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LOST.
ANTIQUE GOLD BRACELET, lost at I.'lih
and F sis.. June 29th: reward. OR. loon
between 9:30 and 4._ —2
BACi—Black handbag. Will person who
found bag in Murphy's F and G sts. store
Saturday. June *2!». return to owner. Mrs.
Brown0 Liberal reward. Call eves., Sats.,
Suns, or holidays, GL. 7564 —3
BIFOCAL GLASSES, -shell rim. Reward.
National 2483. Room 245._1*
BILLFOLD, black. ‘ E. L. N.." between N.
Capitol and Randolph and 18 W st. Re
ward._ DU. 8167._ _ _—2
BLACK BUXTON WALLET in Home
Theater Sat. night: finder keep money:
olease return papers. MR. R FRAYMAN.
3525 E Capitol st. FR. 8300. E:3. 59
CAMEO PIN. lost on 14 th st car or
Penna ave between 9th and 12th Sun
day about t> o’clock; reward. Call UN.
4176.__ _ _
CAMERA—Eastman Kodak, folding minia
ture. at Wardman Park Hotel. Saturday.
Reward. OL. 6948.
CIGARETTE CASE, gold, initials ”G. T.
S. Smallwood.” AD. 1902._—2
COCKER SPANIEL, black, with tan paws,
tan spot over each eye. answers to name of
•'Mo." Reward. Call CO. 3600, Apt. 302.
_— 1 _
COIN PURSE, contained removable
bridge, bunch of keys and small amount
of change. GE. OTIS._—3 _
COLLIE PUP. sable and white. 4 white
feet, white collar; answers to “Tip'': vi
cinity Lee Jfeights. Reward. CH 6554. —3
DIAMOND WRIST WATCH. Friday. June
28. vicinity 15th end H sts. n.w. or 15th
and N. Y. ave. n.w. Please call National
0515, S25 reward._•
DOG, Boston Bull, brindle ana white, ma'p.
answers to the name •‘Butch.” Lincoln
5603. 2031 Yost pi. n.e.
GLASSES, white zold. lost ,Jun‘ 3.V'v m
Eye street between 13th and 15th. Phone
OL. 4743._ _ — •;
GOLD HEIRLOOM BROOCH, round: ‘lost
on Northampton st. n.w. Reward. Please
call OR. 1669. Sentimental value._
GOLD-PLATED BASEBALL, small, %,-in
diameter, with blue lettering, 1 Y 1925
Championship Team”; near National The
ater or new Smithsonian Building. Re
ward. MR. CHING. ME. 7050. _
IRISH SETTER, No. 16434, vicinity
Clarei don. GL. 5615._—J
IRISH TERRIER. female, D. C. tag; lost
near Bethesda. Reward. NO. 3370. —3
PURSE, white eyelet, containing # brown
leather wallet, glasses, snapshots, license,
ring, bracelet, etc ; lost in Palisades Park.
June 30. Liberal reward. ELIZABETH
BISHOP, TR. 4836. _o
PURSE, lge. colored cloth, lady7!! con
taining billfold, identification and articles
valuable only to owner, lost in front of
Super Market or. Georgia ave. and Ritten
house st. Reward. GE. 7953.__2
SCHICK RAZOR, electric, Saturday morn
ing. Congress Heights bus or Pa. ave car
Reward. NA. 8250, Ext. 151. LI. 0482!
SIAMESE CAT, brown, s.e. section. Re
ward. Call LI. 8266. —3
SPECTACLES, lost on Saturday afternoon.
F st. n.w. bet. 14th and 15th. Reward
Call MR. JONES. NA 1619.
SMALL BLACK PURSE, containing money,
lost Saturday afternoon on ?th si ,
reward. EM. 072 5.
GOP House Leaders
Draft Resolution to
Renew Rent Control
Republican House leaders drafted
a new Office of Price Administra
tion rent control resolution today as
nearby Virginians were cheered by
reports thai a majority of area real
tors oppose immediate increases.
