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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1956)
G O EIGHT MEDFORD OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, January 10, 1958 ke's Agriculture Program eclared IViainly Long-Range . . Farm Organizations Comment on Program For Aid To Farmers Farm Belt Solons Promise To Seek Immediate Help ' By UNITED PRESS Farm belt coneressmen charged today that President E? senhower's new agriculture pro gram is mainly long-range. They promised to try to get more im mediate help for farmers. Regardless of party, congress men generally supported in prin ciple most of the nine farm pro posals Mr. Eisenhower sent to Congress Monday. The program called for a two-phase "soil bank," speeded up disposal of the present huge farm surpluses and other steps to ease the cost price squeeze on farmers. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey CD Minn.) said Congress will have to go beyond the President's rec ommendations if it wants to avoid a farm depression. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) said it "fails to meet the emergency situation confronting America's farmers." Some congressmen urged an Immediate return to rigid price supports of 90 perocent of "fair income" parity on all basic crops as a means of quickly bolstering sagging farm prices. Tax Plans Submitted Other congressional news: Congressional staff experts to day handed Congress 20 "alter native plans" for cutting person al income taxes. They would cost the Treasury from $18,000, 000 to $8,303,000,000. , . SenPPaul H. Douglas (D-IU.), who has been conducting lengthy hearings on problems of de--pressed areas, said the adminis tration's new proposal to help financially-distressed communities is grossly inadequate." He urged Congress to pass a Democratic aid bill he introduced last July. Congressional sources hinted that President Eisenhower's Democratic appointees from now on can expect a tough going over from the Democratic Sen ate. What the Senators will want to know is whether the GOP ad ministration, in selecting men for jobs which by law are sup posed to go to Democrats, is picking "regular" or "Eisen hower" Democrats. Defends Negotiated Deals v Assistant Vrmy Secretary F. H. Higgins said in testimony be fore the House Armed Services Committee that taxpayers get their money's worth when, the Pentagon buys military goods under negotiated contracts. Com mittee Chairman Carl Vinson (D Ga.), has accused the administra tion of "shocking" abuse of mili tary buying practices by virtu ally scrapping the use of open, competitive bids. The Commerce Department, in a special report to a House News print subcommittee, reported that newsprint supplies for American newspapers have reached a "dangerously low point." It urged increased ex perimentation and perhaps gov ernment help in finding new ways to boost new spring produc tion. A Senate Civil Service sub committee today called on Civil Service Chairman Philip Young to explain statements that the Eisenhower administration root ed out thousands of security risks inherited from the Democrats. Washington (U.R) Com ment on President Eisenhower's new farm program by national farm organizations ranged from "disappointingly weak" to "fine as far as it goes." James G. Patton, president of the National Farmers Union, called the President's message to congress yesterday "disap pointly weak." He said it "does not propose a single thing to raise farmers' income above the present depression level." He added that the new program "is designed to save the political hide of the sliding scale" of flex ible price supports." Economists See Little Impact on Prices at Grocery Washington (U.R) Agri culture Department economists said today the administration's new farm program would have little or no impact on prices at the grocery. "I can't see that the new pro gram would have any immed iate effect on consumer prices," said Dr. Frederick V. Waugh, director of the Agricultural Ec onomics uivision. mere is plenty of food in the country. If the soil bank plan works out so there is a substantial reduc tion in commodities, we will still have plenty of food. Taxes Biggest Effect "The biggest effect on the con sumer as I see it would be the taxes he might have to pay to support the ' program." Dr- Don Paarlberg, economic assistant to Secretary of Agri culture Ezra T. Benson, said "the decline in farm prices has not made a lot of difference" in the price housewives pay for food, "and I can't see that the new program will make a lot of difference." Paarlberg said the new pro gram would cause some "buoy ancy" on the market, but "no upsurge in farm prices." Charles B. Shuman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, found