Thursday, January 16, 1975
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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holesale
WASHINGTON (A - Whole- December
ale prices plunged sharply in first sin
ecember, marking the first dropped
ecline in 14 months, the Labor in Octobe
epartment reported yester- an easing
ay. inflation
The government's Wholesale effect of t
rice Index fell five-tenths of Wholesa
per cent as declining farm ated in re
nd food prices more than off- trend is e
et a slight increase in indus- ed at r
rial commodities. months, p
Despite last month's drop, food area
holesale prices for all of 1974
oared 20.9 per cent, the most RAW M'
n' any year since prices rose declined
1.1 per cent in 1946 when peak last
orld War II price controls increases
nded. of price
now wor
THE REPORT came as Presi- the econc
ent Ford presented Congress affected
ith economic proposals design- for produ
d to shift the administration's recession
ocus from fighting inflation to Wholese
ombating recession and energy final thr
roblems. climbed
Government analysts said the ed annua
prices plummet in Decemberr
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ce wholesale prices
on-tenth of a per cent
r 1973 - reflected both
of the nation's high
rate and the spreading
he recession.
ale prices have moder-
ecent months, and the
expected to be reflect-
etail in the coming
particularly in the non-
VATERIAL prices have
steadily from their
spring, and most price
resulting from the end
controls in April have
ker their way through
omy. Also, prices are
by the slack demand
icts brought on by the
ale prices during the
ree months of 1974
at a seasonally adjust-
1 rate of 13.4 per cent,
compared with a rate of 35.2 per cent over the year.
per cent in the third quarter.
FOUR OF the 13 major com-
THE LABOR Department said modity groups within the in-
prices of farm products, pro- dustrials index declined last
cessed foods and feeds fell 2.5 month -- metals, textiles, lea-
per cent in December, following thers, and lumber products.
increases of 2.5 per cent in No- Soft - coal prices jumped 7.6 per
vember and 5.1 in October. The cent last month following the
industrial price index, after 28 - day nationwide miners'
rising nine-tenths of a per cent strike to offset falling prices for
in November, was unchanged crude petroleum, gasoline and
last month. Unadjusted, the in- other energy products.
dustrials index rose two-tenths The decline in farm prices
of a per cent, the smallest in- last month was due largely to
crease since July 1973. falling prices for fresh and
Industrial prices are regard- dried fruits and vegetables, soy-
ed as a truer measure of infla- beans and grain. Plant and ani-
tion than farm prices, which mal fibers, chicken and milk
often show erratic change from also declines, but livestock and
month to month. eggs were higher.
Over the past year, farm With the five-tenths of a per
prices have fallen 1.9 per cent, cent drop in December, the gov-
while processed foods and ernment's Wholesale Price In-
feeds climbed 20.9 per cent, in- dex stood at 171.5, meaning that
dicating that farmers received it cost $171.50 to buy at whole-
little from price increases. In- sale goods that cost $100 in
dustrial commodities rose 25.6 1967.
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bor Department said another
681,300 Americans filed initial
claims for unemployment insur-
ance during the week ended
Jan. 4, a decrease of '132,000
from the previous week when a
record 813,000 persons applied
for jobless benefits.
During ,Christmas week, the
department said, some 3,923,700
persons collected unemploy-
ment checks, the highest num-
ber in any week since the gov-
ernment started paying bene-
fits in depression-wracked 1937.
The unemployment rate for
those covered by -remployment
insurance rose from 5 to 6 per
cent that week, the highest rate
since March 1963.
STATES with the largest in-
creases in the number of jobless
workers receiving benefits were
New York, Michigan, Pennsyl-
vania, Massachusetts, North
Carolina, California, Texas, In-
diana and Illinois.
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veteran committee
WASHINGTON (Reuter) -
Democratic leaders of the
House of Representatives yes-
terday voted to oust two veter-
an congressmen - Wright Pat-
man and Wayne Hays - as
hairmen of committees as part
f a sweeping reform move-
ent.
The Democratic Steering and
olicy Committee agreed 13-11
o replace Patman, a Texas
Democrat who has served 45
years in Congress, as chairman
of the House Banking Commit-
tee, and Hays, an Ohio Demo-
crat, as head of the House Ad-
ministration Committee.
The committee will recom-
mend to a caucus of Demo-
crats today that Rep. Henry
Reuss, a Democrat from Wis-
consin, and an acknowledged
international finance expert, be
the new Banking Committee
chairperson.
REP. F R A N K Thompson;
a New Jersey Democrat, will be
roposed by the leadership
anel as the head of the Ad-
ministration C o m m i t t e e,,
a housekeeping organization
hat deals with congressional
affairs.
The Democrats, who have an
overwhelming majority in Con-
gress, will decide whether to
accept Reuss and Thompson at
meeting today.
The Democratic Leadership
Committee agreed to recom-
mend all other sitting commit-
tee chairpersons, although
fights might emerge at the cau-
cus over agriculture chairman
W. R. Poage, a Texas Demo-
crat, and Armed Services Com-
mittee Chairman Edward He-
bert, a Louisiana Democrat.
PATMAN, 81 years old, is
considered the dean of the
House, having served longer
than any other House member.
He has been chairman of the
Banking Committee, which han-
dles important legislation deal-
ing with monetary affairs, since
1963.
Over the years, he has been
controversial and has engaged
in numerous public disputes
with treasury{ secretaries, and
the chairpersons of the Central
Bank, the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem.
ALTHOUGH he is considered
a populist, and a liberal on most
causes, both Democrats and Re-
publicans have criticized him
for what they consider the
heavy-handed manner in which
he runs Banking Committee
hearings.
With dozens of younger liberal,
Democrats in the new house;
there have been numerous re-
forms instituted.
Democrats last December
took away most of the powers of
Rep. Wilbur Mills (D-Ark.)
who was one of the most influ-
ential members of Congress as
Chairman of the Ways and
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