Show W ar 1 I 1 FROM OUR congressman W K GRANGER price li kimyo myo order for OPA Is preparing a permanent freeze order on all retail prices to be issued within the next few days the authority of the president himself willbo heard inthis in this major anti iffla dioro aliche will follow up with a message to congress calling tor for a drastic tax and profit limitation bill here are tho the features which opah policymakers policy makers aro are known to be considering si 81 prices will be charged by the seller during a base perida ln in all likelihood the month before april 1 li 1942 OPAs past trends indicate that it if may start from the flat assumption that increases in production products on distribution and transportation costs since october 1941 are adequately cov brodby the he march 19 1942 4 2 price levels Mel dellers leril mu must at continue to harge chairge the same price that they charged on the base late data tor for the same type of goods sani pur ciha sers it if the seller cannot use this fills method then his listed prices can bo be used it if he has no lie listed prices then lie he can use the prices tor for similar commodities and make an adjustment tor for the normal differential existing between the similar commodity and the one ho he wants to soil sell it there are several milar similar si commodities then the seller may bo be required to use the lowest of tho the similar prices A special formula however will have to be worked out tor for prices which were depressed depre saed during the base period or which were seasonal and there fore abnormal lit in such a general freeze there will vill hive to be sent omo a exceptions undoubtedly special items such buchas as works ot of art will not be ba involved some services like hatela and restaurants may not find their prices frozen OPA probably pro bobly will not touch commodities modi ties where the fixing of the retail price would force a fixing of prices at the previous leveloff lev ler elof production this would be true in the case of cattle prices prices for tarro ores and concentrates enforcement will be a tremendous irish whatever the llie form OPA will require conspicuous posting ot of prices in nil ell retail establishments success full enforcement will also require a thorough inventory ot of stock to be made by each retailer and reported to OPA an educational campaign aimed ot at the consuming public will explain the method ot of bilzing prices and how violations are to be reported consumers and trade groups will be enlisted as active enforcement agencies agriculture I 1 the bureau of agricultural economics reported farm real estate values tor for the country as a whole advanced about seven per cent during the 12 months ended march 1 1042 1942 representing the most substantial land value recovery since alace the depression depre low in 1933 and marking the he end of a five year period during the national average was parti cally unchanged thebie said inarea increases es were duo due til lit large part to lingher cur rent firm faun commodity prices which rose more moie than 40 per cent during the year i and to larger cash farm income about 30 per cent higher in 1941 than tn lit 1940 the preliminary index of average per acre values on march maich 1 1942 wits was 91 it was 85 a year ago and 84 on march 1 the 1912 14 period Is east north central and east cast south central states reported an increase of 0 about 10 per cent in farm real estate values during 1941 mountain state about eight per cent west north central south atlantic west south central and pacific state about six per cent middle atlantic and new england states three per cent or less I 1 the president in two proclamations removed quota restrictions in imports of sugar and certain types of wheat the agricultural department said the proclamation would have little actual effect since sugar quotas have been shifted in recent months so as to permit import ot of all sugar that can cail be shipped and comparatively little wheat is imported t the agricultural department said advances in poultry research im adroved commercial hatcheries and belter beiter poultry management raised average annual production ot of eggs from 84 per hen in 1909 to per lien hen in 1941 liens hens on oil fail tarns lils in 1941 the department said the department sald bureau of dairy industry specialists will aid state extension agencies to establish est ablIA factory methods that will improve the quality of 0 the pounds of american cheddar cheese expected under 1942 production goals the department also reported ported le cattle on teed feed in the 11 corn belt states on april I 1 numbered two per cent less than a year ago the fairst time since 1937 that cattle on teed feed april I 1 lihaven decreased from one year to another tile the decrease front from last year was wa the largely in the alv five e states east of the i mississippi in states wes west t ot of that river the number of cattle ca atle on feed increased this year over last employment ln iIi president roosevelt proclaimed the w week eek beginning may 3 as Nai national tonal employment week and ask american employers to open their doors to older woi ivor kers as a means of speeding the gigantic war production program in which we are engaged lie he called attention to the necessity of training and employing women as well as older men he said veterans of 0 world war 1 are vitally needed in the ranks of industry land nd agricultural today and there Is a place for these men inen and other workers past 40 in the gigantic war production program pi administrator mcnutt announced the U S employment service is s contemplating tem teni plating plans for handl handling on 06 j a local area basas baff wartime farm labor problems and women who want to take the places of 0 farm workers who have gone into the army or the war production plants will be told men and where they nay be needed to help out because of local shortages he said tho the bulk of farm labor will continue to be done by men as well as women who customarily do it for a living |