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flaxsAOR CHARGES Wart Ends Cal urnia four,» FBI ‘TERROR’ DRIVE]. Scores “Planned I nflation’. ‘Liberal’ U.S. Employes Waked|" “°° ™ By FURMONG «2S AE RE, Z i i $aYS iman of the Repudlicar ; gun elowre> ard fi At Night, Quizzed, He say Committee in the Senate, was asked jprices, atong wi. dis ad~- cacy of why his party had not introduced|a 60-cent minimum wage. The Ohio. By HOWARD NORTON legislation at the last ‘session of |Senator told his San Francisco au- (Continued from Page 1) Congress to authorize such an in-|dience: poe eet | yahia Chapter of the Progressive|crease, he replied it was because} “Since ‘both wages and prices Cilizens of America. the body was “too busy” with ather|have risen, wages on the whole, More than 9,000 tickets were sold|urgent matters to take up such &/more than prices, we had betjer ava prices ranging from| “controversial” subject. work toward a stabilization” of . In advance, at prices © intimating the project would be | wages and prices at some new level 60 cents to $3.60. The proceeds.| .oii2q c: the next session, he re-lperhaps 50 or 60 per cent over’ after paying for the ‘hall. will £0) 7 red it probably would precipi-/1939.- 0 -- | -). sh | into the P.C.A. political war chest.liate lengthy hearings and extended! “Increase in supply and some! ‘ Wallace talked on the eve of the/debate. == =. - -- -..5-- _; decrease in abnormal demand: .departure from Philadelphia of the! In a day full of political activi-/should bring prices back to that Freedom Train, which has been onjties which attracted unusual at-ljevel from the present level of 60 exhibit here for the last three days./tention by reason of the ever-jto 100 per cent increase. apd he took as his theme “Thejpresent ClO pickets—more than Refers To Wage increases | croachments On Our Fundamen- 1.000 paraded around the Palace| “oy excess increase in wiges Hotel during delivery of the Com- t@ Political Likety) oa monwealth speech—the aspirant to|over 50 or 60 per cent can P b e, strana. ©. “monopoly |the GOP presidential nomination |*>i~ be compensated in nu e.Ssts” are undernunms crrnteito Son President a:number of{industries by .an increase Jin ' iberties at home and abroad “in|local party leaders. held an after-|Productivity. the name of stopping communismjnoon reception for Republican} “If we set 50 or 60 per cent as and defending democracy.” workers, and made an off-the-rec-|the goal, we should then encourage . “ ord talk to the San Francisco|the increase of all subnormal wages The Americans most dominated Press Club. a and salaries to that point compared by Moscow are the monopoly capitalists and their agents in the Administration and the Congress,” Wallace said. ‘They Fear Democracy’ “They are those who let any Russian action determine a coun- teraction regardless of its violation of American principles. . “They do not fear communism,” Vallace shouted. “They fear de- ocrac’ : _ Predicting it will be said he is iving ammunition to the Commu- ists by criticizing the inconsisten- 'y of policies at home and abroad, -he former Vice President added: “Let it be clearly understood that the ammunition is not the criti- cism. but the condition which is criticized.” OF Wallace pointed a finger at Mr. Truman as one of the chief breed- ers of war hysteria. “Speaking of the campaign to breed hysteria,” he declared, “I know of no recent incident quite as shocking to me as President Tru- man's instructions from the battle- ship Missouri that James Forrestal be,sworn in immediately as De- fedse Secretary because of an inter-|the beginning of the war... ; nafional emergency. “As long ago as November 23,/ply is short, as in the case of 5 ‘Method Of Breeding War’ 1945, I pointed out that the acts/and restrict the total volume if ‘oin' out i d real policies of the Administra-|exports more than we do today. |. .& refused ea” distats nthe eneent tion contradicted its promises to) “Fourth, much can be a af ‘|geni Wallace continued: ... jprevent inflation and constituted a/plished by ® campaign of eduda-’. ‘| “Tinsist that if there is a genuine|Policy of planned inflation.” tion. There have undoubtedly been emergency the people have the Eight-Point Indictment some excessive profits and the right to an explanation. The Senator deliveréd an eight-|President has been right in urging : “If there is no emergency, this|point indictment of fhe Trumanjupon those who have such profits action rates as the very lowest|Administration as‘ th¢ progenitor|a reduction in their prices.. . method of breeding fear. - {of the inflationary spiral. Begin-| | “If extra funds are available, it “It is not a technique which will|ning