Milford chronicle., 1946-05-17
aWASAlNCTONA
" SNAPSHOTS 1Ss;i#ss
Rv lanes Preston

Bv James Preston
The possibility of a general man
,,ovcr scarcity hy next fall is get
lin. attention in Washington.
In Pumping last fall for the so
called Pull Employment Bill,
>nmc officials in Government direly
a possible unemployment
q; 5000 .0oo by this spring But now
thc office of War Mobilization and
E.Cnnvcr4ion has Shrunk its eStl-
mate 10 below $500. GOO.
The Veterans Administration cs-
Inmates that 4no0.010 more jobs
v i'll 10 open by the end nf the year,
due 10 industrial and construction
expansion.
Labor Reservoir
The Countrys potential labor
rpsorloir. according TO the VA.
consists of $500 600 Servicemen due
to be DISCHARGED by years end: l.
lr0 600 Veterans not in the labor
market at present, and 2.1o9,o"o
persons now unemployed.
4 compromise bill returning the
l.. : Employment Service to state
operation has hcen agreed to by
III, S,nat, EdNCation and Labor
Oummitfrc rs NOtc of l. to >. The
measure taCcS "A floor tight.
Under it, USES would he return
ed TO the states Dec. ~. 1916. The
house approved the transfer for
June 90. 1916. while President Tru-
nan recommended a June so, 1941
date.
There's been quite a hit of talk
here. anent OPA price control
about strawberries in ArizOna-and
STRANGE as Il might seem at first
Glance. the case is very much il
TOint.
The facts. as published in The
Arizona Daily Star. in Tucson
were these:
On April H. the OPA ceiling o.
- cents was removed from straw
berries a plentiful crop was jus
coming onto the counters.
On April Is strawberries wer'
selling for 50 cents a box in Tucson
On April Is strawberries wer,
being offered there for A. cents.
That afternoon the price wa
Gown to IS cents in most down
town stores.
On April Il the downtown priC
cropped to 80 cents and on Apri
~. Just six days after the remOva
of the controls. strawberries wer
| % cents a box cents below tn
turmer ceiling price.
The Arizona Daily Star COrrectl
believes. it is held here, that this
capsule picture of what wOul
| probably happen to many commC
> dities where the supply is plentiful
if the controls were removed an
| the ordinary laws of supply. dc
2 mand and competition were allow
t ed 10 operate.
r. Another hard legislative fiSt
looms on Capitol Hill after the So
nate Education and Labor COmmi
e tee files its formal report on th
: case labor bill The Administrative
has followed delaying tactics O
this measure from the beginning.
As approved by the House. II
: case bill went directly to the hea
OF several important labor issue
r. The Senate committee trlnmed Il
hill down and left it largely meal
irEless. but bipartisan minori
: report will accompany the form
e report
< The minority report will recnr
mend six important amendment
substantially as follows:
! six Amendments
/ Provide for an independe
C mediation board. although techr
= Cally under the Labor Departmel
N with duties of parties define
These duties would include that
rargaining collectively and coo
Grazing in mediation efforts. wi
60-day coOling-Otf period.
=. Provide for mutual reSpOn
y hility by making unions subject
n suit in Federal court for viOlati
y OF contracts.
l6 -. OilldN SttplIudlF IVY NOltS
:, making them subject to anti-trl
laws
II & An anti-violenCe amendme
ct under which it would be unlawt
l. TO bar entrances into and ex
~ from plants.
l ;. Make it unnecessary for e
3d ployers to bargain collectively W
1e supervisory employees.
n 6. Order limited fact-finding
-, the case of public utilities. Unt
"i this proposal, 90 days before
strike could begin