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Show OUR CONGRESSMEN SAY . . . Women and UNO ... We sliould make certain that the women of America arc given continued representation on our delegation to the United Nations Organization. I feel that the principles of the Atlantic Charter should he followed out because that declaration pledged, at least six times, that women should he eligible with men to participate in the activities of the UNO. Evidently these pledges have meant nothing, because be-cause out of 180 UNO delegates, representing 51 nations, only 5 are women. In addition to this, only one country Norwayhas a woman alternate, and the number of feminine femi-nine advisers adds up to only six. This is a disappointing arid unfair representation to the mothers, wives, and sisters ol the men who have fought and died the world over for equal rights and democracy. Rep. Mike Mansfield, Dem., Monta ria. Colton Price ... The proposal of the OPA to put a ceiling price on raw cotton is one of the most vicious blows ever struck at the American farmer. It is unfair and unwarranted and is another an-other attempt to hold down the living standard and wage earnings of the colton farmer. When Chester Bowles announced his intention to put a maximum ceiling of 21.09 cents per pound on the highest high-est grades of cotton and then scale the price of other grades down by the use of a synthetic scale adjustment he was merely attempting to ain more power and control over the already over-regulated farmer. It would mean a slave wage of 21 to 22 cents per hour for the southern cotton farmer barely half of the present minimum wage standard of 40 cents per hour, and they are now talking of a 60-cent or even a 75 -cent minimum wage standard. Rep. Charles E. McK enzie, Dem., Louisiana. Key To Prosperity ... Without question, small businesses are to expand, hirst, they will increase in number to offset their share of the 500,000 in the United States that were closed during the war period. There will be the normal increase due to increased population and there will be other increases due to the fact that many people will want to be their own boss. We all realize that many business ventures fail under normal times, but there are so many straws in the wind and so many factors that will be conductive to new small business busi-ness expansion that this expansion is most assuredly in the picture of tomorrow. Ihese small businesses, like all other groups, must continue con-tinue to be vigilant and see to it that they have fair consideration consider-ation in legislation comparable to all the other groups of our society. Rep. Reid F. Murray, Rep., Wisconsin. Our Responsibility ... Only by a full, increasing, expanding, and uninterrupted uninter-rupted production of goods can the physical and material needs of the American public be met and the acute danger of inflation and unbridled prices be averted. Some alternative altern-ative to the strike must be found so that kind of production can be given full sway. Mow much longer are we going to temporize with this situation? When will we have the courage to grapple with the roots of this problem. Others, who have the primary responsibility of finding the right solution have tried' and failed. Now the responsibility rests squarely upon us and we must not delay in our efforts to find a satisfactory solution. 1 his problem is not one which has come upon us overnight; over-night; it is not one which has developed in recent months. Only recently have we fel, bitterly and acutely, the full consequences con-sequences of our failure to grapple with the problem. At no time in the past, certainly not in recent years, have we faced squarely the issues of a sound labor policy, and then acted in the public interest. Until that is done, we shall continue to have labor strife of such character and volume as to bring permanent and costly injury to the economy of this country in die future Rep. W. Sterling Cole, Rep., New York. Is 1 his A Reward ... The situation that confronts the presently returning war veteran is nothing short of desperate. When he seeks employment, after, being tossed from pillar to post, the best the average dischargee can find is a job which will return him little more than the amount of his weekly unemployment unemploy-ment insurance. When he attempts to find any sort of home for his wife and child or children the best he can get is talk of the State taking over some empty barracks. And when he tries to start a small business and looks to purchase surplus Government property which this Congress decreed he is entitled to bijy, all he gels is, to use the vernacular, the run around. It is now practically eight months since cessation of hostilities, and the situation is not getting any better. I trust that we shall all bear this in mind by immediately passing legislation designed to remedy these vital matters. -Rep. John J. Rooney, Dem., New York. |