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<br />CONGIlESSION AL RECORD-APPE:\DIX
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<br />N O\'E:\IBER 7
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<br />M~. Chan~y. of th.. Underwear llufltut...
<br />Hc~nt\y potr.tO'd oUt that today th.. ,;mly
<br />,,'ooleo Ulltlerwur you cen buy In tht' United
<br />Stat..~ IscI.Jming In :~om a c(Juntry III SOllth
<br />Am..ric~. It the um.l<!rwenr manul"CtUrera
<br />of the l,;1l!tW St.atu ""~e permitted by the
<br />OPA to operate, he MY.. a bl!tter article
<br />Nluld be llOld 10 cu~ people for om~-half :h..
<br />prlC\'. Thill meaJlS lP.~.8 AmerIcan wool, l.....~
<br />t..x~!J~ rnen "mploy..d, lp.~, rl,,'hlne fnt tll..
<br />p...,pl... Wldtnlug the Illflal1,mary ~.p lllld
<br />enCouTllglllglntl.lltlonntiwrthlUlh..lplngto
<br />"hold the lln.....
<br />Th.. OPA bM Nlntributed mo~" th"-II nn,'
<br />One (Jther(Jrganl~.allon In America t<l \l:>d..r_
<br />mining tht' bealth of th.. mucl1anta. Wbllt'
<br />I hav.. n<l aV.tlstlcs tbey han pwbahiy drlnn
<br />mo~t' ot th~m in5l!.ne than B.lI of th.. otber
<br />troubles th~,;, h",'''' Thl:' OPA hila ..oMrlh.
<br />uted to th~ - pap.l'f sherla!;" by 1.:~I:lg hun.
<br />d~ed... of thous!l.nds of tOlla of p"p..r h~causl:'
<br />c.f their lcng rl:'g-.llatlons and dlreCIH'es.
<br />Olle mllnuln.cturer t~tined hdMe tb.. !':mlth
<br />committee In Con~r...... that th..? had to r..nl
<br />....ompl..t.. neW bulldlng In ordt'r 10 hln....
<br />place to 5Iefe tb..lr DPIl. nIn.
<br />Here Is one that bounced th.. operator ou~
<br />or the frying pan into thl:' nre. An ..ner,!:et'.c
<br />h\l~lnusman had developed an Impro.-ed and
<br />up-to_dat.. rrylng pall. He bad" Nlveron It
<br />to which....1I5 P..ttached allttl.. thelmnmeter
<br />and elltra ",,"t for escap.. ot ..team. H'J
<br />renled a bu1ldlng. alTangl'd for hla raw ma_
<br />terial, hired his ..mploy...... to ..tart the hual-
<br />ness. S<Jsure ....aa he oraucc...... that he ....t'nt
<br />to the Government IUld Ihro\Jgh oue ot Its
<br />a~e"ele. wa.~ loa"..d U50.000. H.. V;'U r..ady
<br />to at.llrt In a bIll way. It W&$ a tl.n.. IltlBtra_
<br />tlon ot the old American aplrltwllllng to rl5k
<br />what hI!' had and ho~n>"" mot.., brlr.glng vl:'n-
<br />tur..eaplt.allnrorlh....:rp'm..lclIlo!bualneM
<br />and the employment e>! Amerlclln workmen.
<br />The OP.'\. approved hla aal"l'rict' of .1.59. He
<br />W8B sure ot II pront and brocft\ himself tor
<br />a rapid hkl:'-of!. He "tart..d SOlnl!: gr..at
<br />gUllS. The ..ustom..rs Ilke-d hiS produ('t. the
<br />feelOry w... hummlnll, hIs men were em.
<br />plo),..d but a month or t9:0 later the
<br />control arm. the reglmentatlon arm of OPA
<br />came down 011 hIm with such force that It
<br />alallgered him In Ilmaume-nt. A former aoda-
<br />counter jetker who had nenr msde a aUC.
