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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
 bv DreW Pearson

representative of the fight initiation comna..ee of o. St. Louis recently called Representatve Foesei oi Missouri Ploeser couldn't very well duck the lees 8 because Efthim still on terminal leave, showed up in his air corps captains attire, replete Wlth pa'Ve stars for the Luzon and Leyte ca1npalghs'
 Since you are my Congressman representing oe ehe St. Louis district where live feel l nave " iie to talk to you," said the Army caPIaln'
 .me,1 +bose renorters can't come in," responded PIoeser. pointing to some newsmen who had followed Efthm. They'll smear me- ~
 The war vet presented petitions signed py 4oooo St. Louisans supporting OPA continuance.
 "You're dupe for a bunch of Reds and Fasclsuc elements in the CIO," howled Ploeser as ne looheo at the petitions.
 MT Ploeser" said the vet you have talked a great deal about guaranteeing the business man fair profit Just what have you oolle to guaialiVee the consumer fair price?
 Ploeser began pacing the floor, sput1eInag a' |. great length about government controls, l[ee el- terprse" and the Conlmunistc New Deal flha!ly, the man who voted down the line for the crlpElils OPA amendments declared:
 Son. you don't know what's going on Ill the country"
 On the contrary. Congressman" replied Efthim, you're the one who doesn't know whats goNag on you and others who have been carrying the oatIle against the American consumer. You can get away with it for a While but in the end the VoVeis "1i catch up with you
 It hasn't been announced, but President Truman has decided to place the following Anlerlcan lofcea at the disposal of the world police force:
 
 One thousand latest-type American bomoers ana pursuit planes two infantry divisions; one alroorhe division; one service of supply division two oattle- ships aircraft carriers SIX cfulsefS lo oeSUloy CTS; and six submarines.
 These ships airplanes and men will be aVallaole to go anywhere at any time at the direction of the United Nations, to put down war wherever It fears its head.
 Here are some of the details of how Senator ODaniels son. Mike tried to oust Wesley Brent, just returned from the Pacific, from his apartment.
 Learning that Mike ODaniel had raised the rent of another apartment in the building by $5 month, Brient went to ODaniel and in friendly way told him that the 5 increase was quite reasonable
 Oh that doesn't apply to you oDaniel re- piled coldy Your will be Sl00 instead of S67o0
 An argument ensued, during which the war vet told the son of the Texas Senator:
 q hope the people wake ID and chase your father out Of Washington and out of the State of Texas l will personally contribute to the next cam paign against him.
 There isn't much you ao, shot back young ODanie Were in the drivers seat now Don't you. think We knew what were doing when we bought this place?9
 I'm sure you did" retorted Brlent. Tn fact, you probably had some advance information"
 The next day, Brient received his eviction order by registered mail.
 NoTE-Brents family the oldest tenant m ODaniels building Brent himself back from the Pacific just 12 days when he received his get out notice
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
By Thomas Stokes

cisng state rights to meet needs of the people
 The two issues-rent cotnrol and FEPC-are close the people the postwar transition period with confusions and strains. In it's final report to President Truman, for instance. the FEPC said that wartime gains of Negroes, Mexican American and Jewish workers being lost through unchecked revival of discriminatory practices" It added that war veterans of these minority groups today face greater difficulty than other veterans in obtaining and finding work Governor Dewey Was foresighted i'll providing protection in his state.
 AS of this time, the contest for the l948 Repub- lican Presidential nomination ls cOuded and uncer- tain Governor Dewey starts with historical handi- cap peculiar to his party. No defeated Republican candidate for the Presidency ever has been renom- mated. But, in his state, he broke a similar precedent as to the goVernorship. Though defeated ln 1888, he was renomnated in 1942 and elected and thereby placed himself in the favorable position that brought him the l944 Presidential nomination.
 If re-eected Governor this year-and his chances considered eXcellent-he will be in good position 10 try to break the precedent.
 He enjoys advantage as a Governor. He can keep of the constant conflict on national issues which, for example, is somewhat Of handicap to prospective candidate who happens to be a member of Congress That is the with Senator Taft of Ohio. now entanged with President Truman in battle over OPA. It Will be the case with Fx-Gov- Bricker of Ohio. if he is elected to the Senate
 Similarly, Harold Stassen. though without office, nevertheless is making public campaign which requires that he constantly put himself on record issues they develop. He has done that and IS doing it, clearly and forthrightly
 All that Governor Dewey has to do is 10 keep on being Governor and pick national issues in his time, for comment
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
State Rent Control

