Evening star., 1946-07-05
Further Chances
Urged byPorter
BurkIey Is Not Sure
If Senote Debate
Will Stort Today
By J. A. OLeory

Price Administrator Paul Por-
ter, asserting that his approval
of the new Barkley profit formu-
las for industry is not q blanket
Endorsement of the OPA exten-
sion bill reported out by the
Senate Banking Committee last
night, called on Congress today
to revise the measure still fur
ther to bring it into line with
President Truman's recommen-
dationS.
When shown Mr. Porters state.
ment, Senate Majority Leader
Barkley, who took the lead in re-
writing the Taft and Wherry profit
amendments in the measure Presi-
dent Truman vetoed, told reporters,
I have no comment"
Meanwhile, with Senator Taft.
Republican. of Ohio urging post
ponement until Monday of Senate
debate on the revamped one-year
revival of price control, Senator
Barkley was not sure the measure
would be taken up today. Leaders
were waiting to see how many Sen
ators are still out of town over the
Fourth of July holiday period.
Proprfety Of Hearing Questioned.
Mr.. Porter ran into trouble from
another source today. When he
went to the Capitol to testify before
a Senate Appropriations Subcom-
mittee on the s106, $50 900 budget for
OPA for the new fiscal year, Senator
Bridges, Republican, of New Hamp-
shire questioned the propriety of the
committee hearing the head of an
agency which he argued does not
exist.
When the committee recessed for
lunch, Mr. Porter was still in an
anteroom, waiting until the OPA
item was reached, SO that the oues-
/ tlon of hearing him has not been
settled. Senator Bridges indicated
the issue would be raised formally
+ for decision when OPA's turn comes
to testify.
! Senator Taft. who is ready to lead
floor fight against the Barkley
changes in his profit formula, also
. predicted today the Senate again
/ will add to the new bill the old
amendments removing all controls
from meat, poultry and dairy prod
ucts.
Cattle Receipts Increase.
Senator Wherry, Republican, of
/ Nebraska took the floor at noon to
i. declare that cattle and hog ship
ments to market since OPA died in
I dicate how supply and demand fac
tors are brought into balance faster
when artificial restrictions" are re-
moved
Senator Wherry said cattle re-
ceipts at IL leading markets Tues
day. Wednesday anG today totaled
l17,00o head, as compared with IA
900 head for the same period last
week, when OPA was still function
ing
! During the same three days hog
shipments into the same markets
amounted to 26l 900 head, as against
10000 for the comparable period last
! week, he said. The Senator declared
the Chicago hog market opened to-
day from IS cents to 81 per hun
dredweight below Wednesdays quo
tations, with the top price today SIS
per LOG. He said this is $3.50 below
Monday
| In his statement today, Mr.. Por-
/ ter said the bill as amended by the
Banking Committee over the pro-
tests of Senator Taft does not 60 far
enough. He said it contains 'un-
desirable features" His statement
follows:
i My comments yesterday after
noon upon leaving the Senate Bank
ing and Currency Committee ap-
piled only to the Barkley amend
ment as a substitute for the Taft
and Wherry amendments TO the
price control bill
Not Blanket Approval.
1T did not represent blanket
approval of the bill as a whole as
reported out by the committee.
L still hope that Congress will
pass bill that will conform to the
Presidents recommendations in his
veto message, and that other unde-
sirable features will be eliminated" :"
I While Mr.. Porter cid not elabor-
ate on provisions of the bill he re-
CARDS as Objectionable. it was under
stood that these include:
ID Amendments which outlaw a
requirement that manufacturers
produce low-cost clothing. ~ A
provision for special pricing of cot
ton and woolen textiles, 49, An
amendment restoring the prewar
profit margins of automobile dealers
and household appliance distribu-
tors, "a Possibly provisions trans
ferring authority over food prices to
! ,see CONGRESS, Page A-4J