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Show ap 6se * nk F . y "X X " y Washington Wsb/.rn Wsb.rn Wsb .rn rn w * l ' & / . a , , , U.o Uo A.C AC D _ . " . v , , sAvasES lI'Am.Q lIAm.Q lIAmQ PARMBk ' . ! : & . PBICE pwoa ll'IUOE llIUOE ' i Vt v wmi C1ORY 'JO JO ' ; p- p - p1) " 1) 1 tr 1)tpd4 trl4otd ) ? Louis tp\d4 tp d4 l4otd \ * J . . Taber Tabelr , . National NaU tW Grangepresident Gran Grange Grangepresjdent , . PfesJden- PfesJden presjdent PfesJdenana ' - , , and ana end other farm Leaderdidn't Leaderdidnt I.e Ie . Ieakrs Ieakrsdidn't r * ' fPb.Jwidedtr cUcfnWt didn't didnt ' " , < rouse come OIJ1 ' awayfPb.Jwided away fPb.Jwided fPbJwided , _ emptybandcd emptybandcdfrog empty-handedfrom empty handedfrom ' - . , frog tr ; their U1eh tbetr ' cpnference cqnference Cgnfertnce with wiUa tO tOreI " ' - the ' ? Pres President reI " . ( ident ktent dent to D on price flce p ice convoJ conca concay concaTh1lo control convoJf * . \f f \ y ? " w 1I yhlle Th1lo he b- b be b"f . - "f f " would c1 not Dot aerea a8fee agree to t 1e.t1 1et1 their theirproposal theirproposal . ' pn proposal > posal t a ! that wages wage . b be . 'Jnc:1ud Jnc1ud Snclude ' : Included 4 , J jn jnth0 Intha thQ th0 prl price 5 1l . cC1n control 'o1 o1 ' bin b111 bill drafted dratted by byPrice byPrice rfee Price Administrator Ad4i1lntattstor Mpinisttator Leon t.eo teo . UeDd gehdc Hendcr- Hendcr Hendcron { - 8on son , on , Boo.ev Booev Roosevelt . lt did dfd make knake ona one impor impr 1m important ? 1- 1 ' - 1tan ' . tan tant tart , concession conce.ston conceston . . . Bo He lie said .alct alct sai4 . , ho be WfWc1 would WfWc1bave.no wouldhave wouldhave ) bave.no baveno have no . objection to a ' "parity parity dainty " 'p p ' t ty . Aver .VIIII- .VIIII aver- Averages averages .VIIIIa ' - - ages a e . formula fOfmuJa 1otmula ' " " * being hebut eb1.C eb1C . put In to tne th the billto bUl bill bUlto billto to limit lJinlt Umit the th dumping umpln of governmeat government-owned government owned aoveJ'DlqeQ aoveJDlqeQ ' . - owned wheat whea an and cotton when thaprices the theprices prices . $ > rlcel ct at of these commodIjUea commodUlea commodities threaten threatento to 80a soar out of bounds bcnmd . . Under tola ibIa this formula 1onnu1a , . to tnaure Insure tnaurefarmer Insurefarmers insurefarmers farmer farmers . an en average Overage versl ' parity pariQ ' price for forthe forthe torthe the full fuU crop year 7e"r 7er " , . restrictions re.trlctIonl retrlctIonl . wlU1d would wlU1dbe wouldbe wouldbe ) be placed on the amount amowt of wheat wheatand wheatand wheatand and cotton that could be sold 801d . . AlIo Also Alsothe . , the dumping dumpm . could not begin bem , unW talW unWprices talWprices untilprices prices reach reaeb certain certa1D : abcw.padtJ abcwpadtJ above-parity above parity aboveparitylevels above-paritylevels above paritylevels . - < levels levels , , to bo be worked worke4 out by BeJa4et- BeJa4et Render BeJa4et80n Benderson ; - * ' 80n son and the department departneut depa { nt of agricul icat agricuh agriculture a agricuhturro . ture turro . Taber and bis hIa his colleagues coI1ealUe . bad had tQ to tQdo todo todo do some lIome fast taat taUdJ talking ) , to . sell .eU eU the Presi Preel- Preel Preeldent President 1 . - dent on thi this . plan . . At first ftrIt flat he stlemed seemed seemedIn seemedin 10 In no mood to accept any a07 cbanae changes changesIn changesla . fa In the bin bm 6111 and told his callers caDen Utat that thata UtatIf thatif If a they had come to debate the que gttes qixes"tlon qixestlon . . " Uon tion of contt'oUln conttoUln