CIO Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, Dec. 24, 1949
"j Farmer Caught in Fight Over
"Farm Spokesmen and Plan
" By OVID A. MARTIN
Washington, Dec. 24 W) The farmer anxious over future
'"prices and crop adjustment problems today finds himself caught
' -in- the middle of a bitter struggle.
.,; The conflict is between top-ranking government officials and
u powerful farm organizations, and involves two issues: (1) Future
Bovernment farm program, ana'
. u2) the question- of who speaks
ifor the farmer.
On one side is Secretary of
Agriculture Br an nan, with
Jtrong administration support,
and on. the other are such farm
. 'organizations as the American
Farm Bureau Federation and
the National Grange. Only one
m major farm organization The
"National Farmers Union is
backing the secretary. A fourth
The National Council of Farm
I Cooperatives is expected to
take sides against him at its
. January convention,
t The battle may have far
; reaching consequences for agri
s culture, because of the possibil
3 ity that it may interfere with
i future congressional farm legis
'.. lation.
) This situation is in sharp con
trast to the relatively peaceful
relations existing between gov
ernment labor officials and labor
i; organizations. In general, both
c have the same idea as to govern
1 ment policies toward organized
' labor.
"i Caught in the middle along
'with farmers is congress. Nat
, ' urally anxious to pass legisla
' ' tlon desired by farmers, the law
I makers will be at a loss as to
I which side to listen to Bran-,
nan or the farm organizations j
j which oppose him.
A basic difference between
' the secretary and his foes is the
' so-called Brannan farm pro-
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Poles Convict
Six for Spying
( Wroclaw, Poland, Dec. 24 VP)
'-A Polish military court today
ii convicted four French nationals,
jb Pole and a German on spying
' charges and sentenced them to
.prison terms ranging from six
; to 22 years.
i The prosecution yesterday de
,'manded the maximum penalty
death for the six, who went
i on trial a week ago. All had
' entered pleas of guilt or partial
;t guilt.
" Yvonne Bassaler, a French
i stenographer in France's Wro-
" claw consulate, was sentenced to
f. 12 years.
Basil Brouslkow, a former
K French consulate messenger,
1'was sentenced to 14 years.
? A French foreign office
: spokesman in Paris on the day
ii the trial began described as ri-f-dlculous
the Polish spy charges
it against the four French citizens.
Opera Substitute
( Becomes a Star
'- New York, Dec. 24 VP) Opera,
sit was demonstrated today, can
have a punch climax, like foot
rball. A substitute can come off
i the bench and become a star,
;1 Helena Braun did.
The blond-blue-eyed, young
' German soprano substituted in
' the exacting role of Wagner's
11 "Die Walkuere" on four hours
notice at the Metropolitan
1 Opera company Wednesday
"night when the noted Helen
MTraubel was stickcn with laryn
ii gitis. She sang it to thunderous
applause.
Today she had a contract with
the Metropolitan through Feb
ruary. The handsome soprano said
in German the experience was
like "dancing the whole night
long."
gram. In general, the Brannan
plan would support farm prices
at higher levels than would the
farm groups that oppose him.
But, the plan would permit low-
customer prices for perish
ables than would the farm
groups.
The secretary would use gov
ernment payments to achieve
the dual and apparent conflict
ing goals of high farm returns
and low food prices. Opposing
farm groups argue that the farm
er is entitled to his full return
at the market place.
Both the farm bureau federa
tion and the national grange
adopted strong resolutions
against the Brannan plan at re
cent conventions.
Difference in views played a
part in decision of farm bureau
officials not to invite Brannan
to its meeting. The action
brought a charge from Brannan
that the organzation was un
democratic." The federation re
torted that farmers did not need
federal appointee' to tell
them what to do.
Perhaps as important as dif
ferences over farm policies in
the struggle is the question of
who has the right to speak for
farmers on problems involving
their welfare.
