Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 18, Number 35, DeMotte, Jasper County, 30 July 1948 — PRICE BOOSTS FELT BY CONGRESSMEN [ARTICLE]

PRICE BOOSTS FELT BY CONGRESSMEN

Washington, July 27. The increased cost of living hit Congress squarely in the breadbasket today. In the members’ restaurant on the House side of the Capitol, some items on the menu had increased as much as 50 per cent since June 26. Some compai isons: Steak and French-fried potatoes: were $1.50, now $2.25. Ihe “Blue Plate Special;” was 65 cents, now 75, with bread and buttei a nickel extra as usual. Pie cuts: up from 15 cents to 20 cents. Scrambled eggs and accessories’ were 65 cents, now 75. Grilled lamb chops and potatoes: were $1.10,* now $1.35. Beer and other beverages remained unchanged, but most sandwiches and salads were five to ten cents higher. Karen Hickman of Monticello was here visiting her cousins, Lynn and Lyle Kessinger the first part of this week. Chas. White has been transfered from a Florida base to Kessler Field, Miss,