Washington fights price controls and inflation debate
Washington voices range from opposing price controls to defending the MacArthur ouster hearings. A powerful utility lobby and big business farm leaders push to end wage and price controls, claiming free enterprise will set prices, yet inflation persists as military costs drain taxpayer money.
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Washington
MacArthur
International Federation of Agriculture
Mexico City
Kit Haynes
National Council of Farmers Cooperatives
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
West
Former Ashley Forest Head Takes New Forest Post
James Stewart, once supervisor of Ashley National Forest for five years, has been appointed supervisor of Manti LaSal Forest with headquarters in Price. He previously supervised Cache National Forest in Logan for 11 years and has spent more than two decades as a forest supervisor. An earlier position included Bridger National Forest at Kemmerer and Payette National Forest with headquarters in Balse. He joined the Forest Service in 1920, serving as Chief of Grazing Surveys and Regional Inspector for Range Management before his Logan assignment. The piece also critiques defense spending’s inflationary impact on the economy and notes observers advocate action as vital in the context of global agriculture.
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James Stewart
Ashley National Forest
Manti-LaSal Forest
Price
Stewart
Cache National Forest
Logan
Bridger National Forest
Kemmerer
Wye
Payette National Forest
Balse
Forest Service
Defense Department
Defense
Mexico City
FAO
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Senator Warns of Budget Push and Pay-As-You-Go Rules
The senator notes broad support in Congress for a balanced budget and says government spending should move to a one pay-as-you-go basis. He forecasts substantial budget cuts, likely including a 10 percent personnel reduction proposed by Senator Ferguson Michigan. He laments pressure groups seeking to protect their own programs while urging cuts elsewhere.
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Congress
Senate
Ferguson -Mich
Uncle Sam
Western Capital Move Sparks Satirical Washington Column
Washington columnist George Dixon mocks Senator Malones idea to move the capital westward for the summer, imagining bureaucrats in the West and parodying Home on the Range. He also notes Pickle IAC and proposed pickle price controls, framing them amid broader wartime propaganda chatter. A New York Times dispatch cites Moscow accusations that Mormon missionaries in Finland spied on the Soviet border.
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George Dixon
Washington
Malone
Dixon
New York Times
London
Taas
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Soviet
Soviet Union
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Mabel
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United States Brewers Foundation
Fane
Gand
Prunttrostate Sse A
Thier i
Beka
Arthur V. Watkins
Prac
Dome
Anel
Conoco Super Motor Oil
Neys Rb. Emon
Falls
Conoco
A. Tan
Ewell T. Roe
Urier
Waxahachie
Texas
Gan Continental Oil Company
Mr. Emerson
Stomtinn
Mercury
Axina
Mercury Fame
Showalter Motor Company
Vernal, Ut
East Main
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