The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-27

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handwriting on the wall, the
American Butter institute, the
National Cooperative Milk pro-
ducers association and the Ma
tional Creameries association
have come out in a joint state
ment which virtually if not lit
orally approves the sale of tax
free white margarine but still
prohibits limitation of butter
through the commercial manu-
facture or sale of oleomargarine
colored yellow in semblance of
butter.
The statement is a virtual ad-
mission that the congress will
eliminate federal taxes on un-
colored oleo. In addition, it looks
as though the congress might
even go so far as to erase the tax
on yellow oleo so that house
wives could buy the stuff with
out mixing it up with the color
ing agent which comes talong
with the package.
For so years the butter indust-
ry has fooled the folks on oleo.
Perhaps back in the days before
the pure food and drug laws,
there was some reason for the
oleo tax, but there has been no
reason for the tax since passage
of the laws designed to protect
the public against fraud in foods,
drugs and cosmetics.
Sen. Harley M. Kilgore, West
Virginia, who comes from Raj
eigh county in the heart of the
coal mining. region, a former
judge of the criminal court of
that county, wants to head-up a
probe of the lobbying industry.
He has introduced a lobby inves-
litigation resolution in the senate.
Insofar as business is concern
ed it appears to observers here
that the administration has just
about decided to increase corpor-
aion taxes as means of getting
part of the four billion dollar tax
increase asked by the President,
This was indicated when Pres
ident Truman SHE'D away from
a definite and specific call for
excess profits tax in both his
state of the union and budget
messages to congress.
Sen. Robert A. Taft, Of Ohio,
easily defeated the insurgent ell
ement in his party over senate
leadership of the Republicans.
Young, handsome and able Hen
ry Cabot Lodge opposed him as
a candidate for that leadership.
Political observers here say that
again Senator Taft did the un-
polite thing. He refused to bulge
from his position just as he did
at Philadelphia. But instead of
having a bunch of young, able,
energetic senators working for
him as their party leader, he has
these same men working, if not
against him, then split on many
an issue which will plague Taft
in future senate battles.
Albert Goss, master of the Ma
tional Grange who recently call
ed on President Truman, told the
President it was time business,
labor and agriculture got to-
gether instead of working at
cross purposes. If the three
groups would sit down around a
table and discuss their problems
there would be unity on many
a controversial project. 1t is said
that the President liked Goss'
idea of a conference of these
leaders.
1t likely will be some months
before long range farm pro-
gram jells sufficiently to be en-
acted into law to replace the
law. The question
resolves itself into whether the
big farm organizations will
stand for high rigid price sup
port plan coupled with acreage
controls, or a flexible price sup
port plan and little or no acre
age controls.
Thousands of words are being
written out of Washington on the
'socialistic" Truman administra-
ion RuSinasc letters which pro-