The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-21
Observations
Initiation Line Must
be Held; Bowles Says
It's Governments Job

It's Governments Job
one OF the principal issues be-
hind the congressional battle over
price control is the achievement OF
full production and the 6o0oo.oo0
Jobs called by the late Farnk-
lin d. Roosevelt.
OPA Administrator Chester
Bowles has bluntly warned that the
government must hold the line
against initiation until the civilian
economy can get into full swing
again.
Otherwise, the OPA administra-
tor predicted, a disastrous price
rise will wreck the entire price con-
troll mechanism before civilian pro-
duction can take UP the slack in
interim unemployment created by
military cutbacks.
While OPA does not use the term
so 900 900 Jobs. its arguments are
directed toward that goal
To speed the job OF reconyersion,
OPA is stepping up its program OF
pricing formulas for postwar in
dustries.
Bowles frankly admits that OPA
must have the. job done or full
production, price control and the
entire national economy will suffer.
REPUBLICANS on CAPITOL
HILL are unhappy about what they
call plumbers and errors" in the
handling OF the sugar situation.
They demand a siX-month embargo
on shipments OF sugar TO foreign
nations and maintain that such &C.
ton will increase the supplies in
the United States by 10000 tons
OF sugar.
Agricultural observers believe
that the sugar shortage will be
eased, at least partially, when Clin-
ton Anderson takes over the collec-
tive desks OF Marvin Jones, retir-
ing War Foods Administration
chief, and Claude Wickard. agricul.
ture secretary, on July /.
Republicans and Democrats alike
concede that Anderson intends to
strong-arm the food situation back
into line. Sugar IS one OF the
first TOUCHES" 10 be dealt with.
Anderson's own House investl.
eating committee on food put out
a special report on the sugar situa-
ton recently which called for cor.
rection OF current food policies.
Talk OF a sugar famine" is not
idle gossip. The government has
announced severe cuts both to civil.
liam and to industrial consumers.
The Republican objections are
based on shipments OF sugar from
the United States to European
countries during the shortage at
home. Republicans place these
shipments at a total OF 1000 900
tons of sugar to be shipped abroad
in the near future.
CONGRESSMEN ARE GOING
HOME EARLY these nights 10 stu
dy their economics textbooks in
connection with the congressional
debate on the Breton Woods none
tary agreements.
Members are also scurrying
around busily attempting 10 get
copies OF the 44-nation pacts in
order to brush up on their practical
economies.
Just before the Breton Woods
Agreements came before the House
Representative Rankin (D) of Mis-.
sissippi, confded to reporters:
I'm going TO take a week end
of to study this thing"
II took many weeks Of prepare.
tion before even the House Banking
and Currency Committee-which
handled the agreements-could alb
sorb details OF the plan for a world
currency stabiliation and an inter-
national bank for postwar recon
struction and sterilization.
Most OF the congressman will be
content to rely on their leaders
for debate. As one of the members
phrased II:
This Breton Woods business is
very, very important.