S o u th e rn O re g o n N ew s R ev iew , T h u rs d a y , F e b r u a r y 27, 1947 Agriculture Faces Test in England British Laborites Propose Drastic Farm Regulation laxcc S en ator-F led Theodore G Bilbo of By BAUKHAGE good husbandry re q u ire the fa rm e r to m a in ta in his holding at a reason­ able standard of efficie n t produc tion, b e a rin g in m in d cleanliness o f the land, m aintenance of fe r tility and freedom fro m disease and pests The rules o f good estate manage m ent re q u ire the landow ner to main- ta in his estate w ith adequate b u ild ­ ings, drainage, ditches and hedges so th a t the occupier can be an e f­ fic ie n t p ro d u ce r.’ A nd th a t is not m e re ly suggested in the b ill, it is required. The fa r m ­ er o r the landow ner wiU liv e up to these conditions o r he w ill lose his land. The firs t step against an of­ fender is to place them under fo r­ m a l supervision — a fte r they have had a chance to state th e ir case. The next step w ill be to issue spe. eifle in stru ctio n s as to w hat is to be done— again g iv in g the offender the o p p o rtu n ity to state his case. If the offender is a landow ner and the expense o f c a rry in g out the orders exceeds the annual re n t o f the land, he can appeal to the a g ric u ltu ra l land trib u n a l. The th ird step w ould be dispos­ session in 12 months o r sooner, A landow ner w ould have to s u b m it a W ASHINGTO N.—One by one B r it­ ain is n a tio n a lizin g her basic indus­ tries. What about fa rm in g * A g ric u ltu re was B rita in 's largest in d u stry rig h t up to 1939 but before the w a r B rita in produced l e s s than a th ird o f the food and feed the islands con­ sumed. B y 1943 they w ere pro­ ducing 70 per cent of the w a r­ tim e ra tio n s fo r th e ir own people, plus the A llie d arm ies and re fu ­ gees, w ith in th e ir borders. G o v e rn m e n t control was s tric t Baukhage but it w orked. And the B ritis h w ith th e ir so cia list governm ent do not intend to le t it slip back i f regulation can stop it. To that end a b ill is now before p a r­ lia m e n t w hich w ould b rin g the A m e r- ican fa rm e r down to W ashington w ith a p itc h fo rk in each hand. The "tw o p illa rs ” o f the new gov­ ernm ent p olicy are " s ta b ility and ef­ ficiency. ” The a g ric u ltu re b ill would create s ta b ility by guaranteeing j prices. It provides: (1) T hat the prices and o ther m a r­ ket factors of wheat, b a rle y, oats, rye. potatoes and sugar beets be fixed in the ye a r before these crops are to be harvested. (2) Prices and other fa cto rs a f­ fe ctin g fa t stock, m ilk and eggs, to be announced fo r a p e rio d o f one year and also m in im u m p rices and other conditions, in c lu d in g q u a n ti­ ties, fo r a fu rth e r period o f tw o years. Consequently the producer o f fa t stock, m ilk and eggs w ill know a ctual prices and other conditions o f sale a ye a r in advance, and m in i­ m um prices and conditions (w hich include any q u a n tita tiv e lim ita tio n s ) fo r tw o years ahead. There is planning and reg u la tio n George Casely is one of the farm­ fo r you! ers who has increased his produc­ "S ta b ility , how ever,” says B rit- ' tion on 30 acres in Devon, England. a in ’ s m in is te r of a g ric u ltu re , " is not j With daughter. Sylvia, he is pitch­ enough.” And then he goes a fte r (| ing hay. efficiency w ith foot, horse and guns. , Two requisites fo r efficiency are forced sale; a landow ner-occupier prom otion of research in to fa rm in g m ig h t be forced to re n t to an ap­ problem s and an organization w hich proved tenant; a tenant’ s tenancy w ill provide the in d iv id u a l fa rm e r w ould be term in a te d . w ith technical advice. V e ry good. The la w doesn’t end there. It The U nited States governm ent does deals w ith the past and the fu tu re a p re tty good jo b on th a t score. as w e ll as the present. E xp e rim e n ts The po in t is: W hat does the B ritis h w ill be m ade to adjust fa rm bound­ governm ent ask in re tu rn fo r w hat aries made m any hundreds of years i t intends to offer? ago and the in te n t is to prevent the "B o th the fa rm e r and the land- s p littin g up of fa rm s into uneconom­ owner have pa rts to p la y ,” i t says ic divisions. and points out th a t "th e rules of S ta b ility , efficiency. L ib e rty ? 