Show i With stop gap aid to France I Italy and Austria out of ot the way and the special pedal session of con con- conI congress congress gress recessed for the Christmas I holidays Washington continued tc see the pro and con con on over high price prices and proposed legislation for curbing them I With the GOP putting forth a alist alist list of curbs some of ot which coin coin- coincide cide with those proposed by President Truman the argument is gaining momentum that if I government control of any ante kind I Ione one control even is not a police state then why should 10 con con- controls controls be more of a police state I or regimentation in peacetime i Further proponents of the I point I Ito Presidents President's point 10 program to the sugar control act of ot 1948 passed by a Republican control control- controlled I led congressi J at the last l session is just what its name implies implies implies- government control of sugar by bylaw bylaw law aw In this law taw which has been In operation since lince 1937 1037 under al a- a most the same provisions as the I present law the government con con- I II trots trois allocation of acreage wages I and prices There is some feeling that the Republican policy committee may give in and grant the I dent the controls on domestic affairs he has asked on the I theory that they wont won't work and that the proof will be evident before the 1948 1048 elections Then in theory the GOP should point and say We told you so services committee into a so call ed racket of terminal leave I pay for high officers in the army and navy Literally thousands of officers have obtained dis dis- dis disability ability payments payment in their terminal terminI I al pay running as high as I per month for life without any review of their cases I Congressman Robert Sikes of ot Florida is seeking an amendment to the present law requiring an an- an annual annual nual review of ol physical examina examina- examination I tion of ot officers who receive dis- dis disability disability 1 ability pay just as is now the case with enlisted men One case I which recently was spotlighted was was that of ot the famous Gen Ben Ben- Bennett I nett Meyers who was drawing about in disability pay pay- ments for nervous W ur x There Js is every r 1 di tion that some hot battles will be fought out in the regular session of Con Con- Congress gress over civil rights in phases of ot that controversial field As a matter of fact aside from frem con guarantees there Is little law covering the field up up- upon upon on the department of justice ustice can Ean an operate since only two wo sections of the civil rights law of 1870 remain valid and I even they have been variously interpreted I Hence Atty Gen Tom Clark I will ask congress to amend the law setting up specific protect protections t lons for civil cavil 11 rights and raising the civil rights section of the department of justice jl ti e to a full I I I mn person nel net and money Futher bills may cover the rights of individuals before con con- congressional gressional committees and a de of the powers of congressional I de-I committees to probe and investigate Highlighting this need is the general reaction to the Howard Hughes probe by bythe bythe the senate war investigation committee the American un-American activities committee investigation investigation tion on several fronts and the action of Rep Clare E Hoffman of ol Michigan in hailing several newspapermen including Ben Ben- Benjamin jamin McKelway editor and Alfred Friendly a Washington Post reporter before his sub sub- subcommittee committee to explain critical articles about him As a result of President Truman's charges of gambling on the grain markets and of ol Sec Sec- Secretary of ol Agriculture Andersons Anderson's charge d that he could name names of public figures specula specula- ting ling in large quantities of grain the army is conducting a check chelk of its procurement officers and policy making officials and also officials of state and departments as to whether any officials were speculating in ingrain grain I |