Representative Wolcott, Repub
lican. of Michigan said he would of
fer the resolution to rev,talize rent
control. Should it pass it would
block any increases in rents already
announced by landlords—provided
OP A orders such a rollback.
The senior Republican on the
House Banking Committee told
newsmen the resolution would be
“separate and apart” from any leg
islation to restore the general func
tion of OPA. He said he would
oppose a 20-day stopgap for OPA
since he believes no better bill could
be written than the one President
Truman vetoed.
viuoa news ior -nearuy lenams.
Among the first bits of good news
to greet suburban tenants was a
statement from the Alexandria
Arlington - Fairfax Real Estate
Board's Executive Committee ex
pressing the opinion that rents
should remain static for the pres
ent. It was estimated the board
spoke for 80 per cent of the land
lords in Arlington and Fairfax
Counties and Alexandria, including
those operating the larger a part -
; ment developments.
Whether nearby Maryland renters
could expect similar leniency re
mained unanswered for the most
part. One instance was noted where
; rents of three tenants in a large
development were raised $17 since
the Office of Price Administration
died last night.
Leo W. Dunn, Mount Rainier real
tor and a member of the Prince
Georges County Real Estate Board
said he knew of no immediate plans
for raising rents in the county. He
thought "things will stay pretty
much as they are until we find out
what, if anything, the Government
plans to do next."
Outside the District, New York
and Massachusetts, protected by
separate laws and executive orders,
the Nation appeared doomed to an
upward swing in rents unless Con
gress quickly acts to curb the trend.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir
ginia spoke for such legislation when
he called for quick enactment of a
Landlord Cuts Rent
By $10 to Show How
To Get Along Better
ty the Associated Press
MIAMI. Fla., July 1—P. H.
Beebe, an eleectrician who de
scribed himself as a "working
man who happens to own a
house." today told his tenants
he would reduce their rent from
$60 to $50 a month, effective
immediately.
Mr. Beebe said that with loss
of OPA he thought "everybody
ought to co-operate to hold
prices down, and then every
body would get along a lot bet
ter.'’
Three adults rent Mr Beebe's
detached apartment.
separate rent-control measure and
proposed extension of OPA for 20
days in hope a "fair and workable
law” can be enacted “to expire with
finality one year hence.”
Speedy Action Urged.
“In my judgment, the question of
rent control is the most serious.”
said Senator Byrd. “In order to get
quick action, I propose that rent
control be separated and on a fair
oasis be enacted quickly, to extend
for one year.”
The upward spiral hit Cleveland
with such velocity today that Gov.
Frank J. Lausche was requested to
recall the Legislature in special ses
sion to deal with the matter. Rent
increases of from 15 to 40 per cent
were reported.
Gov. Maurice J. Tobin of Massa
chusetts issued an executive order
freezing rents and present figures.
Situation Summarized.
The nearby Virginia situation was
summarized by Miss Eleanor B. Nu
gent, president of the Arlington
Alexandria, Fairfax Real Estate
Board.
"The definite opinion of the ma
jority of our members is that no
rent increases should be recom
mended until major improvements
have become necessary to properties
that have become neglected because
of manpower and material short
age,” she said.
"We believe the drastic attempts
to increase rentals disproportionately
will be ably handled by our munici
pal authorities,’' she continued. "In
our opinion, rent gcugers will be
denied the use of eviction proceed
ings when it is obvious that the ten
ant has been asked to pay an unfair
increase. Our local authorities can
maintain a stable rental situation
without the need for costly Federal
agencies such as OPA, whose oper
ating costs must after all be borne
by taxpayers.”
It was estimated the Virginia Real
Estate Board's members controlled
rents for about 300.000 residents,
LOST.
