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Forrestal Risks
Atomic Rays in
Tour of Bikini
Secretary and Blandy
Inspect Damages
From A-Bomb
By th* Associated Press
ABOARD I'. S. S. MOCTNT
McKINLEY, July 2.—Secretary of
the Navy Forrestal and Vice Ad
miral W. H. P. Blanciy today
risked exposure to radioactivity
to inspect atomic devastation in
Bikini Lagoon on A-day-plus
one and witness the final agony
of the Japanese light cruiser
Sakawa, the fifth test ship to
sink.
Meanwhile. firefighting crews
worked on into the second day in
atom-blasted Bikini lagoon today,
dousing lingering pockets of flame
through the target fleet.
Greater Tull Seen.
That the second test, tentatively
scheduled within three or four
weeks, may take a far greater toll
was indicated in an interview with
Mr. Forrestal radioed from the
flagship Mount McKinley. He ex
pressed surprise at the "relatively
unimportant” damage inflicted upon
the heavier ships by yesterday's air
drop, but noted that such ships are!
‘ difficult to sink unless they sustain
underwater damage.”
rne second atomic mast is to De
set off under water, with the sea
transmitting a terrific blow to the;
hulls of the test fleet.
The lagoon at midafternoon today
still was "reacting'’ from blast and
lethal radiation of yesterday morn
ing's aerial burst, Brig. Gen. Roger
M. Ramey, air force commander,
reported from Kwajalein. He termed
the operation “a complete and un
qualified success.”
Still Need Navies.
Mr. Forrestal w-arned against pre
mature conclusions, but voiced one
generally as a result of his own ob
servations: "There still will be
navies in the future.”
Whether crewmen could have
lived through the blast remained an
unanswered question, but scientists
expect to learn much by observing
the effects of the rays upon surviv
ing test animals, tethered at bat
tle stations aboard the target fleet.
First listed as "missing,” the de
stoyer Anderson later was an
nounced definitely sunk.
Nevertheless, it was "by no means
a test of airpower against the Navy,”
Gen. Ramey announced. The pri
mary task of the air forces was “to
demonstrate the flexibility of air;
power and atomic power." he ex-,
plained—and "the feasibility of such
intricate timing has been demon
strated, even to those of us who
planned it while doubting its posssi
bilities.”
‘‘Should we have to fight again, I
believe that Bikini demonstrated;
our capability to enter the fight with;
a precision team of air and atomic
power.”
Starts Slipping Under.
The Sakawa, her superstructure
flattened and her stern open to the
sea. started slipping under while Mr.
Forrestal and the commander of
Joint Task Force No. 1 were look
ing over the blasted light carrier
Independence from the deck of a
picket boat.
Disregarding the radioactivity still
lingering aboard ships in the target
array's bullseye circle. Admiral
Blandy order the picket boat “full
speed ahead” as soon as he heard
the information shouted from a
salvage tub that the Stftawa was
going down.
For a dozen minutes. Mr. Forrestal.
Admiral Blandy and others of then
party watched fascinatingly from 50
yards away while the Japanese 6,000
tonner gradually gave up the ghost.
Her stern resting on the bottom
and listing to the left, the Sakawa
finally disappeared in greenish foam
at 10:40 a.m.
Earlier, Mr. Forrestal and Admiral
Blandy had braved gamma radia
tion for a closeup view of the heavy
hulled submarine Skate—hardest hit
of the 73 craft subjected to atomic
violence in yesterday's test burst.
Skate Closest to Bomb.
Admiral Blandy s deputy for tech
nical direction, Rear Admiral W. S.
Parsons, expressed the belief that
the Skate was the closest of all tar
gets to the bomb burst. He said she
was subjected to more than 500
pounds’ pressure per square inch.
The Skate was about 50 yards
astern of the Nevada, aiming point
of the array, when the bomb burst.
Because of her wrecked condition,
she was towed out of the array to
day and may be beached if inspec
tion shows she is taking water.
