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I'm going to find some sciences we have to call backed off of the speakers and everybody was good grades in order that we might give you a program outflanked that's not a punchline to your own cause doing here is on his way to the stadium. And is expected to arrive here sharply I felt strong I could carry on and on till he comes up the mayor to me will be here almost any moment. And I know that we may proceed as scheduled despite what is happened I want to present to you the first speaker of the afternoon who speaks here as a representative of the I'm not going to punish my life or I take great pleasure in presenting Mr Lewis Hine legislator representative of the American Federation of Labor let's not higher. Level gentlemen the introductory remarks have just been made by Paul M. Ross secretary to mail while. Mr Chairman had benches Rouse about. Distinguished Gach and my fellow Americans. As an inspiration that comes to one and thanks in an audience I just finished today. An audience so all laymen my precious I directed thought the conservation of the bash didn't bridge of America. I mean here is I do today. I am happy to present to you. The gratings of one of America's foremost set a shrink. William Greene president of the American Federation of Labor. No man in America today is more interested in the preservation of price control while the benefit of our people that is President green. He has worked on sincerely and on Tyrion lately he has canvassed the entire membership of seven million members of the American Federation of Labor unions are generic pull us apart because extension of price control on the period of a full year beyond June the thirtieth. His employees had not been without resolved thousands of telegrams on the letters I have Paul Martin on the members of Congress do now from the action although only through yielded those adept robing in the house. And voted our experience of amendment that liberally designed to amend price can go to debt some of the amendments adopted in the House are absolutely broke Fondren you know the cons and evidence accumulated by its own Committee on Banking and parents and directly contravene the findings of that committee. I know that there is no one who would disagree with me when I when I say that all of the amendments adopted by the House are in opposition. To that view and will of the mass bash majority of our citizens. Only this past week. Redish president green appearing before the banking and Karen she committee in the Senate. And the Senate and pleaded with us Shannon to reject these amendments. Stating that the delays in waiting would only multiply confusion every day approached Boman not just change and will help the proper care in heart in the black market share he told damn it if you define it for your final decision until the last minute it may be too late Congress will have already embarked the nation upon a journey into economic chaos I think that you will agree with me did he spoke the truth. Frederick green likewise appealed for better when parchment alone P A regulation he urged with full prosecution of the proper care and the black market care there is only one question before the people of America today and that is price control be lifted completely and let prices go far the necessities of life house rent clothing and other items costs are sky and I thought of reach out the millions of our people who cannot afford to buy these the Saturday. Or shall we retain price can call for a period of another year and permit an orderly procedure to follow. Whereby controls may be lifted on those things I think I know what your rights are RIDGE Well you should retain price and all. We in Washington are pretty close to the scene of action we have seen the lobbyist and work down that we have seen the real estate lobbyist for instance won't come in and pleaded by the lifting of controls on rent I don't have to tell you people what that would mean go watch I had occasion to be in Florida last winter in the city of Sarasota act when the O.P.'s an experiment lifted ranch and overnight rents for school teachers and other white collar workers so hard from boarding shabby five dollars fifty day dollars and so on I don't think the people of America would stand for such a thing is that. The American Federation of Labor as an institution is well equipped to understand what is going on our research bureau tells us that the charges that all P.A. is holding back but duction is not true and we believe that we have an abundance of proof go offset all of the propaganda that has been levied against Opie a my I just digress for a moment my friend and Mr Chairman decided. This is the greatest nation in the world for propaganda. It would cut all of the energy that has been devoted to a billion John L.O.'s by the comments than the editorial writers and to some kind of an atomic power we're going to run all the railroads and all the industries well that either but out ever having to mine another town to call that's for propaganda that. I get I say price control should be contended for at least another year and I. And I've only that this changed the overwhelming opinion of all of the people of our country with the exception of a very few profiting let me thank inclusion my friends I'm happy to be hair. You're to be congratulated