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Higher Prices Asked forExtra for forExtra forExfra Extra Exfra Effort by Farmers FarmersTime , Time and a Half for Factory Workers Workers'Overtime WorkersOvertime ' Overtime , Manufacturers ' Cost-PlusProves Cost PlusProves Cost - Plus , Proves Demands Not Excessive . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ByBAUKHAGE By J3AUKHAGEAeus BAUKHAGE J3AUKHAGE BAUKHAGEeu.s . \eu.s eu.s Aeus \ eU5 Analy I t t and Commentator Commentalor Comrnenonor WNU Service 1313 1343 H Street N W WWashmgton WWashington V VWashington Washmgton Washington D CThere CThere C CThere There is a package in ill inS \S S \ \ ashmgton ashington ashmgtonaddressed ashingtonaddressed ashmgtonaddressed addressed to the farmers markedDo markedDo marked markedDo Do Not Open Unt Until After Congress CongressConvenes CongressConvenes CongressConvenes Convenes It may never be del dclv dclveted delvered v ered et-ed et ed - but the people who are doing It itup itup up at th s a writ ng th nk it will be beIt beIt beIt It . will .111 111 sill make male a n ce New Year s pres present present present ent It is labeled labcled Higher FarmPrices FarmPricesSeveral Farm FarmI'r FarmPrices I'r Ir Prices ' es esSeveral PricesSeveral Several straws strav.s stravs stras . indicate mdlcate that the thewmd thewind thewmd wmd wind is blowing blowmg in ill this d rectlon rection rectlonThe rectionThe rectionThe The house early this month unaOl unani unaOlmousl unanimousl imammousli mousl ; } passed a measure which dI dIrected directed direeled rected that tl tI e cost of all farm la Ia labar Iabor labor bar bor be included lDcluded m ill in computing computmg panty parity pantypnces parityprices parityprices paritypricesSince pnces prices pricesSince Since SlDce the election is over nohody nobody nohodycan nobodycan nobodycan can attribute purely political pollhcal mo- mo motives motives mo motives - - tives to the congressmen who sup sup- supported sup- sup supported supported - - ported the measure measurc As nearly as asI asI asI I can find out the vote reflected the themadthe themailthe themail mad-the mad the mail-the mail - the opinions oplDlons expressed exprcs"ed exprcsed " tn in the theletters theletters theletters letters that the congressmen havebeen have havebeen havebeen been retting gettlDg getting ' since smce the ( he election-pIns election pIns election-plus plus electionpInsa electionplusa election - pinsa a belief belle ! on the part of many people peopleIn peopleIn peopleIn In the administrative admmistrahve as well as the thelegislative thelegislative thelegislative legislative branch that if i ( we are to toask toask toask ask the farmer to increase incrcase his pro pro- producl10n pro- pro production production - - duction ducl10n effort ellort from 20 to 50 per percent percent percent cent we will have to give him the theInccnl1ve theIncentive theIncentive Inccnl1ve Incentive of higher pricesOne prices pricesOne One official said to meWhen meWhen me meWhen When you go to a contractor and andsay andsay andsay say that he has got to double hIs hIsproductlon hisproduction hisproduction productlon production or get It out m ill in one hal half halfthe halfthe ! the ord nary t me you are not sur surpnsed surprised surprised pnsed prised \ when sthen hen he expects a bonus bonusWhen bonusWhen bonusWhen When Whenou you \ou ou : \ , ou ask the farmer to raise raisemore raisemore raisemore more than he ordinarily ordmanly does-he does he does - he IS ISusually isusually isusually usually raising ralsU1g all he thinks thmks he cananY cananywayst can anY\ anY anYaYlt anyway-st anyway st ' \ aY-lt aY lt - IS natural that he ex e pects some sort ot of material reward rewardTune rewardTune rewardTune Tune and a hilf h1.lI h1lI hilt . for over time Lime has hasnot hasnot hascot not been abolished manufacturers manufacturersare are guaranteed against agamst loss by the thecostplus thecostplus thecost-plus thecost plus cost-plus cost