James Nolan of St. Louis, radio
logist of the Los Alamos, N. Mex.,
i See BOMB. Page A-3.i
Gen. Eisenhower's
Story of Defeat
Of Nazis Available
Reporting as Chief of Staff,
Gen. Eisenhower discusses, in
a beautifully prepared booklet
issued by the Government
Printing Office, which may be
purchased at The Star’s busi
ness counter, the details of
planning and campaigning
which brought the final vic
tory over Germany.
In his report Gen. Eisen
hower gives his version of the
developments, some of which
have brought differences of
opinion. The document is
printed on heavy glazed paper
and is illustrated with explan
atory, topographical maps. It
will be a valuable addition to
private libraries and will be
especially interesting to those
who served through the cam
paign.
As long as the supply lasts,
copies may be had at the
GPO price of $1. No mail
orders can be accepted.
Animals in Flimsy Cages Live
As Steel Buckles400Feet Away
survival in Atom
Blast Called Difficult
To Comprehend
By Jack Kofoed
Chicago Daily News Foreign Service
ABOARD THE U. S. S. APPA
LACHIAN, Bikini Atoll, July 2.—
Today our landing party boarded
the Nevada, principal target of
A-bomb No. 4.
I felt an almost proprietary in
terest in the fate of the pigs, goats
and mice left there, crowded togeth
er in wooden pens on the forward
deck, because I had looked at them
alive and well on Saturday before
the observation ships of Operation
Crossroads left the lagoon to take
up their stations for yesterday's
test.
The stern of the Nevada had been
blistered by millions of degrees of
heat from the bomb. The steel
plates had buckled. Yet 400 feet
forward these animals in their
flimsy cages of boards were alive
and apparently uninjured.
This we also found to be true as
we visited other ships.
This survival of living things is
one of the most difficult points to
comprehend about the results of
the atom bomb test. In Hiroshima
80,000 persons were killed by a single I
blast.
Yet these little animals, some not!
more than 1,000 yards or at most a!
mile away from that tremendous'
blast, survive. Whether or not they |
are suffering from radioactivity is!
another matter. They will be stud
Animal Survivors
To Be Brought Here
For Further Study
By W. H. Shippen, Jr.
Star Staff Correspondent
ABOARD L. S. S. APPA
LACHIAN, Bikini Atoll, July 2.
—Surviving pigs and goats we
saw aboard ships while cruising
through the heat-blackened
inner target circle yesterday
will be brought to Washington
for a continuing study of their
reaction from exposure to radi
ation heat and blast of the
atomic bomb.,
A surprising number of ani
mals came through even on the
scorched target battleship Ne
vada, alongside which we pull
ed yesterday while the first
boarding party was making a
safety survey.
Although all goats and pigs
forward were alive and kicking,
rats caged under the No. 4 tur
ret were liquidated.
ied on that point by scientists and
physicians.
It may be that the second test,
a month from now, when another
bomb will be exploded on a barge
at sea level, will tell a different
story. It is likely that more ships
will be sunk, because their hulls
will be smashed, as superstructures
were smashed by the attack from
the air. But I just can't get over
how many goats and pigs and mice
lived through the blast.
lax Increase Likely
Next Year if Prices
Rise, Snyder Warns !
No New Revenue Bill
To Be Asked in 1946,
Treasury Head Says
By the Associated Press
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder said today there may be
an increase in tax rates next
year if prices “get too far' out
of hand.”
Asserting that “taxes will proba
bly follow prices,” Mr. Snyder told a!
news conference that a rate in- [
crease may be used as a brake on:
inflation.
But, he said flatly, no new tax bill
will be proposed by the Treasury
for 1946.
Summarizing the Government’s
financial position for the fiscal year
ended last Sunday. Mr. Snyder said
the deficit was $788,000,000 less than
President Truman estimated it
would be in a budget revision
April 11.
The improvement, however, was;
due to slow progress of the interna
tional finance program, he said, and:
the “saving" actually will be merely:
a spillover into the fiscal year just
started.
