Evening star., 1951-05-30
Carey Charges
Control Bribery
By Big Business
CIO Sees Attempt to
Get lobor's Aid in
'ScuttIine' Price Curb.
BY the Assoeiated Press

Inc CIO COQay accused Dig
business of trying to bride labor
to join in "scuttling price con-
trols" and then share the loot"
with business.
CTO Secretary Treasurer James
B. Carey, in a statement for the
Senate Banking Committee, cited
specifically the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers and the
United States Chamber of Com
merce.
He said the two organizations
are guilty of "a complete ire
sponsibility and a narrow greed
that could wreck our defense pro-
gram" Mr.. Carey added:
'"They propose the ending of
price and wage controls. Now
certainly we of organized labor
do not care for controls for their
own sake and certainly we have
no love for controls over the
wages we might bargain for. :.
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"But we see in this big business
program simply bribe offered to
labor-a bribe that if we join with
them in scuttling price controls.
business would be willing to share
the loot with us. Both Of US to-
gether could then gouge the con-
sumer. =.
I'VE of the CIO reject emphati-
cally this offer of a conspiracy
against the public interest" Mr..
Carey continued. eve will have
no part in this shameful deal"
Mr.. Carey urged Congress to
extend the Defense Production
Act, which authorizes price-wage
controls. It is due to expire a
month from now. Both Senate
and House Banking Committees
are still holding hearings on the
proposed extension.
Defense Secretary Marshall yes
terday urged an extension be-
cause, he said. imitation is adding
81 billion a year to the cost of
the arms program.
Guns and Tanks Lost.
Gen. Marshall told the Senate
committee roughly that amount of
the $35 billion authorized for mill
tary buying and building in the
year ending June 80 "can be re-
garded as the cost of imitation"
The loss of guns and tanks and
planes to creeping imitation is just
as damaging as if they had been
destroyed or captured by an un-
seen enemy" he said.
Meanwhile, the Chamber of
Commerce criticized Price Direc-
tor Michael v. DiSalle's proposal
to license all business firms as one
which would Subject our citizens
to the kind of strait-jacketing,
policing and regimenting" which
is typical of Communist police
states.
In telecast from New York
Monday night. Mr.. Disable had
proposed such licensing to enable
the Government to put out of
business companies which violate
controls.
Canned Goods Ceilings Set.
Mr.. DiSalle's Office of Price
Sterilization set ceiling prices to-
day for Gamers sales of the 1851
spring pack of canned asparagus,
green beans, spinach and other
vegetable greens.
OPS last night gave most meat
markets an additional two weeks
in which to post official beef
ceiling price charts.
The regulation fixing ceilings
for Gamers sales is effective at
once. OPS officials said it would
Cd Bring a small rollback in the
prices of canned spinach, and (2)
perhaps cause a small increase for
canned asparagus. They said no
estimate is possible now on the
effect on canned bean prices.
There were these other eco
nomic developments:
/. Agriculture Department econ
omists foresaw relatively stable
(See CONTROLS, Page A-4)