The midland journal., 1946-04-26
TOO MANY FoLITfoAL SLAVES
BY j. f. Jones

JJeBlSlullVe Bt'dHCu VI tHe NTUNttH-
ment does not put the okeh on more
recommendations of the Executive
branch of the Government.
The President of the United States
follows the established custom of
sending messages to Congress. There
is only one reason why President
Truman has not been more successful
in securing the approval of his recon
mendat 'ons and that is due to the
fact that Congress is more indepen-
dent than it was under the rule of
Roosevelt. A lot of democratic poll
ticians have supported President
Truman for the sake of the party.
Others have jumped the party traces.
The National Committee of tie Dem
ocratic party has done Il lot Of "crack
ign the whip" and demanding that
the President must be obeyed.
Henry A. Wallace frequently butts
in on political controversies, and
short time ago he suggested that the
democrats should stick together
while something has to be worked
out within the parties, so that tie
electorate will know what they are
voting for" Having been raised in a
Republican printing office, he cover
ed, as Usual, too much waste lands
when he said:" Those who would not
go along on the points of party regu-
larity would no longer receive COM
mittee appointments" Practical Sem
ator Hawkes. of New Jersey insisted
that Wallace was advocating that
party members should be 'purged"
| if they did not obey orders from the
White House.
Tke safety of the American Gov
ernment and It's people Is secure as
long as Senators and Representatives
in Congress work at their own job
and acquaint themselves of the pur
poses ehind thousands of new laws
hopper. What these men need is in
testinal fortitude. The people must
come first.
''Why Can't We Have Some Sugar."
| Housewives throughout this coun-
try as well as industrial users of
sugar like TIE bakers, confectioners,
Gamers, ice cream manufacturers
and others, would like to know why
they cant have sugar"
The war has been over for months
and sugar is still scarce-still ra-
tinoed. Why? What are the facts of
the sugar shortage?
Sugar is a major and vital part of
this country's diet, particularly those
in the iow-income brackets. Sugar is
the least expensive of all basic foods.
1t is highest in energy value.
Housewives and tie Industrial
users want an adequate supply Of
sugar at all times at reasonable
price. There doesn't seem to be any
doubt about that.
Cuba, the largest sugar producer in
the World, has been prepared to
make available just such an adequate
supply, according to the United
States Cuban Sugar Council in New
York City, but has often been pre-
vented from doing so by restrictions
imposed by the u S. Government.
''No one will need to fear sugar
shortage, even in wartime" said a
recent statement by the Council, 'fif
the sugar trade between the United
States and Cuba were put on sound
er basis"
u. Government figures show
that C ba supplied almost so per
cent of the total sugar made avail
able to the United States and the
Allies in Wof4d War l and over half
the supply made available in World
War H. Cuba has maintained,
throughout war years, its high sugar
production record when other sup
pliers Of the U. S. market, for one
reason or another, have been unable
to do so.
| Cuba, according to official figures
at Washington, can produce sugar at
lower cost than any other major
U. S. grower. Cuba has demonstrated
both the capacity and the willingness
to skip an adequate supply of sugar
to U. S. consumers.
| Sugar-hungry Americans can serve
their own best interests by insisting
that low-cost Cuban sugar reaches
their dining tables and the plants
which use sugar for many other
kinds of foodstuffs. p.
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