7Æ UNNECESSARY? IBWYSB-BOUHO IIIIKOS NEXT MOVE M ississip p i, now d ra w in g his m o n th ­ ly sa la ry of $1,250 w h ile g ivin g ne service Io the nation. Is sure to gel an a d d itio n a l 30 days In w hich tc recuperate at the expense o f the ta xp a ye r, o f course. On Ja n u a ry 4. the senate, by unan­ im ous consent, la id B ilb o ’ » contest­ ed cre d e n tia ls on the table for a period of 00 days. T h is backstage arra n g em e n t had been w orked out by senate lead#)'» a fte r B ilb o told D ix ie colleagues he was ’ ’flat broke and In desperate need o f h o sp ita liza tio n .” Both sides accepted the com prom ise in o rd e r to break a filib u s te r upon opening the Both congress. K t w t . t u j / y i t ¿ n J C o m m e .ljlr tr . B M Service, 1618 Eye Street. N. W.. Washington, D. C. 12711619 LIVING MEMORIAL . , . As a gift of the Christian children of Amer­ ica. the children'« memorial grove In Palestine will serve as a liv­ ing memorial to the million Jewish children slain in Europe under Hitler. Included In the plantings will be the llarry S. Truman grove of 1,000 trees. Joyce van Patten, 12, and Richard Tyler, 14, are shown here presenting President Truman a certificate for the trees. NEWS REVIEW 7 Defense Paet Approved; Curbs on Labor Delayed CANADA: Defense Agreement P a rtn e rs in war, U. S. and Can­ ada w ill re m a in p a rtn e rs in peace to strengthen the defense o f the n o rth e rn p o rtio n of the w estern hem ­ isphere. A g reem ent to extend w a rtim e m il­ ita r y cooperation in to the postw ar w o rld was announced sim ultaneous­ ly by W ashington and O ttaw a, Be­ cause the agreem ent was o f a frie n d ly , in fo rm a l ch a ra cte r and in ­ volved no tre a ty o r o b lig a tio n s, con­ gressional a p p ro va l w ill not be nec­ essary, the state d e p a rtm e n t said. W ith developm ent of high-speed bom bers, supersonic rockets, guided m issiles and ra d io -co n tro lle d p ilo t­ less a irc ra ft, Canada's a rc tic c irc le c o m p ris in g the shortest distance be­ tween Asia and Europe and the w estern hem isphere is considered as th is co u n try 's c h ie f n a tu ra l defense fro n tie r. C ooperation w ith Canada thus w ould a ffo rd the U. S. a s tra ­ te g ic advantage in coping w ith an a rc tic a e ria l attack. , The new agreem ent calls fo r fa ­ m ilia riz a tio n o f U. S. and Canadian officers w ith ong a nother's m ilita r y e sta b lishm e n t; g ra d u a l sta n d a rd iza ­ tion of weapons, and m u tu a l and re c ip ro c a l use of m ilita r y and naval fa c ilitie s . Bilbo’s 60 days "on the table” expire March 5 and he Is slated to appear In (he senate March 6 Io take his oath and seat, something GDI’ leaders now find it expedient to postpone for at least another 30 days. Sen. R obert A T a ft, ch a irm a n of (he senate co m m itte e on la b o r and p u b lic w elfare, has calculated that at ju s t the tim e B ilb o is due to ap­ pear, the senate w ill be debating m a ­ jo r le g isla tio n w hich he ve ry m uch w ants the senate to pass p rio r to M a rch 31—the date on w hich John 1. L e w is' s trik e “ tru c e " expires. • • • Mystery of Whooping Crane D on't form the habit o f d e |*i« h iig on harsh, grilling laxative» u n til you've tried tin» easy, healthful way m illions now use to keep regular. I t ’s fresh lemon juice ami water ta k’ 'ir jf lln m in the m o rn in g -ju st as i aa you get up, the juice of one sunkist I-emon in a glass o f water. Tuken thus, on an em pty »tomach, it ■timulates normal Ixiwel action, day after day. for most people. And lemons are actively Rood for you. They're among the richest sources of vitam in C. which com lxits fatigue, hel|»s resist colds and infections. They supply vitam ins H i and I*. aid diges­ tion and help alkahmzc the system. T ry this grand wake-up d rin k 10 mornings. See i f it doesn't help youl Use C alifornia Sunkist Ix-moiu. ;van KID O'S" SAYS Add more Smileage to walking with SOLES as well as Heels by NEW VETERANS HOUSING new congress and s tre a m lin in g of procedure p ro vid e d fo r in the La F ol- le ttc b ill la st ye a r, it appears th a t the la w m akers w ill not be able to agree upon any su b