Show e U 0 W washington D C POULTRY BLACK MAI MAIl maillet KET washington the black market ket in in eggs and poul poultry itry is so bad that the war food administration is seriously considering the freezing of au all eggs in storage meanwhile J edgar hoovers G men have been quietly arc probing bing the poultry black market in the delaware mary land area with startling results their findings will reach hig high in into t 0 delaware state politics and perhaps into the hashii washington agton headquarters af pf of the war food administration and OPA already clifford shedd delaware official has lost the authority to release poultry ry for civilian consumption from the ardys set aside but h his is chief in washington gordon sprague Sp says he is taking full authority for anything that might be found wrong with shedd s administration sprague has taken over direct charge of all poultry releases but claims that he knows of no irregular action by shedd meanwhile black market operations erat ions along both the west and the east coast are so serious that legitimate poultry and egg dealers are being forced out of business the situation in new england new jersey and north carolina is especially bad tim of the war food administration told Cona congressman ressman andersons food committee com committee mirtee that OPA should suspend all price ceilings on eggs in an effort to channel eggs back into the legitimate market this immediately caused dealers to hold onto their eggs for a price rise rise but what they did not know is that has not requested OPA to suspend or even raise the price ceiling on eggs OPA under the price control act cannot raise these ceilings without formal request from the war food administration tra tion and this request has never been made finally the may be forced to freeze all eggs in storage permitting the army to take what it wants of them a and nd release the rest for civilian market hundreds of thousands of cases of eggs are in private storage this year while their owners play for an eventual price rise the black market on those eggs which do not go into storage is so bad that while creameries crea meries in minnesota cannot get eggs eggs from Alinne minnesota sota farms are going via illegal channels as far as new york city U S PRESTIGE ABROAD republican congressman everett dirksen of illinois had a secret meeting with his GOP colleagues in a house lobby the other day following his mile trip around the world he gave them plenty of food for thought among other things dirksen said heres something you fellows fellow may not agree with but I 1 want to tell you that the office of W war ar information is doing a great job for us abroad 1 I went into turkey where 83 per cent of the pictures in the turkish newspapers and 40 per cent of the lineage is supplied them by the OWL in other words they are telling the turks what this country is like selling the united states to turkey doing a great job and tt if it for american prestige be half as high as it is today in india for instance I 1 met with a group of political leaders I 1 who began asking me about the tennessee valley authority I 1 was surprised that they would know anything about it and asked them how it happened they replied that they had seen an film showing TVA 1 I came to the conclusion dirksen s said aid that is something weve got to keep after the war RUSSIAN relationships unless something unforeseen happens to upset it harry hopkins has won a resounding victory lor for improved relations with russia by ironing out the main points of the polish dispute the agreement hammered out in several intimate talks between hopkins II and stalin provided for an immediate meeting by three groups of polish leaders in moscow to set up a new polish government representing all factions this will include ex premier of the london government lias been kept closely informed of all phases of the kremlin discussions and has approved them CAPITAL TALK 1 I L Chi cagos mayor ed kelly still runs the most impressive service mens center in the world has taken care of more than GI visitors and served them more than meals C L the state and interior departments both have their eyes on the philippines states budget carries a salary allowance for a U S ambas to the philippines interiors budget carries a salary for a high commissioner if there is independence there will be an ambassador if u not a commissioner rom missioner |