The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-22

can expect no fundamental i'm
provement in our anti-inflatior
program.
The Price Sterilization program
is a cynical hoax on the American
people. A so-called freeze on price.
was announced at a moment wher
prices were higher than ever be.
fore in history. Although frozen
prices are rising steadily, economic
Stabilizer Eric Johnston and Price
Stabilizer Michael Disable have
both announced that nothing they
can OF will do under the defense
production Act will stop the cost
OF living from rising another
percent by next summer. We point
out that from March Is, 1850 to
Dec. 15, 1850, living costs also rose
|6 percent-without any freeze
Profit margins are being guaran-
teed. Every consideration possible
is being given by Government
price agencies to enhance the posi-
tion of business and to protect fat
profits. Flexibility which has been
denied in the Wage Sterilization
order is being guaranteed by the
Price Sterilization orders.
Rent Control
"The present Federal Rent Con-
troll Act expires on March 81.
Large sections of the nation have
already been exempted from rent
control. No authority exists to per-
NIT the Government to control
rents in defense areas. Instead of
moving quickly to extend and to
tighten the rent control law, the
Government is moving placidly to-
ward the March 81 deadline, when
all rent controls expire.
Taxes
individuals already have receiv-
ed a stiff increase in their taxes.
The Congress is now considering a.
program to raise all taxes in such
manner that people in the lower
income brackets will be forced to
bear a still heavier share of that
tax burden. In 1943, individuals and
corporations paid an almost equal
share of the expenses of Govern
ment. Today, individuals are asked
to bear 68 percent of the expenses
of rearmament. Among individuals,
the Congress is considering raisingI
income taxes another 20 percent onl
low income groups while the in-I
crease to families with incomes of
$25, 600 a year would be only ID
percent. This proposal would lift
tax rates on low income families
45 percent over pre-Korean rates.
The increase on the highest income
would be almost nil. Many indus
tries are escaping their taxation
through special privilege loopholes
in the law. No serious attempt is
being made to plug these loopholes.
ManpOwer
''The utter lack of concern with
the viewpoints and experience of
labor was clearly shown
in the arbitrary decision of mobil-
zation director Charles E. Wilson
TO transfer control of manpower
policies from the Department of
Labor to his own agency. There
vas no need for such a move. The
of Labor, with its ex-
bert knowledge of manpower pro-
,lems and it's deep-seated belief in
American policies of
cooperation, is ideallyl
equipped to formulate and direct
he nations manpower policies.
"There can be no Justification
or Mr.. Wilson's transfer of thel
functions to the Officel
# Defense Mobilization other than
desire for monopoly power inl
for the possible impos-
ton of compulsory job controls
lpon the workers of this nation.
Small Business
"Small business, whose facilities !
'layed an important part in the ,
uccess of armament production in
he last war, is being frozen out of