sta n tia l c o rre c ­ tiv e le g isla tio n before e x p ira tio n o f John L. L e w is' tru ce w ith the gov­ ernm ent M a rch 31. In d ica tive o f the differences be­ tween in d u s tria l interests, F o rn e y Johnston, special counsel fo r N a tio n ­ al Coal association, blasted indus­ try-w id e b a rg a in in g w ith unions, w h ile A lm on E. Roth, president o f N ational F e d eration of A m e rica n Shipping, approved o f it. W hile in ­ d ustry-w ide b a rgaining, w hich co v­ ers m any plants, is considered less troublesom e and costly, in d iv id u a l em ployers sa crifice some o f th e ir independence in consum m ating such agreem ents. GERM ANY: Allies Conflict Wearied by Truman’s housing boondoggle, some war veterans are moving Independently Io get roofs over their lieads. They are organizing cooperatives to pur­ chase housing developments built for defense worker» during the war. Plans for taking over a num­ ber of such projects, including the Lake Forest development at Wilmington, N. <’., already are near completion. However, the cooperative movement is caus­ ing all sorts of trouble because former defense workers must he evicted to make way for occu­ pancy by the vet owners. Federal officials now fear there will be other "marches” on the White House and congress as the coop housing drive gath­ ers steam, • • • NEW FARM PROGRAM Some ve ry basic aspects of the postw ar a g ric u ltu re p ro g ra m were la id before P resident T ru m a n when A lb e rt Goss, president o f the N a tio n ­ al G range, called at the W hite House recently. Goss o u tlined fo r the President w hat he holds to be the fo u r m a jo r approaches to the e n tire question of g o ve rn m e n t-fa rm re la tio n sh ip and urged h im to adopt one o f them . ‘ ‘These are the fo u r courses w hich have been advocated, boiled down to th e ir e sse n tia ls," he to ld the P res­ W ith in d u s tria l spokesmen d iv id ­ ident. " A decision w ill have to be ed am ong them selves upon co rre c­ m ade soon: ★ ★ ★ ★ tiv e la b o r le g isla tio n , house and " F ir s t , the fa rm e r w ill p la n t and senate la b o r com m ittees found th e ir sow e x a c tly w hat the governm ent tasks com plicated w ith little chance asks o f h im , and in re tu rn w ill be fo r e a rly action. guaranteed nn Incom e a p p ro x im a t­ As a whooping crane detective I the w ings; has black legs and yellow W ith action a lre a d y delayed by ing 75 cents an hour fo r his la b o r." am not w orth a whoop. T h is p e r­ b ill and a bare red crown. R epublican reorganization of the (Goss did not te ll T ru m a n , nor does haps is n a tu ra l since I have no cre ­ A little less than tw o years ago he a d m it it w id e ly in W ashington, dentials as a n a tu ra lis t. B u t in the N a tio n al Audubon society ap­ b u t th is is bis own analysis o f the course of leading the F ish and W ild proached the governm ent and o f­ N a tio n a l F a rm e rs ’ union p ro g ra m .) L ife service on a w ild crane chase fered to fu rn is h funds fo r the "S econd,” continued Goss, "th e I encountered some in te re stin g w o rk in g out of a jo in t survey, the g o ve rn m en t can le t the fa rm e r facts. purpose o f w hich was to locate the do as he pleases, p la n tin g as m uch T his is the s to ry: breeding grounds and other points o r as lit tle as he desires—a sort of W hile I was in F lo rid a I heard where the cranes gathered in o rder la isse z-fa ire philosophy. And i t can some convincing descriptions of to a rrange fo r th e ir fu rth e r pro te c­ Desirous o f re p a tria tin g thousands pay subsidies where necessary in o r­ whooping cranes, said to be found on tion. The one place in the U n ite d of P olish exiles spread throughout d e r to assure h im a basic income. a nearby plantation. I knew the States where cranes are known to •‘T h ird , we keep p ro d u ctio n down Europe, the M e d ite rra n e a n region w hooping crane ra p id ly was becom ­ pass th e ir sum m ers is the national and Canada, the Russian sponsored to stip u la te d levels and place a in g e x tin c t and I had never heard w ild life refuge near Corpus C h ris ti, P olish gove rn m en t offered p o litic a l floor, a t 90 p e r cent p a rity , under o f any o f them having been seen in