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OUarvr, La Grand, Or:, Wed., Dec. 16, 1939 pag, 8 Benson To Resist Demands That He 'Quit' Farm Post WASHINGTON l'l'l - Auri culture Secretary Kra Hensoi leaves Wa'ter Ki '.-d Army !l"pil al today determined to resist le mnncls from some farm sia'e Re publican! that he resign and to fiRM-for congies oi. al approval ol hm la m Drc'ram. But some of Benson's friends feel the program miM have a better chaiice if I he secretary stayed in the background a'ld let President Eisenhower lead t h e fight. These friends believe tha con- eressional Democrats would op pose any Benson proposals simply because they carry his name. The friends ' think that an appeal to the public by Eisenhower would b: ing pressure on Congress to ap prove Benson's program. Basically, Benson wants farm price supports lowered aid pro duction controls eliminated. The secretary's friends feel that with Eisenhower leading the fiuht for this farm program, Benson could concentrate on counter-attacking his critics. WASHINGTON ITH - The National farmers Union has ac cused Agriculture Undersecretary True Morse of "a new low in in tellectual honesty.' The union ba.d its charge on a recent Agriculture Department news release in which Mur.se said the current market prices for hall the crops covered by government price supports were above the support levels. The farm organizatiin said Morse ignored the reduction of support rates in recent years. It also said he failed to tell the truth about falling fa-m income and ris ing farm debt. WASHINGTON (UPI) Agri culture Department officials plan to begin sending contract forms later this week to farmers, proc essors and food dealers wi'o want to sell hormone-treated caponette chickens to the government. I'oultrymen and the food indus try aii'evd voluntaiily last week :o remove treated birds from the market at the request of Arthur S. Fleniming, secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Hemming also obtained from drug producers a voluntary agree ment to stop sales of the produce stuuostroi lor use in poultry. Stilbestrol is a synthetic female sex ho.mone Which has been known to produce cancer in la boratory animals. ' . The agriculture department said last rr.day it was ready to acceiM oners to sell treated caoon- ettes to the government. A de pal tmcnt spokesman said a few offers were received Monday and contract forms might be sent out later in the week., Pioneer In U.S. Aviation Now Pastor Of Tiny Church RED BLUFF. Calif. UTI'-One of America's pioneers in aviation is now the pastor of a little red church in Red Bluff. He is Lester J. Maitland, the man who made the first flight across the Pacific to Honolulu. ' A 100,000 excited, cheering peo ple jammed tlic side lines at dusty Bay Farm Airport in Oakland on June 28. 1927 when LT. Maitland as pilot and Lt. Albert llegenher ger as navigator took off on that flight in "The Bird of Paradise," a tri-niotored Fokkcr V'ane. Twenty six hours later when they landed at Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu nea ly all the popula'.im of Honolulu was there to greet them. Just a moitli before Charles Lindberg hai maJc his historic flight across the At lantic. That was thirty-two years ago and aviation has since come a long way. . Rovera-d Maitland continued his history making alter that triumph ant day in 1927. He was our old est combat aviator in Wo ld War II and flew many bombing mis sions over Europe. He was com mamling officer at Clark Field in the Philippines when the Japanese bombed us there He retired from Army in IMS and later headed the Michigan Air National Guard as a brigadier general and he organized the civil defense program for Michigan He is a tall man with a shock of wavy gray hair that was once blond, has keen, blue eyes and a nose that gives him an eagle-like appearance. He was one of the daredevel breed who flew the sticks a: id air planes in World War I. His obser vations of destruction from the air from the aerial dog fights of World War I to the hydrogen bomb con vinced him. he .md. that Chris tianity is our only hone. A deeply religious man, he de cided he could servo best as a manof the cloth and undertook years of study for that calling. He passed the strict requirements of the Episcopal Church and was or dained one of its priests on Dec. 23. 