Personal Mail Exerts Big Influence on Congressman
A Washington observer notes that public mail and polls shape congressional actions on price control. The piece discusses DPA power erosion, ongoing lobbying, and intense voter pressure, with the White House receiving unprecedented letters and telegrams on price stabilization and labor actions.
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GNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
Congress
Office of
Price Administration
WORC
National Opinion Research Center of Denver University
House
DPA
Paul Porter
Bowles
National Manufacturers’ Association
Weather and politics mingle in a wartime digest
The record surveys influence on lawmakers including mail visits to the public newspapers and polls. It notes mail as significant and reveals a push by wartime agencies on rodenticides 1080 sodium fluoroacetate and antu. It also covers weather crop prospects war baby transport to the United States and Cuban sugar price pledges.
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Wwe
RFR
Congress
Wmerchlivts
Interior Department
U. S
Cuba
Oscar Siegle
Cuban Sugar Commission
Sigele
CPA
Performe
Siegle
Havana
Washington
Americans Eating More Meat Than Before War
Fortune magazine notes Americans are consuming more meat despite reports of bare grocer shelves. The average meat intake rose from 127 to 150 pounds per person annually, with many Americans enjoying regular access while others still face scarcity and hardship.
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America
Fortune Magazine
Potatoes Fuel Heavy Industry and Alcohol Production
Potatoes yield starch flour and glucose for consumption while by products of alcohol production reach about 20 percent for livestock feed. Shipments from potato states topped 1 514 carloads daily for four days this spring with California as the leading shipper. The agriculture department set up support offices across many states to handle demand, with about 500 carloads bought last week and 200 in North Carolina. Demand from distilleries and other users limited the intake to about 1 000 carloads daily, leaving surplus to be used for school lunches relief and industrial needs beyond alcohol manufacture.
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Middle West
Mississippi Valley
Europe
United States
Special Army Board
Zebulon Vance
California
Arizona
Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Oklahoma
Arkansas
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U. S. Military Academy
George S. Patton
U. S. 3Rd Army
George S. Patton Jr
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James F. Byrnes
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Earl Halifax
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