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FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1951
Oh, This Commercializing!
Assails Opposers of Economic Controls
Truman Asks Anti-Inflation Program
/COMMERCIALIZATION? Why brother,
^ you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Or so it seems
from all reports available.
Excuse the gazing to the used-to-be, but
we remember the days when the family
shopped for clothes that bore the simple de
signation of shoes, pants, dresses, etc., plus,
of course, a brand name. But that brand-
name was something simple like Acme or
Wearfast or D&B.
It all began gradually. In grandma and
grandpa’s day there was a little of it—not
much. And styles have been influenced by
the screen and stage to produce Shirley
Temple dresses and other such frilly com
modities. Toys pretty well followed suit. Dick
A Small
Audience Scapegoat
ITAS television become the scapegoat for
unexpected small crowds?
MacArthur’s audience at the enormous
Houston stadium which seats 70,000 amount
ed to little more than 20,000.
The General’s spokeman, Lt. Gen. Court
ney Whitney, said after the Houston ad
dress “It was a very nice crowd.”
“Wasn’t it smaller than you had expect
ed?” queried a reporter.
“Well, you have the television and other
factors,” he replied.
Houston’s tumultous ovation for the Gen
eral Wednesday evening during an afternoon
parade “faded away” to the comfortable liv
ing room ring-side seat at the TV set evi
dently.
Or could the small attendance be blamed
on the “other factors” Gen. Whitney refers
to?
Tracy’s name has adorned toy guns for years.
There was a rash of Snow White and the
Seven Dwarves for a while invading every
thing from playthings to soaps.
It took Hopalong Cassidy, though, to
really get the ball rolling. Stalwart “Hoppy”
got his name and pictures on everything im
aginable. A mere pair of boots vDuld no
longer suit Junior—it had to be “Hoppy”
boots.
The American people grew used to this
sort of thing gradually. But it hardly pre
pared them for the storm that followed in
the wake of the original Gen. MacArthur
talk to the nation. Within 24 hours, record
ing companies were turning out not only re
cordings of the speech, but also hastily
thrown-together versions of the song “Old
Soldiers Never Die,” to which Mac alluded in
the talk.
Now we find that Hollywood is moving
into whirlwind production of a film bearing
the same title. The film, incidentally, con
cerns Korea, but not MacArthur. The title
was registered by producer Darryl Zanuck
within hours after the General uttered them.
Perhaps the public of by-gone days miss
ed a lot. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, as
far as we know, was immortalized in neither
film nor record. Yet it somehow presisted.
Old Pat Henry sent a few words ringing
through the Halls of Time with no more as
sistance than his own fiery voice.
But the American businessman was un
known, or at least not so well known, at that
time. He failed to commercialize on these
and other famous words of our history. Per
haps that accounts for the lofty spot held by
these famous phrases.
Today, though, we’ve got to play it for
all its worth—and in the process, destroy its
worth. Perhaps the American consumer is
getting what he wants, but what about the
American citizen?
WASHINGTON, June 15—UP)—
President Truman assailed
what he called “special interests”
tonight for opposing economic con
trols and asserted that if inflation
wrecked the American economy
the Kremlin would win the whole
world “without firing a shot.”
The President said by radio last
night this is a “time of national
danger.” Congress, he said, should
get busy and pass an anti-inflation
program “that will really hold
down prices.”
At the minimum, he said, strong
controls will be needed for two
more years to support a mobiliza
tion effort designed “to prevent
the Soviet rulers from starting a
third world war;”
The present control law (which
he wants extended and strengthen
ed expires in two weeks. The presi
dent said it* is under fire from
“special interests,” the National
Association of Manufacturers
(NAM) and others who are “again
giving us the old song and dance:
take off price controls and every
thing will be just dandy.”
These People Were Wrong
“These people were wrong before
and they are wrong now,” he said
in an address over all networks.
He added:
“If we get no law, or if we get
the wrong kind of law, we will
not be able to keep prices from
running wild.”
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Interpreting The News
Government Puts
Ceiling on Clothes
W/ASHINGTON, June 15—(A*)— threads, diapers ribbons, luggage, ^ «
” The government put new ceil- pins, head furnishings, umbrellas, Houston, Texas,
ing prices yesterday on clothing— slide fasteners and similar mis- 1
Then after saying he didn’t be
lieve the “terrific hullabaloo” rais
ed by “certain lobbyists” who talk
of a strike by cattlemen against
meat price control, he declared:
“The welfare of all of us is at
stake.
“If inflation go away from us,
and wrecked our savings and ruin
ed our economy, that would be
the easiest victory the Kremlin
could ask for.
“Communist Russia could win the
whole world to totalitarianism
without firing a shot.
“That is what the Communists
have been hoping for. They have
been hoping for years for the col
lapse of the American economy.”
