Show r t v Ak t r S 'S Ir rM I The The Investigation nv ti ot of a 4 jo joint l congressional I committee I Into the housing Question ed to get let under under way early In October likely Ukel will wID be In the na nt- nt nature ture tufe of a dress for the bitter fight expected on the Tat Taft Taft- t- t Ellender Wagner bill bID a battle attle between private and public housing These opposing forces were evident even In the organize tion of the committee in which the private real estate and hous houa lug ing lobbies won wor a victory through the election of Represent Representative Representative Ralph A A Gamble of New NewYork NewYork York as chairman and Senator Joseph R McCarthy o of Wiscon W sin as vice chairman c Senator McCarthy M break brash young Doting freshman freshman- defied deti all pre pre- o ta by bY Sen Charles Charle w Tobey ofiNe of New Hampshire vet veteran eran chairman of the senate banking and currency committee commit tee in the Joint housing commit commit- committee committee tee Senator Tobey came to the committee meeting mee armed with sufficient proxies to name him chairman since from time tune Im immemorial memorial proxies pro tes have bave been voted in the organization org of con gressional committees Senator McCarthy however with the help of house members succeed succeed- succeeded succeeded ed In in forcing through a resolution resolution tion prohibiting the holding of proxies and then forced through the election of Congressman Gamble as chairman and him him- himself himself self as vice-chairman vice This maneuver gave control of the housing investigation to the house of representatives and to Rep Jesse A Wolcott of Michigan chairman of the house banking and currency committee commit commit- committee tee who sits as member I of the Joint committee Congress Congress- Congressman Congressman man Wolcott is a bitter foe not only of public housing but also of 01 all controls on housing and he was sponsor of the laws which threw overboard rent and building controls Sen Robert A Taft of Ohio powerful chairman of the GOP policy committee Is author of the Wagner Taft Taft bill billand billand and be he was supported by Sen Senator ator Wayne Morse of Oregon and most of the Democratic members of the senate Congressman Gamble the compromise committee chair chair- chairman man of the the is house h a little known Ue since c he e ern member rn seldom fd takes the floor but he is a son ofa of a former fonner Republican senator from flOm South Dakota Robert J Gamble It is i joint jo t committee hearings will open in Washington and then spread to various sections sec ions of the country In the meantime grand Jury probes are being made nude of alleged monopolistic practices of real real- realtors tors in fixing prices in commis commis- commissions si ns throughout the country and government statistics show that the home building boom has reached a year 20 high but that the new construction was confined largely to the smaller towns toWN suburbs and rural areas All signs point to the fact that Clinton Anderson will re re- re remain main in his job as secretary of agriculture From Various Y v a r Iou i o u s sources it has been predicted that Anderson would take a over chairmanship of the Democratic national committee e It Is t likely however wever Gael O l Sullivan the aggressive executive director of the committee e will be named chairman to succeed Robert E Hannegan If congress approves the Mar Mar- Marshall Marshall shall plan for aid aid to Europe and there is some Indication that andI it will not not all aU signs point to an I agricultural program of full production that is production fullI I based baaed based on wartime demands for forthe forthe the five years In the meantime the depart depart- department I ment Is 11 making makin one oae o of th most careful studies ever made by try government cyna do on what this thUI and coun coun- country try can do if required and the appraisal is based on the sup sup sup- positions 1 Of 01 continuing high employ employ- employment ment meat 2 Of a slightly lower price average for farm fann production 3 Of continued high export demands |