Farm bureau officials have
charged that the administration
is attempting to set up the agri
culture department's farmer -
committeemen system as a com
petitor organization to the pri
vate farm organizations. This
system was established in the
early new deal days to help
administer farm programs.
Brannan and his predecessors
have encouraged the farmer
committeemen to pass on to
them ideas and desires of farm
ers. Each year the committee
men hold an annual meeting
similar to those of the farm
organizations to discuss problems.
At the moment, the Bran
nan foes appear to have the
better of the situation. In power
is a congress which at its last
session turned thumbs down on
the Brannan plan and passed
legislation more in line with the
views of his opponents.
Chart of Brain Waves
Urged in Murder Trials
By HAL K. COOPER
t..j. tw 9i (jpi A chart of a killer's brain waves will
be part of the evidence in every British murder trial if two Lon
don doctors have their way.
The doctors claim the shape of these waves differs sharply
from normal in the "sudden impulse" killers who slay .out of
sheer uncontrollable temper.
Santa's Workshop Dan Vinson (center), real-life Santa
Claus, talks with two helpers who are busy in Oklahoma City,
Okla., turning out stacks of cloth dolls to be distributed to
needy children of convicts on Christmas. "Uncle Dan" guesses
there are 10,000 people taking part in the project which
started five years ago now means hundreds of thousands
of gifts for children in 46 states. Robe Reubell (left), a
building contractor, put dolls through silk screen press to
paint faces on them while Mrs. J. L. Sturgeon, a housewife,
examines them for defects. (Acme Telephoto)
East Salem Homes Opened
For Family Dinner Groups
East Salem, Dec. 24 Christmas day in the homes of East
Salem will be quietly observed with family dinners late in the
afternoon. In many homes there will be service men home
and relatives and friends from both far and near by communities.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Cole and daughter, Carol will be enter-
at their Lansing ave.
tainine
home Mrs. Cole's mother, Mrs.
Anna Jones and daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Neil
K. Hamilton all of Salem; Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Howell of Port
land; Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Gem
mell, Lia and Douglas of Salem,
and Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Lang of
Glendale.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil Wilson on Rawlins ave.
will be the holiday family gath
ering for her family; her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lively,
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Lively and
daughters, Sherry and Janice;
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lively
and Phyllis; Mr. and Mrs. Arch
ie Lively, Maybelle and Mel-
vin; Ervin Viergutz, Jimmy
Fawkes, and Shirlee, Sydney
and Virginia Lively.
Haiti's President Stakes
Future on Internation Show
By RUTH COWAN
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 24 VP) President Dumaris Estime
is boldly staking his political future on the success of his pic
turesque little country's first international exposition.
Some observers here predict its failure would set off a revo
lution such as drove his predecessor, Elie Lescot, out of the
president's palace in 1946. .
This bicentennial exposition
commemorates the 200th anni
versary of the founding of the
present capital of the West In
dies Island on which Columbus'
flagship, the Santa Maria, was
wrecked early Christmas day in
1402.
With this ambitious fair, the
slim, intense, French-speaking
negro head of the world's first
negro republic is aiming at two
objectives:
1. Tourist money, especially
American dollars.
2. An effort at modernization
of his very poor and indolent
people and backward country.
Over-populated and under
nourished Haiti has put about
$4,000,000 into this fnir. That
means Estime is gambling about
a fourth of the country s annual
revenue to win his objectives.
What ho has accomplished is
amazing considering the handi
caps of tropical weather, almost
no skilled labor, inexperienced
Haitian planners and in some in
stances truly primitive ways of
doing things.
The fair was officially opened
by Estime Dec. 8, the date of the
city s anniversary. It is hoped
that by February the buildines
being put up by participating
toreign governments will be
ready. Then there will be more
gala days.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs,
Milton Blackman on Lansing
ave. covers for the family dinner
will be for Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Kemper and children; Carl Wil
liams and the hosts. On Sunday
of the past weekend the Kemp-I
ers entertained her family, Mr.
and Mrs. V. E. Rings Sr. of
Banks and Mr. and Mrs. V. E.