Because of the slow development;
of the World Bank and Fund, and:
the failure of Congress to pass the
British loan proposal thus far, the
Government put $1,061,000,000 less
into international finance than j
President Truman anticipated in
April.
U. S. Funds May Move
Jews to Palestine
President Truman conferred with
Jewish leaders today and the White
House later issued a statement de
claring that the Chief Executive "in
dicated that the Government of the
United States was prepared to as
sume technical and financial re
sponsibility” for transporting 100,000
, homeless Jews from Europe to Pales
: tine.
The British government has not
yet agreed to the American sugges
tion that that number of homeless
Jews be admitted to Palestine.
Those who saw the President to
| day were Rabbi Stephen S. Wise.
' Dr. Nahum Goldmann, Lewis Lipsky
and Rabbi Abba H. Silver, who are
■ the American members of the Exec
| utive of the Jewish Agency for
Palestine.
The White House statement said
these visitors gave the President
I their views of recent events in
Palestine, including seizure of Jew
! ish leaders by the British, and that
i the President in turn "expressed his
regret at these developments.”
: "He informed the representatives
oi the Jewish agency that the Gov
ernment of the United States had
not ben consulted on these measures
| prior to their adoption by the
British government,” the statement
said. “He expressed the hope that
the leaders of the Jewish com
! munity in Palestine would soon be
released and that the situation
would soon return to normal.”
War Firm Heads Paid
Selves $1,38(1,120,
U. S. Accountant Says
Mead Attacks Profiteering
Of 'Paper' Industry at
Senate Investigation
By the As%ociat«d Press
A Government accountant told
the Senate Defense Investigating
Committee today that four men
voted themselves salaries total
ing SI,380,120 in a 42-month pe
riod as officers of a maze of
firms handling war contracts.
"This is war profiteering at its
worst.” exclaimed Chairman Mead
after hearing the testimony by Ed
ward Schaefer, chief of the Govern
ment’s General Accounting Office in
Chicago. The committee is investi
gating the war profits of 19 Illinois
concerns forming what Senator
Mead has described as a "sprawling
paper empire.”
Mr. Schaefer testified the salary
figures were culled from the records
of the 19 firms in which the four had
an interest. He said they showed
:hese totals:
A. B. Gellman. $505,709: Joseph T.
Weiss, $484,705; Henry M. Garsson.
$228,080; Murray W. Garsson,
$161,666.
Relatives Also Shared.
In addition, Rae Weiss, mother of
Joseph Weiss and Gellman's mother
in-law. was reported to have re
ceived salaries totalling $142,671.
while Bertha Gellman. wife of A. B.
Gellman, was listed for $148,738. The
figure for Joseph F. Greeman,
Washington representative of the
companies, was set at $113,625 for
the period from the beginning of
1942 through June. 1945.
Mr. Schaefer did not have the
figures after payment of taxes.
Angrily, Senator Mead declared
that the figures disclosed “an evil
procedure that must not be tolerated
and should not have been tolerated.
For one man to make so much while
so many were making sacrifices is
despicable.
Committee to Ban Repetition.
“This is more than the leader of
the United States, the Commander
in-Chief of the Army and Navy, is
paid. This committee is determined
to find ways of preventing such a
soi'did story from ever again being
written.”
Brig. Gen. Paul C. English, retired
former chief of the industrial di
vision of the Chemical Warfare
Service, told the committee yester
~ i See PROFITS. Page A-5.)
TWA Plane Forced Down
On Belt Line Railroad
By the Associated Pres*
CHICAGO, July 2.—A transconti
nental and Western (Transworld)
air liner, carrying 18 passengers and
three crew members, was forced
down today on the Belt Line Rail
road right of way. but an airline
spokesman said there w^ere no ser
ious injuries.
The emergency landing was made
after the ship, a two-engined trans
port bound for New York, developee:
engine trouble shortly after taking
off from Chicago Municipal Airport
In landing the DC-3 liner rippec
wires from light poles along the
tracks, but no fires developed, police
said.