Tex. (T h is is essentially am nesty to refugees who have op­ fa rm p rice s.” F lo rid a so, when I re tu rn e d to No nest of a whooping crane is posed the present re g im e o r c o m m it­ the p ro g ra m of the A m e rica n F a rm W ashington, I im m e d ia te ly com m u­ known to have been seen w ith in 20 B ureau fe d e ra tio n .) ted crim e s against i t nicated m y “ d isco ve ry” to M r. L in ­ years o r perhaps longer. The birds •‘Or, four, we can provide a E q u a lly desirous o f u n itin g Poland coln, o rn ith o lo g ist of the Fish and have been observed passing over the floor under farm prices high its e lf and checking co n tin u in g bloody W ild L ife service of the departm ent Dakotas, M anitoba and Saskatche­ enough to prevent disaster, but c iv il w a rfa re , the g overnm ent an­ o f the in te rio r. He was v e ry polite wan and i t is taken fo r granted not so high as to cause large nounced the a p p lica tio n o f the a m ­ and p a tie n t and even agreed to ask th a t somewhere north o f these points surpluses. This floor would fluc­ nesty o rd e r to 100,000 p o litic a l p ris ­ M r. Kelsey, one o f the d e p a rtm e n t’ s the nesting grounds are located. tuate according to economic con­ oners w ith in the co u n try and m e m ­ representatives, to in te rv ie w m y None has been discovered although ditions and according to the par­ w ife, who was s till in F lo rid a , as to one governm ent plane and a plane ‘NO NATIONALITY’ ORPHANS . . . bers of the rig h tis t underground h id ­ ticular crop. Production would the reports w hich she had first-hand. belonging to a co lla b o ra to r (a col­ Two war orphans, who were res­ ing out in fo re st lands. be designed to leave some sur­ I t w a sn 't long before I heard fro m la b o ra to r is a person paid by some cued from Nazi kultur centers as ba­ On the v e ry day th a t the W arsaw plus. m y w ife th a t as a re s u lt o f fu rth e r p riv a te in s titu tio n b u t who is p e r­ bies by our G.I.s and whose records re g im e appealed to e xile d Poles to “ T h is fo u rth p la n .” concluded consultation w ith the Audubon B ird m itte d to use d e p a rtm e n t of the in ­ of nationality, parentage and birth re tu rn to th e ir hom eland, the B ritis h Book and a v e ry short conversation te rio r fa c ilitie s ) have flown over were destroyed by the Germans, p a rlia m e n t approved a re se ttle m e n t Goss, “ is the grange plan, M r. P res­ w ith Kelsey, there was unanim ous m any thousands of square m ile s in hold hands as they arrive in New b ill fo r 127,000 P olish troops in ident. We lik e to ta lk o f a stop- loss floor, w hich w ould v a ry —some­ agreem ent th a t the cranes w ere not th is area. York harbor. B rita in . tim e s above, som etim es below p a r­ whoopers but m u st be sandhills. I t ’ s ity . We propose to have planned an old sto ry to the service b u t they j surpluses o f some crops—potatoes, take no chances and run down a ll I fo r instance—tu rn e d in to starch or clues. Even i f the o n ly p ro o f the j glucose. And the grange would be "d is c o v e re r” has is the earnest in- ’ prepared to help dispose abroad of sistence th a t: “ I know i t was a a n yth in g we found surplus to our w hoopin' crane because I heard h im ' dom estic needs.” a ‘w hoopin’ .” W ASHINGTON. — P roduction of period. This y ie ld , the bureau adds, tobacco, 1,075 pounds. F r u it crops T ru m a n d id not c o m m it h im se lf P a rt o f the reason fo r these m e tic ­ ulous in q u irie s is th a t the service is n e a rly a ll fa rm crops w ill re m a in w ould be the fo u rth highest on are expected to average o n ly 7 per re g a rd in g any of these a lte rn a tive at present conducting a survey in at a high level fo r 1947, the bureau record, h a vin g been exceeded only cent below la s t y e a r’ s re co rd -b re a k­ plans. So fa r his d e p a rtm e n t o f ag­ ing p roportions, and 50 p e r cent ric u ltu re has not y e t taken any clear hope of lo c a tin g the nesting place of a g ric u ltu ra l economics pre d icts in 1942, 1944 and 1946. “ T h is prospect, o f course, w ill above the 1923-32 average. position on th e m ; so a ll he could of the w hooping cranes. T his spot in p a in tin g an o p tim is tic p ictu re of Y ie