both sides the OA debate the point of agreement seems to center control We feel that retention o that one feature enough to justify enactment ot the OPA bill which President Truman vetoed Whether he can save more than that from the wreck of the BoWesoftef organization remains to be determined
 Governors Dewey of New York and Tobin of Massachu- ses promptly protect the tenants ot then states Deweys efforts happily implemened by state rent control law passed time to become effective should federal rent controls cease.
 Here Connecticut public hearings were held yeser-
 day before the state Legislative Council on proposed state gent control legislation which could considered by special session the State Legislature to be called in case QPA stays dead The Council should promptly to formulate
 law which can be speedily enacted by the special session when and If called The greed of occasional individual
 landlords capitalize the acute housing shortage IS the most and dsheartenng consequence ot oPA pass snc Failing to exercise desirable restraint they deserve and mast expect official curbs their shortghted self fs1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
Praise for Senator MeMahon

Senator Brien McATahon of Connecticut received very fine tribute recently in the Rev Nlfed Parsons column @Washnqton Front which appears weekly the Jesuit weekly America The praise emanated from the Sena- tors speech on q relative to the Naval Appropriation measure that called for S400000 GOO of money and
 measure that the Senator found staggering and not under standab and which caused him in his speech to remark as qnoted Father Parsons T do not suppose there IS oena for on the floor who conscenousy that he knows within billion dollars whether this appropriation IS right or not and frankly have not the slightest idea whether S GOO GOO Is the amount the Congress should appropriate for the Navy during the coming year.
 Father Parsons said: t may be that other senators present had the conscience as Senator Me Mahon but if so, they failed to make 1t known MT Me Mahon did stop reproaeh. He pointed out that the Senate has hand the by which such irresponsible acts as the the Navy appropriations could be avo cd in the future by passing the socaled La Toilette bill
 The fogthrghtness and honest opinion ot Senator MIG Mahon might well be emuated by fellow members ot Con pess who may have the best of intentions but lacking in courage,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
REP. MAY SHOULD TESTIFY

(NeW York World Telegram)
 Congressman May should volan- tarily appear before the Mead Com mittee at a public hearing and tes- tify under oath concerning his part in the paper empire" munitions scandal If he doesn't appear of his own volition. Congress should take whatever steps are necessary to com- pei his appearance.
 MT. Mays testimony at secret session of the committee June 4. which Senator Mead belatedly releas ed yesterday. is entirely unsatisfac- tory. In the first place he never should have been permitted to take the witness stand in a closed session and without being sworn. Ordinary citizens are not treated so gently.
 Even taking at face value that i11- formal testimony and Mir. May S statements to the press over the week end. the Kentucky Congress man has failed to explain satisfae- torily many phases of his curious association in this strange setup. HIS name appeared as indorSer on Sl8,- GOO in checks made out. to the Cum berland Lumber Go. Witnesses said the checks were part of a s48'000 total which the Carson munitions enterprises paid for lumber which was not delivered.
 It is less than conclusive for MT. May to say that all the money was "disbursed in the business of the lumber company, and that "eyery- thing I have done was for the ben eft of my constituents and the war effort, and, of course, I did not pro fit in any way or respect i If the lumber company wash ! delivering lumber paid for, what was it's business? And who did pro fit by the strange deals? And what was the chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee doing getting mixed up with any group oi war contractors, let alone a gang of whom some had unsavory police rec ords?
 Maybe MT. May can explain all.
 He'd better.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
By Peter Edson