Jews Being Tortured and Beaten
In Palestine Camps, Leader Says
By the Associated Press
LONDON, July 2.—Berl Locker,
a member of the World Execu
tive of the Jewish Agency, told a
press conference today he had
received reports alleging acts of
torture on Jewish men and worn-!
en detained at the Athlit camp
near Haifa, Palestine. i
He said former inmates of the
Buchenwald Prison in Germany
were beaten at another Palestine
camp.
Commenting on the * military
police operations in Palestine, Mr.
Locker declared:
“The world must know’ that the
situation is graver than has been
painted by the Bmish press or in
the House of Commons and it is
getting graver from hour to hour.”
Mr. Locker declared that the male
population of the collective settle
ment of Yagul, including boys over
10 years of age, had been arrestee
and detained at Athlit.
A number of houses at Yagui wer<
destroyed, he added, trees were cu
down, fields ploughed up, vineyard;
partly destroyed and the water in
stallations made unworkable.
The Jewish committee in Pales
tine. he said, already has issued s
warning to the government that un
less what it termed attacks on Jewi
were stopped and Jewish leaden
were freed, the committee woulc
have to proclaim a policy of civi
disobedience.
Mr. Locher reported Rabbi Jehuds
Fishman, 73-year-old acting chair
man of the agency's executive whe
was arrested in joint military-polic
operations in Palestine Saturday
‘showed signs of assault on his face.'
Telegrams and letters poured ir
today on members of Parliament
from Jewish organizations protest -
(See PALESTINE, Page A^6l
Charge of 'Reds'
In Federal Jobs
To Be Probed
Three House Members
To Launch Inquiry
Within Few Days
| The House Civil Service Com
i mfttee decided today to make an
; immediate investigation of re
I ported Communist influences in
the Government.
The inquiry had been demanded
for some time by Representative
Rees of Kansas, ranking minority!
member, but the formal motion
which the committee adopted at!
an executive session was made by!
Representative Byrnes, Republican,!
of Wisconsin. Another Republican j
member. Representative Case of
New Jersey, seconded the motion.
The committe adopted the resolu
tion offered by Mr. Byrnes by what
was described afterward as an "al
most unanimous vote."
Chairman Randolph at once
named is a subcommittee to con
duct the investigation Represen
tative Combs. Democrat, of Texas,
chairman; Fallon, Democrat, of
Maryland, and Mr. Rees.
Probe to Start Soon.
me suucuminiwee plans ro siarii
its inquiry within a few days, un
der instructions to report back to I
the full committee before Congress'
adjourns.
Mr. Randolph explained after the
meeting that this was no "witch
hunt,” but the committee had heard j
charges of subversive activities and
wanted to find out if there was any
basis for them. He pointed out
that the committee had been au
thorized by Congress to conduct
general investigations of Govern
ment employes and the practices of
Federal departments, and could do
so without special authority. The
committee has funds left to enable
it to carry on such an inquiry with
out asking money from the House,;
he added.
Testimony Under Oath.
Under this general authority, the!
committee may subpoena witnesses;
and place them under oath.
Representative Rees some time ago
introduced a resolution in the Housej
asking a special investigation of;
alleged communistic activities among'
Government employes, but this reso
lution has been buried in the Rules
Committee, with no indication that
it would be called up at the present
session.
Despairing of obtaining action
through the Rules Committee. Mr.j
Rees decided to appeal to the Civil
Service Committee to use the gen
eral authority granted it by the'
House to make the investigation he
sought.
While Mr. Randolph made no an
nouncement to this effect, members
of the committee indicated that if
the subcommittee uncovers sufficient
evidence before the summer recess
of Congress, it may be authorized to
continue its inquiry during adjourn
ment.
The written motion offered by Mr.
Byrnes and adopted by the Civil
!Service Committee said:
"I move that the chairman ap
! point a subcommittee of either three
or five members to make such in
vestigation as it may deem proper
with respect to employe loyalty and
employment policies and practices of
the Government of the United
States, and to make a report to this
| committee of its investigation prior
; to the recess or adjournment, to
gether with such recommendations
; as it deems advisable.”
