| Show Democrats Cheer Report I On Living Costs Costs' WASHINGTON April 8 UPI UPI- Administration claims to have i f held the tM line against Inflation for the past year drew cheers from fromI I senate enate Democrats S Saturday but Republican scorekeepers charged serious erious fumbles on wage controls and price subsidies I Democratic Democratic- Leader Barkley arkley of I Kentucky termed optimism that thatIs thatIs Is 15 justified a report by heads of I the offices of economic stabilization stabilization 1 tion price administration war rj food rood administration and war labor board which said prices and wages 1 have been kept stable since President President t dent Roosevelt's the line order order or or- der was Issued a year ago With less enthusiasm acting Republican Leader White of Maine commented that the four officials recommend themselves and their wor work pretty highly And while there was general agreement ement that the stabilization act would be extended for another year Senator Butler R Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Ne Ne- braska renewed demands for abolition abolition abo abo- of consumer food price subi sub sub- I i 4 Labor Costs Rising I Also Senator Taft R Ohio I I said there there there-is is a a steady increase In Inthe the cost of labor and uncontrolled raw materials is driving many small email businessmen out of business and bringing about black mar mar- Taft argued that the assertion i that actions of the war labor board t raised the level of basic fact fac- fac I t t J wage rates less than l iV cents an an hour did not tell teU the whole 13 story tory He said pay actually taken home by workers and hourly w wage ge rates both have increased over 5 per cent in 12 months Butler declaring the act might work better during the next year if a prohibition were adopted eliminating eliminating elim elim- mating consumer subsidies said Im sure the people would rather pay a little more for food now flow than have to pay it later In taxes for subsidies 4 Favors Control 1 Senator White said he believes price rice control must be continued but he hopes the banking co committee corn com can suggest to us amendments amendments amend amend- ments and procedures less annoying annoy annoy- I ing and less burdensome and atthe at atthe j the same time more effective I Senator Danaher R It Connecticut cut a member of the committee said the joint letter of the stabilization stabilization sta sta- chiefs clearly is at odds with the view expressed by President President dent William Green of the Americ Amerlean Amerlean Amer- Amer ic lean n Federation of Labor Murray head of the C I O 0 O. O and other spokesmen for organized labor who definitely assert that there h has s been an increase In living costs I in the past year I As for changes In existing controls controls con- con 1 Danaher suggested a need for adequate provisions for court review in proper cases on administrative administrative admin admin- 1 rulings I Barkley arkley mentioned that there s- s was a general but informal agreement agreement agree agree- ment in ilL the committee that penalty penalty pen pen- alty provisions of the price act should be changed to give the federal federal fed fed- 1 era eral courts more l leeway eway in fixing penalties p At present the law provides provides pro pro- vides vIde mandatory fines of three times the amount involved in price infractions Barkley said Bowles Bowle did elid not oppose modification of that provision t r if c rP D. 7 1 f. f w I d g J tI F 1 f I 0 1 t r. r J r Y r inches Atlantic Ocean I enI en North Bay of Biscay 9 S a aI I L ches 1 VO 90 inches I i O P Paris A Bor eaux NETH 4 BELGIUM Cologne A is is known as a month Hambur I- I APRIL of showers Combined c lt with certain types of soil this ws r spells mud as as' doughboys ys j learned in last war Figures GERMANY show mean rainfall in inches for April on Europe's Europe s invasion invasion inva inva- inva sion ion coast Spring rainfall is C BERLIN Stettin not to be abnormal in u likely in northern Europe In Italy winter win win- j t SWIT ter- ter terrains rains plus clay like earth i proved a major obstacle to Danzig Allied military progress Mediterranean Sea ITALY POLAND AP rn i i 1 It III Brown forested soil Bleached forested Rocky terrain Red earth colored S Swampy wa m p y s sea ea Thin rocky top top- slightly bleached soil soil loose loose famed bleached heavily limestone de de- lime lime- by from soft marshes may be soils in mountainous mountain mountain- dries quickly for mud forested posits stone flooded ous sections |
