Show Confiscation Or Constitution Consumers are interested in the food problem chiefly as to getting the food they want when they want it and where they are But this requires a highly efficient distribution distribution distribution dis dis- system between producer and consumer Therefore the consumer consumer consumer con con- sumer is vitally interested in problems problems problems lems of his food retailer In establishing price ceilings the theOffice theOffice theOffice Office of Price Administration attempted attempted attempted at at- tempted a gigantic experiment Errors Errors Errors Er Er- were bound to occur and there have been many changes among the multitude of orders issued by this office Even so OPA is now under attack not only by retailers who find it impossible to carry out some of the orders but by Congressional Congressional Congressional Con Con- gressional investigation When it developed that certain price ceilings were set at so low a point that they compelled the retailer re retailer retailer re- re to sell at a loss necessity for drastic revision became evi evi- dent A retailer forced to sell goods at a loss could only last so long until red ink engulfed him and obliged him to quit The retailer was protected by the right to appeal to the OPA administrator administrator admin admin- administrator for relief If he failed to get relief there he could appeal to the Emergency Court of Appeals set up for just this purpose Recently Recently Recently Re Re- Safeway Stores made a protest protest protest pro pro- test to OPA There was no action Safeway appealed to the Emergency cy Court This Court dismissed the case declaring it could review cases only after they had been acted upon upon upon up up- on b by the OPA Administrator Safeway then went directly to the U. U S. S Supreme Court insisting that the Constitution provides every every every ev ev- ery aggrieved citizen is entitled to his Day in Court Since no other court would hear the case the only only on on- l ly recourse was to our highest court courtin in the land which interprets our Constitution A decision in this case will have reaching far effect on many operations operations operations oper oper- of private enterprise Business Busi Busi- ness ness especially especially t the h e retailer retailer has has willingly accepted restrictions and regulations necessary to winning the war The protest Is against those regulations which tend to disrupt home economy and would ultimately interfere with the common common common com com- mon purpose of winning winnin this war |