plus - - - system Why shouldn t the thefarmer thefarmer thefarmer farmer get his uiis sbare9 share9 share9These share ' These are some of the arguments argumentswh wh ch you hear these days . when v.hen vhen hen the thequest thequest thequest quest on of ra sing SlOg tarn- tarn farrr tarnprices - prices pnces IS ISdIscussed isdiscussed isdiscussed dIscussed Th s a is qu te a d lIeren Iterent Iterentatt flerentatt ! att tude from the one taken tahen when the thecountry thecountry thecountry country . was v.as vas as demanding demandU1g that some someth someth someth th ng be done to prevent mflatlon intlation mflatlonProponents intlationProponents inflationProponents Proponents of h gher ceilings cell111gs claimthat claim claimthat claimthat that they are not inconsistent mconslstent . . They Theysay Theysay Theysay say There is no danger of un uncontrolled uncontrolled uncontrolled controlled inflation U1flahon when ; ) ou au perm penn t ta ta ta a st at pulated puIated Iim 11m lam t to the rise ill in illcosts incosts mcosts mcostsSubsid costs costsSubsid Subsldes Subsides Subsid Subsld es Not PopularAlready Popular PopularAlready Already it has been found neces necessary necessary necessary sary to subs dize dlze the cheese mar markets markets markets kets If It you expect e-pect e pect epect , - , to get all the thedairy thedairy thedairy dairy and pork products you need needthe needthe needthe the argument runs it will be neces necessary necessary necessary sary to pay the farmer a little I1ttle b t tmore tmore tmore more for his milk and hogs Subsid Subsld Subsl Subsi d es are not popular II If another anotherway anotherway anotherway way can be found so much the bet better better better betterThere ter terThere There is however another Impor Important important important tant cons deration in m connection connechon w th ththe ththe ththe the whole food and fiber production productionprogram productionprogram productionprogram program This is a grov ng de demand demand deroand mand that process ng and d str hu bu hubon buton bution bon ton be str ctly regulated Secre Secretary Secretary Secretary tary Wickard as food admU1lstra administra admU1lstrator administratar admmistrator tor tar has the po ver to set up such suchregulatlOns suchregulations suchregulations suchregulationsOfTc regulatlOns regulations regulationsOff Off OfTc c als v . who ho sen ser\ed ser ed sered \ ed m ill in the de department department department partment ot of agriculture agncuIture through the thelast thelast thelast last war will testily testify that although althoughthere althoughthere althoughthere there was efficient food dlstnbutlOn distribution distributiona dlstnbutlOna a lot of smart processors and m d ddlemen ddlemen ddiemen dlemen feathered their nests at the theexpense theexpense theexpense expense ot of the farmer and the pub publ1c public publie l1c lic Farmers know l.now lnow . th s a One con congressman congressman congressman gressman sa d to me The folks folksout folksout folksout out in my dl district tT1ct do not object to toworking toworking toworking working twice hnce as hard and produc producIng productog producIng Ing tog twice as much if they can They Theydo Theydo Theydo do think thmk however that they ought oughtto oughtto oughtto to get a little Ilttle more money tor for their theirextra theirextra theirextra extra effort elIort and they also feel theyought they theyought theyought ought to have the guarantee that tbat no nospeculator nospeculator speculator is going to make money moneyout moneyout out ot of the increased IDcreased production produchon tie tieway tl e eway way many did in the last warThe war warThe The appo ntment ot of Secretary SecretaryWickard SecretaryWickard SecretaryWickard Wickard w th his powers over the theprocessmg theprocessing theprocessing processmg processing and d str but on of food foodproducts foodproducts foodproducts products was partly a result olop of ofop ofop op nons n ons ens such as expressed by the