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NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1948
Philosophy of Plenty Rules
New Long-Range Farm Law;
New Parity Formula Fixed
By ROBERT E. GEIGER
WASHINGTON Department of Agriculture officials say the
new long-range farm law, approved In the closing houra o( Congress,
movea toward a philosophy of plenty. The law, known the
Agricultural Art of 1948, works this way:
It eontlnuel, with lome changes, the present high wartime
price supports through 1949. Then the long-range plan, with lower
price support, goes Into effect. After 1949 the more abundant the
crop, the leu support the farmer will receive. The government may
provide this support by making loans, purchasing crops or other
means.
Department spokesmen say the
purpose la to give some support
to abundant crops, but not so
much support that the man who
has to buy food nas to pay prices
too high for his pockptbook. It
prices start sliding downward be
cause of an oversupply, the fed
eral aid money to farmers will
be increased. This may encour
age them not to cut crops too
sharply. This ties In price sup
port with the law of supply and
demand. The experts hope it will
create abundance without waste.
They say this is the first time
there has been such an arrange
ment covering major crops.
Parity Method Changed
The new law has a new meth
od of figuring parity prices. The
parity formula attempts to define
the buying power of farm prod
ucts during a period of fair farm
profits. Then It attempts to In-
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sure the farmer the same buying
power today. (As an Instance, If
two bushels of wheat, in a given
period, bought a pair of shoes,
today's price for wheat would be
set so that two bushels would be
sufficient to buy a pair of shoes,
although In dollars the price is
twice as high. More than ' 900
items the farmer buys are used
in determining the price he
should receive for products he
sells.)
The new parity will be based
on prices In the 1910-14 period.
But In addition it will attempt to
take Into consideration changes
that have taken place in farming
practices and demand for farm
products since then. For Instance,
it costs less to produce grain to
day than it did in 1910-14. be
cause grain planting and harvest
ing machines have been Invented,
reducing farm labor. Also the de
mand for grain has changed. The
new law averages prices for all
iarm commodities during a re
cent 10-year period. Then this
average is used, at one stage of
i figuring, to establish a "modern"
relationship among the crops and
me prows tney onng.
Farm officials say in general
this will tend to reduce grain
firices and increase prices for
ivestock and dairy products.
Abundance Determines Level
The law spells out the way the
secretary of agriculture may sup
port prices of the "basic" com
modities corn, wheat, cotton,
peanuts, rice and tobacco. He
may support other products at
raw - s&&ta
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Anglers Asked To
Report Catch Of
Tagged Trout
A request that persons catching
tagged trout in any streams of
the Umpqua system report th?lr
catch was made today by Ross
Newcomb, game department bio
logist In charge of the Umpqua
river study. It la reported. New
comb said, that several tagged
fish have been caught without a
report being made to the game
commission.
Approximately 1.300 tagged
fish have been released. New
comb said. The purpose of tag
ging is to obtain information on
the hahits of the fish, and more
particularly their movements
from the point of release.
Anyone catching a tagged fish,
Newcomb said, should drop a
card or letter to the Game Com
mission. Roseburg, giving as near
as possible the exact place where
the fish was caught and the date.
If the angler does not desire to
go to the trouble of writing a
card or letter, he can verbally
report his cater, to any atate
policeman, forest service em
ployee or at any of the stores or
resorts.
The majority of anglers. New.
comb said, have been' verv co
operative in making their reports
and their assistance Is greatly
appreciated.
LOG KILLS MAN
McMINNVTLLE, July 12 (.
A log rolled from a truck and
killed Richard T. Long. 26, Mc
Minnvllle, north of here Satur
day. He is survived by the widow.
Douglot Hatty Declines
2nd Place Nomination
PORTLAND, Ore., July 12 VPi
Supreme Court Justice William
O. Douglas told reporters today
that he would not accept a vice
presidential nomination.
Confirming reports from the
Democratic national convention
in Philadelphia, the justice de
clared in a statement. "I say
definately and finally that I am
not available for any public of
fice." Douglas said he felt that "no
person, while a member of the
Supreme Court, should seek po
litical preferment."
The decision releases Oregon's
Aiaatinn m thn Democratic na
tional convention from its pledge
tO Support UOUglBS lor uitr vitt-
presidentiai nomination, iaius""
said he would get In contact with
the Oregon delegation to Inform
them.
W. C. Strang Promoted At
Navy Air Force Base
Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Strang
of Medford have received word
that their son, William C. Strang,
now stationed at Holloman Air
Force base, Alamogordo (White
Sands) New Mexico, has received
a recent promotion to supervisor
of the field service section of the
aero-phyiics laboratory of North
American Aviation, Inc., at the
Los Angeles airport and the field
station at Alamogordo, N. M.