ld s an acre in the 10 G re a t do was te ll Goss he was tre m e n ­ never has been found, but i t alm ost va rio u s factors b e a rin g upon crop change as the season progresses,” yields. i t Is pointed out. The w eather, in P la in s states, c o m p risin g 40 per dously Interested In the analysis. c e rta in ly is somewhere in Canada. • • • L is te d as conditions fa v o rin g an­ p a rtic u la r, m a y have a m a rke d cent o f the n a tio n ’s crop land, are L in co ln doubts th a t there are m ore often the key to the n a tio n a l level. CAPITAL CHAFF than 50 of these b ird s a live today other peak production are fa vo ra b le a ffe c t on yields. P o in tin g out th a t crop yields Soil m o istu re in the e n tire area is although there are records showing fa ll and e a rly w in te r conditions, P re sid e nt T ru m a n now plans only th a t the skies o ver the western ; e a rly h arvest of 1946 crops to p e r­ d u rin g the past 10 ye a rs have a v e r­ now the best in m a n y years and a tw o-day stopover in Key West, plains once were darkened by the m it e a rly p re p a ratio n of fields fo r aged a fo u rth la rg e r than in the e specially good in the southern p a rt F la ., fo llo w in g his re tu rn fro m M ex­ flig h ts o f hundreds, even thousands, i fa ll and spring p la n ting , am ple sup­ 1923-32 p re-drouth period, the bu­ w here b ig acreages of w in te r w heat ico p a rly in M a rch . A nother stop­ o f them . If, lik e the passenger | p ly o f q u a lity seeds, m ore c o m m e r­ reau says th a t the pe rfo rm a n ce o f are grow ing. o ve r, w ill be in P uerto R ico on his D em and w ill be fa ir ly strong, and way to observe n a vy m aneuvers in pigeon, they disappear e n tire ly . cia l fe rtiliz e rs and new fa rm m a ­ A m e ric a ’ s fa rm e rs d u rin g the 19.37- N o rth A m e ric a w ill have lost its ta ll. i ch in e ry a vailable, adequate soil 46 period m a y stand as a record. p rice s fo r some products are un- the South A tla n tic . . . . F o rm e r New est as w e ll as one o f its m ost beau­ m ix tu re and increased supply of The b u re a u ’ s estim a te fo r in d i­ c e rta in , w ith p rices fo r m ost de­ Deal E co n o m ist Bob N athan Is re ­ fa rm labor. v id u a l crops per harvested acre in c lin in g to some e xte n t as the season signing fro m the W orld-W ide D evel­ tifu l b ird s. The whooping crane stands o ve r j A ssum ing average g ro w in g con­ 1947 lis ts corn a t 34 bushels; wheat, progresses, i t was explained. The opm ent com pany, composed o f ex­ fo u r feet ta ll, has a w ingspread o f j d itions, the bureau forecasts th a t 17; oats, 34; and b a rle y , 25; tam e bureau says the general p rice out­ a d m in is tra tio n econom ic experts, be. seven feet and flies w ith neck and the 1947 crop y ie ld per acre is lik e ly hay, 1.4 tons; cotton, 250 pounds; look is good, and p rice s fo r m o st cause the g roup ju s t took a con­ legs out s tra ig h t. I t has w h ite i to average about 30 p e r cent h ig h er soybeans, 19 bushels; d ry beans, 900 products w ill s till be h ig h e r than tr a c t to do w o rk fo r A rg e n tin a ’ s plum age except fo r bla ck tip s on than d u rin g the 1923-32 pre-drouth pounds; potatoes, 155 bushels; and before the w a r. Colonel Peron. CONGRESS: Sloiv on Labor M illio n » F in d I Ituilthful F re sh F ru it D r in k G ives T h e m All th e L a x a tiv e A id T h e y N eed Im p le m e n ta tio n of d iffe rin g A llie d econom ic p olicies in G erm any prom ises to produce a co n flictin g hodge-podge th a t w ill com plicate any fu tu re un ifica tion of the reich as an independent state o r w ard o f U S.. B rita in and Russia. The confused situ a tio n was p o in t­ ed up by the U. S. p ro m u lg a tio n of a n ti-tru s t law in the A m e rica n oc­ cupation zone. Designed to p ro ­ m ote independent enterprise, the law w ill re q u ire re o rg a niza tio n of some 30 la rg e G erm an co rporations w ith assets o f 300 m illio n d o lla rs. F irm s e m p lo yin g over 10,000 people w ill be the firs t targets. W hile the B ritis h issued a s im ila r la w in th e ir occupation zone, they p ro vid e d safeguards fo r so cia liza tio n of ce rta in industries. 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