for your firm to chemically time a nation and meeting here today in a pro can against the action at all and would throw the nation into chaos file emanating price control but this time I want to sang and I think I can write to you fail shoptalk the entire seven million members of the American Federation of Labor I thank you. Ladies and gentlemen you have just heard from Lewis Hines of the American Federation of Labor. Ladies and gentlemen. At three fifteen we will hear from Lester bones speaking from Washington in the meantime I want to take great pleasure in presenting to you the president of the program happy Iraq to Mr on. This the chairman. Distinguished guest ladies and gentleman. I. Came here today to add my few words to the sentiments to be expressed by our very honorable and distinguished guests in connection with a matter of fact that affects every citizen of this country Admittedly the old P.A.A. is not perfection. Perfection is something that we all strive for. But most of the time that we never can hope to attain it completely. The O.P.'s and the price control that it represents is the only possible save God John Q Public and that means you me and most of us as against inflation and conditions that would make it impossible for us to live and to pay our bills but then our income. I'm glad that they had to express the sentiment and the place by cell phone records favoring the continuation of the AIG bankrupt. And I ladies and gentlemen was Hugo Rogers ball president of them having run as a gentleman. The next speaker that you'll hear Lester just a ball has been fighting the battle for prize coupons for several years in the papers and on the radio in the recent those who have heard and read the job that he was trying to do the same prize can follow. The lead stories that you will hear will be that of MS that just a bold in Washington we tend to Washington. A lottery body I certainly noticed the thrill of seeing you face to face there in New York this afternoon there is no more inspiring sight and thousands of Americans gather together side by side to fight for something they believe in I come from no England or the town meeting was born and work grew to be a great American tradition one narrow two are told me you were planning this great citizens rally it was good news indeed this meeting will serve to spread your beliefs and your hopes out across the country. I know that your voice will be heard and understood here in Washington. I believe and I believe it with all my heart that today we face one of the decisive hours one of the historic turning point in the life of our nation. There have been other times when our whole future great people on the courage and farsightedness of our leaders. In one hundred thirty two we face a crisis much like the crisis we face today. In that are deep in the depths of depression we as a nation are the leadership of Franklin Roosevelt seized upon our courage once again and struck out on the path of social progress the path of unlimited production the path toward sustained prosperity. The path that we strayed from and that there is a nineteen twenty. During the next few weeks right now and a nine hundred forty six we are faced with another great decision. If we turn the right way we take a steady high road to sound economic growth and peaceful prosperity for all of us. If we turn the other way we shall travel just as sure as fate the rocky road to inflation and collapse the depression and it's certain invitation to rightful hatreds and reaction. The greatest tragedy of human history is that so much of it has been resonant blood. In the past the success of a nation has been measured too little applied schools and hospitals and homes its excesses been measured too much on the battlefield. In the pages of history one war our telescopes into another until it is hard to remember what went between. Now the world is setting out to sail a new course Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt was a truly great woman of our times is going to talk to you today. She knows far better than most of us the real nature of the problems which faces she has had an opportunity I am part and part in shaping a new world organization for which we all have so much hope. But I believe we all know that we have before us an opportunity a better opportunity than any we have ever had before to wipe out the dread the waste and the destruction of war. We have an opportunity to build a world where the progress of nations will depend not on their ability to handle machine guns but on the way they use their resources to create higher living standards and prosperity for all of their citizens and upon their ability and willingness to contribute to the P.S.N. to the prosperity of other lands. Clearly we can build the kind of a future and which way police all deeply upon a basis of inflation and depression. Clearly if we are to avoid a national economic disaster which will set us back from many years we simply must keep the prices and rents you pay firmly under control until the present inflationary danger has passed and clearly we cannot succeed in our task unless we have an addition to courage and determination the necessary legal authority. Three weeks ago all of the House of Representatives passed a price and rent control bill which would make the control of inflation flatly impossible. The