il Bank, Return To Rigid Price
Props Voted by Agriculture Group
Friday. February 10. 1956
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Washington OJ.FT The Sen
ate Agriculture Committee to
day approved 12-3 an omnibus
farm aid bill including a "soil
bank" and return to rigid price
props.' .
But the rigid price proposal
faced a hard fight in the Senate
and if passed by Congress a pos
sible presidential veto.
Both friends and foes of the
proposal predicted victory in the
Senate by a narrow margin.
In 1954, the Senate threw out
rigid supports and approved 49
44 administration-s ponsored
flexible supports of 75 to 90 per
cent of parity. The omnibus bill
would restore rigid supports at
90 per cent.
President Eisenhower said at
his news conference this week
he would be "gravely concern
ed" if Congress voted a return
to rigid supports. Republican
senators predicted he would veto
the bill if it contained them.
Marathon Session
nature to me.
.The Agriculture Committee
worked for 11V4 hours at a
marathon session before voting
out the farm bill early this morn
ing. High price-supports squeaked
through with an 8-7 vote. And
despite the 12-3 vote on the en
tire bill, some committee mem
bers in voting reserved the right
to fight some of the bill's pro
visions on the Senate floor.
They particularly referred to
the high rigid supports.
One of the three committee
members who voted against the
measure Sen. Clinton P. Ander
son (D-N. M.), a former secretary
of agricultures-replied an em
phatic "No" when asked by re
porters if he thought it was a
good bill.
Battle Predicted
Committee Chairman Allen J.
Ellender (D-La.), said he expects
the Senate to start debating the
legislation- about Feb. 20,
"This will produce the same
hot fight as before in 1954,"
Anderson said
Sen. George D. Aiken (R-Vt.),
ranking GOP member of the
committee, said he voted for the
measure with reservations. He
was pessimistic about its ac
complishing the objective of eas
ing the plight of the nation's
price squeezed farmers
"The President gave the Con
gress and the people a sound
farm bill, but now the chances
of getting good legislation are
dim," he told reporters,
Union Leaders Launch Drive To
Bring Southern Labor Into Fold
Miami Beach, Fla. (U.R)
AFL-CIO President Gebrge
Meany and Vice President Wal
ter Reuther launched a drive to
unionize the South Thursday
night with fiery speeches to
more than 10,000 cheering work
ers at a mass labor rally.
The two union chiefs, rep
resenting some 16,000,000 mem
bers, pledged full support by the
AFL-CIO in the Hotel and Rest
aurant Workers Union drive to
organize workers in the Miami
aroa
They sharply criticized the
controversial "r i g h t-t o-work"
laws and pounced on Florida
courts for granting injunctions
to halt picketing at 23 hotels in
volved in the strike here by the
Hotel and Restaurant Workers.
Reuther Cheered ' --
Reuther drew long cheers
from the excited crowd at Mi
ami's Bayfront Park bandshell
when he attacked Agriculture
Secretary Benson. He said Ben
son blamed the economic plight
of the farmers on high wages in
a "vicious anti-labor speech" in
New Orleans recently.
;' "Benson said that prices went
lap because of higher wages,"
Reuther said. "But when I ask-i
d him later to join with me in
asking Congress to investigate
and determine if wages were the
cause of high prices, he would
not agree."
"He didn't want to expose the
people who are making the big
contributions to his political
party," Reuther charged. .
Meany and Reuther are here
for the mid-winter conference of
the AFL-CIO Executive Council.
Reuther, red-haired president
of the United Auto Workers,
called the rally "the beginning
of building a crusade in the
South ... a march toward or
ganizing the working people.
He said wages will remain
low in the South "until the
workers build themselves a
strong union to get what they de
serve."
He singled out Florida as an
example of the labor situation
in the South and charged that
workers here "are second class
economic citizens, but they pay
first class prices for the things
they buy. They are paid second
class wages."
Awards Are Presented
District Boy Scouts
At Court of Honor
Five life ranks were present
ed at a Court of Honor of the
Big Pines district of the Crater
Lake area council of the Boy
Scouts of America this week.
Richard Kengla, Troop 8,
Jerry Mathern and Henry Scott,
Squadron 14,' and Stuart Schroe-
der and Curtis Cook, Troop 16,
received the life ranks, which
exclusive . at
Central Rexall Drug
Main and Central
for that big show
of affection
1uA& Sieves
valentine hearts
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packed with a pound of delicious Assorted
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Many other "Hearts" 75c to $6.50 . . . gleaming
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were presented by Carroll Smith
of Ashland, vice chairman of the
Big Pine district. .
" About 275 attended the Court
of Honor at McLoughlin Junior
High school boys' gymnasium
Dr. Abner Clark of Medford,
Big Pines district advancement
chairman, presided.
Champlin Speaks
Medford Police Chief Charles
Champlin, special guest, spoke
on the importance of youth
groups such as scouts,- and the
role played by parents in cooper
ation with such "organizations.
Court of Honor was-part of Boy
Scout Week activities here.
N. H. (Duke) Gladfelter acted
as commissioner of the court,
during which time some 73
scouts received 107 merit badges
presented by Sherril Doty, Bob
Church and J. A. McDougall.. .
First class , ranks were pre
sented Eugene ) McFadden and
William Richardson of .Troop 2,
and Mike .. Consbruck, Everett
Overholt and Michael Cox of
Troop 15. John Pattern, council
training chairman, . made the
presentations. - - - .
Church presented second class
rankings to Gary Fields, Dennis
Quackenbush, Richard Byrd,
Johnie Sturgis, Kennie Baumer
and Jimmie Sanger of Troop 7,
and to Mike Lowery of Troop 15.
Bronze Palm Award
Dic Corum of Squadron 14
was presented a bronze palm to
attach to an Eagle badge. The
bronze palm is" a . special award
ranked i higher than the Eagle
award. J. A.' McDougall, council
commissioner, made the presentation.
Star ranks went to Doug
Kliever and John Lacy of Troop
3, Robert Hawkins of Troop 7,
Rodney Fowler of Troop 15, and
Gary Nelson and Richard Schroe
der of Troop 16. Harry Barne
burg, neighborhood commission
er, made the presentations.
Explorer awards were pre
sented Jerry Mathern for emer
gency service explorer, John
Laden, aviation rating, and Die
Corum for aviation rating and
physical fitness rating in addi
tion to the bronze award. All
three are in Squadron 14. Sher
ril Doty, district training chair
man, made the presentations.
Advancement Award
Dr. Clark presented the ad
vancement ax to Troop 11 of
the Baptist church. The award
is based on the largest number
of advancements in the troop
percentagewise. The award pre
viously was held by Troop 2 of
the Kiwanis club. Troop 9 of
the Christian church had the
greatest number of advance
ments, but not the greatest per
centage of advancements.
Others who participated in
the program included Cliff Han
son, scout executive of the Cra
ter Lake Area council, and Dick
Lamb, assistant scout executive.
Lou Cranston, district activi
ties chairman, presented awards
for window display contest win
ners, which were announced pre
viously. The contest was held
in connection with Boy Scout
Week this week.
The biggest gold nugget in
history," 195 pounds, was taken
from the Morgan claim at Carl
son hill in Calaveras county,
California, in 1854.
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