Evening star., 1952-06-13
Two Bills CaI|inq
For Controls
Go toulouse
Banking Committee 4.
And Senate Differ on
Expiration Dates
By the Assoeinfad Prasa

The House today had two bills
to continue expiring wage-price-
rent controls, one passed by the
Senate and the other approved
by its own House Banking Com
mittee.
The Governments present au-
thority for all anti-inflation curbs
expires midnight June 80, two
weeks from Monday.
The Senate bill, passed So to
IL and sent to the House yester-
day, would extend. this power
eight months to next February %.
1t also would add a full year
until June 80, 1953-to authority
for credit checks and ALLEGATION
OF scarce materials to industry.
The House legislation, a one
year extension to June 80, 1853,
was reported favorably by a Is
to-3 Banking Committee vote. But
it would end all curbs on consumer
and real estate credit. a point at
oddds with the one-year extension
OF credit restrictions voted by the
Senate.
Prompt Action Expected.
Representative Spence, Demo-
crat, Of Kentucky, chairman of the
committee, said he expects prompt
action on the House bill-debate
probably beginning Wednesday
and winding up by weeks end.
In final action on the measure
last night. the committee added
no major provisions which had not
previously been approved. It's
most important action repeatedly
was new provision, adopted II
to 5. to drop a price regulation
requiring certain reports from
dealers who sell at below-ceiling
prices.
The Senate action was swift
after efforts to tack on amend
ments bearing on the steel strike
were abandoned. The bill as it'll
stands contains request to Presi-
dent Truman that he invoke the
80-day anti-strike injunction pro-
visions Of the Taft-Hartley law
in the steel dispute.
The Senate measure generally
would continue control authority
about as is. but for eight months
instead Of the two years the Presi-
dent had asked. The House ver-
sion is for one year. This and any
other conflict between the twol
bills would have to be worked
out at a Senate-H House confer
ence, if the House approves the
Banking Committee version.
WSB Powers Limited.
One change voted by the Senate
would limit dispute settling powers
of the Wage Sterilization Board,
whose steel proposals evoked con-
siderable criticism in Congress.
The WSB, under the change,
could enter a labor controversy
only if both sides asked and if
the Federal Mediation Service said
all its remedies had failed. Also,
its powers would be limited to
wage and other money issues.
It could not, for example, recon-
mend the controversial union
shop, which requires all of a COM
pany's employees to join the union
representing them in bargaining
negotiations.
The Senate roll call listed 18I
Republicans against controls ex-
tension, Al Democrats and II Re-
publicans for it.
Voted down were G. o. p. moves
to lift all wage-price controls and
such less-sweeping proposals asl
one to lift ceilings on food and
other farm commodities.
Adopted was an amendment to
remove ceilings on fresh fruits
and vegetable prices.
Four Objections Retained.
The bill also would put Congress
on record as favoring selective
lifting of price controls as con-
ditions permit. Four sections to
which President Truman objected
were retained-import curbs onl
fats, oil and dairy products; al
ban on livestock slaughter quotas;
pre-Korea price markups for re-
tailers and wholesalers, and the
Capehart provision allowing pro-
ducers to reflect cost increasesI
since Korea in their prices.
The House committee took noI
action on imports or the Wage
Board. It voted, however to de-
control fresh fruits and vegetables
and lift wage controls on farm
labor and small firms with eight
or fewer workers.
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