Milford chronicle., 1945-10-12

Truman Still Holds Trump>
Washington, -. {. The Truman
honeymoon ~rrlus to he Manin&
{ unGress admittedly does not see
cHt-tu-cyc with the President ON
some OF the legislation he has
recommended, or agree TO his op-
position to some measures that
originated III Congress- He has
plenty OF admirers III Congress.
both Democrats and Republicans.
Even so. Il great many legislators
on Capitol Hill are getting out OF
line. Their differences of opinion
are based upon established princi-
pies. rather than on politics.
When the President complained
that the Senate 'lrt him down" ON
his $25-per-week unemployment
aid for tWentY-siX weeks the House
Ways and Means Committee cot
tough. and shtlVed the entire bill.
That wasn't rebuff to the Pre>i-
dent II was Il result OF TOO many
labor disputes
AS Il matter Of fact there is a
AruMin2 disposition in Congress to
live a lot Of political stuff push
ever, and to employ more than
ordinary efforts to bring the Ma
tion back TO practical peacetimc
programs. Looking over the situa-
ton the current events are not as
important as one might think.
after all. We are told. Love is Il
conflict between refleXes and re-
tleCtiOns."
Maybe The States Know How
With 23 major strikes in seven
weeks following VI Day and be
tween 30O. 900 and 400. 900 persons
johleas III the first week of October
Ii actually seems as though ther,
must he something rotten in ben
mark to borrow Il phrase thai
fits the United States
When you look back upon the re-
cord Of the country for the past
few years. YOU will find that thi.
situation is not due to SO-callet
unrest in labor" The wage earn
ers who work in our manufactur
: ing plants and outstanding indus
J tries are likely just as reasonable
today as they ever We're. The re
cords show that the workers triet
. to observe the mo strike" pledg,
: the war-the same record show
, that Il very small group of thei
! leaders. most OF whom make head
l quarters in the National CAPITAL
pulled all the strings they cOul,
= grab hold of to build up power
! politics.
TO accomplish this object the.
rounded up votes to keep the New
L Deal going. There has not been
! time in more than a dozen year
when the labor leaders have no
been demanding higher wages
= whether those demands were rea
SOnable. or unreasonable
SO here We are at the very out
start of reconversiOn blocked b
Z serious situations that stall all et
[ forts to resume normal condition
! cf American life Horace Greele
: observed: The only way to re
i sumption is to resume" an
Woodrow Wilson's advice was
The way to resume is to resume.
The recent way in which tn
T elevator strike in New York Git
vas handled and brought to
close by Governor Dewey seems t
Indicate that it may be wisdom [
/. turn over to the States plenty {
d power and authority to handle |;
: kor disputes. SO far, the FEEDER;
+ Government in Washington has ne
d been very efficient. because
Y nearly every ease there has bee
e too much dickering and Juggling ,
y issues between employers and en-
If ployeeS, and too little regard ft
e the interest Of the Nation as
= whole.
n What 10 You Eat.
+ Families with annual incom,
a below $500 ordinarily consume
- a year only Il little more than or
= thousands pounds of food per ne
n son. The type of food which the
+ buy is relatively cheap Howeve
II families with incomes of SIS 900 al
more per year buy about a ton
IN t0od per person. Moreover. n
H. type of food which they purcha,
= IS fully twice as expensive y,
pound as that purchased hv Il
re lo"est-lncome groups. Hi"h-iI
x come families eat much mo-
of fruits, meats, dairy products al
s vegetables than do low-incon
4r families. If. therefore. we can ha,
s. general rise in family income
We can be assured of eXpandn
&C markets for food prOducts-part
I'd cularly for foods that supply II
K minerals and yitamins essential
.. good diet. The proposed amen
Ir ments to the Fair Labor Standar,
Act Will. in the opinion of the L.
Agriculture Department aid m
II terially in Widening the farmer
market for the things he has
sell, and at the same time to II