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Show YSs'WsSh ' ',' of Main Street and the World SA . ' 4 Main Street Businessman Has A Stake in World Trade Week OPS Orders New Beef Price Control Plan Calling for 10 Cent Rollback CONTROLS in one sweeping order that will touch nearly every family in the home towns of America as well as 300,000 meat retailers and 25,000 packers, slaughterers and other meat wholesalers, the OPS put into force a new beef price control program calling k at the butcher shop by October 1. for almost a The order is expected to save the American housewife $700 million in the butcher shops. Housewives cannot expect retail prices of beef to drop immediately, however, because the program provides for progressively reducing ceiling over a period of time that will allow livestock producers to unload their high cost animals. Livestock men have balked at controls over cattle prices and warned they would result in less meat production. Michael V. DiSalle, OPS director, will likely be severely criticized by the industry. These are the steps in the new beef program: 1. A 10 per cent cut in prices which slaughterers may pay the farmer for cattle. This goes into effect for accounting periods beginning on or after May 20 2. Dollar and cents ceilings are fixed for wholesaler and retailers for the first time. The wholesaler ceilings go into effect May 9, the retail ceilings on May 14. Butcher shops must post Editors Meet retail ceiling price charts, by grade and cut, by June Edwin S. Friendly ( lejt ), retiring presi4. dent of the American newspaper pub3. Prices slaughterers may lishers association, hands over his gavel pay for cattle are to be reto his successor, Charles F. McCahill, The duced an additional four and editors held their tytb annual convention one-haper cent on August recently in New York. 1 and by same amount on October 1. 4. On the same August 1 and October 1 dates, retail beef prices cuts of from four to five cents a pound will go into effect. Rich man, poor man, beggar man, chief, doctor, lawyer, merchant, well, almost everyone stands to prosper from expanding world trade. Thats why the Chamber of Commerce of the United States undertook 17 years ago to sponsor on a national scale what had begun as a bright idea of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce back BEEF PRICE roll-bac- dime-a-poun- d lf MORE CONTROLS Main Street may feel a greater degree of the control pinch if President Trumans proposed legislation gets through with some stiffening, of virtualcongress. He has called for ly everything in the defense production act of 1950. In view of Mr. Trumans recent troubles, it is doubtful if his suggestions will be accepted without considerable criticism. He proposed: 1. Fixing the parity price for each farm commodity as of the beginning of its marketing season for price control to cover the entire season. 2. Establishing effective rent controls for both residential and commercial properties wherever needed to stabilize the cost of living and the cost of doing business. 3. Strengthening machinery for the enforcement of price control regulations. 4. Authorizing the government to build and operate defense plants, to produce essential materials and equipment. 5. Providing for controls over credit in the sale of existing housing. 6. Regulating speculative trading on commodity exchanges. in 1927. Every year now observances are held in home towns all over the Mm United States during the week in which includes National Maricallers May WIIO? . . . time Day May 22. The week is have phoned Mrs. Ernestine called World Trade Week (May Huntington Tark, Calif., saying her husband, a master The point of all these activities sergeant, is a Red prisoner and is to help more people realize that and she should sign world trade is good U.S. aggression to end petition for the world and in Korea. all the people that are a part of it. '4 activities of The S' this week also point out the obstacles that are facing world trade and that might help some of the steps overcome them. The very fact that our world today is suffering from international tension doesnt change the picture. It only shows that picture more clearly. If our country would remain strong and help to strengthen other free nations, it must take full advantage of the resources of all its trading area. When you start out to look for someone who has a stake In world trade, you dont have to go to Wall Street or the docks along the water front, Just take a look down Main Street of any town in Oklahoma, Iowa or FORMOSA ADVISOR . . . Maj. or talk to a housewife Gen. William Chase is chief of Kansas or stop at in North Carolina staff of a military advisory group a in Texas. These are ranch in Formosa to administer Amerthe terminals of world trade-com- ing ican aid in accordance with adand going. ministration policy of building up the islands stronghold against The port communities are way stations. They are mighty important aggression. and we couldnt get along without them, but the job of World Trade Week is to carry the story to the folks who never saw a steamship, much less an ocean bill of lading. The benefits of trade reach them. Its their baby, too! World Trade Week fs a local affair. If its going to get anywhere it has to be a grassroots enterprise. Thats why local bankers, civic clubs, farm organizations, and merchant organizations in coopera-io- n with local newspapers will concentrate on World Trade Week as a means of telling the home-ownthe importance of world trade and the one world of to- Soft-voic- ed Mc-Rober- ts, 20-26- well-treate- d, THINGS TO COME If the man on Main Street thinks the Truman-MacArthcontroversy is going to die, he is badly mistaken. The battle is just about to begin. This was indicated in a long and extemporaneous speech by Sen. Robert Taft in which he attacked the U.S. joint chiefs of staff and dein Korea. manded that the U.S. go all-oThe senator said that he was willing to follow the MacArthur proposals for bombing military