Bill Strang is a former resident
of Roseburg, attended the local
schools before moving to Med.
ford. He was with Douglas Air.
craft. Inc., six years before join
Ing the U. S. navy to take the
Eddy course In aero-electronics.
tNEJ rekpfatfej
Potential Democratic Presidential candidate, WUUun O. Douglas,
associate justice, IT. 8. Supreme Court, vacations high in the Wallowa
mountains, 60 miles east of La Grande. Ore, Known as "Bill" to the
natives, be fishes, hikes, and studies Bupreme Oourt eases sent to
him from Washington. Douglas' companion hers la known as "Rusty."
Gen. Lucius Clay has said that
nothing short of war will force
ua to opt nut Our moral thial
his discretion. The tobacco Drice.anrf looal rinhi m Mm,in i. n.
will be set at 90 per cent of parity challengeable. Yet there are some
indefinitely. The other five basic Who fear that Clav may be for
commodities may be supported j oh, by orders from on high, to
at from 60 to 90 per cent of, rat hi. worn.
Further Retreat From Soviet May
Destroy Confidence in U. S. Power
By & BURTON HEATH V
It Is obvious that the Anglo-American-French entente must do
something about Russia's attempt to push ua out of Berlin by brute
force. It Is not so obvious just what we should do. Maybe that la
why we have been so patient.
parity. The level will 1 deter
mined by the abundance of any
commodity. The price may be set
at 90 per cent of parity when the
size of the crop is 70 per cent of
normal but it may be reduced as
low as 60 per cent of parity if
the size of the crop reaches 130
per cent of normal. In the case
of tobacco the price will be 90 per
cent of parity whenever market
ing quotas are in effect to con
trol the sire of the crop.
That would be fatal. Large, im
portant segments of the- world
are resisting Soviet aggression
only because they think or at
least they hope that the United
States, with backing from Great
Britain and maybe from France,
Is strong enough and courageous
enough to act as a buffer against
the Soviet Union.
If It should prove that we are
not strong or courageous enough
to keep Russia from physically
If Russia would fight, even If
she could beat us now, we have
passed what airmen call the
point of no return.' It is less
dangerous now to bull it through
than turn tail and run. If we're
going to he buried with a bullet
hole, let it be in the forehead,
not In the back.
Wool prices will be supported , throwing ua out of Rerlin thn
at 90 per cent of parity until there would he no reason for
production reaches 360.000.000 anv other nation M t.k. h.
CJ 'Mr At Pr'"t U 1 terrible risk of saying "No" to!
300,000.000. While potatoes will I Stalin. If we won't fight for our I
be supported at from 60 to 90
per cent of parity. Other farm
products. Including poultry, mav
be supported at from zero to 90
per cent of parity.
The secretary of agriculture
may establish marketing restric
tions on the basic commodities
when supply Is 115 per cent of
normal or prices are below 70
won dignity and national secur
ity, surely we can't be trusted to
fight for the future peace and
welfare of the world at large, i
Munich should have taught us
the fallacy of appeasement. Yet
Munich was only the most dra
matic and convincing in a long
line of retreats hv the democratic
world from authoritarian force
per cent of parity and supply is;, long-continued program of shut-
quotas for basic crop, farmers
may vote upon It. If more than
one-third of the votes are
against the quota, the support
level will he reduced to 50 per
cent of parity.
honing that the bullv in front
would get sick of the game and
go home without hitting us. I
There were many occasions. 1
starting at least as far back as
Hitler's timid reoccupation of the
Rhineland. when we had onlv ts !
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locoted W. Woshington St. ond S. P. R R. Trocki
hare our teeth to have prevented
World War II. Now. by a long
series -of capitulations to Stalin's
expansionism, we are barking
blithely down the same road that
Hitler first followed us down.
Thia does not presuppose that
the cynics are torrect, and that
anington Is likely to call Gen.
Clay's staff out of Berlin. We
don't know. We do know that such
a step would not be far out of line
with the record made thus far.
and because it would not. we are
entitled to consider the possibility
and express unalterable opposi
tion to such a backdown.
It ought to he established now,
once for all. that w are going
to hack General Clay to the limit.
It ought to he our national pollcv
that we shall feed and supply
Clay's staff if we have to do it
at bayonet point.
That could mean war. It would
mean war only If Moscow is firm
ly resolved to fight. If that is the
case, we might better find it nut
now than to let things drift while
the I'SSR strengthens herself
and maybe perfects an atomic
bomb.
Many smart diplomats do not
think It would mean ar. Thev
feel that, much as we hate and
fear war, the Russians are even
worse prepared for the ultimate
struggle. They think that if we
Insist on our full rights, and
demonstrate that we are readv
to back every word with a blow
In case of need. Moscow will back
down. We believe that.
Rut even If we are wrong, even
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