Late Bulletins
Child Killed by Truck
Norma Jean Rice, 8. was
killed by a truck this after
noon when she ran from be
hind a bus near her home on
Columbia pike at Spring lane,
Fairfax County, after attend
ing a Bible class in Arlington.
Atomic Bill Approved
The House Military Affairs
Committee today approved
legislation for quasi-military
control of atomic energy de
velopment. By a 24-to-3
vote after weeks of consider
ation, the committee amended
in several respects the bill
passed by the Senate which
provided got control by a
five-member civilian commis
sion.
Leave Pay Bill Delayed
The Senate Military Affairs
Committee today delayed ac
tion for a week on legislation
granting terminal leave pay
to approximately 14,000,000
men and women who served
in the ranks during the war.
(Earlier Story on Page A-2.)
RFC Accounting Hit
T. Coleman Andrews, direc
tor of corporatiop audits for
the General Accounting Of
fice, declared today the Re
construction Finance Corp.
has been “woefully negligent”
“in its accounting. He made
his statement to the House
Expenditures Committee as
it opened an investigation of
statements by the GAO that
the RFC has not properly
audited its vast financial em
pire.
Trieste Agreement Met
PARIS (A5).—The Foreign
Ministers Council agreed in
principle today on the inter
nationalization of Trieste, but
has not yet agreed on a statute
| for the Adriatic port, Senator
Vandenberg said. (Earlier
Story on Page A-2.)
FLASH THIS SIGNAL
AROUND TH C WORLD: "THEY ,
DIDN'T GET THE NAVY'S GOAT
Bill for 4-Day Holiday
For U. 5. Workers
Is Sent to Truman
D. C. Action Expected
After House Approval
Of Long Weekend
The House today passed and
sent to the White House the
Downey bill giving Government
employes a long Fourth of July
week-end holiday by permitting
them to take Friday off.
The extra day off, however, will
have to be made up within a
month's time by working on a Sat
urday.
The District government is ex
pected to follow the Federal Gov
ernment's suit in granting the four
day holiday period if the President
signs the bill.
The House today first passed a
similar bill sponsored by Repre
sentative Fallon, Democrat, of
Maryland, which had been favorably
reported by the House Civil Service
Committee. It then substituted for
this the bill as sponsored by Chair
man Downey of the Senate Civil
Service Committee and passed re
cently by the Senate.
The Senate bill is somewhat
broader in its application and the
acceptance of the Downey bill by
the House sent the measure directly
to the White House for signature.
When the Fallon bill was reached
on the consent calender today in
the House, Representative Wilson.
Republican of Indiana, w'ho has re
peatedly criticized Government em
ployes, arose to reserve an objection
He wanted to know if Government
employes were to have to make up
the extra day off.
Supporters of the bill told him
they would and that experience had
proved that when the extra holiday
is not granted many employes take
the day off anyway by using sick oi
annual leave with the result that
only a skeleton force appears and
much time is wasted.
Mr. Wilson then declared the bill
was a good idea and withdrew his
objection.
Major League Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At Cleveland—
St. Louis ... 000 00 —
Cleveland .. 000 00 —
Batlerin—Shirley lnd Helf: Krakausk*:
and Megan.
Washington at Philadelphia—Wet
grounds (two games tomorrow).
Boston at New York—7:45 P.M.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At Chicago—
Pittsburgh . 016 000 —
Chicago- 000 000 —
Batteries — Heintzelman and Baker
Chipman. Adams (3d), Fie mint (3d) am
McCullough.
At Brooklyn—
Philadelphia 000 002 | —
Brooklyn ... 000 00 —
Batteries—Stanreu and Hemsley; Higbe
Casey (6th) and Edwards.
At Boston—
New York... 02 —
Boston 02 —
Batteries—Kennedy and Cooper: Spahr
Singleton (3d) and Masi.