objectives in Communist China and for giving logistical support, meaning transport and cover, to Nationalist attack on China proper. The senators speech made it clear that the Republican plan to use ROYAL BIRTHDAY . . . Princess the forthcoming investigations of the MacArthur dismissal to force an Elizabeth, heir apparent to throne overturning of present far east policy. of England, celebrates her 25th birthday at the English embassy in Rome with her husband, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. She was received in audience by Pope Pius. ur ut -- , ' A V - y ;,.v, T' 'V - 'A V Chinese Attack South of Parallel tank battalion lumbers into a defense position north of Seoul, Prepared to take a heavy toll of advancing Chinese Communist forces. A US. SPRING IN KOREA It Is spring in Korea. But there is no peace and tranquility in the warm sun. The song birds can not be heard for the constant roar of artillery. The tender sprigs of grass and shrubs are trampled beneath the boots of invading Chinese and defending United Nations troops. It is time for war in Korea. But the great Communist spring offensive is not doing so well. And the people in the home towns of America who are thinking of their sons and brothers and husbands have gained confidence from reports of allied victories. The Reds approached Seoul, but came to a dead stop after allied naval, air and artillery bombardments. On other fronts the fighting had died down for the time being. But as long as it is spring in Korea, the Communists will attack. This time, however, they are running into a meat grinder of fire power. ). er Perhaps many home-towne- rs dont foster a dynamic economy and to maintain a high level of employ-men- t in the nation and the world. These views are based on policies of the organization: 1. Business should pursue a policy of vigorous enterprise in expanding production to serve human wants and aspirations and in keeping its activities healthy and profitable. 2. It should endeavor to preserve and develop vigorous and fair competition. 3. It should emphasize research for the discovery of new products and better methods and strive constantly to improve the productivity of those who toil. 4. As higher productivity permits, it should pass on a substantial part of the gain in the form of higher wages and lower prices. 5. It should cultivate by adequate training the potentialities and abilities of its employees and its management. 6. It should employ practices that help to moderate economic fluctuations and thus foster economic stability. Realizing its obligations to ensure to the utmost of its ability regular and it satisfactory employment, should explore every possible Way of achieving this end; thus, for example, it should hold over to periods of low market demand more of its postpon-abl- e expenditures for maintenance and improvements. Philip D. Reed, chairman of the U.S. associates of the International Chamber of Commerce, expresses the view of most American businessmen, from the Main Street level to the highest: This certainly is not a time when American business can sit back and await foreign developments. Artful disciples of other economic systems are aggressive. It seems to me that we who have faith in our system of competitive capitalism should be equally eager in letting the world know and reof its accomplishments quirements. Pickle Industry Promotes 'Pickle Week' U.S. realize it, but the local Chamber of More than 200 pickle packers from ommerce works in close harmony coast to coast attended the winter with the U.S. Council of the Inmeeting of the National Pickle ternational Chamber of Commerce. Packers Association last February What the international council at Chicagos Sheraton Hotel to plan hinks of local business was ex- for the industrys third annual National Pickle Week (May pressed recently in a bulletin: Even if your business is as As a result, the industry is maklocal as Main Street, what hapeffort to promote their ing an all-oin pens foreign markets, what product, despite the fact that cerdecisions restrict or encourage tain varieties of pickles are in the flow of trade, what policies short supply this year. A fondness for pickles has always destroy or create world-wid- e financial security all are of been a national characteristic of vital importance to you. the American people. For just as your business canPickles inspired Thomas Jefnot prosper unless our national econferson to write: On a hot day is so our national omy prosperous, in Virginia, I know of nothing a more comforting than a fine prosperity depends upon healthy world economy. spiced pickle, brought up troutThe Council also believes that like from the sparkling depths American business today faces the of that aromatic jar below stairs necessity of doing three things: in Aunt Sallys cellar. 1. Developing and by example In fact, the pickle patch was an spreading our system of free en- important adjunct to good living terprise. on all of the great old plantations. 2. Establishing sound relations beBut the pickle was a tween our economy and those under American custom long before government control. the revolution. Colonial correspon3. Creating the stable world busidence preserved from the year 1634 ness conditions that will promote shows that a major purpose of the peace and insure an expanding early settlers kitchen gardens was W. Stuart Sym economy. to provide pickles. And pickles were R.F.C. HEAD The Council believes that decito head the reor sions on ington, named highly regarded by all of the piointernational are problems ganlzed Reconstruction Finance ef neering generations because, under to importance primary every frontier conditions, pickles were Corporation, tells congress tha American businessman. In rethis the only juicy, green food available President Truman has promised the council has reiterated a for many months of the year. him a free hand in running the spect program for business to Released by WNU Features agency. 17-26- ut well-establish- six-poi- nt ). |