| Show f Sunday Morning Ickes Resources Set-U- p :War Boards We uld By Tribune 28 Experts See Future ' Sales Based on e Condilion of Rubber s Brown DETROI Feb 28—Two months have passed since you could buy a new automobile by merely establishing your credit or paying cash for it and it has been 11 weeks since you could get new tires for the old car but so far as outward indications go the restrictions have not yet seriously interfered with normal activities of the average motorist When the curtailment of car use comes as it inevitably must traffic experts and automotive enso gipeers say it will result notnew much from a' shortage of automobiles as from impossibility or- dbtaining tire replacements ornbining to make the current re'istrations of passenger vehicles at ciliate to the requirements for hy months ahead are three leVrtors: The heavy overselling of th14 retail new car market last year the better care being taken on vehicles now in use' and relatively heavy stocks of used cars available at price levels not yet reflecting actual scarcity aahington Bureau WASHLNGTON Feb 28—Secretary Ickes' program for "mobilizing strategic natural resources" contemplates either the taking over by the interior department of many of the present functions of the war production board the defense plant corpo- ratión the metals reserve corporation the war department the bureau for instance may be quipped to explore for strategic minerals and to aid and courage their development is not clear nor is there anything in the record to indicate the equipment of that bureau to direct and supervise power development And yet that is part of the Ickes program the Indian bureau is also suggested as a proper agency to conduct g a program to relieve demands on tin can containers" Each Monday of late the secretary of the interior has announced and reannounced his program for encouraging development of manganese and each time he has stressed this viz: "Irr the event industrythought is unable to produce the needed manganese the department stands ready to design construct and operate the plants through the bureau of en-o- ld I ' mines" 1 1 war production board the most important single unit engaged on war problems has been stuck away in temporary buildings in a section of the city not readily ex- cessible has made known his de- sire to move into one of the two buildings now occupied by the see- -retary and the bureaus of the intenor department If Nelson moves in some of the interior de- partment bureaus must move out That is what Secretary Ickes doesn't want to happen: he doesn't want to vacate And that is one reason why he has come forward with an elaborate program that would' take functions from Nelson's W P B and from half a dozen eceneies and turn them over to th varioue bureaux that today are doing little or nothing to ad- VIII1Cf thf cause in war How well 1 I 1 trel7)H111 i l actfeaot 0 I RADIO-PHONOGRA- ! 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X'177i 1 t ' I 2 i Itt ':' - - - Ir : each of them the bureau of home economics the consumer division of the officer of price ad- :DU AIIIU C114 "exclusively yours anti ours" our while today Buy 0 1 02 : stocks are still complete ''!f :1 V:C: ' 1r !FL' - 4 half dealt with sugar matters— what to do about hoards reports of neighbors who had hoards ques— tions about purchasing by persons who normally buy bags complaints about rising prices Nearly every letter reflected complete popular willingness to cooperate with the rationing plan The nutrition section of defense health and welfare services reported the receipts of "easily 100 letters a day" The bulk of these are requests for printed matter on nutrition others are for general nutrition information or material on food rules The section now has pending requests for 200000 coplea of the agency poster entitled "Eat the Right Food" Other Indications of the rising demand for consumer information are the following figures: arculantion of bureau of home economics bulletins doubled this year with continued increase reported for this year Since July 1 1941 32000 nutrition pamphlets and 120000 canning leaflets have been distrtbuted Eighteen thousand g bulletins have been distributed since early January and a similar quantity of pamphlets on using honey as a sugar substitute has been mailed out since early this month 'In - I -t -- ile PH - Nk'- ec CHECKS! WASHINGTON Feb 2R (91') The supreme court was told Saturday that "the right of a pri-in vat e person to speak freely criticism of the acts and MU No Advance in Prices s LIP Wd Citizen Has Right to Criticize Newspaper Tells High Court - tr - ‘ - : iori - t ! Tnetet ' N elson Shunted Off On top of all this Nelson whose The Todd corporation owns or controls 16 shipyards on the east gulf and Pacific coaste Byrd's letter to Barnes called the representative's testimony before the naval affairs committee last February 4 and added: Fails to Present Case "During that hearing' 'certain questions were propounded to you for by me and other members the purpose of ascertaining the profits your corporation has made and is realizing on government contracts This information you agreed to furnish promptly but although nearly a month has elapsed you have not done so" Byrd then directed Barnes to appear before his committee on Thursday "prepared to present to the committee all information respecting your contracts" He directed Barnes to produce: Statements of all profits made on each contract since last September 1 estimates of profits on contracts incompleted or not yet begun and copies of all such contracts A "clear and detailed" statement of the corporation's invested capital and that of its subsidiaries Chairman Byrd (Q) Virginia of the committee on