house price and rent control bill riddle was awakening amendment sponsored by lobbyists and special interest groups has now gone to the Senate. There it is being studied by a committee of what your friend Bob Wagner is the chairman. Within the next two weeks the Senate will make its decision. I do not know what the final answer will be no one knows what I do know that we are faced with a strong opposition. Some of those who oppose us ours and Sarah but misguided people who are seemingly convinced that prices and rents would not go up even if all P.A. controls were removed tomorrow. I leave you in New York to guess what your rent would be what kind of prices you would be charged in a New York story if we were ever fullish enough to accept that the applied to those opponents I'd say inflationary pressures were never greater if we let go of prices and rents now under present circumstances. Are if we are forced by Congress to weaken in any way in our efforts to haul them down. We shall surely face a nice Dole disaster. And inflation that would surely end in collapse. We simply cannot afford another deployment to frighten. We do not need to have one. We have pulled together as a team and winning this greatest of all wars. Let us pull together now in laying a foundation for a sustained peacetime prosperity. Another small group of opponents perhaps equally sincere but certainly equally all informed of the dynamite with which they are playing. I agree that prizes and grants would go up without price control. But their hatred of all governmental rules and regulations blinds them to the final consequences. To them I say O.-P. a rules and regulations are often irritating and troublesome. They have no place in a normal peacetime economy. I will be the first ers there are a lemon nation when the president's life narry prices subside. But let me remind you the emergency what still faces us today is a direct outgrowth of war. Only through acceptance of necessary restrictions now can we hope to come through successfully. The fight that we are fighting I say to this group of opponents is your fight to individual liberty is not likely to blossom in the midst of the economic chaos. Another group of our opponents represent special interest groups which want prices and rents in general that they kept on the bonds just as long as they can read special benefits for themselves. To them I say once inflation starts no one can when. The interest of your own group cannot be set apart from the interest of all of us give up your fight for a special privilege join with all of people in their plight for the kind of prosperity in which everyone will benefit. And another group of our opponents I am sorry to say are no more than reckless speculators and profiteers. Who somehow believe that in a wild inflationary scramble they could get richer and richer and richer regardless of what happens to the rest of it. To them I say your proposal of ruler Rowan is undemocratic it is greedy it is selfish it is miserable a shortsighted even if your present efforts should prove successful in the end you like everyone else would be the loser. Now let me make one thing clear. We can keep our Tanami on an even keel for the long voyage ahead only by tackling the job now in the same stuff with spirit which won the war. We simply must regain that spirit we must hold it while we are all together in the same boat. I can assure you that your leaders in the stabilization program are not going to let you down. But we here in Washington cannot do it all alone we need every ounce of your help. I believe that you people in the arc know that you have always recognized a particularly heavy study in the success of the prize and rent control program. Your magistrates cards in your city inspectors and long been a powerful weapon in our fight against the black market. Your consumer groups your labor groups and your business Groves has been alive very alive to the great stake all of us have in a sound economy. X. Maryla Gladia and marrow draw are with all of your other city officials. As that high standards of leadership in this fight against inflation that are then a mark for other cities to show that. We still need our help from all of you only now we need it more than ever before. The issue it seems to me is clearly brought. And we just felt discipline the courage and the good judgment to accept necessary economic restrictions in a time a real crisis. Or are we so shot through with group dissension and organized greed that we are democratically unable to protect our own long range states in sustain prosperity and opportunity. Throughout the cities the towns and villages of America during a lot of Next doing the last few weeks millions upon millions of every day people workers farmers this is men and consumers have organized themselves to provide a ringing Democratic answer to that question. This great mass meeting here and listen stadium is one of dozens and dozens of other rallies which are being held in nearly every state of the Union. You are determined that your rents and Prize grants must be kept from soaring up with. Your determined that the price is what you pay in the stores will stay in reasonable bond you are determined that the value of your savings the value of your insurance and your war by the value of your paychecks and your veterans' benefits shall be kept