Elliott and Smith Fire Rally to Revive O.P.A.

"In spite of people who think professors ought to be impartial, I like to stick my neck out," said William Y. Elliott, professor of Government, as he gave his support to the aims of the "Save O.P.A." rally Wednesday noon, finally forced to meet at Sanders Theater.

"It's meat and poultry today; oil, wheat, and textiles tomorrow," he claimed. "Pressure groups in Washington have a way of using a wedge to open any gap they see. I have criticised O.P.A. often, but we don't want to throw out the baby with the bathwater."

Caleb A. Smith, instructor of Economics, contradicted foes of price control who assert that increased production will hold the price line, by pointing out that manufacturers will more likely hold back on their goods, waiting for higher prices, as they did in 1941.

What Are "All Costs?"

"The original bill allowed 'all costs' in figuring prices," he stated in defense of Truman's veto, "so presumably increased wages would be one, and what is to keep excessive salaries or bonuses to company officers from being included?"

A resolution from the floor was unan-imously adopted by the meeting in protest against "the policy of the University. . . .forbidding orderly expressions of student opinion in the Yard." Efforts by the organizing committee to get the use of the Widener steps had previously failed.