noneseontial expenditures directed J E Barnes Todd's Washington representative to appear before the committee next Thursday with the informa- Feb 28 (N Y Times)—The raany government agencies dealing directly with wartime consumer problems are being subjected to an increasing flood of inquiries from housewives all over the country a cheek-u- p of these agencies indicated Saturday (Continued From Page One) profits taXes 1943 (estimate) $9 200000000: 1942 (eatimate) 800o000004: 1941 (actual) $1600- On0000 Individual income taxes 1943 (estimate) $7300000000 1942 (estimate) $3100000000 1941 (actual) $1300000000 The administration already Is months behind in its program to increase taxes for the double purpose of helping to finuce war expenditures and to check Inflation by "mopping up" surplus buying power of civilians Congressional and treasury flscal experts have been worTking together for 'six weeka in an effort to reach agreement on a tax bill that could be whipped through congress rapidly but several dif- ferences still were not reconciled Saturday night An estimated 22000000 Americans meantime have been figuring their individual income tax returns which must be filed by March 16 Their tax payments this year—although lighter than next year's will be—will surpass any previous ones Treasury officials estimate income tax collections will reach $2750000000 in March more than twice the amount of payments received in the corresponding month last year - L Wants this Jell The defense plant corporation Cooperating with the war production board has been vastly increasing the production of aluminum Secretary Ickes wants to take on this activity especially with reference to establishing plants of limited capacity and again the bureau of mines stands ready to build and operate aluminum plants if industry "is unable to produce the needed quantities" of aluminum and its derivatives Another item on the program calla for government exploration under the- office of Indian affairs and geological survey for copper zinc iron ore chromite bauxite alunito and clays—a work on which the geological survey has been busy for decades If the Indian bureau has ever found and reported comprehensively on such deposits onIndian lands those reports have been carefully and ef ! fectively smothered Secretary Ickes would like to have possession of the records of persons who have done any ex ploring for any of the strategic or rare minerals—confidentially!! of course He would investigate andtmake available alien patenti covering processes of extracting metals from ores of various kinds He even proposes that the "division of information" of the interior department "place In the hands of science cattlemen prospectors teachers and others in likely areas charts describing minerals needed for war together with ore Kim plea" to encourage those people to find and report new deposits' The Indian office bureau of mines and geological survey would also take a hand in this educational' program Looks to Other Grabs On top of the announcement that there is now no shortage of high octane or aviation gasoline in the United States Secretary Ickes wants his petroleum coordinator to Istimulate the financing and ere6tion of new 100 octane plants something the:defense plant corporation has been doing for months and he would have that department agency of the interior ' empowered to direct marketing programs governing the movement and sale of all petroleum products He wants funds to enable his department to tell the oil industry how to store ship and protect oils of various types both against fire and against sabotage et investigating committee Saturday asked the Todd Shipyards corporation for complete information on 'excessive" profits a company representative testified the corporation had made on government war con - food-dryin- one-ma- T ' House Awaits Nation's Housewives Quiz Treasury's U S on Ration Problems Tax Hike Plan WASELNGTON (W)---A tracts 19I2A 11 1 'Steam Shovel Needed° Barnes once told the senate's defense investigating committee and the naval affairs committee that the corporation's profits from government business in World war I were so huge- that If It hadn't' been for taxes you couldn't have handled them with a steam shovel" and that profits in this war' were also excessive He also told the naval affairs ommittee that it was the responsibility of congress to recapture that office since January 1 the profits through taxation The Figures given out by the concompany ha said had voluntarily sumer division of 0 P A show in returned $4000000 in profits to startling fashion the new national the government and had agreed in consumer problems In interest with the navy department to reF!bruary of 1941 a total of 10 letduce the parglin of profit on each ters was sent to the division: in contract Barnes said the haste the week ended February 14 of this in encountered necessarily getting year about 600 were received on a war footing resulted at MArket Saturated first The::division reports that it has in contracts whichArprovided unhandled nearly 2500 letters since The industry sales executives conscionable profits Christmas time Of these nearly have estimated that of the more sold than 3731000 passenger units at 'retail last year probably 750- 000 normally should have been purchased in the- 1942 marketc a r Manufacturer 0 kif Ii'$' sponsored I 0 4h conservation programs some of : them including a deferred payi : r040) lk 11 D ment plan and the more conservative handling and care of the privavehicle is adding imtely-owned measurably to the life of present cars The used car situation is a some17) what anomalous one At a time when the complete withdrawal of new vehicles should stimulate incars some terest