Show OR W ON ONt t Awful Tobacco BRITISH B E ECONOMIC MI lC CZAR Sir ir Staff or rt x A s G f d l n n i. i w. w u. u 41 A ripps pO an Foreign I l Minister Bevin attended a National Press Club luncheon while in WashIngton Washington Washington Wash Wash- Ington where Cripps who controls control Britain's eco economy omy with a vice vice like grip told in detail of British sacrifices sacrifices sacrifices sac sac- of the dollar shortage Just to give you an example of the sacrifices we are making said Cripps both Mr Bevin and andI I have given up tobacco as our our part of the program to save dol dol- lars Whereupon Bevin turning to his luncheon companion whispered not the case at all an The fact Is I gave up smoking because I couldn't stand the bloody awful tobacco Cripps has been buying Note Note rD In order to save dollars the he British have been p partly shunning shunning shunning shun shun- ning North Carolina Caroli a tobacco and turning to their African colonies Capital News Capsules G G. O. O P. P Blocks Civil Rights Rights Rights-It It wasn't a southern Democrat but a I midwest Republican who stopped the senate labor committee from from I approving the fair fan employment I practices practice's bill behind closed doors This is the most controversial measure in President Truman's civil rights program But the vote was blocked on a technicality by G. G O. O P. P senator Donnell from the Presidents President's home state state Missouri Atlantic Defense The state department has called a highly secret meeting of the joint chiefs of staff of the 12 countries countries countries coun coun- tries in the north north- Atlantic pact They will win meet in Washington Food for Democratic Countries The The food and agricultural branch of the United Nations is setting up an important organization to sell surplus American farm products to the undernourished countries of western Europe and India The plan should benefit both American farmers and Democratic countries and the experts claim they have worked out a plan to lick the toughest toughest toughest tough tough- est problem in international trade the the dollar shortage Senatorial Speculator t tIt It looks as if 11 Senator Thomass Thomas's speculating partner Dy e Cullum has diverse and widespread in in- Last week it was revealed that Cullum who frequently claims to represent Thomas had bought 10 carloads of egg futures at the same time that the senator from Okla Okla- homa had introduced legislation taking the support price off of of eggs Senator Thomas and Cullum have used a joint trading account on the commodity exchange in the past Now in addition to eggs it develops develops develops de de- de- de that Cullum has been pulling pulling pulling pull pull- ing wires with the agriculture department department department de de- de- de regarding lard Cullums Cullum's influence In agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural matters results from the fact that Thomas as chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of the senate agriculture committee can block or pass most farm legislation Therefore when Cullum who helps the senator write legislation demands inside information from the agriculture department agriculture agriculture agriculture ag ag- ag- ag officials cant can't tell whether they are giving it for legislative purposes or for speculative pur pur- poses Naturally inside knowledge of government purchases and price supports could be used to make big profits on the commodity mar mar- ket Is Senator in Lard In August Cullum began pestering pestering pestering pester pester- ing the agriculture department to support lard prices Naturally such support would cause a spectacular jump in lard prices The agriculture department however however however how how- ever has adopted a policy of supporting supporting supporting sup sup- porting only agricultural products not byproducts by A support price I for a product by-product such as lard it feels would not help farmers but the meat packers Nevertheless Cullum phoned George Parks in the fats and oils branch in the name of Senator Thomas and demanded a price support for lard Parks promised a written reply and when it didn't come fast enough Cullum made two phone calls to David Pettus in the livestock branch for Information on price supports Again he suggested that the government buy lard Each time he represented him hit himself self as speaking for fOI Senator Thomas and the senate agriculture agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture committee As a result of Cullums Cullum's activity th tho a nI do p finally e b g u sent a letter to Senator Thomas This is in reply to a recent telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone request from Mr Dyke Cullum Cullum Cullum Cul Cul- lum to the fats and oils branch for information regarding the calculation calculation calculation tion of a parity price for lard As you know the parity price concept concept concept con con- conI I heretofore has applied only to direct agricultural commodities sold by farmers It has not applied to products such as fats and oils which are processed from agricultural agricultural agricultural tural products and sold by pro pro- |