Rings Jr. and son from Forest
Grove.
At the Vincent P. Kremer
home on Lansing ave. guests will
be Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Krem
er and Mrs. Elizabeth Roan.
At the Lansing ave. home of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zajic dinner
will be served to Mr. and Mrs.
Desco Blunt and daughter, Joe
Ann; Mrs. Hattie Curtis and
the hosts.
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Johnson
are having at their home on route
five her brother and sister-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Ander
son and family of Salem.
At the home of Mrs. Marcia
Aplet on Childs ave. holiday
guests will be Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Hem and Susan from Bend; Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Hein, Phil and
Virgil from Portland, Mrs. F. N.
Coffey of Salem and Lowell Ap
let home for the college vacation.
Mr. an Mrs. Donald Bowers
and daughter, Susan from Cor
vallis are spending the holiday
weekend at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Larkins on Park avenue.
One of the larger dinner par
ties will be at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Stuart Johns on Mon
roe ave. Guests will be Mr. and
Mrs. Al Boardman, George Mark
and Mary Ann who arrived in
Salem on Thursday from San
Mateo, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Rcschke from Portland; T. Sgt,
Leonard Cafferty from Las Ve
gas, Nev.; Mr. and Mrs. John
French; Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred
Wilier, Freddie and Dorothy;
Mrs. John Goldale, Victor Johns,
and Mr. and Mrs. Johns.
At the William Rahtz home
on Monroe ave. special guests
will be Mr. and Mrs. George
Maske, Rae Ann and William.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scorgie
and family are entertaining at
their Thorndale road home Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Suran and three
children and Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
bert Weiz, Kay and Shelia from
Vancouver, Wash.; Emma Kauf
mann and William Scorgie, his
father.
At Raymond Mayes home in
Auburn community special
guests will be her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Smith from Kellogg, Idaho,
Mrs. John Marshall of Swegle
is to have her family all home
but her daughter, Mildred and
her children who are in Mon
tana. In the family group will
be Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marshall:
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Marshall; Mr.
and Mrs. Lester .Smith of Mill
Valley, Calif.; Mrs. Blanche
Schwening and daughter, Mar
garet from Los Angeles; Mrs.
Grace Kufner; Private Harold
Kufner on furlough from Las
Vegas, Nev.; Marilyn home from
school at Los Angeles, Donald
and David Kufner, John and
Dana Marshall and Mrs. Marshall.
Only one member of the E. E.
Brandt family of Swegle will not
be home this year, James Brandt
who is with the army of occupa
tion in Japan. Home for the first
time in several years will be
their son Leland who with his
family arrived from Omaha,
Neb., on Tuesday; Mr. and Mrs.
Milo Grace and two children
from Toledo; Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Ames of Portland; Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Brandt of Salem;
Robert, Donna Mae and Larry
with Mr. and Mrs. Brant. Mon
day afternoon Mr. and Mrs.
Brandt are having open house
for friends to meet their son Le
land and family.
Being irresponsible, they argue,
they should not be hanged for
their acts.
The researchers are Fred H.
Taylor, medical officer at Brix
ton jail, and Dr. David Staf
ford -Clark, psychiatrist of
Maudsley hospital.
Together, they have analyzed
the brain wave record of 64
murderers. They have advised
the British Medical association
of these findings:
More than 70 per cent of the
murderers who killed without
premediation had abnormally
shaped waves.
Nearly all of those who had
clear cut motives for killing
had normal waves.
The two doctors reported the
commonest abnormality in the
brain wave of impulsive slayers
is what is known at a "theta
wave.
These are commonly given off
by the brains of children up to
the age of four when they are
annoyed. In normal human
beings they gradually vanish as
self-control develops,
Adults whose brains give off
these waves seem to suffer from
an infantile lack of self control
and are prone to sudden acts of
violence.
The machine picks up the
minute electric charges given
off by the brain and transcribes
them on a tape. The contact is
made by pads pressed against
the skull.
