The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
WPB THROWS KEY
CONTROLS AWAY
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Here were other developments on
the fast-moving peacetime front:
/. President Truman met with
Synder and the Advisory Board,
stressed the need for labor-man-
agement teamwork.
2. The government was readying
it's Official blessing for pay increas-
es for salaried workers. It already
had blessed them for wage-earn-
ers.
8. The Navy and Marine Corps
slashed September draft calls from
1000 to $4,000.
4. The President ordered time.
and-one-half pay for all war work.
ers who stayed on the job last
Wednesday and Thursday when the
Japanese agreed to surrender.
.. The Maritime Commission
cancelled contracts totalling $685..
900, 600 for 135 ships ana equip
meni.
3. The white House announced
VI Day vol be the date from ia
pan sisnssur1 eenoer documents
7. The Senate Banking commit
tee will resume hearings tomor.
row on the measure LABELLED by
It's sponsors as the Full Employ.
men, Bill.
8. Government experts predicted
boom Christmas shopping sea
son with many noW-scarce OF com
pletely missing proaucts due back
on the shelves.
8. Gasoline and fuel oil price
ceilings will be CUT moderately
soon IN the East.
Former North Carolina Governor
| Max Garoner, CHAIRMAN OF shy
der'S ADVISORY board, sald a-tel
the White house conference tina
Mr.. Truman had TAXED in an in
formal way about general recon
version problems.
Meanwhile it was learned tina
the internal neVenUe bureau Is
preparing formal instructions
who Will allow employers to IN
crease salaries SO long as prices
are not hlked as result. inns new
policy already is IN enect Tor wage
earnerS.
Heretofore, salaries for white
collar workers mad been he'd tc
1872 levels. In the case OF wages
the top increase and been 10 pei
cent above those paid January /,
I94l.
The new policy has put the
salary StaolllZauon unit Oh the Blu.
reau OF internal Revenue almost
out OF business.
This unit is expected to have only
few cases from now on. be-
cause most White-collar salary in
creases don't involve raising prlc-
es.
The Navy-Marine draft call
means taat, overall, only o5,UU0
men will be summoned to the serv-
ices in September, since the Army
had announced earlier that its call
was being trimmed from 10000 to
81, 900.
Defore Japan quit 100000 men
were being called up each month.
The Maritime Commission S
$425, 100000 ship and equipment
cutback covered IS coastal cargo
ships, AZ Victory ships, 81 small
tankers, four Liberty ships being
converted to aircraft repair vessels
eight military type Victory ships
five large military transports, six
refrigerator ships, and three large
passenger ships.
AS for Christmas shopping pros
poets, store shelves are expected
to be well stocked by September
with wide variety Of Hitherto
scarce items. And governmental
officials predicted there will be
plenty of low priced ones.
The Army cancelled orders for
900, 100000 board feet OF lumber,
Frightening prospects for removal
OF construct on controls soon.
The War Production Board ap-
pealed to munitions contra ctors TO
cancel quickly all orders for war
material no longer needed. 1t also
revoked all restrictions use of
natural gas.
All wartime restrictions on the
shipment of petroleum and petro-
leum products on inland waterways
were revoked.
Curbs on operations of inter-city
bus lines were lifted, but the Office
of Defense Transportat:o on predict
ed it will be some time before they
can return to pre-War service le-
wells.