SUBSIDIES
Washington, lune 15. ? Presi
dent Rooser-.lt today backed the
Idea of subsidies to hold down
food costs to consumers, and
suggested that if Csngressioual
critics of such payments know of
a better way- to combat inflatlou
they should come out with it.
He told a press conference he
did not know a better way.
Mr. Roosevelt made clear, too.,
that he has no intention of crea-j
ting a "czar" with overall powers'
over food matters ? a proposal
taken to the White House first
by a Senate group yesterday, and
again today by a bipartisan com
mittee of House members.
On both these Issues there wan
accumulating evidence that a
sharp struggle Was developing in
Congress. Some legislators al
ready are talking of pressing leg
islation to establish a central food
administration, and for months
members have been taking sides
on the question of whether it is
udviMW* U? Hi* v\*?t ot
living.
Pric* Vtl?t?S*?r*5\x? Pr*nti*
M Brown untax t>tts-Jx?4 ?S?? Ut
lei tssux' |i> llt< hw? wuk Hit il?'
titration U i*
without subsidies So f>*sr? out
Coagrwoaionai ?u*?i.Ut*> nviMrn
Ins prions
N<? ivl l>r \
Mr. Kin*****)! **<* OT?r vir
tually hlii entir* pres.* "conference
to a discussion ol inflation and
food prices which de\ eloixs'. those
major points:
1. He expects th^ Office of
Price Administration to go on as
it has-been. He replied with a
flat no when asked if it is to he
"split up."
2. Food Adiministrator Chester
C. Davis, so far as the Presideut
knows, is perfectly satisfied with
his present authority. Mr. Roose
velt said the only com meat. h?J^ad
had lately ft-om Davis ??? a r?
! quest that he frot be giv^n OPA'1
food-pricing Job.
(Some Congressional ad voltes
|Of centralized control tfver all
food matters have suggested that
D?tU be given autliority to fix
fiHni prices, now in OPA's hands. ,
n?vt?- responsibility is food pro
duction.)
3. There have been delays, Mr.
Kocvrelt acknowledged. In hand
ling food and other matters us a
result of divisions of authority,
hut he said he expected the new
Office of War Mobilization to co
ordinate the work of all and
eliminate delays.
4. While strongly supporting
the idea of subsidies. Mr. Roose
velt said he thought he would not
send Congress a message on the
subject because the legislators al
ready Irtiew that was one way to
buck inflation. If they had a
better way, he said, they could
come out with It.
In discussing suDsiuies, the
President spoke of $ 1, 5(70.000, 000
to $2,000,000,000 as the possible j
cost, but said these were just fig
ures he hud taken from the news- 1
J&j)t assuming they were
corren.'Wp "aid. that would be on
.ly 1 1-3 to 2 per cent of a $100,
1 000,000.000' post of the war.
j (Presumably he referred to an
uual costs, as this year's war
spending has been fficially esti-l
mated at $106. 000. ">>0, 000. )
o
Remodel or Patch
Up Old Clothes
"Fix it up . Wear it oat . .1
Make it over . . I'o without."
That's what hunilieds of thous
ands of 4-H Clothing Club girls
throughout the nation are doing
to help win the ?;ir. In short,
the girls are remodeling or patch
ing up not only their own clotthes,
but those of their fathers, moth
ers, sisters and brothers, so that
new cloth will be naved for our
boys In the armed forces. y j
And that they will do a mas
terful job of "Make and Mend
for Victory" is reflected in last
year's records of roundly 600.
000 participants in the National
4--H Clothing Achievement Activi
ty, Which disclosed that these
rural girls had remodeled or re
paired more than 1 1-2 million
garments and other articles!
Many of the current year's par
ticipants in this activity will re
ceive honor awards provided by
the Spool Cotton Company's Edu
cational Bureau (or outstanding
records of achievement- These
special recognitions , which are
based on county, state, and na
tional levels, include medals. Na
tional 4-H Club Congress trips,
and $200 college scholarships.
North Carolina's state winner
in this activity last year was
Laura Louise Lucas, of Lucama,
Wilson County.
o
British Train For
Big Thrust
Hundreds Of Invasion
Graft Are Being
Produced Each Month
South Coast of England, June
16. ? An immense fleet of landing
craft ? from tiny launches to
troop-carrying Imrges ? was mass
along the English Coast today
awaiting the Allied invasion Of
the European Continent.
Production figures on invasion
craft are a closely guarded mili
tary secret but It Is possible to
say that hundreds are being turn
ed out each months.
A visit to training stations
along the south coast gave re
porters an idea of the vast array
of new type landing craft and
the crews which will man them.
The big troop barges looked like
regular transports. Among in
novations were small, swift sup
port vessels designed to provide
fire cover for landing operations.
The support craft are manned
by royal marine gun crews which
operate twin machineguns from
mounted turrets. They also carry
mortars to shell beaches or lay
down smoke screens.
In a demonstration, several
swift launches spilled marine p?t?<
rols onto a pebby beach which
had been plastered by TjijJhotfn
fighter bomber's of the Rojttl Air
Force. The British Marines sat
In the launches with rifles be
tween their knees, some singing
"Chattanooga Choo Choo." Half
way toward the "objective," they
opened little cans of cocoa grease
and smeared each others' faces to
make them dark.
Neartng the beach, they crawl
ed up the narrow decks and in
a few seconds were Bplashlng in
the water and dashing up the
beaches In a running crouch.
It was apparent that the ?crews
of these assault boats are well
trained. They *re the men who
make it possible fofthe Com-/
mandos to land and they are
proud of their little publicized
role.
o
The U. S. Bureau of Agricul
tural Economics reports that the
total income from farm market
ings during the first quarter of
1943 was 36 per cent higher than
4u the first quarter l?st year.
? ; o
Soldiers make an average of
8 moves 'by railroad between in
duction and embarkation for ser
vice overseas.
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