| Show CIO Leader T Tells Senate Committee Living diving Costs Are Up 50 Per P r Cent I INGTON Jan 25 UP 1 WASHINGTON rASH president of the then Mur Murray Y Ph lp za- za I press ess of Industrial Organ 00 agress n subcommittee told told old a 8 senate ti b ns economic the Heating tin g go 5 white-collar white workers Tues- Tues leri o of f Ined in- in that living Jiving costs have approximately 50 per cent ed ee 1941 19 J n ua r die nce said his headquarters array rray ft would issue a formal report later in the the day to dispute estimates by the b bureau reau of of labor statistics showing an Increase of ot per percent percent percent cent from January 1941 to November November November No No- vember 1943 The cost of ot living survey of the C CIO I 0 to be submitted this afternoon to the cost of ot living committee Murray testified will show most shocking Lions He asserted that the governments government's governments government's governments government's govern govern- ments ment's wage p policy llcy must be adjusted adjusted ad ad- adJusted to allow for the Increase 11 In 13 the cost of f living In accordance with the stabilization act of October October Octo Octo- b ber r 2 1942 This is for the benefit of ot IndustrIal Industrial in industrial In- In workers white collar workers government and all of the people of or the country country coun coun- try bec because it assures continued uninterrupted and maximum production pro pro- Instead of or a increase he reiterated the C CIO I 0 survey will show more than double that amount mount It will Indicate the deceit practiced practiced practiced in the bureau of ot labor statistics statistics sta sta- sta- sta figures Murray urray asserted We have discovered the average aver average average aver aver- age housewife in filling her basket with f food od and her household pays 50 per cent more for tor these ese ne necessities s as of ot- Dec December December Decem Decem- m- m ber 1943 9 than sh she d did d in January January Janu Janu- ary 1941 He said the government estimate estimate estimate esti esti- mate did not reflect quality deterIoration deterioration deterioration de de- de- de and upgrading upgrading disappearance disappearance of ot cheaper go goods 0 r rent t increases outside of ot 34 cities and price violations and black mar mare I First witness I In irI the Inquiry to determine whether the pay envelopes envelopes envelopes en en- of ot the nations nation's I white collar w war workers o r k e r s contain enough money t to meet living expenses expenses expenses ex ex- ex- ex Murray said the C CIO 1 0 was wasI organizing white-collar white groups in including including in- in I salaried workers and government government government gov gov- Economic stabilization demands that wages be kept in relationship relationship relationship relation relation- ship with price level he he asserted adding that wages have not caused Inflation but that profiteering profIteering profiteering prof has been bec demons demonstrated rated through recent reports of corporate corporate corporate corpo corpo- t 3 rate taxes Corporate profits after taxes in 1943 were the highest in history and one billion dollars above 1942 Murray continued con con- This Is more than double the profits of re received receIved received re- re by corporations In the peacetime year of or 1939 Profits before taxes zoomed to 22 billion million almost mIllIon almost four billion above 1942 Murray declared that congress has not given the office of at price administration and cooperating federal agencies enough money to control price or subsidize commodity commodity commodity commod commod- ity costs to td the consumer to tomake make price control effective agreed on on me the pay oili bin rate Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day g generally retaining the provisions provisions pro pro- v visions previously approved d by the tho h house we The compromise scale provides provides provides pro pro- vides One On l hundred dollars for service ervice pers personnel with less than 60 days of ot domestic service Two hundred dollars for tor service personnel with more than 60 days of or domestic service Three hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred dollars dollar for or service personnel who have served overseas J or in Alaska The compromise bill affects all service men and Women up to and including the rank of army captain cap cap- aln tamn or equivalent grades in other services with these exceptions Men over 38 who are r relieved of or duty to take ake civilian jobs those transferred or returned to the retired retired re- re tired Jred list with retirement pay pay those hose whose total service was wu in training programs those discharged discharged discharged dis dis- charged to enter West Point or Annapolis air corps reserve officers officers ottI- ottI cers entitled to a lump Jump sum Bum payment payment payment pay pay- ment under undera a 1936 law any commissioned com com- cc commissioned m- m officer remaining in lit the service three years or more after the tho war third One-third of ot the total demobilization demobilization pay will be granted at the time of discharge and the remainder remainder remainder remain remain- der in two monthly Installments |