intact. You are determined that the American dollar will continue to be worth a dollar. You are determined that we shall not be Iraq by a try to earth inflation although we fought floor all that we prayed for during four long years of war. You are determined that the great things we all see John become a reality that we shall prove as a people our ability to manage our own affairs and to help build a world and sustain prosperity and peace for our people everywhere for all of those let me say from the very bottom of my heart more power to you and now good body of all we return your doubt to the Lois and stadium in New York. Ladies and gentlemen I think great pleasure Nolen introducing to you Mr Franklin Boudreau Jr we will proceed with the meeting this is with. Mr Mack. And my other. Ladies and gentlemen. I apologize for. Arriving a little late. But I think it's already been explained that. The love the man and the committee didn't quite get together at. That as one thank months from the recent. Speech by chest of bones from Washington. Which I as a bathroom. Would like to emphasize. That sons of this war. Settling they didn't get rich liking had left. Thanks today and they are starting. Their lives as constructive members of their communities I knew. That stopping at the bottom. And I know that going to go to the top. Thanks They can't go to the top and in fact they can't get a square deal on getting rebel and hated the fact. If their dollars are subject to the inflation what's the N.A.M.M. would like to see this country go through. Thank you many of our boys. Were handicapped through injuries. And will never. Be able to do many of the things. Which two legs and two arms could cement them that though. They will depend. On they pensions and allowances provided by their government. Those pensions will not be geared to an end plated dollar. They won't suffer. As well all the people. From the inflated dollar. It's the special vested interests. As represented in the by a small group of the N.A.M.M. who will benefit from inflation. It is not you and I. It is certainly not the veterans of this was. On behalf of the veterans. I call upon all of you have citizens. To exercise. The right to which we in this war. And sure of the Future country. The democratic right. To. Tell ya Congressman how you feel. I have just returned from two days in Washington. And in that two days I saw many of your Congressman. And I regret to say. That the letter which they are receiving today. And in many cases against a continuation of the O.P.'s. That is the result of the millions of dollars being spent by the special groups for their special privileges and I am in particular we the people do not have millions of dollars to throw away. Page ads in all the press of this nation. We can only. Let our congressmen know. By sending them telegrams letters and postcards don't stand on one let them know every day of the week how you feel. And I promise you that if you let them know. They will follow the will of the people. And now I would like to. Introduce to you a man. Who has been fighting hard in Washington. For the rights of the people on the continuation of the O.P.'s A and sufficient appropriation so that it can be properly administered I remember last year when they all play was continued. Many congressman decided to vote for the O.P.'s a. But they cut the play appropriation for properly administering the LP A in just about a half. And I remember at that time the chest of balls said we cannot add minister this law to federal aid prevents the black market. Now again those same Congressman. Saying yes we want an LP a but and we want it so ham strung that it can never be properly administered. That's an part of the fight to see that we get enough money. To eliminate the black market by proper administration. Russell next and. Well as the legislative representative for the C.I. all. And is also on the labor advisory committee of the O.P.'s. Has been waging your fight. I take great pleasure now in answer dosing to you Russell Nexen to tell you a little of his side of the starring Russell next. Of the chairman. That's Roosevelt Now why a distinguished friend. This great meeting here today is a symbol of the protest of the American people against the threat of inflation. This rally is part of the struggle of the common people who moved to reflect their will the overwhelming will of the nation against rising prices soaring rents black market and shameless profiteering. The people here in Lewis' own stadium represent the average American from the shops the factories the store the small businesses of our country. The National Association of Manufacturers the chambers of commerce the real estate lobbying are not here understandably these forces do not meet in public to discuss the issues of all P.A. and price going to all. The price control records planned their expense in full page ads against the O.P.'s. Make their behind the scenes contacts with congressmen and senators and scheming to utilize their representatives among the columnist the radio commentator and the pressed for the purpose of destroying price control in the privacy of their large hotel suites in Washington. Now the consequences of rising prices are already well known to the American people. Already living costs have gotten where ceilings have been broken wire controls have been