controlling ' farm prices pdce . the they theywere theywere , were wasting waatlq their time tllne . "We We " have . supply .tJnp1f tJnp1f simply : got lot to bead ot oft oftInflationary oftInflationary ! InfIatl0DU7 Inflationary trends trendI treads , , . " . the Pre.idea Preidea President Presidentdeclared Presidentdeclared . ' declared grimly crlmJT , . "or or " lace face ( ace the worstdepression wont worst wontdepr worstdepression depr depression o.lon olon . . the country cowU'7 cowU7 : ' has everknown ever everknOWD everknown knOWD known after this thU emergency emerencr , : la fa Is over . " The farm leaders leaden n finally Mally won him himover himover himover over to their plan Jdan with the a.suraDCe asuraDCe assurance assurancethat assurance-thai assurance thai . . - that th they would not oppose oppom oppo . Hen4er- Hen4er Render Hen4erIOD Renderson's Headierson's Headiersons - * son's sons IOD ' ' . m . , system of selective se1ecUve selecttvo price prlce CODo con- con CODotrols controls con-trolf con trolf - trols , . prong providing proVicUD the parity putty gains aalna won wonat wonat wonat at this uu . session n.slon nslon . were not lostTaber 10 lost . " . Taber pointed polDted out that though thouIh the thepdoe theprices theprices pdoe prices . of 01 wheat and 11J14 add cotton ate.now atenow ate.nowmQ.aUehU7 are . jiowonly now nowmilyr mQ.aUehU7 mQaUehU7 milyr . slightly dlghW belowLparlty bQQ1l1ar.U.Jo bQQ1l1arU.Jo bQQ1l1arUJo billow . yarib & . , . and . .an4J1ve an4J1ve anduve .liverstock liverstock . . ' stock above it it , , farmers farmen act aet get only 0D1T 01317 43 43per 43per 43per per cent of tha the consumer's consumers consumer ' ' . dollarspent doIl dollar dollarspent .pent pent spent . tor for farm products product . , as agatnit60 acalDlt against 60 per cent in 1917 , . when defenae defense defenaeproduction defenseproduction defenseproduction production was geared seared to the peak peakit peakit it has reached today todayNEW . . . NEW LA LABOB LABOR On SEADACSCE IlEADACDE HEADACHE SEADACSCEStrikes HEADACHEStrikes Strikes Strike . are still .Ull Ull . a . serious .erloua erloua .erlouaproblem -problem problem - problembut , . but the big labor headache eurrentl7 currently eurrentl7barrylng currentlyharrying currentlyharrying barrylng harrying defense chiefs cb1e1 . Is fa the com com- complex complex complex - plex and mounting mounUng difficulty dlfficulQ ' of 01 em employment . ployment dislocationsAlmost dislocationsAlmost dislocations dislocationsAlmost Almost every levery day brings bring . new reports re report reports port ports . of 01 workers worker . let out due to tglack tglackof lackof lack 01 of materials , forced treed ( curtailment 01 of 01production ofproduction ofproduction production or other defense eausep cause causesOfficial . , . Omclal Official estimates estimate . of such d1sm1s.al d1sm1sal dismissals dismissalsput dismissalsput . . put the number umber dumber at between one and andtwo andtwo andtwo two million mlllion . . And the end la 18 Is not In . sight .lghL lghL Some SomeeX Someexperts Someexperts eX erts experts anticipate that in the auto autoIndustry autoindustry autoindustry Industry alone 200 200000 000 workers worker . will willlose willlose willlose lose their jobsAware jobsAware jobs jobsAware Aware of the serious economic economicconsequences economicconsequences economicconsequences consequences of 01 such dislocation dislocations dislocationsOPM . , . OPM beads heads are making strenuousefforts strenuous strenuouseftorts strenuousefforts eftorts efforts to overcome them So