<br />ce<s in anYthing hJ\d attached blmselt to th~
<br />omc.. ot th.. OPA Slid catnpulted hlmaelf up
<br />thl!' Indd~r In " rnetl!Orlc rise to the pOllltlon
<br />ofsnt'connmlc"nalystlltt6.500a)'u.r. Thla
<br />..conomic analya!. whO!ll! Dam.. J Withhold,
<br />opc>ratlr.g und..r the p<I....er or the OPA coloa-
<br />lOUS, decldffi that he ..ould not longer make
<br />the frying pan. He decldl:'d In llls wisdom
<br />that the tbermometer gadget waa not n..c-
<br />eMary. that the steam I:'ocapt' gadg..t WM
<br />lIuperJl.uoUft be..au...e th.. op!:'rator ot uld pa.n
<br />could tllt the lid a. Httl.. to let th.. ateam
<br />off. He cUt the prlt.. accordingly '!1d put
<br />themal1 out or bualne65.
<br />'nte factory ~hur dO'li'n. the m..n w!:'r.. laid
<br />ott, tb.. "mbltlous o"."..r and his frlend3 who
<br />joined wlrh him In the ..xperlm..nt 1000t thl:'lr
<br />mon..y and preaumflbly. th.. Govl:'rnment
<br />".m luae Ita mon..y. Yn. the OPA "hdd tho
<br />line" agfllnl! prodtlctlon.
<br />I C'Ould go On rer an hc.ur 'li'lth au"h llIus.
<br />traUons but tlme wl!l not pt'rmlt. Th.. facts
<br />ar.. tbat th.. OPA ~hO\lld b", wlpt'd Oltl the
<br />StatUUI book' at ence and lmm<<!lat..ly_
<br />The HrlLnge thlr.g about It Ia thllt our new
<br />Pruld.mt In 'li'hom thl!' p<,<,ple a te.... month.
<br />IIgo hnd 10 milCh fallh, it backing tile OPA
<br />!lnd Chnt!:'r Bov;.ll:'a with grntn enthu.lasm
<br />thnndldthelat..Pr"s!(!entR~v"\I,
<br />The Congre" would fitop thla foollshn~a
<br />IInd In ract the P....publlcan Ml:'mbert of Con.
<br />!:t'e.ahl\v..trir<1 to .toplt but they hayebl:'t'n
<br />voted d"....n In alrl10st I:'\.ery aaempt thrcugh
<br />tha power ot the Admllll...tratJon comloll
<br />dov;--n on Ill; Members In bcth the &r:ato
<br />and the House dema.ndlng every urn.. that
<br />OP.\ l:lP u:t'ndeci wlthoUt any am~ndmenLl
<br />which ..-ould cure ocm~ cf 1U: many nbu.......
<br />lam happ)' to r..port Ibat your CcngreMmlU1
<br />Ooo.s vOlcd to d~er.~;nUe tr.e 0:1'.\.
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<br />N'lW let me "wing Into a wldt'r field Of
<br />operation on prln~ control and gO\'cfnmental
<br />control from thl,! tcp.
<br />Tblt Ur.l~cd Stales l~ tht' s~<:c"d bflte'~
<br />wool.produclul NlIt!ml :n the world. ~or-
<br />mally. cur Pr<JdUCt!Oll Is ~OO.O()o},OOO POWltb
<br />per yef.r a:>d CUr consumption has run about
<br />5Cll,OOlJ.C{)C !:our,dJl. pH year, Durlllg thl! W"-l"
<br />pt'Tlod w.. have Ct.ln~umed over 1.000,000.00(1
<br />pound~ pt'r )'I:'...r. N"lwlth"l~ndllll; UIIs fac:
<br />\\'1' hll\... \lwd nll)!;tly t0re:gn \\'001 and !lot
<br />dlq'<JSl:'d cf cur d',ml'$lle produ,'tlon.
<br />Through Ul.. CommodIty Credl! Corporation
<br />pUrcha.-In<i' all of Ihe \\.001 In \lUr count')' ...."
