The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-19
Observations
Even Truman Can
be Confused on
Legislation
by HELEN EssARY


made a sl'p-rare for him-at one
OF his recent news conferences.
asked whether he favored the Wag.
ner full employment bill, he said
yes, that he endorsed the main
provisions OF the legislation.
Mr. Truman then reminded re-
porters that he was one OF the CO.
authors OF the bill.
The President apparently was re-
ferring to the so-called kilgore
war rehabilitation bill providing
for an elaborate program OF IN
creased government unemployment
compensation 10 discharged war
workers and other federal aids to
cushion against the shock OF de-
mobilization.
The Senate rejected this bill. But
the President. then senator from
Missouri. was one Of the authors.
Mr.. Truman was not far off base,
however. The Senate War lnyes-
tigating committee, OF which he
was chairman while IN the Senate
last December issued a report IN
which II advocated a bill similar
TO the full employment measure.
Veteran news writer's believe the
sin will result in the President be-
ing more careful in answering CUES
tons at news conferences.
Look for a widespread revision
OF surplus property disposal opera.
tIons following the resignation Oh
chairman Guy Gillette from that
hazardous post. Policies VIII be
streamlined and multiple cheeKs
instituted TO guard against any OF
the criticisms which belabored the
surplus property disposal opera
t,ons after World War I.
Al present sI,6Oo,Oo0.OeO worth
Of goods are stored in government
warehouses; and this will be vast.
" increased as a result OF the END
of hostilities in Europe Many
tvpes OF goods ordered for that
war will be useless in the tar
east. and consequently VIII DC
placed on the market
Already. some manufacturers 0.
specific items are complaining that
the,r statesmen can't sell their
goods because jobbers believe they
can buy the same items al less
from surplus property.
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Secretary Of the Treasury Hen
~ Morgenthau, although himself
an inveterate cigarette smoker. has
a severe dislike for cigar smoke.
Result: his aides carefully lay
aside their stogies before entering
the inner sanctum Of the Cabinet
members office In the stone temple
called the Treasury building.
About the only time that Ted X.
Gamble, who heads UP the Treas
ury's War Bond sales, puts aside
his Havana cigar is when he Calls
ON his Boss, Morgenthau.
sas
When Rep. Clinton Anderson
takes over as secretary OF Agricnl'
ture on July !. he will have ]. B.
Hutson. former president OF the
Commodity Credit Corporation
bsck in his old Job with the CCC.
Agricultural observers believe An
derson will designate production
problems TO the veteran and we'll
liked Hutson, while he himself VIII
concentrate more on the distriou-
ton of food.
Anderson, however, will be the
"one-man head Of the food situa-
ton and is expected to overhaul
both the Agriculture Department
and the WA. He may also have
control over OPA food policies.
$50
Another attempt is expected to
be made soon in Congress to break
the wartime ban on the Pearl
Harbor disaster.
Leading the fight TO disclose TO
the public the full details of what
occurred Dec. Z, 1871, probably Will
be Senator Homer Ferguson (R)
OF Michigan and Rep. Dewey Short
(R) OF MISSOURI
The two men have introduced
identical resolutions in Congress
TO extend until six months after
the war the statute Of limitations
waving immunity for any person
civilian or military-inyolyed In
the debacle.
A strong effort was expected to
be made TO amend the resolution
so as TO provide for disclosure OF
the facts unearthed in the Roberts
report and in the subsequent IN
vestigation made by the Army and
Navy. many details Of which have
never been diyulged.
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