! SUITCASE, lady's, tan leather. initials
M. B. M.t" at Union Station or in Dia
mond cab. June 24, at 1:30 p.m. Call
NO. 0151. lost and found dept.. Diamond
Cab Co . 0 a.m-5 p.m. / —3
UMBRELLA, leather handle, address on
strap. Call CO. 8106. Ext. 602. —1_
WALLET, lady’s, brown lizzard skin, either
in the Cameo Theater at Mt. Rainier or
between the theater and Mt. Rainier street
car terminal, contains money and keys. Re
ward. VIRGINIA CHILES. Beltsville. Md.
Tower 5053._-—2_
WEEK-END BAG. small, black, on Walker
Chapel bus. Saturday afternoon, contain
ing trousers and socks. Please call CH.
4844. Reward._3_
WIRE-HAIRED TERRIER” lost Saturday
during storm. vicinity Readirfg rd.,
; SHver_Sprins. SH. S705.__
WIRE-HAIRED TERRIER, tan and white’
j cocker spaniel (mixed), missing 3 or 4
i weeks, female, name ' Trixie.” Address
5542 Columbia pike. Arlington, Va. Phone
Palls Church 878-W-l._1»
WRIST WATCH, lady s. gold. Ancora; lost
Saturday, downtown Washington. GE.
I 2189. _ __—2
WRIST WATCH, lady's, Harvel. on Wis.
ave , Bethesda. or 1st and Kennedy sis.
n w Liberal reward. Call PUGH. WI.
! 505H.__—3
WRIST WATCH, lady's. I diamond each
side, vicinity 6th st. bet. P and E sts.
n.w , or taxi. Sentimental value. Excel
i ient reward. NA. 3841 or DI. 4334. —3
WRIST WATCH, waterproof,* Deauville, by
veteran, lost June 25 on Columbia pike
bus or in Arlington Village. Reward.
ELDON R. OBRECHT, Glebe 7234. 1 *
PIN WATCH, lost between 11th and 12th
i on P, Waltham, yellow gold face. AT.
i 4500.—2
WRIST W?ATCII. lady’s. Buren, rose gold,
vicinity of 2800 14th st. TA. 9318 after
6 p.m. Reward.—6
WRIST WATCH, lady's, white gold, Elgin;
in Spring Valley Shopping Center or on
N-2 bus or No 30 car, June 27. Re
ward. WI. 4132.—1
Si00 REWARD—Dog. black, tan legs and
dots over eyes; weight 9 or 10 pounds;
hair thin on back, Manchester type. 232
8th st. s.e. Was struck by car June 24. 2"
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BLAMES PRESIDENT—Sena
tor Taft, Republican, of Ohio,
who asserted in a broadcast
yesterday that President Tru
man “has chosen to plunge
the economy of this country
into chaos” by vetoing the
compromise OPA bill.
—AP Photo.
including those living in the larger
wartime developments.
Farlington Change Doubled.
Fifteen thousand residents of
Fairlington—3,439 unit development
in Arlington—will not pay higher
rents unless there is a "drastic”
change in economic conditions, said
William Ziegler, general manager of
Defense Homes Corp.
Mr. Ziegler said this concession
would be made despite the fact
a majority of the tenants were
Army and Navy personnel holding
month-to-month leases which could
be raised arbitrarily.
A cross-section of real estate men
in Arlington expressed the opinion;
there would be "at least nothing
immediate” in rent raises. Paul
A. Hill, business manager of the
Arlington Chamber of Commerce,
said there would be a meeting of
the Board of Directors Juiv 12, at
which time the subject would be up
for discussion.
“Personally,” he declared, “I
imagine that there wdll be some
increases on a moderate scale, but
not for some time.”
J. A. Popowitz, rental manager of
Westover, thought it would take "at
least a month” before any rental
changes are noted, but could not
say if there actually would be in
creases after that time.
Ashton Jones, of the George H.
Rucker Realty Co., asserted a "wait
ing policy” was the only “sensible”
thing to adhere to at this time.
“There w'ere some inequities in
the OPA,” he added. "Some in
creases will be in order. But we
intend to ask house owners to do
nothing for the time being.”
