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HIGH LIGHTS
WASHINGTON
Proposes OPA
Congressional Investigation
Charging that the Office of Price
Administration 'reeks with incompe-
tence," Sen. Morse (R., Ore.) recently
blamed Congress for "maladministra-
tion" of the OPA and proposed a per-
manent congressional committee as a
watch dog over the agency.
He accused the OPA of making
"stupid and asinine" proposals, of is-
suing "phony statistics," and of "buck
passing, stalling, and procrastination."
"One of the serious threats in the
administration of the American gov-
ernment in recent years has been the
trend of Congress to pass a bill which
creates an executive agency and then
to forget about the activities of that
agency until the next year when its
representatives ask for a new appro-
priation," Morse said in a Senate
speech.
"O, they are very reasonable when
they are before us asking for appro-
priations. They make promises, just
as we found Mr. Bowles (OPA Ad-
ministrator) making promises when
the OPA bill was before us this year.
But I say the Senate has the solemn
obligation of seeing to it twelve
months out of the year that those ex-
ecutive agencies are properly adminis-
tered.
"I serve notice that I am going to
continue to call attention to the in-
competency of the OPA in the hand-
ling of the food problems of this coun-
try, and I shall submit a resolution
asking for the appointment of a spe-
cial committee which will continue to
investigate and keep in contact with
the OPA as long as its maladminis-
tration continues."
Morse's was the second demand in
the Senate for an investigation of
OPA since Congress continued the life
of the agency wits its present powers
ten days ago. Last week Sen. Cape-
hart (R., Ind.) and Sen. Tydings (D.,
Md.) proposed an investigation of
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OPA price fixing policies.
"I tell you," Morse declared, "the
phony statistics that are coming from
OPA are hiding the inflationary trends
already on their way. I do not intend
to permit Chester Bowles, who, in my
opinion, has clearly demonstrated his
incompetency, to continue to evade,
duck, weave, and hedge. The OPA
reeks with incompetence."
Jack Henderson with Grinnell Bros.
Stanley B. Adams, director of the
Consumer Durable Good Division, of
the War Production Board has an-
nounced the following resignations:
Jack C. Henderson, in charge of
matters pertaining to the production
of jewelry, church goods, cigarette
lighters and razor blades in the Of-
fice Supplies and Personal Goods Sec-
tion, Photographic and Personal Goods
Branch resigned, effective July 1. Mr.
Henderson, former vice president of
the Turner-Henderson Piano C, Tampa,
Fla., has been connected with WPB
for almost three years. Prior to his
present assignment in the Photographic
and Personal Goods Branch, he was
assigned to the Musical Instrument
unit for two years. He will become
sales supervisor for pianos for the
Grinnell Bros, retail stores, with head-
quarters in Detroit, Mich.
F. H. Denslow with Coleman Co., Inc.
Ford H. Denslow, chief of the Musi-
cal Instruments and Sporting Goods
Section of the Photographic and Per-
sonal Goods Branch, resigned effec-
tive July 7. Mr. Denslow is enter-
ing the employ of the Coleman Co.,
Inc. at Wichita, Kan. Before he went
to WPB in June 1942, Mr. Denslow
had been connected with the General
Electric Co., in New York City, San
Francisco, Los Angeles and Kansas
City. Previous to that employment he
was with the General Motors Corp.,
in Denver and Salt Lake City. Mr.
Denslow, whose home was in Denver,
is a graduate of the University of
Colorado.
For Newcomers in Business
A
CLARIFICATION of War Pro-
duction Board policy with respect
to newcomers to business and indus-
try, including veterans, was issued on
June 30th by WPB as General Pro-
gram Order No. 517, as a step toward
assuring that newcomers will receive
a fair share of production materials
and production quotas.
The order provides for the estab-
lishment or increase of exemptions,
for new small users, from restrictions
of limitation and materials conserva-
tion (L and M) orders.
Hereafter, the board announced,
applications for production materials
or for production quotas will not gen-
erally be denied on the ground that
the applicants were not previously en-
gaged in that production. The order
provides an exception to this in the
case of certain materials if there are
special circumstances that make it
impracticable or highly undesirable
because of the war economy to follow
this policy. At the same time, steps
will be taken to establish reserves of
certain
materials to insure their
availability for newcomers.
Limitation and materials conserva-
tion orders will be loosened for the
benefit of small users (including new-
comers) as additional quantities of
materials become available in the ev-
ent the additional quantities are not
sufficient to warrant complete elimina-
tion of controls, WPB said.
OPA Wants Catalogs
/"NN June 1st the OPA announced
that manufacturers of consumer
durable goods are required by the Office
of Price Administration to supply the
agency with copies of their current
catalogues and price lists on or before
July 15, 1945. Three copies should be
filed with the manufacturer's OPA dis-
trict office. The extra copies will be
sent to the regional and national offices
for their files.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, JULY, 1945