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PLANTING FOR THE DOLE
A statistic laden report of the department of agricul
ture made public this week, based on interviews with
farmers across the country, reflecting their planting 'in
tentions as of March, Indicate that their reaction to fall
ing commodity prices will be to plant bigger crops.
Tn mira nt a fanuvur decline in farm nrlces. farmers
plan to plant 271 million acres
year, compared to 267 million
riforipflt. nrt rtfinrA.
The report shows that gains are In prospect this year
for 12 of 16 major crops, uniy corn, oariey, tooacco ana
peanuts show a decline. The wheat crop, much of which
was planted last winter, also seems likely to be smaller.
It is of course, too early to jump to conclusions about the
size of the 1953 harvest and the unpredictable weather
will have the final say.
The net result could be to drive prices down still fur
ther, pile up big surpluses and run the cost of the govern
ment farm price support program way up. The combina
tion of falling prices and bumper crops can mean only
multi-million dollar outlays for price supports and react
in higher living costs for consumers.
' The net result is that farmers will plant for the govern
ment bonus, insured by congress basing the support prices
on the high average of war years instead of a long range
period including depression years.
This is the usual result of "planned economy" at tax
payers' expense, replacing the law of supply and demand.
It will be a repetition of the potato support program cost
ing many millions of dollars to pay for crops that had to
be given away or destroyed. When the program was
called off farmers cut their crops down to actual con
sumption and maintained profitable prices.
Government-owned stocks of farm commodities, bought
up under price support are already nearing the f 3 billion
mark and may double before the year is out. .
THE CASE OF JOSEPH POGGI
' Not so many days ago Joseph Poggi was just another
convict out at the penitentiary, and a pretty hopeless one,
for he had a life sentence as an habitual criminal hanging
over his head.
Then he became a candidate for immediate release
when Circuit Judge Rex Kimmel found that he had been
improperly convicted under the habitual criminal act. and
should have been sentenced to only five years Instead of
the 20 he actually did serve before the fact became known.
But Poggi's jubiliation was short lived for the authori
ties in Clackamas cpunty have had him arrested and pro
pose to try him again on the' same charge. The layman
will wonder how this can be done in view of the double
jeopardy provision cf the constitution, but maybe there
. is a way. .
Whether there is a way legally, there is no moral jus
tification for what Clackamas county is proposing to
do. Instead of Poggi being in debt to the state of Oregon
for theft of articles he claims wouldn't bring over $3 on
today's market, the state is in debt to him for holding him
far beyond a reasonable time for such an offense.
Clackamas county should forget about Poggi and let
him have a chance at freedom. If he sins again, arrest
and punish him again, but at least give him a break after
these 20 years behind prison bars.
If there is any question about what to do about Poggi,
just consider all these big time embezzlers and betrayers
of the public trust who got by with a fraction of what
Poggi has served for a relatively trivial crime. , Alger
Hiss won't stay behind the bars nearly as long.
THE NEW BILLBOARD BILL
Announcement that the senate natural resources com
mittee is drafting a bill to restrict erection of billboards
on new highways and freeways to be build in the future
should be good news to all Oregonians, and particularly to
the billboard industry.
Like as not the committee has been thinking of this new
short cut highway between Salem and Portland which
will miss all the cities between the two terminal points
and go through one of Oregon's most beautiful rural
scenes. It can be a real show
venience to tne traveling public.
But not if it becomes littered up with billboards, hot
doggeries and the like. It should be kept clear, and it
probably tan be by legislation adopted before it is opened.
The same reasoning will apply to other new roads and
ireeways ol which there will be quite a number as the
years pass. '
This is in no sense a blow to the billboard business,
which will never lack advantageous places to erect signs.
It should free billboard men who want to avoid offense
to public taste from competitive pressure from those who
don't care, and whose indifference causes public resent
ment against the entire industry.
Morse Clashes
With Wilson
Washington (V- Sen. Morse
(Ind.-Ore.) has run Into' a con
troversy with former General
Electric Co. president Charles
E. Wilson over what Mone
called a proposal to sell the
federal power projects to pri
vate utilities.