<br />find thnt WI' now have OVerhllnglng th.. WOOl
<br />m!l,-kl:'t 530,000.000 pound, of domcu;Uc wool
<br />In !lOTalte and With the June <:Ilp (J! next
<br />YI:'U WhIch the Oo\"t'rnment wlll buy, ,.,o,!
<br />wlll hfl\'e cn nr;nd ne...rly a bllllon PQund~
<br />orv.-dl!.
<br />The UnIted States 'rant!' Comm~lon. In a
<br />nport of l""t January !tllted, due 10 tt.t' In_
<br />crell!lcd calls of the producUclIl ot WOOl IhH
<br />It l!:e Commodity Credit prlc.. of 40 cents
<br />per pound paid th.. wool growera by thl:' Oov-
<br />nnment, th.. pruducen cf \\'ccl "'t're 1000Ir,g:
<br />10 centll per pound. Thru n!:ur<'$ may sur.
<br />pdre some Cf you who are ratalnll ~heep tor
<br />pront. I mUH ccnt...ss It surpr1r.ed me be-
<br />cau..... on my faml I hare bel:'n If)'lng to
<br />nu,kea pront on she..p.
<br />YOlt wlll r..m"m~r V;'.. had a mnt shortlS'"
<br />IR.51 "umml:'ralld that too was C"aU8<'d b)' the
<br />unwIse pellcy of the OPA. Her.. 1.0 how they
<br />ccntrlbUted to a sbortage of m'tttoll. Tb'"
<br />prlcu they set on wool "nd mutton w"rt ao
<br />lOW that Ihe she~1' grow..r... have be"'n I1qui_
<br />datlnlf alnce 1943, u the fcllowlog figures
<br />will ~how. On JunuAry 1. 1943. We bad 01\
<br />hand 45,NI0.OOO &1Ie"l'l. On J"nuary 1. 1914,
<br />It oroPP"d to 41,000000 and it la tUlthated
<br />by Oovernm..nt ~U.tL~U...a that t<1<lay \\'1' har..
<br />only 38.000.000 ht'ad ot fbeep In thu.eoulllry
<br />....hlch 13 the 10\\'e8t numb"r ot aheep In
<br />America In l\O ytars notwltb.tandlng our
<br />pcpulatloll hes incr..ased c:u~lng Ihal Ume by
<br />over 40.000.000 pecplt.
<br />The United Klngdom produce, in New
<br />Zt>aland 350,000,000 pounda of wocl a ).....r.
<br />BoUth Atrlca product'll 250,000,000 p<Iund..
<br />Allatrhlla producN m'"r " bllllrm pO\lndll
<br />of wool a )'enr. Nnw. Orl'at Brlt.aln haa ...._
<br />ter..d into an agre"ml:'nt With thes.. dominIon
<br />countrl<'$ of hen to buy all of tht'lr output
<br />for II perIod or 13 Y<'Bra. Oreat B~ltaln wtll
<br />control Ita ma~k..t and shIp thl:' mO!lt of It
<br />Into the United States under our lowered
<br />",clprocB.l tarl/'l" allre..ment" to tht' dl5tnay
<br />lInd (!f:l;tru..tion of the abeep and wool pro.
<br />du..era cf Am..rlca. The American product'r,
<br />will not be ccmpetlng against a world price
<br />but against a cnntrol pri.... lO..t by Or..at
<br />Britain and of ccurse. 8hl' will "..t tile price
<br />011 wool low ennllgh tn """"d the Am..rlcan
<br />market.
<br />Let m.. glvl!' ~'ou fl pot..nt illu~trat!on of
<br />the coop<'ratlon th.. OPA ia glvlnll Britain
<br />today on the Importlltlon ot wool fabrIcs.
<br />You ma... JlIlt know It but under th.. rulea
<br />or th.. OP.-\. It is II fact that the big tuW..
