The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-14
M0L0T0V REbUkES CONFERENCE
ToAddress Nation at 10 On Decision
 Moy Insist Thot
 Government Keep
 Price Controls

Washington, Oct. IA -
 UP) - President Truman speaks to the nation on stabilization tonight under severe pressure to decontroi meat for political purposes;
 He is expected to make some concessions to ease the meat shortage but to insist that Government controls must not he abandoned at this time.
 The Presidents 15 minute-olscus, sion will begin at 10 P. M. ESl. I+ W will he broadcast by all major Political Crisis Developing
 The meat shortage is creating nolitical crisis for the AdmlnlsFa- fion The Democratic Party must Soht for it's control of Congress III the general election three ween0 en from tomorrow. Meat Is the spee es tacular short item. But snortaso1 in general have become a po"eiIui factor in the Congressional caiii- paign. . oamnaipn battle grounds has been overnom ino the White House. Short o1 re- -,ovi,,o nrice controls from meat Mr ~ Tr,,man could undertake otner- T,;sa @ to ease the shortage. lie coo,Id authorize price increase or hon,,s to move beef into the mar ket slaughtering quotas coulo pe -aadiusted upward. Imports ol conned and frozen meat coulo pc $ostared $ or a certificate system might be proposed to assure .ta1 Si.t raisers and feeders ot caVtle .liS, they would be protected agalnsO any future increase in prices
 Relief that MT. Truman WouIo ni- s;s, m his hold-the-line staolnza- +;on | nroeram persisted despite heavv blows struck against it. ln- dustrv members of the Wage Staoli- ization Board have resigned, com nlaining that the board IS unaple to function. Democratic candidates in the North and East nave pom barded MT. Truman in private ailu in public for at least temporary meat relief. Labor IS dlvloeo oii maintenance of controls. Consumers are divided. but many of them are angry. ...ru.;
 I.ass than two weeks ago the president approved the report Of ms Office of War Mobilization and He- conversion that an carry aiia severe economic crash" would come if prices continue to rise. In endoEs- ing that document, the PresloehV issued an appeal to the nation III which he said:
 "I hope every business man, worker, farmer and consumer VIII take to heart this sentence from the report: An all-out emphasis on production of finished goods and on nreventing a further increase Tn prices is the task Immediately oe- fore us.
 Three weeks ago MT. Truman went on record without qualitica- tion on meat. He told his news con ference that meat was something ne knew about. He predicted that the normal early Autumn run of grass fed cattle soon would appear on the market to improve the meat supply. The Office of War Mobilization re- port a week later seemed to contra dict the President with statement that the meat shortage would De- come worse this winter. MT. Tru- man said, however, that he saw no discrepancy.
 Since then the meat situation has not improved Butter is high. MIX has jumped cent or so quart ln some big cities. Pork is harder to get than beef. Bacon is among the scarcest items. Poultry is scarce; Cheese and fish are expensive. All of this builds up into a political head of steam which can cause an election day explosion.
 Sen. Allen J. Ellender, O., La0, heretofore a staunch supporter of OPA, added his voice to the chorus of Democrats demanding decontrol of meat. He said he would call on MT. Truman and Secretary of Agri- culture Clinton P. Anderson today to urge removal of controls.
 The Republican Congressional Food Study Committee issued Spe- cial report calling for permanent elimination of meat controls but warning against any temporary sus- pension. That, the committee said, would send animals rushing to mar ket prematurely, bringing flood of meat now at the expense of future production.
 Pending before Anderson is an appeal from the OPA beef Advisory Committee for removal of price controls from meat. The law now states that controls shall prevail only when commodity is in short supply. Whether and how much meat is in short supply seems to de- pend on where you look.