1U56 at the little Parish of St. .Johns in Iron River, Mich. He served as pastor of that parish for several years and later at St. Stevens in Escanaba, Mich. A vacancy occurred at St. Pe ters in Red Bluff and the parish ioners asked for him. He arrived and took over a few weeks ago. ! talked with him in his rectory of fice a d also talked with a number of his parishione's. This is a man who loves peoMe and the great advanture ol life. He is back near the scene where he was once ac claimed a great pioneering hero. You teel when you talk to him that he has arrived t the happiest part of his life in the work he is now doing HUNDREDS FLEE FLOODS BELGRADE l'l'l - Floods in the towns of Bosnia and Herze govinia have forced hundreds of families to flee their homes, re ports reaching here said today There were no reports of casual ties. MONITOR FLIGHTS WASHINGTON (UPD-The Fed eral Aviation Agency has begun 1ft days of round-the-clock mom toring of all scheduled airline training programs and flight op er at ions to search out and correct irregularities and feciciencies, ac cording to FAA Administrator El wood R. Quesada. Plan For Over 50,000 Boy Scout Campers At Colorado Springs National Jamboree r- .... '"-" 2 - II" - r ' " 1 ' in iiTl. J 5 0,0 0 O covit no unoini I ttrntu, 'OM All OVIR ,oHt "'CA AND Official Poster of the Fifth National Jamboree More than 0,000 Boy Scouts Explorers and leaders from all parts of the nation and some from other lands will camp to gether at the Fifth National Jamboree, July I90 - A S,000-ocre site at Reverse J Diamond . Kanch in. Colorado Springs, Colorado, is being pre pared for the Jamboree. It will have its own water supplv. eUclncity, telephone vvu, post offices and other services for the largest gathering of bovs in the Western Hemphere " Jamboree camper all of them twelve years old or older, will share daily camp chores, cook their own meals. uke part In displays, rampflrn. demonstra tions, skill contests, and inter camp visits during he seven dav event. Outstanding American, will lake part in the piinc.p events. ; ' ft fir j :;fi-w- ' " ' mn "" ' wtl it'iM ir i ir -in "'- aMuMO . .- . m FAMILY PORTRAIT Roy Maas of Rennen, Iowa, holds high the head of his prize winning steer sho. 'ly after the animal was named champ of the 1959 International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. Other pr ud members of the family are, from left: Mrs. Wayne Maas; father Frank; brother Wayne; mother; and Roy's girl friend, Darline Hansen. WALLOWA COUNTY VIEWPOINTS 4-H Achievement Party Is Set For Wallowa, Lostine By JOHN KiESOW nd ELGIN CORNETT Wallowa County Agents WALLOWA (Special Francis Murphy and Pat Huber served as co-chairmen for the 4-H achieve ment program held at Wallowa and Lostine last Saturday. Wallowa County Empire Bui'ders also met at the Union Hall to or ganize on a county-wide basis. Meetings will rotate between Wal lowa and Enterprise on the second Saturday of each month. Any boy or girl who is in the ninth grade may be an Empire Builder re gardless oi prior 4 11 work. Del bert Pratt, Enterprise, is group advisor. We are glad so many clubs are organizing early this year end hope many more wi'l also. Re member, any leader who i ganizes and turns in material i enrollment cards! be'nro rw n will rw.'ive a free subscription to the National 4 H ISows. Materials will be sent to Corvallis for processing J.:n 15. Wallowa County Livestock Ship ping Association directors plan an annual meeting at Enterprise. Dec. 18. They are arranging for a program that should inform farm ers just what the price of animals will be in the future. Ruth Makin, Ex'.ension sreretary. had less trouble last week. Cornett and Kiesow will net yell for help because thfy will be attending the Extension Research and Teaching Staff Conference st Co.vallis. At this meeting, agents are sup posed to mingle with college people and learn how things are done . .i. . . L . . L uiu L. I..,.... : HIMtie ii i iiiii-iiiii jgeiils arc real'y purl ol the col lege team and that pay check is a pretty good b'ood transition. Extension Office is typing the annual report. This project never tails to give us fits regardless of sympathy or sarcasm from tie fans. We record the number of office callers, but never write if they are pretty, witty, or sad. The report shows number of meetings and numb r of people attendm, but no record is made of lajc, early, or ang.y citizens. The annual report describes som o.' the jobs done to help keep Wallowa County on its feet eco nomically and culturally. CROWD WATCHES LIGHTING NEW YORK 'I PI' A crowd of 5.000 jammed Rocke'eiler Cen ter Thursday night to v.ntch the lighting of 3.000 tiny lamps on a lO foot Christmas tree, a Norwe ian spruce bedecked with 1.0SO large-size bulbs. 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