Mone told the Senate Fri
day backers of such a plan had
Induced Wilton the one
time defense mobilization di
rector, not the present secre
tary of defense to give "a
certain atmosphere of respect
ability" to the Idea.
Wilson, at his home in Scars
dale, N. V., retorted that Morse
"is Just off his beam when he
says I was 'Induced' Into mak
ing the proposal."
Wilson said what he propos
ed in the speech Morse cited
was that new companies be
formed to take over "a liven
to spring-seeded crops this
acres last year, the second
road as well as a great con
utility or any government own
ed property created in an emer
gency which no longer exist
ed." He said his proposal was to
"sell It back to the citizens."
not existing companies, and
that he had discussed the idea
with former President Truman
when he was in government
service.
Bullet Fired into U.S.
Embassy at Tokyo
Tokyo. (U.B A "large call
ber" bullet was fired Into the
American embassy today and
narrowly missed hitting Eco
nomic Counsellor Frank War
ing.
No one was Injured, but an
embassy spokesman said the
bullet, "about .45 caliber," ap
parently came from the direc
tion of the prime minister's
residence. Police said the di
rection and force of the bullet
indicated it was fired from the
hill on which the Diet build
ing and Premier Shtgeru Yosh
Ida's official residence are lo
cated.
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WASHINGTON MERRY
Four Billion Cut Ordered in
Arms Budget Despite Dangers
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Washington This column
has obtained a copy of the
drastic, secret order from Un
dersecretary of Defense Roger
Kyes to the secretaries of the
army, navy, and air force or
dering the heaviest military
budget cuts since the end of
the war.
While the order shows a sin
cere effort to balance the over
all national budget, the cut of
$4,300,000,000 comes when the
United States had only 79 Jet
planes In Europe against Rus
sia's 8,000 at the time the U. S.
Jet was ehot down over Ger
many; and at a time when out
er planes have been menaced
Ih other areas.
Most significant part of the
drastic order is that budget
cuts are based on the assump
tion "that combat will continue
at not less than the present
rate" for the next two years.
In other words, the White
House takes a pessimistic view
of the Korean fighting despite
certain hopes and statements
made last fall.
The Truman defense budget,
which Secretary of Defense
Wilson recently said he could
not cut, called for $45.5 billion
of military spending for the
fiscal year 1954. That's the
year beginning July 1. The
National Security Council, on
an order from Budget Director
Joe Dodge, now proposes to re
duce this to $41.2 billion. The
heads of the army, navy and
air force are given only three
weeks in which to make this
cut. Furthermore the secret
order discusses the "expendi
tures" budget, not the appro
priations to be passed by con
gress., In other words, the
memo discussed actual cuts In
military spending.
Here la the top-secret order,
dated March 9, 1953, sent by
Deputy Secretary Kyes to the
secretaries of the army, navy,
and air force:
DEADLINE: MARCH 14
"At the National Security
Council meeting on 4 March
1853 it was agreed that there
would be en exploration and
appraisal of the effect of ap
proaching a balance budget by
fiscal year 1954 and achieving
a balanced budget in fiscal
year 1955. As part of this
study, the Department of De
fense was directed to submit to
the council by 24 March 1953
a statement as to (1) revisions
in the programs which would
be necessary to reduce them to
certain specified expenditure
levels, and (2) the effect of
these revisions in relation to
currently approved national se
curity policies and objectives,
"As a basis for this study,
the director of the bureau of
the budget proposed, and the
council agreed, that certain as
sumed total expenditure lim
its should be assigned the ex
ecutive departments and ag'
encies. For the Department of
Defense, the amount allocated
on an expenditure basis is $41.2
billion for fiscal year 1954 and
$34.6 billion for fiscal year
1955. There was also an allo
cation made for the mutual
security program, and the post
tlon which was subsequently
sub-allocated for miliary assis
tance on an expenditure basis
is $4.3 billion for fiscal year
1954 and $3.1 billion for fiscal
year 1955.