many good ! points in the message and com- mended Mr. Eisenhower on his ; "thoughtful understanding of the overall farm problem." But Shuman added the message "falls short of the policies advo cated by the membership of the Farm Bureau on a number of points." A spokesman for the Nation al Grange called the soil bank plan a "production control gimmick - and a possible fail ure." Only Temporary Thing "It will be a failure unless the payments to farmers are pretty high," the spokesman said- "Ev en then, it's only a temporary thing. The administration is asking for a 20 per cent cut back in acreage, leaving the far mer 80 per cent of his land on which to produce crops. I'm bet ting on the 80 per cent that's left being able to produce a whopping crop." ' The spokesman said that the Grange won't fight the soil bank plan, but won't endorse it. Half of Stanford Students Have Jobs Stanford, Calif. (U.R) A cam pus fact-finding board, bent upon disproving the popular thought that Stanford is a "rich man's school," polled the student body to see how many labored at a job as well as over the books. It found that half the institu tion's 6,800 attendants earn all or part of their expenses with part time jobs. An employment questionnaire, sent out by the board and answered by 4,874 students, also revealed that: 1 Another 12 per cent expect to need part-time jdbs before they graduate. 2 Over 13 per cent receive scholarships and loans from the school. 3 Nearly nine per cent get fi nancial aid from the govern ment. e 4 Over nine per cent receive non- family aid from other sources. Many among Stanford's work ing student population toil on campus in such jobs as "hash ing," library assisting and work ing in various school offices. Close to 25 per cent of all those paying their own way were women, and many of the part time workers also meet their $1,800 a year monetary output by holding summer jobs. Michigan ranks first in the growing of tart cherries. One half of the entire U. S. crop is grown in this state. Religious Course At Central Point Central Point a "course of re ligious' instruction for Catholic high school and grade school children who attend public schools in Central Point will star a 8 p.m. Wednesday a the American Legion hall here. The Rev. Robert Tomisser of St. Mary's school, Medford, urged parents and children inter ested to attend the meeting to or ganize and arrange a program for various age groups. Mr. Tomisser said anyone in terested was welcome to attend the school. Boy Scouts Eight awards were presented by Cubmaster Kent Blackhurst at a meeting of Cub Pack 14 held at Roosevelt school last night. Those receiving awards were Joe Reeder, lion badge; Steve Blackhurst and Wayne Evans, assistant denner badges; Tom Ness, denner badge and sil ver arrow; Mike Hoover, one year pin, and Gary Niedermeyer, Tom Ness and David Doty, den ner badges. Eleanor Farner's Den 4 won the attendance award for the second consecutive month. Lt. C. W. Lacey of the Med ford police department intr duced several boxers from the Pal club and officiated at several boxing demonstrations and answered questions regarding boxing and the Pal club. Jackie Puscas, national AAU light weight champion, also was introduced. Committee chairman Shirrell Doty announced that the annual Blue and Gold dinner will be held on Feb. 13. Benson Sees Cut In Farm Surplus New Orleans (U.R) Secre tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson predicted today the new farm program will reduce "mountainous surpluses," and solve the nation's No. 1 farm problem- Benson told the American National Cattlemen's association that Agriculture . Department economists estimate farm prices would be .10 per cent higher now and net farm income might have been 20 per cent higher in 1955 if the government-owned surplus of farm commodities did not exist. Bold Plan Strikes Directly Benson said the administra tion's soil bank program will be the main device used in cutting into the $7,700,000,000 in surplus farm commodities. The soil bank program, Ben son said, is a "bold plan that strikes directly at the prob lem." "It will remove the crushing burden of surpluses that it our most serious farm problem," he said. "It will prevent a further di version of acres out of surplus crops and onto other producers." Benson said there has been "no hard and fast estimate of how much the soil bank will improve prices and incomes." Prospect Club To Elect Directors Prospect New directors will be elected at a meeting of the Prospect Community club at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12. Reports of activites of the past year also will be given. 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