Che of the points emphasized in Wyatt's first monthly progress report just issued, is that about half of the GOO HI priority dwelling units ap proved in the first five months of 1946 will sell for less than $7,500 or for less than s60 month. Wyatt says this is too high and there must be more units to rent for under $40. This was hard enough under the OPA ceilings existing Up to June 30.
 If these controls are removed or substantially weakened says Wyatt, the whole low-cost nature of the program will be endangered"
 President Truman's OPA veto message statement average increase of building materials excluding lumber, would be approximately 20 percent, was based OPA estimates ranging from l6 to 26 percent for various materials. That's important point The Taft and Wherry amendments might have caused higher prices than would obtain under free mar ke with controls at all. That helps explain the veto.
 Lumber excluded from the Presidents state ment because since November the three principal grades of lumber, comprising 90 percent of all sales have already had price increases of Il to 12 percent Bureau of Labor Statistics says lumber prices 25 percent above 1945 90 percent above 1859 Removal of price controls lumber might therefore have less effect than on other building materials. This is borne out by Cotton Northup, secretary of the Ma tonal Retail Lumber Dealers Association. He says there may be lumber increases at first to meet black market competition but that the black market is eliminated, there should be lum- Der and mill work, better distributed and at less cost.
 On other building materials, the chief shortages in steel and copper, caused by recent strikes Manufacturers of building materials declared there is ample plant capacity to supply all building ma terialS needed. They have been operating at only 50 to 70 percent capacity because OPA ceilings on loW-cost standard building materials have made more profitable to manufacture hgh-grade mater- als Now that the ceilings eff production Of low cost materials should go up quickly, and prices shoulo come down.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
Dewey Making Hay

WASHINGTON-Nothin pays off in politics like steady application to the job in hand, shrewdness iii sizing up the times, and foresight.
 Two recent developments have served to direct attention again to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York who had dropped somewhat out of the national political picture, except in the polls. There he stll runs as top choice for the 1948 Republican Presiden tial nomination, with Harold Stasseh breathing hot on his neck
 When CPA died few days ago with President Truman's veto of the extension Dill il turned out that New York the only state prepared by law to step in and fill the gap immediate anxiety to so many people-Tent control.
 Foreseeing months ago just such situation as has developed here, Governor Dewey put through his legislature law authorizing New York to control rents if Federal control aEsed The Governor prompt ly put the into effect and delegated Joseph McColdrick who had enjoyed public confidence as New York City Controller, to administer it.
 On the same day. June 30, the Federal Fair Employment Practices Committee, set up originally by executive order of President Roosevelt to keep down discrimination in jobs during the war on &C., count of race, creed color also expired. Congress had failed to enact permanent law to supplant this temporary agency IL had helped to hold down discrimination during the war, even though it had statutory power and it's operations were confined to industries which had Government contracts.
 Here, too New York was ready. Governor Dewey got through his legislature many months ago State FEPC Act which has worked successfully. Thus far determinations reported to the state board have been handled by negotiation without recourse to the courts. number of states have followed New York's lead.
 While many politicians cry from the stump about the loss of state rights, and do nothing about it, Governor Dewey takes the practical course by exer-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
Ceilings?

