Milford chronicle., 1947-09-26

these radical changes, but from
+ the looks of dropping hemlines the
shoe situation will soon be solved
economically. They just won't
need anyi es5 >as
|. SPEAKING ABOUT FOOD
PRICES
A Washington reporter called
! the sky-rocketing of food prices
a dizzy upswing." Most people
seem to forget that history al
ways repeats-nevertheless, it
took two bucks to buy a pound of
butter and a dozen eggs. at the
big Cornwall grocery in Washing
ton during World War l.
Our condition at the present
time is imitation. Don't pin the
blame on either of the two old
political parties Nothing would
be more ineffective than restoring
rationing of food.
You can believe Mark Sullivan,
/ safe-and-sound columnist, who says
that the usual postwar ''pheno-
menon so far is an economic hurri-
cane" and he adds: I'VE are in
an imitation"
The Government has been Civ
ing price support" for farm pro-
ducts and foods. That may have
hastened imitation.
But don't overlook the fact that
the United States has been back
ing large part of the World, with
gifts and loans. The only thing we
: expected in the way of returns was
through foreign trade. A lot of
: Democrats, as well as Republicans,
seemed to think that European
countries would buy all of our
high-priced goods. That was wish
full thinking, that isn't coming
true. The British, Italians, French
and all other countries are spend
ing that same money raised by tax
alton of the American public, in
their own countries. You CAM
l blame them for that. But you car
blame our own United States Gov
ernment for tearing down our owI
1 reserves. That's what has caused
4 the present dizzy upswing" il
food prices.
The Democrats put the blame OF
4 the Republicans and the Republi
[ both to blame. But about the sill
liest proposal afloat would be t
restore rationing.
The laws of supply and deman,
and competition are swinging int,
r effect. Right now, there is buy
e ers' strike, and Congress is no
o going to step in and stop it. l
a the Department of Agriculture con
" tinues to back farmers agains
6 possible drops in prices, as it ha
T been doing in trying to regulat
the markets for potatoes, corr
meats, dairy products and othe
II articles of food, the condition vii
: not improve.
It You might just as we'll make u
If your mind that when food price
l. double that a lot of people can
If afford to buy these high price
products-a lot of people who ca
buy at the high prices are gOin
= to cut down on their food e2
w penseS.
y, Maybe you have seen the pric
:, of a watermelon drop from on
- dollar to fifteen cents. 1t has hal
20 70 pened. Already there is trement
- Gus resistance to these outrageou
~ ~ food prices on the part of price
!. sick public. Things are going I
;s come down. They can't help it,
" HIS MIND NEVER CHANGES
John l.. Lewis is raising the roc
in trying to tear down "the iniqu
tous Taft-Hartley statute" Appal
T emily Mr.. Lewis is getting off 0
I'd the wrong foot.
o. The American Federation of l.;
1t bor and the CIO are cooling off
lg their opposition, waiting to lear
" how the new labor law works.
If. Apparently wage workers al
n engaged in a period of "watchfl
f. waiting"
re Several million members of /;
w Dor Unions believe they are PR
tected in their positions, and tn;
of they can earn mere monSy IN /
g course of year by staying on IL
III job than by going on disorder
lg and disastrous strikes.
OF LOYALTY PLEDGES
ep All of the 2,0S8,965 Federal en-
e. ployees, including the President
TX the United States and Members
ep his Cabinet, Justices of the 81
oe preme Court, and all clerks ar
de employees of the United Stat
a Government, have signed affidavit
n testifying that they do not beloI
es to "any political party or organ
to cation which advocates the owe