with the charge\that it ter-|is far better from an economic|. melt Russian stubbornness, It wili|minated price control (po soon and}standpoint for corporations to re- certainly not endear us to peace-jdid it solely for the purpose of|duce prices rather than increase loving people anywhere in the | influencing the outcome of the Con-{Wages or dividends further. . .. world.” . gressional elections of 1046. Urges Saving On Food — (Editor's " Nole—The dispateh| He criticized the Truman han-| “Fifth, further wage increases which disclosed President Tru-|dling of the housing situation andjshould be discouraged to the extent man's order for the swearing in of {his “capitulation” to the theory!that they mean increases in prices. the new Seerctary of Defense made |that wages could be ‘increased with- “Sixth, it may be desirable to ‘no mention of the word “emer.jout corresponding increases of|undertake campaigns for the volun- gency.” Mr. Truman's reason for |Prices. oe tary rationing of products like meat ‘the act was said to be the “general| He assailed the President for his|where excessive prices show that ‘international situation.”"] vetoes of tax reduction bills andithere is a shortage compared i Wallace predicted that another {for his “lavish” extension of dollar|the demand. depression is now “almost in-|credits to foreign nations. “The country as a _evitable.” - The Senetor then ‘followed ing more than they, , To avoid it or cushion its effects.;through with his own six-point al-{and, therefore, mghy people ar ‘he said, “we must return te thejternative to the Truman method. (2 position S savé on food witho 'necessary nuisance of rationing.” #} In elaboration of his proposal forlharm to themsefves. | He urged his audience to pend . ‘copies of their grocery bills 1p the |titled “The Purest Kind of a Guy.” ‘White House to help the Preaident|dedicated to Henry Wallace; “Old understand the simple ‘br: jd-and-|Man River,” “Joe Hil,” -and sev- (putter fssue that is troubliAg most | eral others. . jAmericans.” Then he made a speec 1, Tonight's crowd is claimed tolhe called on fe Neots reomege he the biggest to attend a political “quit scrambling for crumbs and f rally here in recer t years, and by{start to fight for their rights” . Paw he tee | Favorite Tryout Audience to prewar. If prewar wages in any The Commonwealth Club, whose|imdustry or profession were sub- membership includes the cream of|20rmal, the increase might well be the Golden Gate business and pro-|/#Fger- . ' fessional community, has been a/ | 1n this connection, I think the favorite tryout audience for presi-)Minimum wage should be increased dential candidates over a long from 40 cents to at least 60 cents. j period of years-- 1°. I do not believe that such in-: Here the late Franklin D. Ronse-|¢reases in subnormal wages, or in-| velt first enunciated the ecardinal/creases to white-collar groups. or: features of his New Deal in 1932,|10 the ranks of unorganized labor,’ even as candidates before and after|Will tend to increase prices, but! him hawked their wares. , it wa ease the burden of b&h Like his ‘predecessors in this|Prices for millions. forum, the Ohio senator obviously] “We should insist upon the vifal put his best foot forward. necessity of increasing the prodqc- The speech clearly was the most|tivity of workmen by better nta- forceful and the most thoughtful/Chinery, better methods and better. public utterance of his tour. It also/©o-oPeration. : j contained more fighting language Calis For Tax Cut af than any of the others. . - ‘Continuing his outline of af-. “The left-wingers are trying to|firmative steps in the situation, he put the burden of these: (high) /said: - prices on the Republicans.” he as-| “Second. there should be a fur- serted angrily at the outset of the/ther reduction of Government .ex- speech. Then proceeded to enun-|penses and 2 corresponding reduc-, elate the “truth” about the situa-jtion in taxes, and we should have} tion. . : . it at once in order to head off the! inflationary effect of further in’ 4 creases in wages in the higher wag brackets, “Third, we should restrict ex- ports of those products where gup-, ' “High prices are no sudden emergency,” he declared. “They are the inevitable result of the Roosevelt-Truman | policies since ;ueas auccvung where admission was charged. All seats in the great Convention Hall were taken, and hundreds of persons were standing. Zero Mostel Speaks = Before Wallace appeared, pre- ® liminary speakers and entertainers herangued the crowd for more than :wo hours. : . é Zero Mostel, night elub come- e dian, made an imaginary telephone call to Moscaw. He told the crowd ao many po... CLD areicad him