Show NAM Demands Curb liftIn Lift LiftIn LiftIn In Price Control Fight I WASHINGTON May lay 18 tn The National Association of Manufacturers 1 N A M l 1 Friday demanded removal of oC all wage- wage price controls It accused President President dent Harry S Truman of seeking I d dictatorial home-front home mob mobilization mobilization 1 tion powers A C CIO I 10 0 official called for a I stricter price control law I Inow A former Cormer Fair Deal senator now representing a group of oC automobile automobile automobile au au- sales finance companies charged that the administration of consumer credit controls is unfair and unsound Meat Spokesmen Meat industry spokesmen continued continued continued con con- to hammer away at their contention that the government ent beef bee price rollback plan will result result re re- re- re sult in diminishing supplies and nd rationing I The new wa wage e s stabilization b hoard board was reported ready to punch some holes in the pa pay pay- controls dike And the leaders eader of oC 57 major civilian industries were called to meet Friday to discuss with the National Production Authority N P A government plans to cut their metal supplies by 30 to 35 below pre Korea levels The announcement was made only onh a few hours after President Truman appealed anew ane for stronger controls and defense production programs and ind said The special interests and the lobbies will wreck this stabilization stabilization tion program as sure as is youre you're born unless the main body bony of oC the c citizens of this country get busy and do something about iL He did not name any special interests N NAM A M 1 President William H. H Ruffin said In a statement prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared for the Senate Banking Comm Committee ll that the broader r e economic eco eco- Q- Q powers Mr 1 Truman wants could lead to destruction of the nations nation's economic system and would amount to perhaps the longest single step toward complete complete complete com com- government control ever proposed to the A American Tn e r i can people Let Iel Law Expire Congress the association declared declared declared de de- should let authority to curb prices and wages lapse June 30 when the present law expires expire James B B. Carey secretary- secretary treasurer of the C CIO I 0 proposed a stiffer price control law that permits dollars cents ceilings ceilings ceil ceil- lings ings grade r de labeling and requires requires requires re re- quires maintenance of or not only quality goods but also of low low- priced lines In a speech prepared for 3 a conference here Friday FridlY of the I Americans for Democratic Ac Ac- lion A ADA D A Care Carey said In the last year as the result of a pistol of necessity being placed at al our heads by small groups of powerful men and organizations organizations organizations or or- that I call the racketeers racketeers rack rack- of inflation the American people have paid over ovel an estimated estimated esti esti- I mated maled in tribute |