was not, however, to
sound out public response. He
! was collecting facts about how
each Of the Offices operates in car
rying out Washlngton-made poll
| cies. which tend more and more to
a flexible Interpretation by local
officials. He seeks more uniform
procedure. so that the man who
lives under OPA operation in De-
troit. known as an 'impersonal,
stick-to-the.rule regime. gets as
fair a break as a man living in a
sparsely populated community,
where rationing officials know
every resident personally.
It's safe to predict that the
Washington Office will not be able
TO keep the Detroit official in the
capital "No. thank you" he said,
Il want to get back to Michigan
and help on the ground floor opera
lions for OPA."
As service to his veteran-con-
stituents. Congressman William W.
Blackney OF Flint. has dug up some
little known facts about the rights
OF a veteran TO get back his old
Job. II his former employer re-
fuses TO give him back his job.
he can sue in court One federal
court already has held that a vet.
eran Is entitled to back pay from
the time he was refused his old
job 10 the time he got It. Vet
Grams can ask federal district at.
torneys to enforce this job rights.