Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-07-05
Bridges Fights New Money For OPA
Action On:
Fund Bill
Is Delayed

Washington. July 5.-tP)--Senator
Bridges (R) of New Hampshire tried
today TO keep the Senate Appropria-
tons Committee from even talking
about new money for the stricken
but still fighting OPA.
Bridges took the stand that OPA
is legally dead.
! He said therefore the committee
can not even hear testimony by Price
Chief Paul Porter on a 100000, 600
OPA appropriations bill
Chairmsr Mcclellan ,D) OF Ten
nessee. Bridges told reporters. delay
cd any immediate action
Porter called on Congress to revive
another bill, extending OPA for
year, to get it more closely in line
with President Trumans rccommen-
dations.
supporters Disturbed.
His cry of dissatisfaction with the
compromise measure worked out un-
der the leadership of Senator Bark
ley CD of Kentucky apparently dis
turbed its supporters.
/ Advised of Porter'S statement,
Barkley grimly told reporters:
Il have no comment"
Barkley apparently had counted
Oh the support of both Porter and
Mr.. Truman for the new OPA bill,
CRATER as substitute for the en-
tender Mr.. Truman vetoed last
week. The Kentuckian said he will
attempt TO bring the measure before
the Srate as soon as possible. 1t
may be delayed until next week by
opponents.
ODaniel Threatens Filibuster.
Senator O'Daniel (D) of Texas
WHO filibuster TO delay passage OF
the original extension bill, said he
expects to talk against the new bill
at every chance and as long as he
can.
A bill reviving OPA's price and
rent controls for another year head
cd into hot fight in the Senate.
It's fate Their. in the House and
the Executive Mansion will deter
mine when ard if the ceilings that
collapsed last Sunday midnight are
to be restored.
The measure, approved IL to 5
last night by the Senate Banking
Committee. differed on only two
| major points from the one Presi-
dent Truman vetoed last week with
sible' piece of Legislation.
Taft Declares War.
Nevertheless. the changes - both
involving profit formulas for manu-
facturerS, wholesalers and retailers
were such that Republican Senator
Taft of Ohio declared open war on
the revision and announced he would
hattie IL on tho Snnntr flnn,
There il went today, with the
blessings of Senate Majority Leader
Alben Barley of Kentucky. nine
other Democratic committee mem
bers and two Republicans Taft
| and four other Republicans voted
against il in committee
Barkley said he had every reason
10 believe the bill will not be dis
approved by the President" il 1T
clears the So2atc and House. He
qualified his statement by saying
he had not talked about the bill to
Mir. Truman. who is spending the
Fourth oc July holiday in the Mary
land mountains.
"Portcr's Bill"
Taft commended that the committee
had revised his manufacturer pric-
ing formula TO such an extoIt that
the measure now is Porter's bill"
So far as attaining the revisions
he sought. Taft said. the old law
might as we'll not have been amend
cd al all.
Taft had insisted that producers.
manufacturers and professors should
be entitled to their prices during
pIc-war base period, plus average
! unit cost rises since The commit
tee accepted that general formula. but
Under Barklcys leadership hcdged il
| in with restrictions obnoxious to
! Taft. The committee said the CELL
ingS should return on the average
TO the industry in question at least
the average dollar price during 1910.
! plus the average increase in cost