thefa thefarmer thefarmer fa farmer r whom my congressman congressmanfriend congressmanfriend congressmarfriend friend quoted It is argued that thatsmce thatsince thaisince smce since the department of agricultureis agncultureis agnculture agriculture is enougtfood respons ble tor for getting gettmg enough enoughfood enoughfood food and textiles texhles to fill the domest c carmy carmy carmy army and navy dnd 4nd < ind lease lend de demands deinands demands mands i-nands i nands - th s a same agency ought to tobave tohave thave ( bave have control Iontrol lontrol ; over the preparat on onand onand orand and distr dlstr but on ot of these product products productsas : as well we1l Not Mr Wickard's Wickards ' View Vew ViewThere ViewThere , There are some of course v . whotake ho hotake hotake take an extreme e-treme e treme , - view of this sub subJect subect subect Ject ] ect They would like to see the thegovernment thegovernment thegovernment government take over the whole wholeprocessing wholeprocessing wholeprocessing processing and distr dlstr bution mdustry industry industryat mdustryat at least for the durat on This is not notthe notthe notthe the view of Mr Wickardatura11y Wickard WickardVaturally Vaturally atura11y there will w1l1 be strong op opposition op op- op opposition . - position to increased incrcased farm prices pricestrom pricesfrom pricesfrom trom from the Office of ot Price AdmmJstra Administra AdmmJstrahon Administration Admmlstration hon tion and various vanous other bodies whIch whIchare whichare whichare are supposed to speak for tor the con consumer consumer consumer I conI sumer or which represent the strong stronganh stronganti strongand anh anti inflationist mtJatlODist viewsThe views VICWS viewsThe The Pres dent has made it pla pia n nthat nthat nthat that he will be the arb ter when suchconfl such suchconfl suchconfi confl confi cts eta arise The formula for par parIty parsty parity Ity sty cannot be altered without legis legislat legislat legislat lat on s nee nce it is already defined by bylaw bylaw bylaw law Even it If the senate concurs concurswith concursith concurswith with ith the house and agrees to 10cludeall includeall include 10clude all farm labor costs m in the panty parity . formula the Pres Pros dent would shll still shllhave stillhave stillhave have the power to veto such a me meas measure measlire as asure ure and the admimstrat admmlstrat administrat on couId could couIdprobably couldprobably couldprobably probably muster enough votes to tosupport tosupport tosupport support the theeto \eto eto \ eto etoSecretary etoSecretary etoSecretary Secretary Wickard who moves movesslowly movesslowly movesslowly slowly and conservatively has been beengammg beengaining beengaming gammg gaining pov power poster . er as he advanced advancedThere advancedThere advancedThere There is more and more eVidence evidenceot eVidenceof of a return to influence mfluence of the old oldlme oldline oldline lme line departments as against agamst the war wartime wartime wartime time agencies Ike 1 ke the OPA The Theformer Theformer Theformer former have ha\e ha e hae \ % ' rrore IT'Ore ITOre irore influence mfluence v Ith Ithcongress ithcongress ithcongress congress and apparently the people peoplehave peoplehave peoplehave have more confidence m 10 in themThe them themThe The department departmE'nt ' of agriculture wIll wIllhe willbe willbe he be there when tl t1 ti e mushroom agen agencles agencies agencies cles cies hal haie e strutted their hour and anddisappeared anddisappeared anddisappeared disappeared . * S . 