L. P. Freidlander, general man
ager of the 600-unit Lee Gardens
development in Arlington said rents
will not climb “for the time being.”
He said no increase is contemplated
until “we see w'hat Congress does.”
F. M. Pratt, whose real estate
firm operates the Hunting Terrace
development in Alexandria, said he
contemplates no change in rent
policies in the immediate future.
Suitland Rents Raised.
At least three residents of the
Suitland Manor Apartments in
Prince Georges County have had
their rents increased by $17 today.
The three residents, who have
been instrumental in canvassing the
community for protests against
what they called "deteriorated con
ditions" there, received their notices
yesterday from Leo A. Minskoff,
president of the Suitland Manor,;
Inc,, which owns most of the 387
apartments in the area.
Master Sergt. Howard L. Stover.
4745 Homer avenue S.E.. one of
those who received a notice, said
he was informed his rent would be
$64.50, effective today. Formerly,
he paid $47.50 a month, he said.
Morris Miller, operator of Spring
Knolls, Silver Spring, said that de
velopment had been "in the red’
for a considerable period and that
if OPA is continued he will ask
for rent raises there and if it is
not he probably would raise the
rents. Several other developments
controlled by Mr. Miller in the Sil
ver Spring area will not be subject
i to raises, he said.
I In Ohio, a Cleveland apartment
| dweller said 40 families in his
neighborhood were notified of a 15
per cent increase and all sent wires
to Gov. Lausche urging special leg
islative action.
Tenants of an apartment in Cleve
land Heights said four-room apart
ments renting for $60 were increased
to $75 and six-room suites advanced
from $70 to $85.
In New Orleans. F. Poche Wagues
pack, president of the National In
stitute of Real Estate Brokers, pre
dicted a rise in rentals "not to ex
ceed 15 or 20 per cent."
In Des Moines, Iowa. Dalton Fox,
president of a property owners’ asso
ciation controlling more than half of
the rental properties in the city of
183,000. said members planned im
mediate 30-day notices of increases
[to tenants. He said the association
[hopes to hold increases to 15 per
cent.
Baldwin Plans Action.
In Connecticut, Gov. Raymond E.
Baldwin said he was prepared to
suspend State laws dealing with
summary process and evictions and
to call a special session of the
Legislature to provide emergency
rent control laws” if the situation
becomes acute through the uncon
scionable action of landlords and
Congress fails to take further (rent
control) action.”
Gov. John O. Pastore of Rhode
Island said that “if Congress fails
to act and an emergency develops,
we will certainly take State action.”
Go.'. Mortimer R. Proctor of Ver
mont said he would call a special
session of the Legislature “to pro
tect Vermonters against rent in
creases.”
State Control Suggested.
Pennsylvania's Gov. Edward Mar
tin said he may invoice state con
trol over rents if he finds the has
that authority under wartime
emergency powers.
Gov. Horace Hildreth of Maine
declared the Legislature would take
“appropriate action” if the situation
were not clarified nationally. He
called attention to Maine laws "pro
hibiting profiteering in the neces
sities of life, including rents.”
In Miami, I la., reports that land
lords were passing out notices of
j rent increases yesterday brough im
I mediate reaction in the form of a
mass meeting attended by repre
Isentatives of 15 organizations. Sev
eral organizations urged renter* to
refuse to pay rent increases this
week, to disregard eviction notices
pending new price control legisla
tion, and offered free legal aid to
victims of sudden raises.
In Oregon tenants could draw
some slight comfort from a state
ment by District OPA Director Mc
Dannell Brown, saying Oregon law
required 30 days' notice lor rent
increases, allowing Congress time to
act before any rent boosts could
become effective.
The National Home and Prop
erty Owners' Foundation announced
here that it would sponsor local
fair rent committees throughout the.
Nation to hold rents to minimum
levels.
Prices
(Continued From First Page.*
tension, and the country’s reaction!
could be determined.