<br />mllb emplOying more m..n and WOmt'l1 than
<br />an... othl:'r ene husinesa In Am..rl..a ar.. not
<br />~~mltled 10 mllke only a amall amount of
<br />what Is known as the b..tt..r wool..n fabr-lt:$,
<br />For lrutance. the Botany Woolt'n Mllla cf
<br />~ew J..rsey, making Woolen fabrics tb"t
<br />"'ould prQl;Jde nne aults for men for t50
<br />per ault are compl:'lled to mut' the cheapH
<br />grsd~ and ollly a 5t::lall per(l:'ntage of the
<br />beltt'r woolens. SO\\', en these Importeci
<br />woolens from England which lU"e beglnnlng
<br />to come Into Am....kan marketa In Iall;e
<br />volume, the OPA doe~ not 'I:'t an)' ceillng
<br />prlce. with the rl:'su:t that men's Engll..lih
<br />made \:t'ool~n OHrcoal& art' bel.ng ad'.ertJSl"d
<br />In New Y<;>rk at e75 II garment ",h~reall 11
<br />the Bctany WQ()!en Mill... v;.ere allowed to use
<br />our l>e!lt .-\mNlcan wool and manufacturtd.
<br />thes.. &.lI.ml:' o...ereoat" they rould sell th..m tQ
<br />tho .'t:netican pubilc fer &5:1 . pnneut.
<br />WI:at fJ.o ~'O" Ul,mk ct thaq
<br />
<br />Th~se a,e nO! Idle 8tlltementa, tht'y arl:'
<br />hCl3 beyor.d cOlltradlc'lor.. TnI:' regulations
<br />of tht OPA lirt' forcws tb.. pee,p'l: 0: Am..dca
<br />to pny $20 to (25 more :Qr a SUit or
<br />O\.t>fCO>lt for En!tl\fib !larmen16 wher\!llS U
<br />the Amencan m:;.ntllacturl:'n v;.ere allowed ~<>
<br />make Ih~f" garme!t!-!l th.. Am,,:lcan p~lrcbaSO'r
<br />could lIave t2'l :<1 e::S On tl1f }:r:c~ of the
<br />!1ann..nt. Ye:, thl' OPA &hCU:S "Hold ths
<br />Lln~"
<br />Und"r the rr<:5ent ~ctmlnlatfntl....n which
<br />bell"",e" III fr.... trade, which b..lIe"es In
<br />throwin~ the Amerlclln markets op..n to th..
<br />mark,,:. of l/,e world and which III silly
<br />cnotl!:"h to h"pe that WI:' ..an maintaIn our
<br />sandanlof IlvJIlIo!. :a In tact preventIng N!-
<br />cow....rslcn. pr.....t'ntlng mllllonl of American
<br />workmen Ircm h'I\'lng a Job, l5 In."...aslng tbe
<br />dan~"r" n! tmlallnn Al1r1 t~ rlrAf:!:lnil: down
<br />tll.. ....mH1Cll.ll e~llndard5 ('f IivlIlg.
<br />The COllgr...... and the adminIstration w,1l
<br />have to set rid of OPA and In my Judpllent
<br />under th.. Fresellt w<>rld cond,Uon wlll have
<br />to a..t .. quotn. On how much wool can come
<br />into the American ma~1t..u regardles.a ot
<br />ta~ltls, fLlld that quota ahould be lII!'t low
<br />I:'nough that \\'1' CIUI again plac.. the ahl:'l:'p
<br />and wool grower In " posltlon where b~ ean
<br />make a profit Cll hi" !,~aduct1on 01 mUtton
<br />and ....001. l:."nle.sll this ia done there .....11l be
<br />Ius sh..tp !lnd 1l'S1I WOOl grown In thIs coun-
<br />try. PrIce control, regimentation. lowt'r
<br />tarl!!s all support..d by th1l; Administration,
<br />ullle.... corrected ....ll1brlng Ua ultlmatl:'ly Into
<br />a depr.......lon In thl" countl')' which may
<br />wreck us nnanchill)' find Will probably reault
<br />In A 10M of our fepre8t'ntaltl"e torm of gov-
<br />t'rnmt'nt.
