The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-13

Their findings will reach high into Delaware State politics and perhaps into the Washington headquarters of the War Food Administration and OPA.
 Already Clifford Shedd, Della ware WFA official, has lost the authority to release poultry for civilian consumption from the Army's set aside, but his chief in Washington, Gordon Sprague, says he is taking full authority for anything that might be found wrong with Shedd's administra- ton. Sprague has taken over di- rect charge of all poultry re- leases, but claims that he knows of no irregular action by Sheed.
 Meanwhile, black market operations along both the west and the east coast are so ser ious that legitimate poultry and egg dealers are being forced out of business. The situation in New England. New Jersey and North Carolina is especially Bad.
 Last week Tim Stitts of the War Food Administration told Congressman An d CTS o n's food committee that OPA should sus- pend all price ceilings on eggs in an effort to channel eggs back into the legitimate market. This immediately caused dealers to hold on to their eggs for a price rise
 But what they did not know is that Stitts has not requested OPA to suspend or even raise the price ceiling on eggs. OPA, under the Price Control Act, cannot raise these ceilings without formal request from the War Food Administration, and this request has never been made.
 FINALLY, the WFA may be forced to freeze all eggs in stor- age, permitting the Army to take it wants of them and release the rest for civilian market. Hundreds of thousands of cases of eggs are in private storage this year while their owners play for an eventual price rise. The black market on those eggs which do not go into storage is so bad that while creameries in Minnesota cannot get eggs, eggs from Minnesota farms are going via ellegal chan nels as far as New York City. U. s. PRESTIGE ABROAD
 Hardboiled Republican Con- gressman Everett Dirksen of Illi- nois had a secret meeting with his COP. Colleagues in House Lobby the other day following his 30,000-mile trip around the world. He gave them plenty of food for thought. Among other things, DirkSen said:
 Here's something you fellows may not agree with, but I want to tell you that the OWI Coffee of War Information is doing a great job for us abroad.
 'I went into Turkey where 83 per cent of the pictures in the Turkish newspapers and 40 per cent of the lineage is sup piled them by the OWI. In .. other words, they are telling the Turks what this country is like-selling the United States to Turkey.
 They're doing a great job and if it wasn't for OWI, American prestige wouldn't be half as high as it is today.
 Tn India, for instance, I met with a group of political leaders who began asking me about the Tennessee Valley Authority. I was surprised that they would know anything about it, and asked them how it happened they replied that they had seen an OWI film showing IVA.
 T came to the conclusion" Dirksen said, that owl is some thing we've got to keep after the war"
 OH so SECRET
 Arrest of two State Department and one Navy official for alleged ly giving out secret documents has brought to a head long souldertng backstage discussion regarding the question: When Is . document secret?"