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Administrafion Offers ~ Bill With Broad Powers

To Ration Food, Fuel

Proposed Legislation Would Allow U.S. To Tie Up Crops at Fixed Prices

WASHINGTON, Deé. 9 (UP)—The Administration today submitted to Cohgress a bill which would give the government broad powers to

ration fopd” and fuel. An Administration spokesman

said it also would give the govern-

ment power to buy up entire farm crops, at prices fixed by the govern-

ment. Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Harriman submiyed the legislation ®» a Senate judiciary subcommittee, It was the’ first specific bill offered by the Administration to back up President Truman's Nov, 17 request for emergency rationing, and price and wage control powers. The measure was drafted in response to continued requests of Sen. Robert A. Taft (R. O) as to just what the Administration wanted, It appeared certain, however, that Congress will not act on such anti

- inflation measures in this ‘session

In addition to rationing ~and erop-buying power the bill would give the Administration priority and allocation controls over scarce materinls like steel Adrian Fisher, Commerce Department Solicitor, said the measure would give the government power to impose “individual rationing” of such foods as grain, meats, poultry, milk and butter. It. was the first concrete measure offered by the Administration to put into effect the 10-point antiinflation program proposed by President Truman on Nov. 17. The President asked for emergency rationing and price control powers at that time Until today, however — despite much. Republican prodding — his

“leutenants had not come up with

specific proposals. Amendment Battles Slow Voting on Relief

Other congressional ments: House battles over proposed amendments made leaders doubt that the 8500 million Emergency Foreign Aid bill could be passed by nightfall as they had hoped.

develop-

“told the House Ways and Means

only a We month “down-payment” in deference to Congressmen who want to see how the program works before committing themselves to long-range aid,

Lewis Asks New England To Change Over to Coal

John L. Lewis said the answer th New England's fuel problem was “to switch from oil to coal The Pederal Council of Churches

Committee it would resist any move to tax religious, educational, or charitable organizations. These groups, along with farmers’ coperatives, are now tax-exempt,

Hen Beats German Miner

Bringing in the Bacon Sen. William F. Knowland (R Cal) sald that on his recent trip to Germany he found a hen that was earning more money than the miner who owned it. The hen, he sald, laid five eggs a week which sold for about B00 marks on the German black market. The owner could make only 60 marks a week by working six days In the coal mines The result, sald Mr. Knowland was that the miner spent only two days a week digging coal and the rest. of his time scrounging grain to feed the hen.

House Passes Indian Emergency Measure

The House passed and sent to the Senate an emergency measure to authorize expenditure of $2 million to help the hungry and ailing Navajo and Hopi Indians of Arizona and New Mexico,

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‘modity Exchange - Authority,

The House Foreign Affairs Com- . mittee fought to preserve the stopgap measure from restrictive eli

Administration Wants

To Keep Grain Margin P 9 COreomulsion relieves promptly bee The Administration said it prob- eause Creda: 008 t to the seat of the ably would keep the required mar- trouble loosen and expel and aid nature

gin on grain trading at 33% per | $37I0 10 tende cent If Congress gives it a flamed roach, mucous A to control commodity exchanges. branes. Tell to sell you J. M. Mehl, chief of the Com- |8 bots of Creom with the untold | {derstanding you must like the way it

the House Banking Committee he | [to have your mo ihe Sough © 5% ae “would leave the margins right there until there was evidence of CREOMU LSION speculative influences developing.” for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis Senate Told of Pressure — To Sell Oil Tankers SELF-POLISHING A

Maritime Commissioner Grenville Mellen told a Senate commerce sub- BEAUTIFUL SE

committee that “pressure” — the

source vf which he did not dewvaly ANTISLIP J, ~has been brought on the gove

ment, to persuade it to sell U, 5) y oll tankers to foreign buyers. BEAUTIFU Gov. Robert F. Bradford of Massachusetts had told the subcommit- SELF-PO) tee New England's fuel shortage was

due to lack of tankers to carry oil in coastwise trade to that area. ANTI-S) ‘,

European Recovery Cost po Figured at 16 Billions

President Truman was expected to send Congress a message Thurs. day, calling for $16 billions for the § four-year Marshall plan for European recovery, Administration sources said the President would ask for an mitial LLL

Appropriation of something less than $7'% billions for the first 15 SHERWIN- Wituiam months, These sources said Mr {ELI Truman,” had’ decided to request

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