Proving Communists Wrong
Mr. Truman noted that “for
years we have .been proving the
Communists to be wrong ... in
stead of collapsing our economy is
growing stronger and stronger.
“We must keep on proving that.
“And the way to do it is to have
an anti-inflation program, includ
ing price controls, wage controls,
rent controls, credit controls—con
trols that really hold down prices
and the cost of living.
“The people of this country,
acting together, are stronger than
any special interest. If we work
together as a team, if everyone
does his part, we can beat infla
tion, we can secure the defenses of
this nation and keep down the
cost of living for the average
family.
“Nothing is more important to
OrganizationCattle
SalesNotRegulated
Sales of live cattle by 4-H Clubs
and similar groups can be done
outside the quotas for livestock
slaughter when made at the time of
a fair or exhibition which is under
the auspices of the extension ser
vice of the Department of Agri
culture or a recognized state agen
cy. the Houston District Office of
Price Stabilization explained.
The sales are authorized by OPS
Amendment 5 to Distribution Re
gulation 1. The regulation sets
monthly quotas of livestock to be
slaughtered by federal inspected
slaughterers.
Authority for fair managers to
issue certificates for purchase of
4-H livestock for slaughter must be
obtained in advance from the Dis
trict OPS, 517 La Branch Street,
the long-run strength of our eco
nomy and to our work for world
peace.”
Mr. Truman concluded his speech
on the same note, saying:
Congress Must Pass Law
“It is up to Congress to pass a
strong anti-inflation law so this
country can do its full part in
the fight for peace.”
He said that even if the Ko
rean fighting “stopped tomorrow,”
the hardest, toughest kind of eco
nomic controls “will be absolutely
necessary for at least two more
years.”
The President’s remarks about
the NMA and meat lobbyists were
reminiscent of the speeches he
made against what he called “spec
ial interests” in his 1948 campaign.
His appeal to the people to stir
up Congress likewise carried a
familiar tone from that campaign.
On meat ceilings, he said point
edly that Price Administrator
Michael V. DiSalle’s order “that
will bring down beef prices to the
consumer” was “put out with my
approval.”
DiSalle’s program calls for two
AVz percent price rollbacks Aug.
1 and Oct. 1, to follow up the re
cent 10 percent rollback on live
beef cattle.
There was no hint of an admin
istration compromise with oppon
ents of that program in Mr. Tru
man’s assertion:
Bring Beef Prices Down
“That order will bring beef pri
ces down from about 150 percent
of parity to about 125 percent of
parity. I think that’s fair enough
in a time of national emergency. I
think most farmers and ranchers
would agree that is a fair price.”
The President said he wanted
to assure all those who have writ
ten him that “I am doing every
thing to keep controls enforced.”
whole job myself,” and this ig
something the whole country
should support.”
The President referred tp his
meeting a few days ago with Sen
ate and House Banking Committee
members and said they all agreed
it is important to get ‘a good bill
passed.”
“But some of them told me they
were under a lot of pressure from
the special interests to do away
with controls and that the con
sumers were not making themsel
ves heard,” Mr. Truman continued.
“Well, I told them I represented
the consumers and that I was
speaking for them. And I am
speaking for you and working as
hard as I can to convince the mem
bers of the Congress that we must
have an anti-inflation law.”
kee
He added:
“But I can’t do the
MacArthur Plainly Talking
Politics in Texas Speeches
By J. M. ROBERTS, JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
\ LOT of political dust should
^ be in the air from on.
Gen. MacArthur came home from
Japan April 18 with word that
“I have no nolitical aspirations
whatever. I do not intend to run
for any political office ...” He
still says so, repeating it yester
day, and there is no reason to go
behind it. But in San Francisco he
completed the sentence:
“ . . . and I hope that my name
will never be used in any political
way.”
That expressed hope was thrown
out the window by the Republican
party before the general could
get out of San Francisco. Then,
Wednesday in Texas, the general
himself proved some old soldiers
don’e even fade away. The text he
brought from Tokyo, confining him
to discussion of American Foreign
Policy as it affects military af
fairs, was expanded.
A Political Speech
The general made a political
speech. He' might deny he intend
ed to 3b so. He may claim he was
doing as he said in his introduc
tion, keeping the issues on a non
partisan level. But it was like
some “non-political” speaking trips
taken by Roosevelt and Truman.
MacArthur repeated his conten
tions about the Korean war in a
fashion hardly less dramatic than
in his famous appearance before
Congress. But then he went right
on into the field of domestic is
sues.
“Corruption and rumors of cor-
ruption have shaken the people’s
trust in the integrity of those ad
ministering the civil power. The
cost of government has become so
great and the consequent bui’den
of taxation so heavy that the sys
tem of free enterprise which built
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become imperiled.
