Show MERRY ERR GO GR ROU N IV D Vinson Ins Wins l S Fight t a With I Farm Lobby By Bg V DI T P PEARSON WASHINGTON V Farm ASHINGTON Farm lobby Chiefs most mot powerful In Washington were put in their place during tI a hot behind behind- the the- the scenes fight Ight inside the war yar mobilization advisory board la last t week over the question of giving givIng giving ing the tie secretary ot of agriculture superpower to regulate food pric prices t The war ory board d by bYr North by North Carolinas Carolina's ex Governor ex-Governor O. O Max Gardn Gardner Gardner- r. r I la is composed of f farmer business labor Jabor and public rep rep- It has done an A l Job Usually Gardner bas hu reconciled rec reconciled rec- rec conflicting difference and recently the board passed a e resolution the extension of ot 0 O P A for another year ear with no crippling amendments But when the board session opened last week War Vinson Imm immediately challenged Ed Ed O ONeal Neal head of ot the farm bureau federation and Albert Goss head of the tho National Grange for going Counter to the boards board's resolution and favoring the thc crippling O p P A amendment by which the secretary of agriculture agriculture agri agri- agriculture culture could override 0 OP P A prices on food ONeal ONeal murmured something about not having favored such uch an amendment but Vinson Immediately Immediately immediately Im im- mediately challenged him Oh yes you did he shot back You sent a telegram to to the hill Capitol hill supporting that amendment It seems seems seems' to m me n reproved Eric Johnston president of theU the U U. 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S chamber of commerce c coming to support rt that If It any group represented on this board agrees to a s. resolution resolution reso reso- lution adopted by the board It should hould not go out ut and Inform In orm congress t to the contrary without coming back and telling us that it has changed its mind That Thatis is ia the only fair tair way of doing things Fart Farm Bloc Def Defeated ted Ve We Ve passed a resolution that the economic 8 stabilization tab I Ii z at ion act should hould be continued for one year without any crippling amendments amendments amend amend- ments reminded Nathaniel Dyke who represents small business business business busi busi- ness on the board and then you turn turn around around and urge congress to pass a a. crippling amendment We Ye didn't propose a n crippling amendment replied Goss of or the Grange who by this time was getting a little Ie huffy We Ve Ve Just wanted to see that the 0 OP P A act was administered more effi effi- effi cIen Uy At this members of at the board but kept their tempers tempera How would you like to have business go over the head of ot oto o 0 OP P A md set sit its ita i own prices Johnston ast asked edYe ed Yes Ye how would you like the U. 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S chamber of ot commerce to tobe tobe tobe be able to override O 0 P A when it U. comes cornu to setting business prices price's 1 asI asked ed Dyke And how w would uld you like to have Phil hn Murray Murray Mur Mur- urray ur- ur ray over there set et wages wage re regardless regardless re- re of oS the stabilization act That ended the argument Except Except Except Ex Ex- that Vinson p put t the same general thought before congress congress congress con con- gress and finally succeeded in eliminating the amendment whereby the secretary of agriculture agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture could put farm term pricks prices In Ina ina ina a preferred position Mac MacArthur Arthur and The Theother e other day d y Sen Tydings o of Maryland Maryland Mary Mary- MaryI I land devoted devot d considerable time on the senate floor to berating this columnist for speculating as to why Tydings returned from the Philippines after five days when he expected to remain five weeks No specific reason was offered by this writer for Tydings' Tydings Tydings' Tydings Tydings' Tydings ings' ings sudden Budden return He had made mad hi his abrupt decision after conferring with Gen MacArthur Since then further information tion is available Here it is s MacArthur is convinced that the strongest strangest political group inthe Inthe in inthe the Philippines today is the Filipino underground the men who stayed and resisted the Japs As in European countries the exiled governments have lost their popularity Therefore the government government government gov gov- without casting any re re- reflection reflection on the stellar tellar qualities and leadership of Pres is not popular in the Philippines and probably will be voted out of office in n November Therefore MacArthur argued that for tar Tydings to make a protracted protracted pro pro- trotted stay in the Philippines and discuss Independence and reconstruction loans with the government w would o 0 u l I d merely be talking with a government govern govern- ment meet which would not be In power after Novem November r. r He also felt that such conferences might c confuse th the Philippine people by m making it appear that senatorial talks with fth put the official cial stamp tamp of approval on OB- OB mena mane for forre re The Note Note The fact that and the rho la late Pre Prea Pres Quezon fled the Philippines Is not oat their fault They were ur urged ed to leave by Prea Pres Roosevelt Had they remained re remained remained re- re they would have been tortured by t the c Japa laps and their signatures used to Issue proclamations proc proc- to the Filipino people making it appear that they approved ap ap- proved Japanese rule v ar |