The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-11-05
Observations
Housing Problem
May Bring Behind
The Scenes Battle
By HELEN EssARY

You can look for some bitter bat.
ties behind the scenes in Washing
ton on the explosive housing prob
lem,
Reconyerslon Chief John W. Sny-
der has been holding an almost
endless round OF conferences with
other sterilization leaders in an
effort 20 work out q plan that Will
please at least a few.
There has been a frantic tug-of'
war between the faction that wants
ceiling prices slapped on new hous-
ing and Snyder. The latter re-
portedly withheld his support until
he could feel out Congress on the
matter
The climax came before a Senate
small business subcommittee gave
tacit support TO the ceiling proposal,
hut SNYDER denied fatty he had
seen the plans drawn up by Chester
Bovles. the Administrations most
outspoden exponent OF the hold-the-
line policy.
Some observers were nAbber-
TASTED at Snyder's denial. They
felt sure Bowles must have pre-
scented his opinions 10 Snyder who
apparently still is pursuing an on
the-fence" attitude. more or less.
At any rate. the housing problem
is moving toward a showdown IN
high government circles. II will
be up TO Congress to decide on
whether prices will be held down,
a move that will please only the
average citizen who wants 10
build a modest home.
OFT OF WASHINGTON'S
WHIRLING RUMOR MILL has
come the report that Democratic
Party Chairman Bob flanagan
hoped on Agriculture Secretary
Clinton Anderson and Undersecre-
tary ]. r. Huston for appointing an
Indiana Republican as chief OF the
Departments poultry branch.
The appointee was Robert Creigh'
ton, COP speaker OF the Hoosier
House Of Representatives. II is be-
ing nolsed about the capital that
flanagan bluntly informed Ander-
son and Hutson they could have
named a Democrat TO the post, that
Creighton's appointment was not
helpirk the party.
OF course, as spokesman for An
derson denied the whole story. His
angle was that I'VE wanted man
10 do the Job and did not ask
rreirhton his pOlitiCs"
Take your choice.
THE NATIONAL LABOR RD
LATIoNS BOARD is so swamped
with strike vote petitions II is us
ing every method 1t can think OF
TO get out the ballot and to con-
duct the voting. Ordinarily the
NLRB uses polling booths manned
by its own personnel.
Recently. however, the board
started mailing out strike ballots
and trying to get unions and en-
ployers TO distribute them among
the workers. In some instances the
NLRB has even called on a COM
mercial letter-mailing Arm to send
them out.
In one two-month period the
NLRB received nearly 700 strike
vote petitions involving at least
5000 employers.
THE PENT-UP HUNGER OF
American women for nylon stock
ings TO heautify already lovely legs
may hav- repercussions in Japan's
reconversion to peace-time econ
omy not based on war production.
The trend is indicated in incl
dents in Washington and other
leading cities OF stores peing mob
bed by women whenever they place
nylons on sale. In the nations
capital double line formed around
an entire city block when nylons
were placed on display.
Before the war Japan did brisk
business IN silk. and the product
OF many Japanese worm encased
shapeiy American legs. Japan IN
the postwar wears is supposed to
turn again TO silk and other harm:
less Industries 70 keep her people
from starving.
Meanwhile, war forced Ameri.
cas- nylon industry TO expand, and
industry leaders are going 10 make
every effort to convince American
women that their product is as good
or better than silk.
The next year should tell the
story and II may be sad one for
Japan silk industry