Cincinnati at St. Louis—8:30 P.M.
Negroes Voting in Mississippi;
Rankin Attacks AP Cameraman
No Trouble Reported
At Polls in Heated
Democratic Primary
By the A^r-ocialed Press
JACKSON, Miss.. July 2 —
Negroes voted today in a Demo
cratic primary election in which
Mississippi’s staunchest advo
cates of white supremacy, Sena
tor Bilbo and Representative
Rankin, sought renomination to
Congress.
A relatively few Negroes voted—
not many were qualified—but they
went to the polls assured by At
torney General Clark that ' their
rights would be protected.
Those who voted were not mo
lested. And two Negro leaders said
i See MISSISSIPPI,' Page A-1B. j
House Member Rips
Newsman's Shirt
After Picture is Taken
By tha Associated Press
TUPELO, Miss., July 2.—Rep
resentative Rankin, Democrat,
of Mississippi assaulted an Asso
ciated Press photographer here
today, ripping off the newsman’s
shirt and scratching his neck
and hands after the latter took
a picture of the House member
outside a Tupelo polling place.
Representative Rankin is seeking
renomination from Mississippi's 1st
congressional district in today's
primary.
Tire photographer was Allen W.
Snipes, Memphis.
Walter Long. Tupelo baker, gave
'See RANKIN. Page A-4.) ~
Cattle Prices Reach
$22.50 Record, With
Stockyards Flooded
Beef Sales Exceed OPA
Ceilings by $4.50;
Cost of Pork Drops
By the Associated Press
A flood of cattle and hog ship
ments swamped the Nation’s
livestock markets today in an
swer to yesterday’s upsurge in
prices and in Chicago cattle
scored a record high of $22.50—
exceeding the OPA ceiling by
$4.50.
Lifting of OPA controls brought
a jam of trucks three-quarters of a
mile long at the Chicago stockyards,
I deluged with the greatest arrival of
cattle and hogs since last January. \
Hog prices dropped $2 under yes
terday's $18.50 peak—highest since
1919, but even that figure was $1.65
above the old OPA maximum.
AH previous records were smashed
by yesterday’s $22 cattle top.
A survey of the 12 ranking mar
kets in the country showed 111,700
hogs in the pens compared to 23.400
a week ago and 54,500 a year ago—1
first indication since the end of OPA
| that the gears of supply and de-j
mand were beginning to creak again.
The stock market had cooled off
with price changes narrow and
slightly mixed. Wool and cotton
1 lops were down, but some grains
i continued strong.
These fluctuations still had %iot
generally affected the Nation's re
tail prices, held in check for the
i most part by merchants who pledged
to "hold-the-line” until the situa
tion is clarified.
There was no change in the pat
tern of rising rent prices except in
scattered instances where State and
■ civil authorities attempted to im
pose their own emergency ceilings.
In contrast to generally steady
food prices, meat was climbing in
the West and Midwest. The West
, ern States Meat Packers Association,
claiming 90 per cent of the business
iSee PRICES: Page A-5 j
D. C. Youth, 16, Found Hanging
From Necktie During Party
The body of George T. Allwine.
16-year-old McKinley Tech High
School student, was found hanging
by the neck from his necktie during
a pariy at ioji
Mintwood place
N.W., early to
day.
Detective
Sergt. Edgar E.
Scott said the
Allwine youth
had been a guest
at the Mintwood
place home, res
idence of Mrs.
Ellen Ridgeway,
for the last three
j weeks. He quoted
! Mrs. Ridgeway
j as saying sne
j had told the Georre Allwine.
! youth to leave today.
; Tne tragedy happened between
13 and 3:30 a.m„ police estimated.
Shortly before, Mrs. Joyce Ridge
way Allen, daughter of Mrs. Ridge
way, complained that she was not
feeling well and left the room, ac
companied by her husband, Harold
Allen, and other members of the
party.
When the group returned. Sergt.
