| Show Views of the Press I For sheer drama nothing th that t has happened in the field of diplomacy since the present war began equals the recent meetIng meetIng meeting meet meet- ing of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill somewhere somewhere some some- where at se sea In the past it was the and of of the world whose rendezvous monopolized th the spotlight On those occasions the peoples of democratic countries could only speculate uneasily as to where the totalitarian lightning would strike next ox wat at new act of V Violence olence- the of misrule Would spring on a a terrorized world The The shoe happily is now on the other foot At last the leaders of the democracies are taking the initiative The meeting of Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose- Roose velt and Churchill was one to stir the imagination of the world For weeks the air has been full of rumors both as to new axis aggressions and a anew new peace offensive to tobe be launched by Hitler following the victorious vic vic- entry of German troops into Moscow or Kiev or Leningrad Leningrad Leningrad Lenin Lenin- grad or Odessa Russian resistance resistance resist resist- ance has forced a postponement of such plans and stratagem But the period of grace which the democracies have enjoyed thanks to the Russians may not last Indefinitely While hoping for the best Britain and AmerIca Amer Amen ica lea must prepare for the worst They must be prepared to see a deepening of the crisis rather than a lessening of the acute tensions of the present That is why the discussions somewhere on the Atlantic were so 50 much in order and why they may have constructive consequences of the greatest importance Washington Post rost Another of those dizzy situations situations situa situa- created by contradictory economic federal policies comes to light in Price-fixer Price Henderson's Hendersons Hendersons Henderson's Hendersons Henderson's Hender Hender- sons son's call upon bread bakers not to lift JUt the price of the loaf Administrator AdmInistrator Henderson Henderson says that th the increased costs of wheat and flour s scarcely just justify y more than a fraction fration of 1 a cent Increase in increase increase In- In crease in the price of bread and then concedes that the price of raw materi materials ls' ls advanced purely as the result of legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion recently ena enacted ted by congress congress congress con con- gress providing fo for mandatory supporting price-supporting loans to cooperating cooperating coop coop- farmers equal l to an average of 98 cents per peg bushel of wheat as compared with last years year's rate of 64 cents Here is the puzzle which the average layman cannot solve Why will government shove up the cost of production and try to shove down the price at which the article is sold Most persons agree that in warlike times there should be a ceiling ceiling ceil ing over prices as a protection against uncontrollable in inflation lation But a price aprice ceiling is absurd unless a similar ceiling is put over the cost factors that in in- in fluence price price factors factors which in include include in- in clude elude raw material labor freight and still others This sort of economic management management management man man- is futile and the more quickly it is recognized t the Ii e better Jetter Harrisburg Pat Patriot io N j |
