Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-08-18
viii Profifeering Continue

WIZ
1T IS SICKENING to listen, day after
Il day, to so-called unbiased" radio com-
mentators who parrot about the new
found cooperative spirit" that, they say,
suddenly sprung up between President
Truman and the Congress.
The big daily newspapers, the so-called
popular magazines, of course, are singing
the same song. So do all the Newspaper
coIumnists whose syndicated columns are
read by millions of people all over the
country.
Suddenly the President is surprised
to find these people say, "that the Con-
gress is so cooperative; that almost any
thing he asks of the Congress, he gets.
More, they give him powers that he did
not even ask for"
And then they go on to say how Presi-
dent Truman did not ask for standby
powers to invoke, at this discretion,
"wage, price and manpower Is,
along with the rationing of raw materials
important to our war effort" but got any
way.
OF COURSE, it is true that President
" Truman did not ask for these stand
by powers. And it is also true that he got
them from the Congress ever though he
did not ask for such powers.
Further, the Congress has also been
extremely liberal with its financial appro-
priations to carry on the nations ire
~mendously enlarged preparedness pro-
gram. Billions more were voted than was
requested by the President.
From all appearances the Congress is
ready to do a real job to make sure
that everything is done to prepare the ma
ton for any and all eventualities.
X X X
UNFORTUNATELY this is only one
u side of the question. The other side
is conveniently Overlooked by both
radio and newspaper commentators; by
magazines and newspapers alike.
Why don't these people tell us that
President Truman asked for, but the Con-
gress REFUSED to grant him powers to
control profiteering' and "grey" and
'black" market operations.
The truth is that this request of Presi-
dent Truman was fatty rejected by this
'highly cooperative" Congress.
Apparently - and there is no other
conclusion that we can arrive at - the
Congress is not opposed to continued prof
iteering.
This while they yell about american
boys dying for freedom and democracy in
the fox-holes and hell-holes of Korea"
Even more repugnant than this is the
attitude of legislators like Senator Taft
about invoking the excess profits tax
NOW.
Mr.. Taft openly declares [ h a "the
Congress should not talk about the excess
profits tax until after the new Congress
~reconvenes January 1st." In this instance
even President Truman gave these people
"a lift" TO justify their impossible posi-
ton when he suggested that the Congress
should discuss the problem of excess prof
its after the fall elections"
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ME FEEL THAT the defense of our
w country is the responsibility of all
people. And especially those who are GER
tainly able to pay. There is no justifica-
ton whatever for the fantastic profits that
our corporations are pocketing away these
days. The bulk of these profits should be
taxed away by the federal government
and, If necessary, put into our national
defense program.
In the meantime we should nail the
truth TO the cross:
The Congress is NOT DOING what
President Truman wants it to do.
The Congress is placing restrictions on
the common people, BUT NOT ON BIG
BUSINESS.
To contend otherwise is sheer n.y.
pocrisy.