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Show , ONCE OVER Clay Pigeons Flying the Coop By H. I. Phillips the Democrats the election. There is a big dinosaur skeleton vote in this country and it will go to the Republicans. (I hear that Taft, Stas-sen Stas-sen and Kefauver have already come out for dinosaur control and that Ike Eisenhower will soon announce an-nounce a stand for maintaining ceilings ceil-ings on prehistoric men, Egyptian mummies and fossilized fish.) How can you justify removing controls from bowling pins at this crucial period when our people are harassed by economic worries and need to go to a bowling alley to get away from it all? Don't you know the next demand will be to have ceilings removed from bowling balls, pool cues and canasta sets? In concluding let me say that your action ac-tion on waxed fruits is really a heart-breaker. The wife and I checked on our waxed fruit situation situa-tion only last week. Do you know what? We are down to three waxed ("Washington. Price controls were removed from clay pigeons, howling pins, waxed fruits and dinosaur skeletons used exclusively exclusive-ly for educational purposes." News item.) Dear OPS: I wish te protest your latest ruling removing controls from clay pigeons, bowling pins, waxed fruits and dinosaur skeletons. I am sure you acted without due consideration of the consumers. Do you know what this means? The cost of clay pigeons will shoot up at once, making mak-ing it harder and harder for a family fam-ily to keep a supply in the house. I guess you are not aware that there are millions of Americans who have not been able to afford a good clay pigeon for months. I used my last one a year ago and cannot afford af-ford another. In fact, I am using substitutes like old tin cans and glass balls. pears, six glass grapes and a waxed persimmon. (We were pretty hungry and ate two of the pears and four glass grapes, assuming we could go out and buy some more reasonably. reason-ably. And now you go and decontrol them, permitting the dealer to up the price to the sky!) am bewildered and annoyed. If there was one thing I thought Mike Di Salle would not put be-yond'my be-yond'my reach it was waxed fruit. Hoping it is all a mistake, I am Sincerely yours, Elmer. p.S. I trust there is nothing In the rumor you are going to remove ceilings on decoy ducks, iron deer, plastic flowers and elk teeth. The Metropolitan is reviving "Carmen" "Car-men" along more modernistic lines. Don't tell us that the lady will take a cigarette test explaining the value of a filter. I will bet you that Russia has the clay pigeon situation well in hand and is keeping them within with-in the reach of the people. It is yonr decontrol of dinosaur skeletons skel-etons that disturbs me most, however. If you had checked carefully you would know they are already hard to get. Very few stores have them in stock. You have to bid high to obtain one Yes, I know you are decontrolling decon-trolling only dinosaur skeletons "used for educational purposes," pur-poses," but this means nothing noth-ing to a skeleton shopper. I tried to get one just for amusement or general utility purposes, but the dealer said everything he had was the educational type. He had one dinosaur skeleton that was obviously of no use except as a hatrack or doorstop, but he would not listen to my argument that there was still an OPS ceiling on that model. Your action may tost |