Show ans an's Cl zens tens Food committee corm went ahead lull full tilt to achieve a goal of saving saving million bushels bush of grain through an eat less waste less program of voluntary ra ra- ra rationing a- a by the American people there was considerable pessi- pessi over success of the plan j Such men as Leon Henderson I former war production chief WilSon WiEson Wyatt former fonnet housing expediter and Franklin Dj D Roosevelt Jr all aU top of the Americans for Democratic Action Actton organization while de de- de declaring declaring claring the President had elo elo- elo eloquently described the crisis in Europe and the need for tor food said the proposals of voluntary action tall fall tragically short abort of the demands demand of a world d crisis The organization n Is 1 urging an immediate session of congress j and declares the American people if they are informed of the full facts will accept what what- whatever ever ver controls are needed to pre pr j serve serve erve domestic stability and arm the democratic peoples of Eu Eu- Eu Europe Europe rope with food and fuel in their battle for survival Other observers term the plan merely merely a postponement of the reinstitution of rationing and controls and say that the need in Europe calls for drastic and and immediate relief in food and money if collapse of democratic government is to be prevented in France and Italy which would mean that Russia's Com Com- Communism Communism would take over those nations Economists here declare that the federal government should immediately be given the power to crack down on speculators and profiteers in foods and other commodities particularly in grains on the grain exchanges in the country and one should be permitted to extract I huge profit through increased prices out of the needs of starving starving ing people or the sacrifice of Am Am- American American families to provide those needs Farmers income is staying well ahead of outgo according to the September release of the bureau of agricultural economics economics The report shows that the sharp increases in prices for meat animals dairy and poultry products and grains lifted the ved Y arm ers era to a new high of per cent of the 1014 1009 average The Increase was 4 per cent cent over August the th sharpest sh st monthly rise since last March The index on September was 18 per cent above bove a year ago agban an and 22 per cent higher than the post World War I high of In Ui May 1920 1020 At the same time prices paid and taxes rose about 1 per cent and established a new time all high of which was 18 per percent percent cent above a year ago and 17 percent per percent cent above the peak of reached in 1920 1020 after World War Waft WarI I t So the fanner according to these figures 1 has a profit of 0 f 49 9 percent per ten cent of the me the 1909 14 average I Senator Taft Taft observers here point t which out hf Is wrong on pre one o mise which he stressed on on hips his western tour He has charged the administration of President Truman with responsibility for tor high prices As Asa As a a matter of fact tact It was a majority of Republicans aided by a minority of Demo Demo- Democrats Democrate crate who wrote the price con con- control trot laws of the congress and did away with OPA OA con con- controls controls So Senator Taft could very well charge the Democratic party with responsibility but certainly not the President who did everything possible to pre pre- prevent vent liquidation of OPA For It was Democrats southern Dem Dem- Democrats Dem- Dem Democrats who helped the GOP kill of OPA Senator Taft might use the same argument on the Taft- Taft Hartley labor law and blame President Truman for its fail fall failure ure by faulty administration If it it does not work out out and and take credit for it if it does work out But it was those same southern Democratic senators who pro pro- provided vided the necessary votes to pass pus the labor bill over the Presidents dents dents S veto when the Republicans I dif f de cans didn't di dih have h sufficient votes themselves Predictions here are ar that the next session of 01 congress will have more difficulty slashing the federal budget for the 1949 fiscal year than it had in the first sea sea- season son SOD For instance almost 80 per percent percent cent of the present federal bud bud- budget budget get of 37 billion dollars is fixed expenditures and accounts for fot all elf but but about 70 1 billions o ii ol Jars ara which goes oes for general gov om omara and other oth l expenditures It is In this Wi 70 billion or lr 20 per percent cent cent t must be mac |