Show Highlights of the Washington scene include the deliberations of the special session of congress on stop-gap stop aid ld to Europe and what to do to curb the high cost of living the machinations ol of General Bennett Meyers being brought out in the senate war in committee the re re- results suits of the Geneva Tariff con con- conferences conferences General Marshalls Marshall's tough speech spee b against Russian policy and his departure for the conference c of foreign ministers i t K down to the attempt of Con Con- Congressman gressman Clare Hoffman of o 0 f 1 Michigan to force newspaper re re- re reporters reporters porters to reveal their news new sources on stories about congas committees With the senate fo committee reporting g out oui the million dollar emergency aid to France Italy and Austria without a vote some optimistic senators believed pass pass- passage passage age as a present was v possible Others were afraid the opposition would cause a de do delayed debate on the question Both house and senate commit commit- committees committees tees were having full hearings on the Presidents President's to halt inflation and de de- depression and while Senator Tafts Taft's joint economic committee was passing by-passing two of the most con con- controversial recommendations in inthe inthe the Presidents President's message that of oil ration and price control of a few specific basic commodities Sen Sen- Senator Senator ator Tobey of New Hampshire on the senate banking committee said he would be willing to go all the way with the President if the situation gets out of hand Congressman Jesse P Wolcott of 01 Michigan chairman of the house banking committee said he was not ruling anything out so his hearings will include in the two presidential recommendations Sen Ralph Flanders of Ver Vermont mont mort a member of Senator Tafts Taft's joint economic committee and chairman of a sub commit sub commit tee te which held extensive hear hear- hearings ings on prices and housing in the east est has filed a report in which he suggests a three-pont three pro pro- program gram to stop high prices prices prices-l 1 vol vol- voluntary savings 2 allocation at atI atthe atI atthe the production of distributing I level evel evel and as a last resort price cons rationing We We have v native to some measure of con con- controls troll tools at least on the basic Item of 01 food The Hoffman incident has aU all Washington agog The fiery Michigan congressman called the editor and the chief editorial writer of the conservative Wash Wash- WashIngton Washington ington Star before him and grill ed cd them on an editorial entitled disloyal congressmen Then he called Alfred Friendly a Wash Wash- Washington ington Post reporter before his bis committee a sub committee of oi the house education and labor committee and attempted to force him bim to reveal source of a news story Friendly wrote con con- concerning Hoffman and a labor department g conciliation cOl co hearing at Michigan City Indiana Of 01 course Friendly refused Hoffman Hoffman is quoted as declaring ing every time one of these papers charges a committee of congress of which I am chairman with unfair or disreputable con con- conduct conduct duct or something of that kind the writer of that article if I Ican can find him is going to be call call- called ed up to justify that charge Despite Criticism from some political sources the Presidents President's to the special session of congress was well received in Washington and his factual in In- In Information information formation and speaking plain-speaking is credited with meeting on head-on the dilemma created by the necessity of foreign aid and the foreign aid and the double bar relied need of halting alarming Inflation in this country Cries of regimentation of putting pluming Pl congress on the spot of away our liberties in order to help under ender fe Europe the facts Just s and dont don't the est stand record Oi up We went through stringent regi regi- regimentation regi- regi regimentation and controls during the war and lost not one lot Iota of our individual or personal liberty lib lib- liberty erty Certainly Russia is counting count count- counting ing on inflation and depression in this country and on such con con- congressional congressional gressional action as will make makeI I what aid we do give Europe in In- In Ineffectual ineffectual InI effectual and unacceptable The I Presidential proposals are de de- de deI designed designed signed to defeat Russia on both counts I If If the President said we we neglect cur economic ills at I home If we fan fall to halt the I march of 01 inflation we may mayb mayb bring b Ing on from which wh r economic 11 rL ft 1 e ct c em m m mi might WI h t nb not not re Verj turn tum out our backs on nations nation still struggling to recover from the of wt war stat stand on feet we we may lose for f 11 to time the Ute chance chanc obtain a world can live Uve In fri 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