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Show I WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS- , r OPA Price Adjustments Designed 1 To Increase Cheaper Clothing; U. S. Takes World Bank Lead Releaser) by Western Newspaper Union VVesl'rn'V! N0TE: "h'n ?Pinlns are expressed In these eolrjmns. they are those of Western Newspaper Inion's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) Hi f-wwiwjj t 4 I ' ' 1 I ' 1 ,1 - V ' . ' i x 1 Z ' 0 ? I , v I F , s" , ; s if !' ' i j' ' " , i.-- Sr.-.v.-j--?.-. : iM. : JS v - 4 "n - - i4 ' - f t t - 1 I I ! ' I I " j Health authorities have found another use for DDT, the famed insecticide insecti-cide being used in Japan to delouse civilians and residences to prevent spread of vermin-borne disease. CLOTHING: Seek More for Less More low cost apparel was expected ex-pected to come on the market as the result of OPA's authorization of higher prices to cotton textile and men's clothing manufacturers to relieve them of squeezes between fixed ceilings and mounting wage and material charges. WhUe the OPA's adjustments will result in higher prices for low-cost clothes, it was said, real clothing expenses will fall since more cheaper cheap-er goods will appear and buyers will not be compelled to purchase better-grade better-grade lines.. In granting cotton textile producers pro-ducers a price increase ranging from 2Vz to 5 cents for a pound of cloth, OPA estimated that retail costs of shirts and dresses will go up 10 or 15 cents and of shorts 7 or 8 cents. The price increase al- lowed mills is expected to total 250 million dollars, most of which will be passed on to consumers. Acting after reports that clothing manufacturers were holding 700,000 men's suits off retail markets until price adjustments were obtained, the OPA allowed producers to base juira on current rather than 1942 costs. ' With the Industry permitted per-mitted a wider margin on lower-cost lower-cost merchandise, it was expected that many operators would increase their output of such lines and cut down on their profits on higher priced goods. DIPLOMACY: Fast Talk Continuing their play for world opinion, the U.S.-Britain and Russia Rus-sia questioned each other's motives in activities in foreign countries in a formal exchange of diplomatic notes while the Reds further fanned the fire by defying "war-like pressure" pres-sure" for alteration of their policy. Ripped by the U. S.-Britain for failure to pull out of Iran in accordance ac-cordance with a tri-partite agreement, agree-ment, and for extensive looting of Manchurian industry, Russia shot ngnc Dack with the accusation that the U. S. had violated a three-power decision to set up a representative government in Bulgaria by encouraging encour-aging rightist groups to hold out for broader authority. While Russia did not immediately immediate-ly reply to the U. S. - British note on Iran and Manchuria, the U. S. lost , no time in answering the Reds' Bulgarian charges. Veiling any friction with diplomatic niceties, Secretary of State Byrnes said that the U. S. communication to Bulgaria Bul-garia that all important political elements ele-ments be given an equal voice in a new regime was a reinstatement of principles well known to Moscow. The Reds took Winston Churchill's Church-ill's call for a U. S. - British alliance alli-ance as an occasion to crack at "reactionary" elements within the democracies. Defying Churchill's suggestion that the U. S. and Britain produce the most modern weapons in the interests of world security, the government paper Izvestia declared de-clared that Russia was firmly determined deter-mined to strengthen its frontiers and could not be deterred by force. I T r : It . ... HOUSING: Construction Ban Aiming to channel an estimated two-thirds of all building materials into housing, the Civilian Production administration moved to ban all un essential commercial and Industrial Industri-al construction. Designed to make maximum use of all resources for the achievement of the goal of 1,200,000 low-cost dwellings this year, the CPA order will especially hit at the erection of night clubs, road-houses, theaters and other amusement projects. While such construction would not be forbidden entirely, builders would have to cite a community need for the facilities before beins Dermit- ted to start work. Meanwhile, senate administration stalwarts announced an all-out fighl for restoration of subsidy payments to manufacturers and ceilings on existing ex-isting dwellings in the house approved ap-proved home building bill. In pressing press-ing for the subsidies, the stalwarts backed arguments that production of materials could best be spurred and costs held down by government payments. They also contended that with the older structures making up the bulk of the realty market, only price ceilings on these dwellings could head off an inflationary boom. BANK: U . S. Leadership Chief tii,.. j.. . . . ululuul LU rae niterna- tional bank and monetary fund, the U. S. won the permanent chairmanship chairman-ship of the governing boards of the two institutions at a meeting of member nations in Savannah, Ga In addition, the U. S. agreed to take over the presidency of the international interna-tional bank, leaving the top post in the monetary fund open for foreign holding. Named as the chairman of the governing boards, U. S. Treasury Secretary Fred Vinson promptly sponsored the formation of a 12-member 12-member executive committee to formulate policy. Committee members mem-bers