relaxed where pressures have induced compromises with the inflation us for this very practical reason from this intimate experience. The American people understand. The tragic overwhelming danger involved in inflation which will inevitably follow if once the barrier of government price control through all P.A. is removed all fundamentally weaken the return do you buy who has power ready seen his do die Bill of Rights drastically hardtail by rising prices is acutely aware of the very real threat of inflation just ask the nearer by G.I. how far his three hundred dollar demobilisation pay when every G.I. trying to take advantage of the educational benefits of the G.I. Bill of Rights will tell you that rising costs have made it impossible to go to school if you rely only on the G.I. bill of rights provision. However there are always grown up up there inflation because they expect that they can escape its consequences some of these are stark cited in their breathless blind passion for profit American cooperation have experienced far five warrior a bun then zero profit period. After all taxes their profits and easier are equal only by the boom years of nineteen twenty nine. Like a wild animal who one time being tasted blood is insatiable in his frenzy to kill a significant body of Ottawa profiteer Having tasted the excesses of D.Z. money now fight in a frenzy to perpetuate their excess profits and more come above the storm of our economic readjustment but equally ignore link them to place them at the thought of inflation other great monopoly power of our nation these great financial and industrial giants have no fear of inflation because they expect that in the future as so many times in the past in so many countries once inflation comes they can expand their wealth increase their monopoly control and concentrate their financial and political power at the cost of the small producer and the small businessman and at the cost of the working men and women of the country. When the House of Representatives voted to scuttle the own P.A. last April seventeenth the people of our country aroused themselves then protests the lobbyists and the congressional O.P.'s opponent revealed before the impact of the people's voice then it's carried around trying to cover up their shameful record trying to disguise their vote and hide their inflationary activity from this great protest the American people stand gained confidence in the strength that lies in their great number. We can gain understanding of the power we have if only we the people raise our voice. But it is now necessary for the friends of price going to all to realize that the pro inflationary far flung are today engaged in a subtle and vicious counterattack against the storm of protest. Which followed the House action against price control these are the present tactics of the opponents of price control first changing pace a little many anti O.-P. a congressman and senator are now saying that they are actually proper price control and that the devastating amendments which they support are actually to strengthen price control this reminds me of the situation which we confronted in Germany in our search for a nazi about a year ago at that time and all the German Nazis had shed their emblems and were protesting that they were not Nazi and but rant I Nazis and the American Parsons we had a popular saying as a result of this we said jokingly There are no Nazis in Germany and in the same sensed it now seems that there are no opponents of price control in Washington are in the country. This trick will not fool the American people. Know Maccan congressman or senator can talk fast enough to make the American people believe that he is actually for all prices and for price control while he supports the amendment proposed by the great lobbyist stop industry trade and real estate throughout the nation. These lobbyist have a purpose that purpose is to win the right to make price increases which will increase their profits. All the representatives of industry trade and commerce will come to testify in Washington in the past month after month not one has proposed that prices are too high and not one has proposed that any prices be cut in spite of the overwhelming profits generally existing throughout the country these lobbyist want in place they want rising prices and if they have their way that will be the result no matter how you slice it our disguises are sort of caught the scuffling proposals they make a possible compromise in the Senate leading to petty adjustments and the wrecking amendments of the House will not restart effective price control legislation that put the Senate in a position of genuinely fighting the forces of inflation in this country. Besides trying to disguise their efforts for rising prices there is a second aspect in the inflationary counter-offensive the clever confusion creating a tax industry's high paid representatives men such as the US David Lawrence and jobs. Have been stepped up the inflation lobbyists are busy as never before are in an attempt to offset the revulsion of the people against the House action to destroy price controls. To meet this counter-offensive and maximize the people's influence at the time of the crucial votes in the Senate and in the house better yet to come it is necessary that our campaign should not slacken in any way and that we