WASHINGTON July 10-(NEAJ-When the run away Congress knocked out price ceilings last week end it may also have blown the roof off the vet erans' housing program All the angles have not ye5 been figured out by Housing EXpediter Wilson WyattS experts but if Congress does not renew price controls in some form applicable to the housing program the National Housing Agency will have to do a lot of fast erection of emergency shelters to cover these problems.
 Under the Veterans Housing Act, the Federal Housing Administration authorized to put ceiling prices completed housing and channel building materials into this HIT priority construction. The cost of any house, however, is made up of the sum the costs of it's componentSlumber brick, plumb ing and so forth. ceiling price could be put on a completed house only if there were ceilings on the components So if the ceilings taken off the com ponents how can the roof be kept the house?
 Furthermore, if there are no price ceilings on building materials what good are the So-called HI proreS? Ii building supply dealer can legltnnately sell his materials at high prices to the first conner, there is point in selling them at lower prices to go into priority housing on which there must be ceiling.
 vided for paying premiums for extra production of building materials. Agreements have already been made on how these premiums subsidies will be paid for extra production of plywood, clay prod ucts and gypsum paper liners. Agreements are all ready hardwood flooring, cast iron soil pipe and heating convectors. Others are in preparation. Now that price ceilings are removed, all production can be sold prices higher than provided prem- um payments So these incentives become meaning less and Expediter Wyatt may have to exercise his option to terminate these premium payment plans
 In the same way, guaranteed market payments for flew building materials and prefabricated housing may become ineffective With higher prices stand ard building materials permissible, guaranteed pay ments materials would have to be still higher to encourage their production and use. That would only defeat the main purpose Of the VetS's housing program which is to build much lowcost housing as possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
We're Nice People

Did ever to you that the United States never invaded any country And have rarely forced any of the nations in Latin America to behavnot Mexico when it rampaged Great bighearted old Uncle Sam has engaged this century to help out people who have been attacked by human devils.
 Hitler sunk lot of ships with his submarines and Japan started out to murder people in the Philippines and Hawaii. The United States decided to go to All of that adds up the fact that it is time tell Russia that she doesn't belong in class and don't want to deal with her archaic regime.
 What-le those Russians in the secrets of the atom bomb The good Lord forbid There isn't patriotic poltl- p leader in the United States enough for that Rus Sa seems to want pull away from Some pushing on cur end would be helpful in speeding up the separation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
Second the Motion

Peter Edson The Democrats NEA Washington daily T,,,roa an) a break?" We heartily endorse the motonl
 As Edson points President Truman sees more peo- pie transacts business, and makes decisions Tn day than his predecessor Qresiden Rooseve) did in a week." Now Truman meets with criticism at every turn be- cause relax with wounded veterans for couple of hours during railroad strike takes short holiday vacation in the mountains during the crucial OPA situation
 Let's forget the tremendous and complex problems of the presidency of the United States today To any man with a human conscience, and such Truman the burden must be awesome and ponderous Truman wiling to take criticism of his poces-he has proven that lie shouldn't have to smile every hny yelled and stale be af his personal life
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
Views of the Press

tage opened to them by the veto. The general reaction has been ono of restraint and caution. Many have said they will, for the time being, keep within the old price ceilings, although under no com pulsion to do so. Their attitude has been thatt hey will hold the pres ent prices until Congress has had time to act on measure that Will continue OPA for a limited period. In this they have refuted the BoWles charge that they wanted to get rid of all price controls. What they obviously wanted was an eX- tension of OPA under directiVes which would create an incentive to full production which OPA poli- cies have impeded.
 It is to be hoped the attitude that has been shown thus far will continue The danger of runaway prices exists. Business and indus try prices exists. Business and industry can best serve their own interests and those of consumers by holding out against an un-re- strained boosting of prices. If they will do that, if Congress will quickly pass temporary extension of OPA under the old law, and then proceed to pass a new per manent bill to effectuate the ptlr- poses of the one vetoed, seri- ous crisis can be averted.
 In his radio address, as if con- scious that it was through his ae- tion that price controls were end ed, the President called upon every businessman. every producer, and every landlord, to adhere to exist ing regulations He cannot com- plain of the immediate response to that request. In fact, business has shown more concern over the extinction of OPA than the Presi- dent showed when he tedminated it's existence by his veto.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
COMMENDABLE RESTRAINT

fNeW Bedford Standard-Times)
 All through the controversy over price control legislation, Chester Bowles persisted in picturing sup porters of the bill being put through Congress as representing the forces of greed, straining at the leash in their eagerness to send prices sky-high to disaster. This was to happen, he warned, if the Congress sional bill extending OPA became law. It has not happened even with OPA out of existence entirely by the Presidents veto
 Spokesmen for industry, business, retail stores and owners of rented houses and apartments, have shown no disposition to seize the advan-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
SWORDFISH
1.-The Boston Post

