The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-01

Breadbasket to
be Sufficient if
All Cooperate

Despite President Truman's re-
quest that Americans share food
with hungry Europe, Agriculture
Department officials feel no alarm
for the home front breadbasket-
II the buyers behave. Supplies will
be ample TO meet domestic needs
and the nutritional values will be
Just as high as the present $500
calories.
The big question mark is the
public's behavior. Consumers have
plenty of money to buy scarce
foods, as they had throughout the
war. But now rationing controls
are of. Consequently, when pre-
dieting, tie farm experts keep their
fingers crossed, hoping that Mr..
Humans appeal will be taken TO
heart.
Unless this is done, they warn,
and II the public should dash 10 the
stores TO stock up on meat. fats,
sugar, butter. canned fruits and
rice, supplies will not be enough to
90 around. They add that no one
is going to suffer. There will be
favorable quantities" OF fresh and
frozen fish, citrus fruits, fresh and
processed vegetables, potatoes,
canned fruit juices. poultry and
dairy products other than butter.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN. FACES
a tough fight in Congress over ex-
tension Of the Price Control act
which expires June 80. The battle
will last weeks, possibly months.
A bill probably will be passed
but not until April or May. And
though the administration wants
straight one-year extension, the
signs are that 1t will not get II.
II will almost certainly have to
accept some concessions in current
law. for the forces opposing the
measure are powerful. They will
seek to limit application OF con-
trolls and to limit the duration.
They will fight to limit extern
sion to six months and controls to
about 81 basic commodities on
which the Labor Department bases
its cost of living index. Despite
Mr.. Humans many warnings
against initiation. Congress intends
10 take its time and will face a
whirlwind fight.
MORE ABOUT FILIBUSTERS:
The lengthiest one-man fllibuster
OF recent days occurred in 1888,
when Senator Allen Ellender, a
former Huey Long lieutenant,
spoke against an anti-lynching bill
for six days. However, the Senate
did not hold night sessions, and
Ellender merely spoke four or FIVE
hours daily.
A filibuster In days gone by was
something to prepare for with great
care. Stocks OF reading material
were piled high on the senator's
desk. All the necessary prepare
tons were made in advance.
In 1914. the late Senator Theo-
dore Burton of Ohio spoke for IL
hours, 10 minutes, clad in a house
coat and bedroom slippers. against
tue TlNtI anu udIUOIs uiils
Filibusters have been known to
wreck the health OF participants.
The late Senator Wesley Jones Of
Washington never recovered from
his speech of 13 hours, Is min
utes against the ship registry bin
IN 1915. During the same filibuster.
Senator Reed Smoot OF Utah spoke
for IL hours, 35 minutes.
Gpeeches Of eight or nine hours
were commonplace years ago. Sem
ator Coe Crawford OF South Dako-
"a spoke nine hours, i've minutes
when he conducted two-day fili.
buster against seating William Lor-
inner of Illinois, while Senator Wes-
ley Jones contributed approximate
ly eight hours to the same f1libus-
ter.
Old timers on Capitol Hill fear
their likes will never be seen
again. A filibuster by Bob" La
Toilette or Huey Long once packed
the Senate galleries. Today, =
mere handful wanders in. sits a
few minutes, and then, bored by
the proceedings, walks out.