should unite and act as never before are to protect the basic standards of living of the people of this country to fight inflation. This is a cause in which our group truly representative of the people are united. Labor Labor is under such a complete united in this fight. It is with special pleasure. That I acknowledge and welcome the participation of Mr little hand the legislative representative of the A.F.L. on this program today. I hope we will continue to fight together to win the fight against inflation. To see IMO has been and will continue to be active in every way throughout the country in the fight for control of prices. When the CIA all presented its testimony before the Senate Banking and currency committee we presented the nation's most outstanding authorities on the subject of the cost of living. We brought rank and file representatives from the shops and the mills of the country law and moderate income consumers just like you and me and these party these people were able to tell us senators as no one else could do about the issues of the rising cost of living. The sea I won't go workers' rights from their benches front and looms top of the senator's jail a black marketeers. Are right experts on cost of living say jail the violators of price ceiling. And above all these rank and file representatives of the United States senators remember it is we the common people who elected you not the great cooperation and we the people demand a strengthened. Every senator every congressman and every Your P.A. official must have these demands driven into his political consciousness by our unity by our action which now must increase until the issue is one we shall gain this vital legislation required for our country's economic stability and progress required for the basic standard of living of the families of America we will continue a strong O.-P. A We will defeat the forces of inflation. That was the statement of Russell Nixon of the CIA. Mr Rosen thank you Mr Nixon and. I know. Both says the CIA Oh and they. Will continue to represent the people in this fight against inflation. But it is also my great pleasure for me to read you now. A telegram which has just arrived from the Committee on business man for open. Congratulations to the mayor sentence and committing to save our P.S.A. from the businessman large and small from coast to coast who challenge the right and am to speak for American businessmen on the question of price controls. We want price control continued without crippling amendments until supply more nearly equals demand we represent score basic industries which want and need price control in the critical months ahead signed was. Committed businessman. And now my friends I take great pleasure. A very personal pleasure. And introducing to you know. A man who. Has not only an outstanding Well record. But through his many years of service. Has proven to the people of the city of New York. That special privilege. Has no part in his make up he is one of you he came from the people I've known the arc and today he lead the people I've know you are young and my mayor they're allowed to drive. The thank you. Frank Roosevelt. Mrs Roosevelt. And your mother and mother Mrs Eleanor and. Distinguished speakers. Who have come here today I grabbed you to you. And I. Born today down to Washington don't tell chest poll to keep up this fight we are one with them so the last man on one. Rank. You know exactly that the weatherman and the committee didn't get together. I like the money is here but the weatherman isn't. And we're going to stay with this pipeline on till way make even though we're now and then my message to test the ball that well whether. I'm now asking this committee does stay working at the job or not in again tomorrow and on and on rained on about Riley and when I got the weather. I have here a long speech that I had planned to make. But with these guys I'm the danger of rain. I do not want to take the time because I don't want to deprive you and myself I have the president often hearing the next speaker. Before I leave this microphone let us. Right on off thinking on the question of Apia control. This means that your job if the guns drone was relaxed and no longer had gone up. After the last war without control that dollar was worked forty cents at the beginning of this war since the people believe that we couldn't get production if we had price control while watching the Star A We got the brightest production that the world has ever thing under control. And one by the last shot was fired do you know Drew the come from all the dollar was worth seventy six cents what are the friends. Now becomes special privilege hogs of people a lot you don't crowding our congressman and our Senator Wellstone I am I have got dogs but I have found the votes you have the votes. You got don't match the propaganda Tang time zone and tell Congress tell our local congressman here who voted against control to our Congress from outside of the city that told our lifespan I'm wrong when you know what is going on and we want that coming from will continue. And I've said many we have a bob one hundred and seventy five thousand people employed by the city that we've gone to or whose great deal of trouble Nope don't try and bring their play opposite pas we can't we didn't do as well as we like to do but we did do the best the