Week-end developments also saw
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
hitting back at President Truman’s
assertion that his amendment sanc
tioning price increases to offset cost
increases incurred by manufac
turers, distributors and others was
“by far the most damaging amend
ment” in the rejected bill.
The President repeatedly named
Senator Taft in both his broadcast
and veto message. The Ohioan re
torted yesterday that Mr. Truman,
by his veto, “has chosen to plunge
this countiy into chaos.” and said
the President, not Congress, should
be held responsible for the conse
quences. He also said he_ had been
victim of a “personal attack” by the
President, “deliberately misrepre
senting” his position.
Coming to Senator Taft’s assist
ance, Chairman Carroll Reece of
the Republican National Commit
tee said Mr. Tinman was “throw
ing the American people onto the
fires of inflation.” Mr. Reece said
that control of rents and scarce
commodities “must be recaptured by
forceful congressional action."
The country at large saw these
other developments:
The vast A. & P. chain said its
6,000 stores in 37 Slates will not
increase prices today and the com
pany said it will “take absolutely no
advantage of the fact price control
has been removed.
Grain Controls Removed.
In Chicago, the Board of Trade
directors ordered removal of ceil
ings on corn, barley and oats, but
retained the five cents a bushel daily
limit on fluctuations in grain prices.
A spokesman for the meat pack
ing industry said the situation was
"confused and uncertain” but Ralph
Walter, president of the Chicago
Live Stock Exchange, said “our duty
is to sell at the highest price ob
tainable.”
The American Meat Institute,
which represents packers generally,
said it will take a little time for
the industry to get back on its feet
and that the speed of recovery de
pends to a large degree on the sup
plies of livestock coming to the
market.
In Minneapolis, the Chamber of
Commerce board of directors, gov
erning body of the grain exchange,
announced ceilings on grains traded
at the Minneapolis market had been
abandoned.
While sugar rationing goes on un
changed, price ceilings on sugar are
gone and industry spokesmen said
a price rise of 1 cent a pound was
probable. President Truman issued
an order last night to continue
rationing under the extension of
his war powers.
Clothing Increase Doubted.
F. Eugene Ackerman, executive
director of the American Wool
Council, expressed doubt that cloth
ing prices would be substantially in
creased. He declared manufactur
ers have advised retailers of prices
for fall lines “and they would be
foolish to kick their customers
around by hiking prices now.” Re
tail stores face ttie possibility of a
“buyers’ strike” if they raise prices,
he said
The National Association of Re
tail Grocers said it had sent tele
grams to all its members asking
that there be no “radical increase”
in food costs. The telegrams said
there "ultimately would be increased
production * * * and consequently
greater supplies at reasonable
prices.”
In Pittsburgh. Wilmer M Jacoby,
special representative of the Pitts
burgh Retail Merchants' Association,
representing five major department
stores, said: “The stores feel very
strongly about holding the line. OPA
or no OPA.”
In New Orleans, A. Lloyd Keller,
president of the local retail grocers'
association, said: "If manufacturers
hold down, retailers will hold down.”
J. J. Kramer, spokesman for the
Louisiana Restaurant Association,
said he did not think there would
be “even a 2 per cent rise in restau
rant prices unless costs of raw foods
go up.”
The Maine State Merchants’ As
sociation urged retailers not to al
low prices to “skyrocket.” The State
Milk Control Board asked the dairy
industry to adhere to current mini
mum prices.
Two officers of the North Carolina
Merchants’ Association asked that
retailers refrain from making drastic
price increases because that, would
“inevitably result in more controls.”
Gwylm A. Price, president of the
Westinghouse Electric Corp.. said
the company “will exercise great re
straint in raising the prices of its
products * * * with or without. OPA
control in effect.“
Says Prices Will Remain.
In New York. Stahl-Meyer, Inc...
meat wholesalers, said the company
‘will not take advantage of the
present chaotic situation” and that
prices would remain unchanged.