Scott said, the Allwine youth had
disappeared. Minutes later his body
was found hanging from a screen
door in the rear of the dwelling
by Thomas Gordon, 17. of 14 Six
teenth street S.E. George was pro
nounced dead by an Emergency
Hospital ambulance physician.
Witnesses and George’s mother.
Mrs. Edith Allwine. 828 Taylor street
N.E., agreed he had been despondent
in recent weeks. Mrs. Allwine, a
nurse at Doctors Hospital and
mother of three other children, said
he had been missing for three weeks.
Police said the Allens, who re
cently returned from their honey
moon, were close friends of the Ail
wine youth.
Mrs. Allwine told reporters her
son had been •'restless" ever since
the death of his father in 194,0. She
said she had taken him to two psy
chiatrists.
"It's a terrible thing when a young
boy can t find anything to live for,”
Mrs. Allwine said when informed of
the death of her son.
Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald
said he will issue a certificate of
suicide later today.
Efforts to Expedite
Restoration of OPA
Blocked in Senate
Opposition Indicates
Delay of Several Weeks
On New Legislation
Adamant opponents blocked
efforts to speed an OPA revival
ioday as Senate leaders sought
informal agreement on a com
promise price control bill.
The Senate opposition made it in
ireasingly apparent that any resto
•ation of price control will be de
aved—possibly several weeks.
Bolstered by apparent majority
support within the Senate Banking
Committee. Majority Leader Barkley
sried to get opposing sides together
3n a year's extension of the OPA as
i substitute for the 20-day revival
resolution passed, 283 to 61. by the
House yesterday.
But when Senator Maybank. Dem
ocrat. of South Carolina, presiding,
sought to assign a temporary exten
sion bill offered by Senator Wagner
Democrat, of New York to the Bank
ing Committee. Senators O'Daniel
Democrat, of Texas and Wherry, Re
Publican, of Nebraska objected' This
had the effect of delaying for one
day the sending of the bill to the
committee.
Wherry Objects to Move.
A few minutes later, when the
House extender officially arrived in
the Senate. Senator Barklev asked
unanimous consent to send it imme
diately to the Banking Committee.
Senator Wherry objected.
He and Sen. ODaniel then
raised another parliamentary tech
nicality which delayed its 'assign
ment to the committee until tomor
row.
The House measure probably will
be used by the committee as the
basis for any compromise extension
legislation it may draft.
Without waiting for the bill as
signment, Sen. Barkley carried on
informal discussions with OPA op
ponents in search of middle ground
for a compromise the committee
might consider when it takes up
the subject possibly tomorrow.
At the White House. Chester
Bowles told reporters he was hope
ful the Senate will pass the contin
uing OPA resolution this week and
then more permanent legislation
"within two or three weeks.” Asked
why he thought action might come
this week, the retiring stabilization
director said: "I’m always opti
mistic.”
Predicts Soaring Meat Prices.
On the basis of what happened
on markets yesterday, Mr. Bowles
said “You can look for a 75 pet
cent increase in meat prices.”
"Hogs were up 35 per cent yes
terday," Mr. Bowles continued
"With subsidies off, you can adci
another 20 per cent, and when the
dealers add a markup it will pusl:
it up to 75 per cent."
On the second day of free trad
ing. livestock markets were swampec
with livestock and hogs sent in by
raisers attracted by yesterday’;
near-record high prices. As a re
sult, today's prices dropped sharply
Chicago reported the greatest cattlf
receipts in six months.
Presidential Secretary Charles G
Ross told newsmen telegrams to th<
White House on Mr. Truman’s vet(
of the original OPA extension bil
had slowed to a “trickle” today
He said the messages totaled 7.0CH
(See CONGRESS, Page A-4.)
3-Cents-a-Quart
Milk Price Boost
Due Tomorrow
Producers Announce
Increase to Make Up
For Loss of Subsidy
A 3-cents-a-quart increase in
the price of milk for consumers
in the Washington area was in
dicated by local distributors to
day when the Maryland and Vir
ginia Milk Producers’ Associa
tion, Inc., announced that effec
tive tomorrow it would “raise the
price of milk the amount of the
consumer subsidy” which ended
with OPA.
