Benson Eyes '60
In Seeking New ,
Farm Pro'grams --
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Statesman, Salem, Ore, Sun., April 21, '57 (Sec. HI)-37
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By OVIB A. MAHTCf ' f "."'.
Associated Pmi Farm Reperter
WASHINGTON. April II (at -Time
Is becominf a- vital element
la efforts of the isenhewer ad
ministration to leave the farm
sitiMtioa la better ahape this U
.found It In 1141 Wi ? -
Certainly, what iba'adminiatra
tio tort hetween now and. the
tlectlona U I960 may have a. lot
to de with Republican chancea ef
holding onto the White House that
- Moving into Its. fifth year, In
officii, the adminiatratioa is laced
by" these three hard tacts:,
1. Farm prices are 1J per cent
below the level prevailing - when
usennower low omce. y .?, -
1 Farm, surpluses are .nearly
three times as large as they were
at that same time. - , . -i 4
it. TU fovernmeoU aji spfntr rftor1 .39
more on agriculture, duriag thai ' f?Al
first four Tears at the admlnlitrB.1 SKlrt IICinadT
tion than la the areOMhag. VtVs,M "i't Hrai
At these facts clearly Indicate.! . " henew. Vwyt.
the adminiatraUoa has a big .Job "?
geiung agncuuure vacs wbtre K
was four years ago.
It is a. recognition
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!' t
s
of this task!
and toe relative shortness of I !
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time remaining that is kadmi
i Secretary of Agriculture Beaeea to
say that present programs need
. " drastic overhauling. Otherwise, be
I says, surpluses at. the end of the
administration ttisy be as large
:- as iney are wow. .-. ,'.."
; The government now has H.sSO.
800,000 invested la farm surpluses.
The investment four yean aj
. was B.m.QOO.OOO. This big
. crease was made In the fact of
broad use of crop production con
. troi programs and expenditure of
upwards of four biUloa dollars 4n
subiidixing exports.
T Traaua SHaaaea it ear sunn , -
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Of course, Benson says that
Srograms of the Truman admhv
trstion, which by. law he waa
required to use through 19S4. con
tributed heavily, la the buildup of
surpluses.- ,
Two years of programs pat-1
ternea largely alter Benson s rec-
.ommendatioiM have cut the invest
ment la surpluses about half a bil
lion asilara. This la not fast
enough, however. It would take aa
annuel reduction . of - mere than j
three times that amount or about
$1,111,000,009 to get the invest
ment down to the pre-Eisenhower
level by election time in I960.
The secretary Is counting some
on tne new soil bins program to
help reduce surpluses. Under this
program, the department is au
thorized to pay farmers up to
IIJOO.OOO.ODO a year te retire land
from producuea of surplus crops.
("Maay raraaers gaaa Seil Bank
But there is serious doubt
among farm leaders that It will
do the job. In the first place.
many farmers are staying out all
the program, preferring to- take!
their chancea on producing all
that is possible under whatever
federal limitations thai rtiay be hi
etiea.
In the second place, reports
show that poorest-producing land
is neing retired and that extra
heavy use of fertilisers la being
made on the remainder of the
land in an attempt to keep pro-l
auction as close as possible to I
previous: levels. v .
During the past three years.
the administration has bad the
benefit of a much broader export I
subsidy program . than It Is likely I
to have during the next three, lnl
1154 Congress authorised the
partment to eell threw billion dol-l
lara worth of farm surpluses to
friendly countries not only at cut
rate prices but for currencies of I
those countries.
II BUliea Used Up
This three billion dollar author
ization has been used up and the
President haa reouested aa addi
tion of only one billion dollars for
the period ahead.
But the things that worry Ben
son the moat are provisions of
present : crop control - and price
blows hangtr
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support laws. Under -these laws.
be is- required to raise price sup-1
port rates and to liberalize plant-
, ing allotmenta as surpluses de-
dim.
Benson Myi that higher sup-.
! ports and larier planum allot-
' mentg would encourage unneeded
: increases in production which
- could yily rebuild new surplus
v stocks.
1. He believes . his department I
t should have authority to fix price I
i supports and planting allotments I
'; at whatever levels It believes
would stabilize production: at lev-1
ila required by markets...
J Coagressnien Caatleae
In other words. It would be pea
t aible, the secretary says, for the
f price support and production con-
' troi program as I
ate to boost pro
' largely offset efforts
euro lusts. .
: But Bensea ' must pattern his
, programs after the laws as they
, now itaad .unlets Congress
, changes them. He recognizes,
; however, that the lawmakers are
in ne mood this year to make
; chantea in farm letislatlon. They
V have shown that la rejecting pre-1
j posala for a new com program
' aa well as displaying reluctance I
.to take in ether farm propeaals.
; Nevertheless, -the secrttaryf
i ': hopes te get kis ideas laid- out
' v before proper committees wis I
: ! year. His stratefy will be to "sell"
them te farmers wirb the hope
of Winning enough Republican
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