include representatives from the U. S., United Kingdom, Belgium Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt' France, Mexico, Poland, India and the Netherlands. Designed to provide long-term loans for the reconstruction and development de-velopment of member nation furnish exchange at stabilized rates for foreign trade, the monetary in-sUtutions in-sUtutions were described as effective forces for peace by President Tru-man Tru-man and Vinson in welcoming addresses ad-dresses to the delegates. AUTO INDUSTRY: Green Light Se"lement of tee bitter 113-day ClO-Umted Automobile Workers and General Motors strike paved the way for all-out production not only m G.M. plants but in other companies in the industry depend ent upon G. M. for parts. Reached after diligent efforts of federal conciliator James F Dewev to bring the warring parties together, to-gether, the UAW-GM agreement followed fol-lowed the general wage pattern set down by Ford and Chrysler. Though originally asking for a 30 per cent wage boost, the UAW accepted an 18 cent an hour increase, with im proved overtime rates, vacation pay and other readjustments bringing the total well up to the 19 cent figure recommended by a fact finding panel. Conclusion of the UAW-G.M pact came after leaders of Ford 'locals rejected the settlement their repre sentatives had reached with the company because of concessions made to management over production produc-tion procedures. U. S. NAZIS: ofAmeHcans were found to ! Na7i party following Ltion showed that few attained dffion in this country. The ma-foS ma-foS were listed as waiters or ar-tfsans ar-tfsans though a large number were classified as business men Most prominent of the persons mentioned was Dr Manfred ZaPP. a director of the German Trans ocean News Service until he was ex- pelled from this country in 1941. Apparently Ap-parently having spent the war years to Germany, Zapp was captured last year by the 3rd army along with Prince August Wilhelm, fourth son of the Kaiser. The greatest concentration of Nazis was in New York, where 370 party members resided. Nineteen lived in Chicago, 13 in Los Angeles, 10 in Philadelphia and smaller numbers num-bers in Milwaukee, San Francisco and New Orleans. Many returned to Germany before the outbreak of the war, some to look after property prop-erty interests there. MINERS: Neiv Demands As the AFL-United Mine Workers and coal operators opened negotiations negotia-tions for a new contract in Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, government officials remained anDrehensive lest an agreement concluded might upset the new wage-price' policy established estab-lished by the administration. Though John L. Lewis did not disclose dis-close the union's specific dollar and cents demands in ' opening the negotiations, ne-gotiations, UMW officials have entertained en-tertained hopes of topping the 18 cent an hour pattern set in the auto and steel industries. Furthermore, the companies may be permitted substantial price increases to cover new wage concessions since the new stabilization regulation recognizes the 1936-'39 period as a base for profits and the coal companies suffered suf-fered losses in those years. In opening the negotiations, Lewis Lew-is not only asked for higher wages 1 but also sought a readjustment of pay differentials between mining di-1 di-1 tricts; increased vacation and holiday holi-day pay; creation of a health and welfare fund, and improved safety regulations. POLITICS: Neiv Force With Harold L. Ickes' assumption of the executive chairmanship of the Independent Citizens' committee of the arts, sciences and professions, a new political force appeared to be gaining momentum for counterbalancing counter-balancing conservative elements. Working with James Roosevelt, eldest son of the late president and national political director of ICCASP, Ickes announced the new organization would strive to mass 10 million liberal votes. Along with I fsv Jimmy Roosevelt (left) and Ickes rhTObig,1.abr VOte assembled by the ClO-pohtical action committee this would give the liberal etemiit J tremendous electoral club cn!entialitieS of tte new political combme werp i.. j.. ''"""Cai a recent co' w New York, where a ICCac " PAC candidate backed KeTryT Wallace gave a Tamm. iic"ry a. a close L for Cm 7 nmInee bf less than "ooornSg Wallace supported the J? tioned IQCASP and PAr frmen-bearer, frmen-bearer, he has nnt , standd-himself standd-himself withXnewS FOOD: Challenge to Cooks Homemakers and alike were put to tte test n"" dent Truman's emerU Presi" committee recomrS y famin curtailment in , he ZTT if fats to help avert sTar rWheat a"d 0 million peopla3 d00 'm fects of reduced -clT56 the ef-tion. ef-tion. the group asked ,n,cnsumP-rs ,n,cnsumP-rs to promote the n" diStribu' ds as potatoes, fish ,? Such trv. citrus fruits S ggs' Pul-vegetables. Pul-vegetables. a seasonable With the dation that corn a J r,ecommen-"kes r,ecommen-"kes be substituted f"1 cakes and fruits for nl r wheat takers' abiUtie, sT? hme" mg dishes were challenl appeti-cks appeti-cks were asked to Further. Iar cakes. two?crS,Tnaethrel crust-trimmed toast P16s a"d LIVESTOCK: Values Up . Total value of livesM , creasea from vestock on farms f.t the beginning ot lf,0tt hilars hon dollars at the beg L 8'923 The mcrease in the 0f M6 hgs was due to an 31 VaIu of number and price, Zl'T in eep and cattle T ,'he ri'se in Price boosts. resul'cd fro The drop jn u and horses U0'31 of crease in number anrf to a de-pr.ee. de-pr.ee. and a decline |
