Show washington snapshots by tames james preston frowns are furrowing tho the brows ot or innumerable washington master minds dark glasses wont do any good tor for it the blistering sunshine that causes the wrinkles its worry worry worry two things are arc the basis of that worry first and foremost 1 i the drought second and almost as important la labors brors brive to organize I 1 all workers in the steel I 1 In duty Indu aty the drought Is the biggest I 1 problem political forecasters tear that hungry farmers will lok at their dried up fields and then remember that it if they had not curtailed production last year their silos and barns and pigpens would have enough hay and grain and pisa pigs to carry taofil through a loan lean year isomo are arc even tanning back to the bible to lok iok up the story of plenty during which warehouses were built to store food tor for the seven years of scarcity an and tile then wondering whether the religious minded will draw a moral from what la Js happening tod today ay iy little appears about it in print but many washington lingher ups upa are extremely worried about the possibility of a real food shortage they point out bushels 0 of wheat are carried over from last year as a reserve supply but of that bushels they add at least east half was waa either wort worthless uless less because the rust rusk hit it w willie ille it was growing grow lnig or beonie it it wb was otherwise ther wise substandard sub standard anyhow or because it deteriorated in storage actually therefore a i deduction in ili this years crop would use up all the reserve draught con lotions forecast a enuch larger reduction than that so that a food shortage is not beyond the realm of possibility the gesond frown causer is tile intense dailve to get all steel workers int a national indri industrial trial union ull camron Com non ron rumor is is to the effect that john ij lewis leader ot the organization drive has L ighel eel not nol to call a strike before next spring but uni ris have been known to iet get cut crit of hand before and the fear is that it if tho the drici is successful some of lewiss lewis ia aidea ade j will feel so peaky they will wili insist ins st upon sticking sti king les of what the bois says one strong of course is reports from the steel district that stel workers are aie refusing again to affiliate with unions both the fact as for unon union lues and the fear that as soon ij ia i a they join they 1 will le 13 called fron from their work t 0 strike outer enter into their reluctance Tiie a living example in washington of how filkel court decisions are arc treated like some peace pacts rile supreme court not so ion loni a as J invalidated the Is IN trinal coal act a substitute failed to get through ii congress everyone looked tr fr the national bituminous coall commission to told fold up but fortunately tor for the jobholders job holders co congress already had appropriated over for tie the cc expenses I 1 tha present status is this the commission iris hla leducer its star stafi i to 65 employed emp loyes these will spend their taime and tile the between now and tae january boz slon at if congress working on a I new guffey bill they will attempt the practically in III possible job of havin having the alil airtight i constitutionally and they will prepare nd lid braaf volu minOL j statistics designed to show tic need for the new le legislation 11 |