Show THE IN WASHINGTON Expanding Viewpoint AFTER A I FTER listening to hours JL of debate over the appropriation appropriation for emergency European European European Eu Eu- aid and the consequent Home HomeTown HomeTown HomeTown Marshall plan your Town Reporter is proud to report that members of the American congress congress con con- gress by and large have grown grO up have increased in stature and statesmanship statesmanship statesmanship states states- manship co commensurate with the powerful position our country holds In the world today Despite political and some provincial provincial pro pro- local pressures the vast maJority maJority majority ma ma- of the members of house house and senate Democrats and Republicans have proved they can an stand above minority pressures back home nd face wor world d issues in the light of ot their own knowledge and con conscience not only for the future welfare of ot this nation but also for the future peace and economic welfare of the whole world Six years ears ago the story might have been different Voting more millions for Cor foreign for for- eign ign relief while living prices continue to rise here at home is none too popular in some somes- somes sections sections sec sec- of the countr country and 1948 1948 r ris is an nn election year Despite tho those c factors f only a compare campara- few discordant voices were heard in either house or senate And most debate was not over the main issue but the method to be bt employed One congressman white-haired white Dwight Rogers of ot Florida cited the alternatives succinctly We either pull out of Europe abandon what we have have- undertaken and crawl into Dur our own she shell l of isolationism or or or we we wede de declare Jare war with Russia or we give economic aid to France Italy taly and Austria to halt communism anc and save the economic structure anc and freedom of those nations for our ur own future economic benefit benefit Congress Con gress chose chos me the latter road rond 0 0 0 There Is confusion c in both both political political political po po- po- po camps here in Washington n. n On the tho Dem Democratic side it is s fear that Henry e ry Wallace will yiU announce announce announce an an- his candidacy for president dent On the GO GOP GOr side it Is fear that tha t Gen Ike lIte Eisenhower soon will vill get his hat in ha the tile ring If eit either cither is a candidate it certainly will r revise the organization strategy strategy strategy strat strat- egy in in both camps 0 0 S SIf If there is any allY doubt in your mind mine ab about out effectiveness of go controls con COIl trois in il keeping prices down consider what has happened to sugar It is pier plen ui ti and comparatively cheap Remember ber her when it il went to 10 30 cents a pound after ler ater J World o rid J War ar I 1 If Well sugar is controlled controlled con con- trolled by law under tb the 1947 sugar control act passed by the first session of the Republican n controlled contro con con- gress It not only fixes quotas but also wage rates and prices Public hearings bearings Pu on 1948 beet sugar r wages and prices will ivill be held January an 5 to 14 S S S SParty Party fa for I Press Your Home HomeTown Town Reporter also can report that President Truman back in harness after his Florida vacation trip is tanned and genial his grin more infectious his general attitude more assured and his handclasp handclasp hand hand- c clasp asp firm We stood I n In line ages it seemed to greet the President and Mr Mrs Truman and shake their h hands at the second annual formal reception at the White House for members of the thc pless and radio galleries An invitation from the tile White WhiteHouse I Io House o so is tantamount to a command command com corn mand inand performa nce in Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington and protocol dictates you must attend if hot hoi ill or absent from the city Pres President Truman inaugurated these formal receptions on the plane of ot the big state or diplomatic receptions receptions recep recep- last year as as a change from the informal s during the Roose- Roose era At least wives of ot the reporters like liko them for it gives them thema them thema a chance to doll up in formal form l evening eve eve- ni fling ning g dress D During ring the the Roosevelt regime the annual spring press parties parties parties par par- ties on the White House Hous lawn were vere vere most Informal gave the mem members of ot the press a chance to relax im im- im- im bibe a little beer amid the surroundings surroundings surround surround- ings and trappings of ot presidential prominence S S President Truman has bas given tip up his early morning walks in deference to tobis his bis setret service guards Now he be takes his bis daily walk in the afternoon Recently Recently Recently Re Re- he be strode through fashionable Peacock Aile Alley in the Willard Jr hotel a bloc long block long k-long corridor from Pennsylvania avenue to P F street stroet without being rec rec- The President dislikes no no- He Ho goes to a certain Ba Baptist church here because the pastor never nove refers to his presence When IV he a attends at al- tends tho the National theater as he often does he be never occupies a box but sits in the tho audience preferably a seat it about the tho row S S S SAid Aid for Libraries With some 35 million rural people without public library service hearings hearings hear hear- ings on the public library demonstration demonstration demon demon- bill authored by Rep Thomas Jenkins of ot Ohio drew witnesses witnesses witnesses wit wit- nesses from farm arm organizations educational educational ed ed- ed and library associations The Thc bill would make It possible for tor each state to receive to 1 annually on a matching basis to carry out demonstration lIon programs programs programs pro- pro grams In counties where tb tiara th-re re is IB no library |