“ . . . govemment has assumed
progressively the mantle of«obli-
garchic power . . . rights of individ
uals and Communists have been
curtailed.” Shooting directly at a
recent speech by President Tru
man—although it was not quoted
and he was not named—the gen
eral said “there are those who call
piously for unity even while doing
so much to prevent unity.”
Jack Bell, AP political expert,
described it as “just the sort of
speech Senator Taft of Ohio—all
but an avowed candidate for the
1952 Republican presidential nom
ination—might have made in bid
ding for convention delegates.”
No Personal Political Ambitions
MacArthur may have no personal
political ambitions. But he had al
ready become a factor in the cam
paign through his controversy with
Truman over Korea. Now he is a
participant.
Events have caused political ob
servers to think they sense in Pres
ident Truman a revival of his 1948
determination not to give up under
fire. Many think this sort of thing
will cause him to run again re
gardless of his original intentions.
Tim fur—the really deep fur—
has begun to fly a little earlier
than usual. It’s going to be some
rumpus.
from underwear shorts to mink
coats—but price control officials
saw little help to consumers.
The order affects about 30,000
makers of clothing who do about
$15,000,000,000 worth of business
yearly.
Price control officials said no
significant change in consumer pri
ces is expected.
Indications are that average
manufacturers’ prices may run,
slightly lower except in the us
ually more costly wool clothing
lines.
Officials said some decreases
cellaneous products.
Officials stressed that this is
an interim order. They said regula
tions will be issued as soon as
practicable covering various seg
ments of the apparel industry.
Manufacturers can put their
new prices generally follows that
of the recently-issued manufac
turer’s order. Apparel makers may
select as a base pricing period any
of the three consecutive calendar
months in the year preceeding Ko
rea.
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Today’s Issue
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Nurses Needed
By Air Force
The Air Force hopes to 1’ecruit
2000 additional nurses within the
next 14 months, a move that would
approximately double present
strength of the Corps.
An AF Surgeon General spokes
man said the nurses would be en
couraged to apply for flight nurse
training after entering active duty.
Efforts to produce new nurses
began in earnest this month with
an intensified nationwide recruit
ing drive.
Just how many of the 200 nurses
being sought will receive flight
nurse training was not revealed,
but the spokesman stated that the
Gunter AFB training school is ex
pected to continue in operation for
sometime.
Presently, small numbers are
qualifying for flight nurse wings
every six weeks.
Bible Verse
'T'AKE therefore no thought for
the morrow: for the moiTow
Different base periods may be
selected for pricing different clas-
will come for consumers, particul
arly m clothing made of cotton and win allow for p roduc ti 0 n of sea-
synthetic materials. Wool suits and sonal clothing, such as for Fall,
garments will cost more because of Winter, Spring and'Summer,
sharp increases in raw wool prices To these base period prices man-
since the Korean war. ufacturers will be allowed to add
r, , r> • tv certain increases in labor costs up
Replaces Price Freeze to last Marcll 15; and higher cost F
The new price order replaces the for materials, including some in
general price freeze under which direct materials increases, up to
the industry has been operating last June 4. Formulas are provid-
since January. Briefly the new or- ed for determining how these in-
der tells manufacturers to figure creases may be added,
out specific ceiling prices by pick- OPS said the calculations may
ing a base period before the Ko- prove more difficult for small man-
rean war and adding certain costs ufacturing firms than large ones,
increases since then. The order allows any manufacturer
Any change in manufacturers’ whose gross sales during his last
pi’ices, up or down, will be reflected fiscal year were less than $50,000
eventually in retail prices. The of- to continue pricing under the gen-
ficials said competition in selling eral freeze order. OPS estimated
should help keep prices down, about one-fifth of the manufactur-
Right now, they said the market ers doing about two per cent of the
is “soft” and many items already total sales of apparel yearly will
have been reduced in price. be exempt.
The apparel regulation covers
almost everything people wear ex
cept shoes. It includes hats, coats,
suits, shorts, socks, pajamas, neck
ties, handkerchiefs, underwear,
stockings, gloves, scarfs, pocket-
books and handbags, sportswear,
work clothing, ecclesiastical vest
ments, theaterical costumes and
mink coats.
The regulation does not cover
most shoes. It does apply to spec
ialty footwear items. These in
clude booties, spats, slipper socks
and beach shoes.
Items Not Covered
Among items not covered by the
regulation are such things as cos
tume jewelry, artificial flowers,
Forestry Service
Workshop Slated
The Texas Forestry Service in
cooperation with the Educational
Department of A&M will hold a
workshop short course here, June
19-22, according to D. A. Ander
son, of the Forestry Service.
G. B. Wilcox, head of the educa
tion department, will direct the
class with the assistance of a
representative from the Forestry
Service.
Objective of the course is to dis
cuss and give teachers a better
undertaking of forestry and nat
ural resourses, Anderson said.
The Forestry Sendee will fur
nish publications, showing how to
put forestry into the course the
educators teach.
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