While we can rejoice at arrival of the first fresh sWordfish of the sum- mer. with 10000 pounds unloaded here yesterday at a wholesale price of 85 cents a pound, we also can do a little worrying-over the retail prices which will be asked for it. But we. need not worry much, for exhorbitant prices will mean few sales. New Englanders enjoy their seasonal swordfish-but New Eng flanders are thriftyl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10

Who really is in the drivers seat, the voter or the official? Unless the citizens understanding of political issues keeps pace with their grow ing complexity is he not destined to lose control over his officials? pr. Harold w. Dodds, president
 Princeton U.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
15 Years Ago

Frank Luciano of Bishop Street and Martha Cianelli Of South Elm Street announced their marriage in- tentionS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10

The marriage of Esther Coldbrook of Plaza Avenue and Harry Airing ton Of New York City took place at St. Margaret's Church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10

Kathleen Windsor's Forever Am Der has been banned for sale or distribution in Massachusetts. That, of course. means that the sales will shoot up wildly and put the opus on the best smeller list again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
5 Years Ago

Police were searching for a man who was reported to have branded school boy with cigarette.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
Waterbury or the Past
25 Years Ago

MT. and Mrs. Arthur Conroy of Watervine had With them for a summer vacation their son Edward who returned home from Connecti- cut College.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10

Martin Benson and Charles Drury of New London spent three weeks here with their uncle Clifford New ell of Thomaston Avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

A survey shows that the typical American home is a wooden. tWo- story structure containing five or six rooms and occupied by one fam lly. News item.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10

Three persons, including six months-old baby, were injured in car crash on Long Hill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10

Rhode Island has frozen all hous- ing rents as of June 30. It prob ably would be safe to say that the order includes everything except beach cottages, which are an econ omic entity all by themselves, and not susceptible to any anti-infla- tionary device that was ever thought up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
ADDENDA

ADDENDA And a wall in the hall that is
 smutty
 And a creak in a couple of stairs And a window requiring putty And an awning that wells for re-
 pairs
 And a boiler that hollers for clean
 ing
 And a fireplace needing it. too, And a pillar that's sagging or lean
 ing
 And a sprinkle of holes in the flue. And a table that's lacking a caster And a faucet that elanks in the
 night
 And closet that's shedding it's
 plaster
 And an off -again-on-agam light And gap in the picturesque bower And rope that is gone from the
 reel And a tic to be fixed in the shower And a ceiling beginning to peel And linoleum Jumped in the middle And a crack in the fixture or dome You won't find em chez Astor or
 Riddle.
 But you will in the typical home. that polar defense will he our No. problem in the next war. The thought just will not down that we're going to have some trouble between the poles and the Rus- sians.
 The Citizens Political Actior Committee of Kentucky is planning 1 fo embark on buyers strike tt combat rising retail prices. The first i thing the members will do is finC out what they're not out of so they can refrain from buying it. |. Ii G. Wells hints that there Wa& a tie-in between the British roya family and Benito MuSsolinl anc suggests thatt he House of Hanover follow the House of Savoy into exile We have an idea that England vii still stand on a King and Queen however.
 Rhode Island has frozen all hous ing rents as of June 30. It prob 3hIy would be safe to say that tn, order includes everything eXcep
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10

And a wall in the hall that is
 Smutty And creak in couple of stairs And a window requiring putty And an awning that wells for re-
 pairs
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