Show w 4 4 1 f 7 4 Harry Bridges Longshoremen Longshore Longshore- I men follow leader in dock strike Stassen Says Democrats Hiking Prices Prices' WASHINGTON Sept 2 US IF p Sec Secy of Agriculture Brannan Brannan Brannan Bran- Bran nan Thursday said Harold E. E Stassen's charge that he ho is tr trying ing to stop stol the downward trend of food prices is a typically typically deceptive inaccurate political political po po- po- po statement ALBANY N. N Y Sept 2 UP RI Harold E. E Stassen Thursday accused accused accused ac ac- ac- ac Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. F Brannan of a deliberate deliberate deliberate erate attempt t to stop the downward downward downward down down- ward trend of food prices Stassen former Minnesota governor governor governor gov gov- who was defeated for the Republican presidential nomination nomination nomination nomina nomina- tion by Gov Thomas E. E Dewey told a news conference that the agriculture department w with wit I t h Brannan's approval had issued statements intended to raise food prices when they should hould be starting down The Minnesotan talked to re reporters reporters reporters re- re porters after concluding a conference conference conference confer confer- ence with Dewey about a speech opening the G GOP 0 P campaign which Stassen will make in Detroit Detroit Detroit De De- De- De troit next Tuesday It will vill be a reply to President Truman's Labor day address In Inthe Inthe Inthe the same city When a reporter asked Stassen whether Brannan himself had is issued issued is- is sued the food statement Stass Stassen ri said he believed it h had d been issued by the department but that the secretary had supported it later at a news conference Describes es' es Stat Statement ment Stassen described the statement nt he attributed to Brannan as very nebulous and arid provided d no de- de detailed tailed information abo about t it when rep reporters pressed press d him for specific details Stassen said sald he was convinced that food prices could be lowered within the next two or three months if these conditions were met 1 If the government itself does not abuse its food purchasing power power power-in in other words if the government government gov gov- does not riot pull another Pauley This was a reference Stassen said to o Edwin W W. Pauley a former former fornier for for- for for- mer nier special assistant to Secy of the thc Army Kenneth C. C Royall Pauley figured In a senate Investigation in investigation investigation in- in several months ago after Stassen had asserted that Pauley had profited in the grain market on the basis of inside in in- in formation Pauley in testimony to the committee acknowledged having made nearly a million dollars in inthe inthe the commodities market but in insisted insisted insisted in- in he had no inside information to guide his buying and selling Careful Cardul Purchasing 2 Careful consumer purchasing ing with emphasis on the cheaper and more available foods 3 Combat profiteering in food We Ve must be alert against creating false scarcities He added however that government government government gov gov- food purchasing if not handled handle wisely could have the same effect of forcing up prices as was the case with grain lation Stassen was asked whether th the thi program he outlined at the news conference had been approved by Dewey The Minnesotan replied that Dewey had expressed approval of checking up on government food purchases and asked that I express express ex ex- press to you what I expressed to him |