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Japan Must LearnJapan Learn LearnJapan Japan must not only be defeated defeatedbut defeatedbut defeatedbut but crushed ma med and left lefthelplpss lefthelpless lefthelplpss helplpss helpless tor for a long penodSpeak periodSpeak period penod periodSpeak Speak ng not he says in 10 the vOice vOiceof voiceof voiceof of wartime emotionalism emotlOnahsm nor as theret the theret theret ret red colonel or a sedentary edl edi edltorlal editonal editonal torlal tonal wr ter Nathan el ci Peffer Poller Far FarEastern FarEastern FarEastern Eastern expert makes the above abovestatement abovestatement abovestatement statement Japan he says must mustbe mustbe mustbe be taught a terrible ternble lesson a lesson lessonthat lessonthat lessonthat that cannot be con\ con conveyed coneyed \ eyed by deCeat defeat defeatin deCeatill ill in ItselfI itself itselfI I know Mr lIlr Peffer PelIer Feller have knownh hnownh knovnh hnown knovn h m s nee nce I heart ly d sagreed with withmany withmany withmany many of h Ii s a ideas clear back in incollege Incollege Incollege college da3s da ; ) s I II I 1 now the great re respect respect respect spect in ill wh ch he is held by the thewise thevise thewise wise vise men of the East-and East and East - and the Westtoda Westtoday West Westtoda -toda toda -today today - toda > ; } I kno hno v his hatred and con contempt contempt contempt tempt tor for the m in 1 I tar st So I se so zed zedupon zedupon zedupon upon the above quota quotat ! ons from his hisI hislatest hislatest hislatest latest book Bas Baa s for Peace m in the theFar theFar theFar I Far East ( Harper & Bros Bras ) m In the thehope thehope thehope hope that I would Ilouid ould be able to tear tearhIs tearhis tearhis hIs ne no i v ' tome to shreds in a pleas pleasurable pleasurable pleasurable urable frenzy of humamtar humanitar an sad sadIsm sadism sadism Ism and delight del1ght my pac fist fnends friends fnendsBut friendsBut friendsBut But later on as I read this highly highlyenl1ghtenmg highlyenlightening highlyenlightening enl1ghtenmg enlightening book and absorbed MrPeffer Mr MrPeffer MrPeffer I MrI Peffer s 5 program for post war treat treatment treatment treatment , ment of Japan Isa I sa v I \ , ould auld have haveto haveto to temper my opinion opmlOn of the author s a sunchrlst aunchrist sunchnst unchrlst unchrist an preachment in the first firstchapter firstchapter firstchapter firstchapterI chapter chapterI I discovered that ( hat Sir 1I1r Mr Peffer Feffer 'Was Was 'Wasmerely wasmerely ' wasmerely merely an old fasi Casl fasl Caslloned faslioned loned ioned parent who whobelieves whobelieves whobelieves believes in l us administering admmlstermg chastise chastise- chastisement chastisemont chastisement - - ment mont to a bad ch Id IdTwo IdTwo Two sets of obstacles interfere interferew w th a healthy Japan that can 1 ve ye vepeacefully yepeacefully vepeacefully peacefully in m the fam lam ly Iy of nat ons onsMr onsMr onsMr Mr Pefler PelIer PetTer expla ns One group are areexternal areexternal areexternal external one internal mternal self madeThe madeThe made madeThe The external are lad lad lacl of natural naturalresources naturalresources naturalresources resources of her ber islands There Therefore Therefore Therefore fore he says after her per od ad of ofrepentance ofrepentance ofrepentance repentance the opportunity to buy buyraw buyraw buyraw opportunityto raw materials and the opportumty opportunity opportumtyto opportunityto to sell the fn Cn shed products must be beestablished beestablished beestablished established Internally Japan can cannot cannot cannot not notunction [ function Cunchon unction I 1 ke modern communi comniuni communitics comniunities communities tics ties such buch as Detroit or the Ruhr or orLancastersb orLancastersb orLancastersb Lancastersb re and at tl II e same samehme sametune sametime hme tune operate a system tn In "llch llch "llchpeople " wl l ich ichpeople ichpeople people live Ilve m lD in med eval oval villages The Theterms Theterms Theterms terms under wh IIh h ch we will help Ja Japan Japan Japan pan rebu Id the devastat on wh ch chour chour chour our bombs and shells will wreak wreakupon wreakupon wreakupon upon her will be the removal of ofinternal ofInternal ofinternal internal obstacles to a more bal balanced balanced balanced anced social systemNo system systemNo No reviewer can |