taronly far faronJy faronly onJy only partial part1 l answers an.wer anwer . . have bave been beenfound beenfound beenfound found . . Originally . OPM tried to bandle handle bandlesucb handlesuch handlesuch sucb such dismissals by local absorption absorption.This absorptionThis . . . This worked all an right In towns toWDII with withindustrIes withindustries withIndustries industrIes engaged In defense defeD.e defeDe . work work.They workThey . . . They could use the displaced band bands bandsand handsand . and gladly took them on . . . But In Incommunities Incommunities Incommunities communities where this condition conditiondid conditiondid conditiondid did not exist , , , other solutions bad had to tobe tobe tobe be found Various Varlou foundVarious foundVarlou . methods have bave been used usedIn usedIn | In some instances instance . defense ordershave order orders ordershate . ha hate . been granted to reopen shut- shut abut shutdown shutdown - * down plants In do other cases where whereconversIon whereconversion whereconversion conversIon of a plant wasn't wasnt ' pos possible posBible DOSsible sible Bible an entire new defense plant plantbas planthas planthas bas has been erected in town . . In still stillOther stillOther Other ther instances inJtances , workers have been beenI'lven beengiven beengiven I'lven Ilven given ' retraining ' ' instruction InstrucUon Bnd and Bndmoved andmoved andmoved moved to places where labor tabor was wasneeded wasneeded wasneeded wasneededDefense needed neededDefense Defense chiefs count on Floyd Od Od10m Odlum Odlum 10m lum s reorganized reorltanled % subcontractingdivision subcontracting subcontractingdivision subcontractingdivision division to take up most of the slackon slack slackon slackon on defense dislocations dislocationsOdium dIslocationsOdium dislocationsOdium Odium originally estimated It Itwou1d itwould Itwould wou1d would take two months to set Uf u upadministrative . . adminlstfatlve administrative ma machinery hlnery hlnerynit , . but \nit nit \ OPM OPMchiefs OPMchiefs OPMchiefs chiefs are urging him bim to turn his hisattention hisattention hisattention attention to getting subcontracts DOW now DOWand nowand nowand and Founding rounding out his 1318 organization as asbe ashe ashe be he goes along . . , . MEBBYGO.BOITNDThe MERR1fG0ROUNDThe IIERRY MEBBY-GO.BOITND MEBBYGO.BOITND MEBBY GO.BOITND GOBOITND IIERRYGOROUND MERR1f-G0-ROUND MERR1f G0 ROUND -GO-ROUND GO ROUND - - - . - The Th The American Association for Eco Eco- Economic Economic - . nomic Freedom has reprinted an ad address . dress made more than 10 years year . agoby 8g0 ago 8g0by agoby by Federal Judge Robert N Wi1k1n Within Wi1k1nof Withinof Wilkinof of Cleveland OB 011 on A New Social Or Or- Order Order Order - - der ' in which be advocated a unfOJ union unionof unionof ) of the English EngUsh speaking countries to toresilt toresist toresist resilt resist the totalitarian totaUtarlan aggressors oggresora $ . . Heavyweight champ Joe LouJ LoWs Louissoon ' , . soon to be drafted , . is tackling tack11nc whai what whaibe whathe whatbe be he describes as al "the the " biggest blgeeat "glat4f glat4f ggbtof "glat4fmy ggbtofmy " flght-ofmy flght ofmy - my career . " He has bas sent .ent ent seat . a cIrcular cIrcularletter circularletter circularletter letter to every member of congreu congress congreuask.1nc congressasking congressasking ask.1nc ask1nc asking . them tor for help to raise r e a fundfor fund fundtor fundfor tor for a . movement Q10vemeDt to Improve the eco eco- ceo - economic ecoDom1c nomic Dom1c condition condJUoD of Negroes Ne L . |