"It is requested that each of
the military departments pre'
pare a statement, supported by
a detailed cost category state
ment, indicating the forces that
could be maintained with these
expenditures, taking into ac
count the following assump
tions: (A) That basic units and
combat strength be maintained
wherever poslble, and reduc
tions first applied to overhead
personnel and the less neces
sary projects with, bewever,
proper emphasU placed on
modernization of equipment;
(B) that the uncollected bat
ance in the ordnance procure'
ment account of the Army
management fund shall remain
curing tne succeeding two fls
cal years at the same level as
80 June 1953; (C) that expen- j
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ditures will be made of unspent
working funds administered
by other agencies; (D) that
combat will continue at not
less than the present rate dur
ing the two-year period under
consideration; (E) that full
consideration will be given, to
the effect of funds which
would be spent during the
period involved under the mili
tary assistance program and
forces achieved as a result of
our combined efforts with our
aUies.
WIDE-OPEN INSTRUCTIONS
The Joint chiefs of staff are
requested to review the state
ments provided by each of the
military departments and to
provide this office no later than
0900 on 20 March 1953:
'(A) Recommendations re
garding any adjustments with
in or between the military de
partments in the military com
position or . -support of the
forces proposed by the military
(Concluded on Fife 5, Column 1)
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Frank Milano Can Make
Noise Like Flying Saucer
By HAL
New York OT Frank Mi
lano is perhaps the only man
in the world who can make a
sound like a flying saucer.
"It takes off with a strange
whistling, whining noise, like
this-roo-oo-ooo-ooo then it
becomes supersonic, and you
can't hear it," he said.
Milano is firmly convinced
flying saucers do exist, they
are not of this planet, and it
is high time us earth people
came to terms with them.
"They are not hallucina
tions," he insisted. "I have
seen one myself, and my wife
has seen several."
Frank's ability to Imitate the
sound of a flying saucer stems
from a highly educated set of
vocal chords that earn him
$35,000 to $50,000 a year. He
is one of the nation's few pro
fessional animal imitators and
vocal effects artists.
Milano, a pleasant, mild-
mannered ex-actor, drifted into
his specialty by accident. But
today radio and television
would be hard put to do with
out him. He does the voice
effects for half a dozen pro
grams, ranging from a pup on
the Rootle Kazootie show to a
live parrot on the Bill Good
win show.
"I can imitate anything from
a .cricket to a roaring lion,"
Frank said. "I've been a goril
la, an elephant, a burro, Rip
Van Winkle's dog and even a
mosquito."
He has also been the voice
of a motor boat with a sense
of humor, a wayward bus, a
Jet-propelled spoon, and an
automobile starter with a run
down battery.
Oh, yes, he also was a Rice
Krlspie for a while. His
"snap, crackle and pop" per
formance in that role Is, of
course, now a part of theatri
cal like Hamlet.
"I like imitating mechan
ical gadgets," r F r a n k said.
"Right now I'm playing the
part of a washing machine,
chug, chug, gluggle. I can
also make a sound like a
squadron of talking airplanes,
but none of the airlines will
buy It for a commercial. They
say Its too frightening."
The animals he hates most
to Imitate are bears. Scratches
his vocal chords.
"Animal battles two stal
lions fighting it out, or a
mountain lion fighting a horse
are hard on my throat, too,"
he said. "I guess I like to do
dogs best There are only
two kinds of dog barks really,
big dog barks and little dog
barks.
"Dogs hsve been very im-
portent in my carter. Some
Salem 11 Years Ago
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March 21. 1942 '
Oral E. Scott, resident of
Salem, has written a book en
titled "The Stars In Myth and
Fact." He is continuing his
research at Oregon State cot
lege library. ,
Probability that Salem air
port will be the only one in
this restricted military area.
designated for use by private
flyers in the air patrol was
expressed today by Lee U. Ey
erly, group commander.
All building except that di-
rectely tied into war produc
tion may be stopped within 10
days with issuance of war pro
duction orders restricting
plumbing and heating equip
ment to specific construction.
