The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-10
by DreuO Pearson

s,o,,ns rAw materials, we've soa b use Government Naads 10 back up TIA morteeSea Anu wsWe eet @ loan money for the pgetacsacasea manuA~''asS V "''sS SS, V - ao sSae m stay If we aOA& can't" concluded Wyatt .... ....,
 YSrnan who year ego he'd instructed Wyatt ln lacele the housing crisis with the same wkot wkE that the Government proseoeseo sne s... vsSsS then announced his resignation and lett the roOm
 AnssA.r eAapssr lA SAe new white Hoass sysssm aR wNvNFMnopma hv crony occurred when ttvmsns former naval aide clsse osso nOw wSss s1s aooss an nonncemens which made the amemng en1 s snsaisN " false saeemeht that Wyatt wanted to oe reneVeo ss cause he he'd finished hs joo .....,.
 wnus haven't finished my ioo," proposed Wys.e ~and m stay on the job I'm permiteeo " Ope'~'S an all-out emergency program =. A.
 1s,nr further argument wyatt flatly refused eo snaarase inc statement and n was taken out ot ALu mans letter For more than ssa,ssn sn nCSr wIcn would nroteca the President" The idea was not 70 proeect homeless veterans, but the man wno nso ta''eO '" stand up in the final pinch, to help them
 Finally, Wyatt asked Clifford tne rsost rres.oens on housing but clifford said no wyatt nslseeo Snae s"e public had 0 right to see it
 we won't release it." replied the young man who now dominates the White House. Tt was personal letter to the President
 
 NOTr-an the end. another S. LOuisan, alple- matic Charley Ross had to De called m - nep Maase she face.saying Truman statement accepting WyaNs resignation.
 Arthur F. Peterson, Birmingham Center, MAss.: Thanks for your letter stating that John n LeWs had right to break his contract because tne oov- ernment broke it's pledge on the cost ot livng xou forget however, that MT. Lewis played an mpoE.%sne % part in increasing that living cost He was one Wno led in shouting for the end of price-wage stapza- tion supported by William Green of the A. F ot L' plus almost every Republican member or congress We are now reaping the harvest
 History will probably show that the beginning ot the probable depression of 1928 actually started m the Summer of l946 when the above-nameo alnance threw waVe-price sabilization overheard Lewis, ot course wanted to kill wage stabilzation because ne knew that his powerful union could go out and get wage increases that teachers whitecollar workers, government employees farm labor, CTS trying to get through college on fixed alotments and widows living on insurance could not get.
 The jump in prices since the real end of oPA last June is exactly like the fictitious jump In pros pery when Andy Mellon reduced upper taxes after World War and let the little fellow shift TOT himself It is significant that the stock market began wise guys in Wall Street knew something was wrong, that the tremendous profits of industry were too good to last that real wages tbased on buying power were slumping while prices were 0ooming up
 Sound prosperity comes when buying power is up and prices are within range Unfortunately. John L. Lewis strike only stagnates industry cuts down pro- ductton makes goods scarce shoots prices high er and makes imitation and subsequent depression all the more certain.