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Feeling the chill: ABC-TV reports 75 per cent of the 2,500 Americans it polled late in July favored wage/ price controls to stem inflation . . . Very first lawsuit challenging the freeze filed in U.S. District Court (Washington, D.C.)—by four Catholic U. professors who were due to get a raise. They claim Congress acted unconstitutionally in passing Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 . . . Voice from the Past: Mike DiSalle (he headed Office of Price Stabilization in the last freeze, 1951-1953) says Office of Emergency Planning can’t handle this one without “massive additions” to its 300-man staff. DiSalle had a staff of 12,000, including 3,000 enforcement officers bossed by Edward P. Morgan, who says legal sanctions now in force (fines up to $5,000) aren’t sufficient; “you have to have a pistol at their heads.”

Donato, Toronto Telegram Ben Roth Agency

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Feeling the chill: ABC-TV reports 75 per cent of the 2,500 Americans it polled late in July favored wage/ price controls to stem inflation . . . Very first lawsuit challenging the freeze filed in U.S. District Court (Washington, D.C.)—by four Catholic U. professors who were due to get a raise. They claim Congress acted unconstitutionally in passing Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 . . . Voice from the Past: Mike DiSalle (he headed Office of Price Stabilization in the last freeze, 1951-1953) says Office of Emergency Planning can’t handle this one without “massive additions” to its 300-man staff. DiSalle had a staff of 12,000, including 3,000 enforcement officers bossed by Edward P. Morgan, who says legal sanctions now in force (fines up to $5,000) aren’t sufficient; “you have to have a pistol at their heads.”

Donato, Toronto Telegram Ben Roth Agency