Several of the larger distributors
here said they were awaiting official
notification of the higher price.
They believe that it will necessitate
an increase from 16 to 19 cents a
quart in the delivery price of milk
and a 10-cents-a-quart increase in
the price of cream, now 56 cents.
This was the first major break
reported in prices here during the
first two days since termination of
OPA. It resulted, dairy officials de
clared, solely from discontinuance
of the Federal consumer subsidy on
milk and is part of a general milk
price movement throughout the en
tire East and the South as far west
as Texas.
More Meat in Prosoect.
The first improvement in the
local meat supply prospect was re
ported this afternoon. An official
of the Southern Hotel Supply Co.
said he had received assurance
from Chicago that substantial o.uan
tities of pork and a considerable
amount of beef as well as other
meat items would start • rolling into
Washington" perhaps by Friday or
Saturday. •
These anticipated supplies will be
the first large deliveries of their kind
in almost tw;o weeks, he said.
Detailed information about the
scheduled milk price increase was
not available from the Maryland
and Virginia Milk Producers’ As
sociation office at 1756 K street N.W.
where it was said that Manager
Bruce B. Derrick was out of town
today. Individual dairy' company
officials here also were unwilling to
elaborate on the announcement but
they verified calculations that the
delivery price would go up 3 cents
tomorrow or within a day or two at
the latest. One distributor declared
that the 3 cents increase is jutified
in view of discontinuance of the
Federal subsidy and that the higher
price still would not meet additional
labor and operational cost of dairies.
Same Returns to Farmers.
The Milk Producers' Association
statement declared:
“On July 1, 1946. the Federal con
sumer subsidy on milk was abruptly
terminated by the discontinuance of
OPA. Local dairy farmers were
therefore faced with an immediate
and substantial decrease in their
! incomes. To offset this reduction
the Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers’ Association, Inc., effec
tive July 3. raised the price of milk
the amount of the consumer sub
sidy. All dairies in Washington have
been notified by letter to this effect.
Local dairy' farmers will thus con
tinue to receive the same total re
turns from their milk as they did
before cancellation of consumer
subsidies and the OPA."
In other price fields, public offi
cials and business associations still
awaited wider evidence of reported
! price jumps on some restaurant and
i store items.
Vincent A. Holmes. District OPA
! administrator, said he has received
; no conclusive reports of a great
| change in the general price situation
or in the willingness of most mer
chants to hold the price line.
Some Higher Prices.
There were scattered indications
that butter, chickens and oranges
, were being offered for sale at sub
stantially higher prices, but an of
\ ficial of the Restaurant Association
of Washington denied any break
down in restaurant price ceilings
here. A spokesman for the Wash
ington Hotel Association said he be
lieved hotel stewards will have to
.pay at least. 85 cents a pound for
i butter and about 52 cents a pound
for chicken.
There is no reason why retail
fruit prices, except for large or
anges, should be higher than ceil
ings. an official of the National
League of Fruit and Vegetable Dis
jtributors declared today. He said
that at the wholesale level, the cur
rent prices on fruit and vegetables
in most instances are lower than
ceilings.
Prices on large oranges increased
approximately 75 cents yesterday
from the previous ceiling of $6.60
per 100 pounds. The wholesale price
on small oranges dropped from $6.60
| to about $5.50 when OPA expired.
Unofficial reports received by the
i Washington Board of Trade fail to
indicate a price raising move by
Washington business establish
jments. Executive Secretary William
H. Press said he doubted any appre
ciable move of that kind for several
days, if at all.
No Complaints Received.
The Better Business Bureau of
Washington reported it has received
no complaints that department
, stores, specialty shops and similar
; establishments have raised prices
! since termination of OPA. Although
its work is not directly related to
ceiling price problems, an official
said, the bureau occasionally re
i (See CEILINGS, Page A-3.1
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