code been on. If. The gun from us are relaxed I might as well have not given a single raise or New York City they caused take the come running so I and I have these little raises I wiped out one hundred homes. Obscenely stand by that. Thanks very white collar workers the study family what chance have they got to live and I've said it just like going from a good rant on phones or what no chance at all. All the apps on their behalf and I'm behalf of the people who are working for a salary while there and their unions aren't civil service abo. That's right. Marco are wrong. That we have just found a heavy price compound reflect on. Cars. And took it right thing. By the group who sponsored and aided and arranging for this radical. And you have the condition of the weather there is a remarkable turn up. Now it isn't government this is only the beginning. That afternoon everyone the same George was speaking to you from the steps of City Hall City Hall plus the occasion this afternoon is the giant rally the rally to save. The chairman of our program this afternoon is the city councilman the on a boat Joe Sharkey serving as chairman of this great O.-P. a rally at city hall and I speak as this afternoon will include the honorable call Porter the chairman of Opie and our mayor taken out of the speaker's platform and our chairman councilman Joseph Sharkey who is now incidentally greeting his Honor Mayor William O. to Iowa who has just come into the speaker's stand. Following the one hour here is our chance for citizens but we squeak labas ready to want to take this one small. Selection they have chosen as one that is very appropriate especially in introducing the next speaker. They are prophesying stout hearted man. Made the man. The one. Side. I. I. Mumbled the. Old. Mom. I'm. The follow. The law. Will. Follow my mom. Grew up with homicide. So I. Follow. The mom. Mom Mom the my. Mom a one. Mile Obama and I'm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The old it was. Like each other when it. Started out of man. Gentleman who took hold of the reins of the city of New York on January faced a man of great courage a man who was known to every agency in the city off the fight to uphold the office of price administration. To enforce the laws and what price and to jail those responsible for breaking this writing this will. Give me great pleasure to introduce to you with this man of courage your man I didn't John when the matter the city of me ought not to want him or drive. Back to. Paul put it on a guest. Workers. In the city of New York. We're going to hear. A detailed statement. In the speech to follow. I shall confine myself to this. We've done the best in this city and the recent budget to try to bring up the onion of paper to a better level than we found it I have no pretense. That in every case as much was done as should be done but I'd give say as much done as could be done with what we have to work with. And yet give that oh yeah A has relax. And the spiral of inflation sets in which it will. It is too bad that we waste time raising hammy by the satellite because it's gonna cost you twice three times or ten times more of a modern rise while you had to get. The purpose of asking you to come here today was to bring this home to the cities and work it all P.S. relax. You or any of those who are working on steady and sad that are going to the suffer are mad at any other group in the kind of stuff it up to you and to me dump truck tech Daryn let's. Talk about tell your friends about John anyone talking down you don't got to have trouble that's gotta be a bear otherwise you're going to suffer. That's all I had in a fight. Thank you I could muster. The next gentleman to whom the mayor fired none other than the national administrator of the office of price of ministration the honorable Paul product thank God I'm the mayor but John. Ladies and gentlemen of New York. I can thank of no more appropriate place for that actual administrator of Opie a. To tell about his troubles that on the city hall steps of the world's greatest city I wish that I could come from Washington and bring you a note of encouragement and of confidence but I am confess that I must tell you that we're engaged in a very desperate struggle on behalf of you and the American people. How the issue before the American people it seems to me is clear are we going to have effective price control for more than four years the government with the help of the American people business labor farmers and consumers have done a reasonably good job of preventing the kind of inflation and collapse which has accompanied every other war in our history the cost of living has not been held down as well as most of us would like but it has been held down better than many of us have to be getting on the war dared to hope the American people working through their government can continue to have affective price control until the danger of inflation is over we know how to do the job the only real question Do the American people want to finish the job they set out to do. Will we witness the scuttling of price control in the next three or four weeks and take the risk of skyrocketing prices when there's an edible aftermath of depression unemployment business failures and farm foreclosures. If the American people want to finish the job the cost of living can be hell and skyrocketing