Among the cases of killers
with abnormal waves cited bv
Taylor and Stafford-Clark were
these:
A youth who strangled his
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sweetheart for no known reason.
He confessed the crime, but was
unable to explain why ne am
it.
A lodger who beat his land
lady to death because she told
him to quit turning his lights
off and on.
Rebekah Lodge Meets
Lyons Faith Rebekah lodge
met at the hall with Frances
McCarley and Blanche Wagner
presiding over the meeting and
34 members present. Following
the business meeting at the so
cial hour, the Christmas party
was held with gift exchange.
Each member also brought a
gift for her silent sister, re
vealed the names and drew new
ones for another year. At the
close of the evening refresh
ments were served by Anna B.
Julian, Kora Prichar dand Inez
Ring.
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Baked Sugar Cured Ham 2.00
Broiled New York Cut Steak 2.50
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef au Jus 2.00
Grilled Chinook Salmon 1.75
Roast Oregon Turkey, Cranberry Sauce 2.00
Scalloped or Sweet Potato New Peas
Pear and Cottage Cheese Salad Mayonnaise
Dessert
Mince Meat, Apple or Pumpkin Pie
Plum Pudding, Brandy Sauce Ice Cream
Sherbet or Chocolate or Pineapple Sundae
Coffee Milk or Tea
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To iT A Merry Christmas
And Wish You Good Cheer
We Invite You All To Hear
The Children's Christmas Concert - 5:00 P.M.
Presented by Jack and Jill's
The Boy Who Sang For The King, Featuring Dennis Day 5:30 P.M.
Presented by Judson's Plumbing and Heating
Christmas Carols with Robert Rheims on the Organ-Chimes 6:00 P.M.
Presented by The Valley Packing Company
A The Small One narrated and sung by Bing Crosby 6:30 P.M.
Presented by Orval's Used Cars
The Story Of The Nativity with Walter Hampden narrating 7:00 P.M.
Presented by The R. L. Elf strom Company
The Night Before Christmas featuring Fred Waring 7:30 P.M.
Presented by Curly's Dairy
The Littlest Angel narrated by Loretta Young 8:00 P.M.
Presented by Cherry City Baking Company
Christmas Chimes traditional London chimes and organ 8:30 P.M.
Presented by The Salem Automobile Company
The Story Of Our Lady The Juggler, John Neibitt narrating 9:00 P.M.
Presented by Laddie Gale Service Station
The Song of Christmas with Fred Waring 9:15 P.M.
Presented by Salem Federal Savings & Loan
Mr. Pickwick's Christmas with Charles Laughton narrating 9:30 P.M.
Presented by The Otto . Wilson Company
The Christmas Story A Biblical narration with music 10:00 P.M.
Presented by J. L. Busick and Sons
Dicken's A Christmas Carol featuring Lionel Barrymore 10:30 P.M.
Presented by the Propane Gas Company
Trimming The Tree An Associated Production 11:00 P.M.
Presented by The Marion Hotel
And On Christmas Day
k The Musical Christmas Tree with Clark Dennis 10:30 A.M.
Presented by D. E. Cooper and Son
A Christmas Story starring Art Baker 10:45 A.M.
Presented by City Electric Inc.
Christmas Concert 12:00 N.
Presented by Miller's
Gift Of The Little Shepherds featuring Marvin Miller 12:30 P.M.
Presented by Marion Motors
k A Musical Sleigh Ride starring the Modernaires 12:45 P.M.
Presented by Tweedie Fuel Oils
Salem Ministerial Association 1:00 P.M.
Presented by , .ears Roebuck & Company
Handel's Messiah re-broadcast of
Salem Oratorio Society Concert 2:00 P.M.
Presented by Valley Motor Company
Cavalcade Of 1949 United Press Revie' 6:30 P.M.
Presented by Dwyer't Lodge
Let loving thought, to glad
and gay, go winging on their way,
and bring you every happine
this joyous Christmas Day I
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