Show NE NEWS WS RE REVIEW VIE W donth threatens linis split S buffa rationing P proposed president truman who seems tc run to 10 point programs tossed an other one to congress concerning the preservation and protection ol 01 civil rights and then stood aside to await the explosion it came quickly southern demo brats hopping mad over at least four of the 10 controversial points began to talk seriously of calling a dixie convention to split away from mr truman on the civil rights issue focus of the current disunity was a bill up for approval by the senate labor committee to create a na dional commission against job dis crimination on grounds of race creed or color sen alien allen J ellei der dem la predicted that if the bill were approved in its present form the party would erupt into open war i fare both foes and backers of the measure agreed that it would be a close thing the four proposals that most in flamed the southerners were the ones calling tor for 1 a federal anti lynching law jaw 2 a permanent fair employment practice commission 3 an end to jim crow rules in transportation and 4 outlawing of state poll taxes remainder of the points aavo bated by the president were A permanent commission on civil rights a joint congressional corn com cittee on civil rights a civil rights division in the justice department tightening of civil rights statutes home rule for the district of colum bia statehood tor for alaska and ha wah wall equalization of naturalization opportunities and settlement of evacuation claims ot of japanese americans because 1948 Is an election year and a presidential election year at that the program which otherwise might be ignored was certain to get hot partisan debate in answer to mr truman s firm statement that something must be done about the civil rights issue southern democrats ed that they were th dking of calling an all southern convention to pick its own pres dennial candidate some thought that too drastic a step but at jackson miss walter walte speaker of the mississippi house of representatives said he flatly favored such a course in order to withhold at least part ot of the south s electoral votes from mr truman SELF RATIONING second best manifestly stymied in its efforts to get congress to pass rationing and price control legislation the ad m ni tried a new approach in the form of an appeal for nation wide self rationing greater public support of an in fled fied drive for voluntary food conservation would have to be de if living costs are to be curbed the administration decided As an initial step representatives of 18 consumer producer and dis tri butor groups met alth clinton anderson secretary of agriculture to map details of the nationwide program charles F brannan assistant secretary of agriculture heads the new food saving setup ong nally started by the citizens food corn com cittee last fall it has been carried on until now under the direct lead enship of the cabinet food corn com cittee major emphasis it was under stood would be placed on meat as the pivotal item in the cost of living merry go round however other foods also would be covered in the voluntary program based on spec fic recommendations of the food industry and public re presenta tives it is theoretically designed to meet the twin problem of scarce food supplies and high prices biggest talking point the admin had in its attempts to sol cit public support was the de apartment part ment of agriculture s somber prediction that the nation is head ng for a serious meat shortage in the spring and by way of emphasis brannan added that meat rationing by price already is in effect be cause many people cannot afford to buy FOR SALE some eggs U S government has hung out a for sale sign on 46 8 million dozen eggs that it bought last spring to support domestic prices there is one stipulation however only foreign users will be allowed to buy them for the comfort of U S house wives the agriculture department was swift to point out that these eggs are not the kind that can be used readily for home consumption they were shelled dumped into huge containers and frozen before the government bought them in the first place agriculture department decided to sell the eggs to foreign 0 buyers when it was unable to sell them to bakers and confectioners in this country because egg production has been going up and egg prices down |