Peter Katavalos, acting president
of the New York State Restaurant
and Liquor Dealers’ Association,
asked the organizations 22,000
members to “prove they can operate
in a democracy without regulation”
and urged them to "hold the line
except in a very few cases where
OPA prices resulted in extreme
hardship.”
Harry B. Coffee, president of the
Union Stock Yards, Omaha, Nebr..
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said "consumers will pay more than
OPA ceiling prices for meat.” He
declared that was "something 80
per cent of them have been doing
anyway."
Erwin Wemke. president of the
Louisville iKy.» Provision Co., pre
dicted a meat price rise of 5 cents
a pound. Dan McKinney, secre
tary of the California Cattlemen’s
Association, said an increase of 10
per cent in meat prices was possible
but this would be “no higher than
piesent black market rates.”
Urge Line Be Held.
In Detroit the directors of the
American Hotel Association sent tel
egrams to its 48 State organizations
urging that no increase be made
in prices. J. E. Frawley, board
chairman, said menu prices should
be held at present levels unless a
rise in food prices “forces an in
crease in meal prices.”
Senator Taft, in defending his
amendment, termed presidential
criticism of it “utterly unfair.” He
said all it does is provide that “pro
ducers, including farmers, shall be
allowed to charge prices which re
flect the increased cost of labor and
material which they now have to
pay.”
In defense of his selection of 1941
prices *as the base to which in
creased costs should be added for
pricing purposes, he commented:
“After all. this is peacetime again.
Why shouldn’t the producer be
placed in the same position he was
before the war. * * *
"All wre want to prevent during the
next six months are the specula
tive rises in price over and above
the increase in costs. The danger
I am concerned about is taking the
roof off. as the President does by
his veto.”
Points to Scarcities.
“Any increase in manufactured
goods brought about by the Taft
amendment.” the Senator asserted,
“would be of minor importance com
pared with the importance of actu
ally being able to buy them.”
Senator Taft saw it as "significant
that the President admits” his
amendment would have no direct
effect on food or rents. In reference
to the President’s argument, that, if
other prices rose, those would be
found to go up, too. Senator Taft
said:
“I admit that ultimately there
would be some effect if other prices
rose, but the effect would be about
one-tenth of the effect of food and
rents of the wage increases stimu
lated by the President.”
He termed the veto action a White
House "surrender to PAC.”
Ceilings
• Continued From First Page.)
Mayflower Hotels reported that
cases of chickens were being offered
at 52 cents a pound instead of at
last week’s ceiling price of 39 cents.
They added, however, that chickens
were not available last week.
Trade Board Plans Survey.
Many businesses issued statements
that they would do everything pos
sible to adhere to President Tru
mans request for voluntary price
control.
An official of the Restaurant As
sociation of Washington predicted
that because of the competitive
situation in the industry itself and
"with housewives” restaurants would
not increase prices.
The Washington Board of Trade
intends to survey the situation but
believes that such a check could not
be made for several days. An official
voiced confidence that most estab
lishments will hold the line.
Merchants and shoppers were
wailing to see whether Congress
would revive the Office of Price Ad
ministration and whether their
competitors and suppliers would
take advantage of the first chance
to raise prices without the permis
sion of the Government.
A check of local dairies showed
milk prices unchanged. However,
it was pointed out the end of sub
sidy payments made an early in
crease inevitable.
waiting (or {supplies.
Storekeepers, according to an in
formal survey, unanimously declared
that they would not raise prices un
less their suppliers did. A clerk was
spotted carefully removing the price
tags from the window of a men's
store, but inside the merchandise
still bore ceiling price tags and he,
too, insisted that he would hold the
line.
A liquor dealer quoted a price of
$4.19 for unaged com "liqueur.”
Down the street his competitor still
was selling a scarce standard brand
of bourbon liquor for $3.60.
"And don’t think they won't put
OPA back. Because if they don’t
you and I will be in a sorry mess,”
this dealer commented.