<br />.... few monlha sgo the people had hopu
<br />that Pruldl:'nt Truman wculd turn his party
<br />back and away from tbt' rORd toward State
<br />~C(:1,,11.!Im and centrallzO'd govnnm..nt.
<br />Th<'lr hopt'a WC'fe proHn unfounded When
<br />he IIf'nt hIs me!<6a{lc 10 Congtl'Ss. which was
<br />ao endorsenll:'nt o!, and I!;n Identln<:atlon ot.
<br />the N...... Deal pollel.... ot hla late predecessor.
<br />He advocated and endorsed the ena..tment
<br />ot the most radical and SOCialistiC legislation
<br />.."..,. ctlered to UnHt'd Stat"s Cong~pu. rather
<br />than a return to tr~ I:'llterprl"... less ct'u.
<br />t~llllzll.tlon, and control In gOYernment and to
<br />a polley ct real ","oncmy, He]a a strangf'r
<br />to economy.
<br />Th~ recomm~ndlltlons can'll:'d In his me"-
<br />sage, tt ,,"aCt..<:l Into la..... would launch out
<br />on a program of the grutut pt'ac..Um.. dl:'n.
<br />elt spending in th.. hlHory of our counlry.
<br />WIth a d~bt approachIng U75.000.000.000.
<br />Ih~ p..ople ar~ be<x'mlnS alarm..d. Th..y are
<br />begInning 10 r1:'1I1l1" that addIng to this debt
<br />rath",r tban pa)'lng It of! la endangt'rlng the
<br />bonds tbey holt!. the prop..rty they own. an<t
<br />the life Insurance th..y bllve carrll'd!Dr lat..r
<br />prOI~tlCn 11\ life. They ::.re bcglnnJnb to
<br />understand Ihat !hl:' le...den cf tlle NcW Deai
<br />ha~'o be("n promot..r" and 6pendeTll. Th~y
<br />b:lYe h<<n the wuters t,f the people'a mone,'
<br />10 perpetuat.. themuh'ea In powl:'r poilU.
<br />cally.
<br />Th.. p..epl.. w1ll decld.. to r!:'turn to the
<br />Republlcan ParI)' to aa"e thl:'m lI!Conomlc.al1y
<br />aud nnenclally. They rt'member th.H Ihe
<br />RepublIcan Party look o"..r al tbe end of tile
<br />Flnt World War wh..o the country wu
<br />.36,000,000,000 In debt. It reduced tu...
<br />right and ll:'ft. encoursged free I:'ntnFrllll'1l In
<br />Ihe e.J:par~lOn of bUSlllO'$il, pre,...ntfll . d.._
<br />preuJon following till:' war and by tne ~11..
<br />courag..ment e>! btl~ln..ss took In so much
<br />money In w.l\ef! tbl:'}" v;.ere able to 1>alar.ce
<br />th.. Bud!!el ..ach yen llnd rel:re the natlonal
<br />dcbl by U,OOO,OOO.OOO a year fl. 10 succ..SlIlvl:'
<br />yean.
<br />That]a the trpe of governmen: thl:' Am!'rl.
<br />can p!:'Cple waut alld mUH ha'.e 10 ~aVe tbl~
<br />cOUntry. Tl1e~. kno\\' nO... t~At Prnldt'nt
<br />Truman am: lI,o..;e. In CIHltge 01 Ihe Oov..rn.
<br />me."1t can:lOt be ru!rcU'd if the,' S!CP tho
<br />waste of the pe<;ple's mor.f'Y. l:lP<:fluse Iho
<br />ComDlUn~t and rlld~cal labor II'.OUP~ ",hlch
<br />tLI:'J lI\1.I~t haa to cor.Unue ill pu..er \\"..1
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