in second-han- d I II C T dealers are reporting more motora v ow no Ar—s ear ' 5 glair 10 The ists desiring to sell than buy effect of this trend has been to prices close keep stocks high andlocalities to normal in many Cite Three Factors ' te' - 11r: ''2' Trade experts attribute this to i several factors: A sudden lackcon-of e' A Excitement ran high when these newest spring Princess employment while industry ' ) 'Its 1 — verts its factories to war implefrocks arrived yesterday! Peggy Beautiful colors ire'IN you ALthe ment production expectation lo never thought possible! Stylings that are youthfulI and of induction into the nation's ' ' 1 armed forces and the conviction very gay Excellent quality materials that wash andI iron - I v ---At: 1 that if a car is to be converted f 1 ease with You sold too can be must be as well all it clean into cash at tio just groomed while its tires still retain some and fresh looking as Dear Princess Peggy you see pictured 't mileage potentialities P ''''' ''' here! Be sure to come in or call early tomorrow 2' aim (3-)'- ' A great majority of the passenuse of in vehicles currently 4 ger though we have tremendous stocks such sensational values ' course will outlast their tires and some car dealers are pointing out go out in a hurryl for that from the present outlookcome rubber supplies the time will i 5101 when most used car sales will VALUES SUCH FAST! WE YOU SUGGEST GO MAKE EARLY SELECTION! i1( have to be based wholly on the condition of the tires that go with t the vehicle 71it' 1111111111M Princess Peggy Salon—Fifth Floor I I Public Unaware Ity1 r— I 'd 11411411147"---- ''''''ir'l 11:li li The seriousness of the tire sit7' —s it ItIlofldir:7:':1 J' ) i uation say the trade experts has 4' 11:111111 --'1N"t'': ORDER BY PHONE not yet been thoroughly accepted :!: t i ''4' V Iiii''''''13'7(44'itT4:t1) car owners—many nation's the ' i164kt‘1 4: by :4 f I of them still retain the Impression DIAL -‘t 4 4 ::: 4ao found for be will solution p that a I be! iI''1 t le the tire replacement problem 1 r' 1" irtt :T' 4-18r fore it becomes critical 01 p I This the expert assert is a tit p Loy hope without much to support it e-- y ' : 7 The situation they add already t I ' If: S'''411 111 ‘4-'" ' ' ) has become critical for many car I users find the average motorist t - - s'S1'::'''' 4:' may as well make up his mind 111 tires t give i that when his present '' :yris rt c11ti-Zout there will be no replacement i 41re 4 1Tty: A att4 1 ir:!11:4 p 4 t 4 0 1 p CkZ ' '''4e ' ''‘ the st--Indian bureau ot public roads the foreservice the department Of agri7 culture the federal power commIS- &ion and the power division of the 0 P M now a part of W P B or else the secretary proposes in Kis own department to duplicate activities that now function in other agencies of the government If congress and the president should approve the Ickes program there would have to follow a rehi vamping of the war set-u- p Washington exceeding in impor tance and scope the drastic changes that occurred when 0 P M wu wiped out and Donald Neln son was given direction of many bureaus boards administrations and such that are carrying forward the details of the defense or war program The suggestion of the secretary comes on top of the repeated demands of the president and congress that duplication be wiped off the federal And yet on its face it slate makes for still more duplication 'Unless the administration and congress are disposed to make Secremore important 'figtary Ickes adefense-prograure in the than Donald Nelson or anyone else 'something Puzzling The Ickes program Is hardly to be accepted at face value There is something behind it In the hunt for space to accommodate the thousands upon thousands of new government employes who are being brought to Washington the rresident already has ordered a number of permanent government agencies transferred from Wash- inrton to other cities One of those ordered out Is the Indian bureau in the interior department But there are other bureaus in lir Ickes department which arelikely to be moved from Washington as the clamor for space con- tinues Time after time congress has pointed out that there is no rarticular reason why the generalland office the national park servIce the geological survey the bu- resu of mines the bituminous coal division the Alaska railroad or even the reclamation bureau should maintain large staffs in Washington' and repeatedly the suggestion has been made that any or all these bureaus save possibly their directing heads and a small staff might be sent nearer the scene of their greatest activity just as the Indian office was or- dered into the field Every one of those bureaus handles almost ex- elusively western business Taken together these bureaus now fill two large public buildings toich cover- trig an entire city block and the two combined give Secretary Ickes domain over more floor Space than any member of the cab-!nsave the secretary of corn- merce and much of the commerce building has been allotted to goy- -ernment offices having no tonneetion with the departmentof corn- - March Tire Shortage Corporation Faces Query Ranks as No 1 On Vast War Profits Auto Problem WASHINGTON Feb senate Program Calls forl)uplication Of Many Agencies or Wider ShakeUp Than Ended Old OPM Harry J ?Itibttnt Z1je51111 ST4TE ( ) 10e cs11 (llesieents postage ( ) CHG of ttah add please allow ( ) C ' O D sales tax) week for delivery 2e1c 1 ‘ ‘ ' 1 1 0 g tI t I' - f - 6 ' 7etoft171tt!1!0!'4r '' ''''' ''''''' '''' '''' ''' '''' rovtmenuipturatartmstatuegithottwftmetrottat '' - -- 014 ''' -- - ' wok 'aglatdrik '''' &('''f -' drci'A3A-- e N4 &ftgaggiltgd""&datiditgataktsat&WM6066111aa&ialki 04442604414614"0116641416411J' c |