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Between BOO and 1000 bi
cycles have been sold by Sa
lem dealers since January 1.
A new "victory" model with
very small tires weighs 84
pounds and sells for between
$25 and $52.80.
Dallas depot of the Polk
county defense council has col
lected and ahipped 10 Vi tons
of waste paper to Portland
where it Is being converted
into material for the manu
facture of paper cartons. ,
. Preliminary training for the
Lebanon-Sweet Home squad
ron of the civil air patrol will
start Sunday.
Oregon has already exhaust
ed its March quota of tires ac
cording to a report issued by
the state rationing administra
tion. President Carl Hogg of Sa
lem Chamber of Commerce has
named' a committee consisting
of Dr. Henry E. Morris, Guy
Hlckok. George Rhoten, May
or W. W. Chadwick, Gene
Vandeneynde and Linn Smith
whMM .llltv U ...111 Urn -
a director v ctevoie iuu tune
attention to problems arising
out of the new cantonment in
Polk and Benton counties. He
will also be concerned about
procuring a USO recreational
center for Salem and arrang-1
ing for adequate transporta
tion between this locality and
the cantonment. Chamber
members were summoned
without actual knowledge of I
the purpose of the meeting. 1
About 150 were present.
BOYLE
day I'd like to retire and raise
them. I owe them a lot."
Frank takes his art serious
ly, goes to endless lengths to be
certain his sounds are realis
tic. His toughest assignment
was to imitate a talking eagle.
"I haunted the zoo for days,
but the esgles wouldn't talk,
although I tried 300 different
sounds on them trying to get
them' to answer," he said.
"Finally, during a trip to the
country, I heard a couple of
eagles screeching at night. I
got out of bed and screeched
back at them until I had the
sound down pat."
All great artists have their
sorrows, and Frank has his.'
There is one sound he hu
never been able to Imitate.
"I can't tinkle like a bell,"
well, you'd really have some
thing, wouldn't you?"
THE FIRESIDE PULPIT
We Worship Christ as the Son
Of God, Fireside Author Says
BY REV. GEORGE H.SWIFT
BKUr. St. rsuT
Tomorrow, the fifth Sunday
in Lent, the thoughts of the
faithful will be directed to the
Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and
its significance to us and to the
world. .
Notwithstanding the empha
sis put on the method by which
He met death, we do not wor
hln Christ because He was
crucified, rather than killed in
some other way. we ao not
worship Christ because He was
a martyr to a great cause, nor
even because He was a good
man. We worship Jesus Christ
because we believe Him to be,
as the centurion said, "Truly,
this was the Son of God."
The Crucifixion, the Resur-
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rectlon, the Sacraments, the
Christian altars are all quite
meaningless to those who do
not believe in Jesus Christ as
God in human flesh.
When the Disciples of Our
Lord, who followed Him in
faith where He led them, saw
their Master dying on the cross,
it was a great test of their
faith. It seemed to them like the
end of it all. It was indeed a
dark day for them. Times of
shaken faith come to all but the
very strongest. We all have
times of anxiety, worry, mis
understanding and doubt; times
when we can see only darkness,
hopelessness and defeat ahead.
"Why did God do this to me?"
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Is heard over and over again.
Then, something occurs
which throws a clear light up
on the whole situation, which
before seemed unsolvable
What, at first appeared to b
the end of all, turns out to be
only the beginning of some
thing greater. This was true of
the Disciples who left the scene
of Mount Calvary on that mem
orable Good Friday, sick at
heart. For them, the Crucifix,
ion turned out to be Just the
darkness before the dawn of
Easter, which brought them a
greater faith than before.
When our hope and faith
seem headed for "the place of
a skull," when defeat seems In.
evltable, when In self-pity nij
despair Golgotha rises up be
fore us, it too, as it was with
the Disciples, may be but the
darkness before the dawn.
Remember even Christ's Jour,
ney to Calvary was not the end
of all, but only the beginning
of the greatest march to victory
the world has ever known.
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