The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-18
by Dreze, Pearson

Herbert Hoover That act helped to wreck Hoover. And the same selfish prejudices, the same sectiona interests the same public damned attitude Of the last Congress have already wrecked Truman-wheth- CT he was to blame not.
 Everybody was looking out for himself and the devil take the hndmoSt-espec1ally when It came 10
 Senator Wherry of Nebraska, Rep, automo- bile dealer introduced an OPA amendment hitting the profit for automobile dealers Senator Butler Rep of Nebraska big cattleman, worked for decontrolling meat Senator Murdock Dem. of Utah. land or the beet sugar, tackled on amendment favoring the beet-sugar growers. Senator Hoey Dem, of North Carolina which grows tobacco took the price ceiling off tobacco
 Senator Radcliffe Dem. of Maryland, where they go in for poultry introduced amendment boosting the poultry industry Senator Ed Moore Rep, the big oil man from Oklahoma, made sure that price ceilings were taken off oil
 Congressman Ed. Gossett, Dem, of Texas, inserted decontrol amendment for the National Association of Manufacturers; Congressman Jesse Wocott Repr of Michigan sometimes called the General Motors Spokesman" in Congress, introduced the cost-plus- profit amendment; Congressman Fred Hartley, Rep, of New Jersey, did everything possible to help the National Retail Dry Goods Association, while million are Senator Taft of Ohio inserted the assured amendment by which business was guaranteed the same lush, bonanza profits of the early war years
 Meanwhile Congressman Gillespie of Colorado, Rep, who shamelessy battled OPA did not seem to think it wrong that his company, Bluhin Foods, violated OPA price ceilings to the tune of $l5,OOO while Senators Thomas of Oklahoma and Bankhead of Alabama had the gall to make speeches against OPA curbs cotton speculation while they them selves were personally speculating in cotton. Hl-
 That is how our great lawmakers were cavOrting with the public trust in the Summer of 1946 year after fifteen million had ended their fight for a principle which they thought sacred and country which they thought was governed by un- selfish Congressman.
 However, Congress usually reflects the sentiment of pressure groups back home, and we can't blame Congress for everything. In fact, if the American people have gone meat-mad and money crazy, it's probably nobody's fault but our own
 We have developed great machine age. We have turned our rockets, atomic bombs and world girdling airplanes. There isn't anything haven't specialized on-except the science of living with fellow men. We preach the good-neghbor policy with Latin America, and send movie stars to foreign coun- tries to- tell them how great we are But if we don't practice good neighboriness at home, sometimes wonder how expect to preach it abroad
 Having cared for bodily comforts with we'll stocked refrigerator and air-cooling, and having de- veloped the deadliest weapons in the world it looks to me as if we would have to begin working at the science of being brothers keeper. If we don't, there may not be much of civilization left for us to live in.
 Please excuse this kill-joy letter. I hope this prediction will be 82 percent wrong.
 Your-at the moment very pessirnistic-Brother,
 DREW.
 P4S am planning to for Congress on the platform pledge of side of beef in every deepfreeze and two deep-freezes in every garage.