Show Military Sets Spending At War R Rate te teBy By DREW V PEARSON WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Chester Ch Chester es ter Bowles the 0 OP P A chief let quite a big cat out of the bag In his testimony before the senate banking and currency committee committee commit commit- tee the other day He revealed that the army and navy plan to spend pend the first 12 months after V V-J day This was a part of Bowles Bowies testimony on how inflationary pressures w were rc building up In the nation Sen Charles Tobey of New Hampshire quickly caught this Where did you get those figures figures fig fig- ures 1 he asked Bowles The 0 O P A director replied he ha had received them from the army anny Tobey Tob y shook his hi head What in the world do they want to spend it for ho he a asked ked Bowles shrugged his shoulders show show- p I ders and said he didn't know This in 12 months month of at pe peace ce compares with witha a total military expenditure of oC only during the whole World War Var I. I U. U S B. Congressmen In Moscow 1 V When the house foreign relations relations relations rela rela- subcommittee was In Moscow Moscow Mos Mos- cow members spent almost two hours In a frank take give conference with Andrei Andrel sky vice commissar of ot foreign affairs Hottest topic discussed was waa freedom of ot the press was quite outspoken on this subject subJect sub sub- demand demanding ng to know why the j oviet union didn't receive friendlier treatment by AmerIcan American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean newspapers What do you mean 1 chorused chorused chor chor- u used ed Reps of ot South Dakota Dakota Da Da- Da kota kola Bolton of Ohio Wright of Connecticut C and Gordon of at flU Illi nois The four congressmen in insisted insisted in- in slated that the great majority of ot U. U S. S newspapers were fair to the soviet regime smilingly but vigorously vigorously vig vig- shot back We HWe wo would ld like lUte to get a better press in the United States Too many of at your newspapers picture us In an unSavory unsavory un un- savory light making It appear at times Umes that we are immoral and even vulgar We Ve resent tha that The The four foul jious members pointed point dE put t that haI on one of ot the prices a a coul country must pay for tor a genuInely genuInely genuinely free press is the right of ot every editor to attack any government government government gov gov- or Individual with whom he disagrees Youve got to take the bitter with the sweet In a free tree press presET interjected Were used to It in the United States and take newspaper attacks for granted Why members of our own congress are blasted far more often and more vigorously than the soviet union dropped the subject sub sub- feet but indicated that he was not convinced Wilson and high Ex wages Ex Exactly a a. year ago Charles E. E ViI eVil Wilson son on head of giant General Electric Electric Electric Elec Elec- made a speech which had national repercussions and won him much praise He proposed that after the war wages be kept high in order to keep purchasing purchasing purchasing pur pur- chasing power high This he said would help his company and others to sell refrigerators washing machines etc One year has now passed however and lets let's examine how Wilson has followed up his own recommended policy polley The United Electrical Workers in Fort Wayne Vayne Ind have been en negotiating with Wilson for tor months to secure a minimum rate of an hour So far tar Wilson's Wilsons eVil Wil Vilson's sons son's General Electric has hag re refused refused refused re- re fused to budge United Electrical Workers also have been negotiating for severance severance severance sever sever- ance pay for workers laid off through no fault of their own Wilson Vilson has declined In Erie Pa he has already started making peacetime re refrigerators refrigerators refrigerators re- re but contrary to Wilson's Wilsons Wil Nil sons son's speech of last October his refrigerator workers are getting a 25 to 75 reduction in their weekly take-home take pay In addition addition addition addi addi- tion the refrigerator unit Job was moved from Schenectady to Eric Erie where many of ot the jobs were reclassified and turned over to women instead o of men at much lower wages In Erie both a federal and a state conciliator are trying to get Wilson to arbitrate He re re- re- re fuses tUBes United Electrical Workers have one of the best strike no-strike records of the war have been praised by Secy of War Patterson Adm and Stars and Stripes s. s Chaff Surplus Chaff Surplus army- army navy pistols shotguns field glasses etc are now being offered offered of ol- for sale to service men However theres there's a big hitch In Inthe Inthe th the first place enlisted men cant can't buy only buy only officers And the other other other oth oth- er day when certain officers turned up at the Pentagon buildIng buildIng build build- Ing to look over the shotguns they thoy were asked whether they were regular navy or reserves Being reserves they were politely politely po po- po- po told they could not buy The shotguns revolvers etc were being held for regulars 1 I |