prices that your mayor has talked about can be a lot of it it is true of course that the demand for meat milk butter bread shirts Man suits women's clothing. Building materials rental two outings and thousands of other goods and services is still much greater than the supply of these things and production generally has been held up by several of the recent labor management dispute but they're productive power of America is enormous and if you market it began to catch up with demand in one field after another and as a supply have against equal demand more and more controls can be removed without the danger of rising prices. Now there is no mystery about what it takes to finish this job under the price Control Act passed by Congress more than four years ago and revised by Congress again and again the disaster of inflation has been avoided It's been done for four years and it can't be done until the danger of inflation is over if the people of this country expressing their wheels through Congress determine it shall be done this issue has now been debated by Congress for more than three and a half months the present price Control Act expires in only twenty five days a series of amendments passed by the House of Representatives amount to repeal of price control additional harmful amendments are now proposed in the Senate now there's little need for me going into a detailed examination of the amendments that have been passed by the House or proposed but the sad fact is that most of these amendments we can price control and some of them out to repeal the price control one amendment passed the House of Representatives would require removal of price controls on fuel I want for more than half the goods produced in this country or most of these goods are these controlled make it impossible to continue price controls in other fields price controls on automobiles for example would not be kept in effect if controls on steel and other all materials use an automobile manufacturer or removed another man who proposed the Senate committee would remove price controls from all meat milk butter cheese poultry and eggs the removal of meat price controls would mean not only that meat prices which would scatter it would also defeat America's effort to help feed the starving people of Europe and Asia are meat prices would encourage cattle feeders to feed more grain steers and haul in order to raise them to have your weights and take advantage of our meat prices now there's a limited amount of grain in this country if more we just had just two years in the halters West to feed the starving people and I don't believe that you're mad. When people want to take grain from the mouths of starving people to feed just fears and halt yet that is exactly what would happen if price controls were removed from meat at this tack even more than that if price controls were taken off the meat dairy products and poultry it would make it nearly impossible for the flour millers and the bakers to buy I think grain and flour for brass you know already it is becoming increasingly difficult to buy all the flour and bread you would lie if more grain is fed guy animals and free to take advantage of higher prices of meat dairy products poultry and eggs there will be less flour and bread not only for hungry people abroad but for the people for the average family in this country now under these conditions it would become impossible to enforce eating prices not effect on the bread in your stores family and other matters passed the House proposed by the Senate but make it impossible for all ph to prevent the continued disappearance of low priced clothing from the stores. In substance the price control bill as it now stands before Congress what put an end to effective price control will soon after two lab want one final point it would also mean that rent control could not successfully be maintained at present levels in the face of rising prices elsewhere I'd like to emphasize that. Even though rent control has not been formally modified by any action of the House or the Senate it what in my judgment beyond possible to administer rent controlled at present levels if the cost of living and the cost of building services and maintenance were permitted to rise uncontrolled I don't want to be deluded by the notion that you can isolate one segment of the cost of living such as routes and permits reaping increases all along the line the entry good job of price control is one of relationships and we cannot quarantine inflation on one product and permitted to raise rampant over the rest of the economy so out of deep red control is definitely involved in any weakening or abandonment of other essential control issue as I have said is something that the American people want fries and rent controls until the danger of inflation is all neither price nor rent controlled at the present level will be possible under the pay all proposed by the House of Representatives and the amendments proposed in the sack now we know that's not the desire of the American people nor is it that these are your good senior senator from New York Senator Robert F. Y. actor the chairman of the banking and currency committee. Who has done such an outstanding job in leading the fight against inflation. And orders or the desire as is evident here today of your America and if you're born of government here.