His remark sounded like news be
cause the rest of the merchants
hoped they had seen the last of the
OPA, extra bookkeeping and short
ages.
"Retail mark-ups have been pretty
fair and I don’t think they'll change
We don't want a buyer's strike,’
remarked a store manager. "It it
the manufacturers who’ve been com
plaining and holding back goods or
the ground they can’t make a profit
We’ll have to pay more for new
shipments.”
Some Hurried Changes.
Restaurants and cafeterias visitet
had not changed their menus o
. ...
prices but there were a few evi
dences of hurried changes in grocery
stores.
One grocer had raised the price
of oranges from 13 cents a pound
to 6 cents a piece. A customer
looked annoyed.
"Hereafter, you pay 20 cents a
glass for beer at my place,’’ he re
marked.
The truck driver delivering bread
suddenly had an idea.
“I’m going to take an hour off
and sell my tar before Congress puts
those ceilings back on," he an
nounced.
A grocer who had not raised his
prices confided that, his supplier had
asked l>,i cents above ceiling for
a pound of butter and well above
ceiling lor fruits this morning.
”1 wouldn’t take it,” he said.
Fall Clothing Prices Higher.
A poultry store on Fourteenth
street was asking 14 cents above
the ceiling for broilers. But a
housewife reported the dealer had
charged the same price last week, in
spite of the OPA.
Scarce radios, refrigerators, type
writers and luggage still were listed
at “OPA ceiling price.” Salesmen
explained that they are only the
dealers for the manufacturers who
set the retail prices.
There was no sign of changes in
prices at F street clothing stores1
either.
"Prices will go up. but it won t all
be the result of taking ofT ceilings,’'
the manager of a woman’s store
said. "We’ve already ordered our
tail clothes. The prices are higher
all along the line. OPA let them
go up.”
Downtown salesmen pooh-poohed
the idea that clothing prices would
skyrocket, but one dealer on Con
necticut avenue was apprehensive.
Just returned from New York, she
said that prices already were "out
rageous.”
“Just Waiting: to See."
A small neighborhood storekeeper
anxiously inquired about his com
petitor.
"I saw you come out of the store
down the street. * What's he done
about prices?”
This merchant said he didn’t know
what he was going to do.
"How do I know what I'll be
charged? How do I know what he's
going to charge? We are just wait
ing to see.”
Gasoline and oil prices in this
area remained unchanged today, ac
cording to local officials of several
large producers and distributors. A
spokesman for the Socony Vacuum
Oil Co. declared he doubted that
there will be anv increase here as a
result of the price control law ter
mination.
Officials of the Standard Oil Co.
of New Jersey, Gulf Oil Corp. and
the Shell Oil Co. said their offices i
have received no notice of contem
plated increases for this section.
They added, however, that it is still
too early to discuss the situation
in detail.
No Radio Increase Expected.
Because the OPA authorized price
increases on radios about a month
ago no further cost rise is expected
at this time, an official of the Camp
bell Music Store said.
A surburban dealer in washing
machines and appliances such as
electric irons said the "consensus of
dealers" is that there will be no ap
preciable increase in the price of
such articles as a result of price'
control termination. He saw the
possibility of some price increases
later by retail stores because of
higher labor costs. *
In Virginia the Alexandria Cham
ber of Commerce asked its members
to hold the line on prices and prove
"that business can get along without
regulation.” Gov. Tuck announced
he- would set machinery in motion
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able and widespread price advances
occur. He did not indicate what
steps he has in mind.
In Maryland Gov. O’Conor said
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he has no authority to continue price
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tnembership is in accord with the
wishes of President Truman and will
voluntarily hold the price lines until
Congress creates a permanent bill.”
Large Oranges’ Price Boosted.
First evidence of an increase in
food prices was reported by the Na
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table Distributors which found that
the wholesale price of large oranges
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John R. Van Arnum, secretary of
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terminals this morning showed also
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had dropped from $6.60 to $5.50. The
same general situation on prices of
large and small size oranges was
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