The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-06
By DresC Pearson

hesitate to lay down ah implied threat to Govern ment officials in March that unless the textile in- dustry guaranteed price increases textile manu- facturerS would not produce cloth.
 wen settle for flat IS percent increase straight across the board, now" he warned. But if don't get 1t. we don't know what we'll ask for later"
 2 Another powerful lobbyist is Roy Blake, rep- resenting the National Cotton Council of America whose president, Oscar Johnston, operates 5OOOO British -owned cotton acres in Mississippi Blake and Jacobs chiefly represent the big textile mills which have accumulated cotton and want prices increased Other mills which short of cotton don't enthuse over increases.
 Most powerful personage behind Blake and Jacobs is Charley Cannon of Cannon towel fame, probably the wealthiest cotton manufacturer in the country Cannon has about one years supply of cotton already on hand. purchased at below parity which was g cents pound With the price of raw cotton now around go cents he can make about IA cents profit for every yard he sells The higher the price the more his profit No wonder he opposes price ceiling for cottonl
 It was Blake and Jacobs who helped push Sem ator Bankhead into his alleged probe of the clothing shortage a probe which didn't go anywhere near the basic fundamentals Bankhead let his friend Charley Cannon rambe on for hours, sayang ntae, while experts like Professor Gardner Ackey of the University of Michigan were cut short with this query from Banlkhead:
 we don't want any testimony from you. You know nothing about economies"
 Prof. Ackley, of course, was only one of the top economists of the country and chief Of OPAc textile pricing division Senator Bankhead however, was only interested in proving one point for which he, had called the hearing-the futiity of OPA.
 g. Another cotton lobbyist is Claudius Murch- son. president of the Cotton Textile Institute former University of North Carolina professor, and former official of the Commerce Department, who, however, restraints his activities Murchison represents many
 mills which do not have large supplies of cotton on hand and would lose money if they had to buy raw stocks hgher-priced market. Blake and Jacobs, in contrast represent mills with large stocks of cotton previously acquired.
 f. On the wool side, one of the most effective back-stage operators is Arthur BesSe, president of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers. BesSe comes from an old New England family, be- longs to all the best yacht clubs, is treasurer of the North American Yacht Racing Union and does his lobbying on blue-chip basis His field is among New England Congressmen.
 One Senator he cannot sway however, is Charley Tobey of New Hampshire. The Besse family, repre- sentng the wool manufacturers, and the Tobey family, representing the wool workers have been on the opposite sides of gstanding feud and Tobey will lead the floor fight to protect OPA.
 Best job Arthur Besse pulled was to get post ponement of a Civilian Production Administration mems woolenS with less going to the women.
 This, however together with the rest of the story of how the wool and cotton Hobbies pulled the wool over the eyes of certain Congressman will be told tomorrow