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United Press Correspondent
Washington U.R'. An old po
litical pro drppped by the office
the other, day to swap bits of
information for bits of informa
tion, and con
t r i b u ted the
following:
"If you think
Sam Rayburn
and Lyndon
Johnson are
going to give
Ike and Ben
son a billion
bucks to scat
ter among
farmers right away quick, you're
crazy."
Sam Rayburn, of course, is
the distinguished Democratic
speaker and Lyndon B. John
son is the Senate Democratic
leader. A pair of Texans. Ezra
Taft Benson is secretary of agri
culture and you know who Ike
is.
The old pro may have been a
bit cynical. But the old timer
to whom the old pro was talk
ing has not observed so much
political horseplay in 30 years
of observing as this year in con
nection with the problem of the
farm and of the farm vote.
Both Parties in Act
Both parlies are in the act.
Even Benson was able to rise
above principle when it became
obvious that the administration's
lower farm subsidy policy had
to be sweetened for farmers in
an election year. The soil bank
plan, which Benson had held to
be overly expensive a few
months ago, suddenly became a
part of the administration's pro
gram. There's Sl,200,000,000 in the
soil bank for the farmers of the
United States if the administra
tion can ram it through Congress
in time. But, just this week
Rep. oW. R. Poage (D-ex.) was
saying that some restriction
should be slapped on those soil
bank payments to prevent the
administration making out of
the money a slush fund in this
election year.
Poage's crack provides the ino
cent with a politician's-eye view
of the pending farm bill. What
the old pro said about those two
astute Democrats, Sam Rayburn
and Lyndon Johnson, seems to
get considerable support from
recento events. Time is of the
essence of the farm problem in
its political aspects.
Favored byEvenls
And, if the Democrats aren't
playing for time on this one, then
events are breaking uncommon
ly well for them on its own. With
the Easter recess coming up, it
develops now that Congress will
not be able to dispose of the
farm bill until after April 9.
The word from the Agricul
ture Department is that April 15
is Hie absolute deadline for en
actment of the legislation if it
is to have its maximum effect
this year. By maximum effect is
meant the maximum pay-out of
I soil bank money to those farm- have been impregnated with
J ers who undertake to withdraw ' seed.
crop land from production in an j Maybe Benson will get his bill
! effort to reduce surpluses. The i by April 15, maybe not. The
planting season already has be- j early Easter was a bad break for
! gun, and it is too late to put j the Republicans. But there is
acres in the soil bank after they I more than mere politicking on
time. The House-Senate con
ferees Tuesday absolutely re
jected the administration's low,
flexible subsidy program. The
conference committee loaded
against the administration, 8-to-2.
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SANDBLAST President Eisenhower blasts from trap on the golf course at the Green
brier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., as golf pro Sam Snead (right) looks on.
The plush resort is the setting for the President's "get acquainted" conference with
President Adolf o Ruiz Cortines of Mexico and Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent.
On The Side
By E. V. Durling
(Distributed by King Features Syndicate? Inc.)
Kaiser Organizes
Food Container Firm
Oakland, Calif. (U.P.) The
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical
Corp. has organized a new div
ision to handle the expanding
demand for aluminum food con
tainers. The new organization, known
as the Foil Kraft Division, will
be headed by Alanson L. Brooks.
. Current production of the
rigid aluminum containers for
frozen foods, bakery and other
products is handled by the com
pany's Los Angeles plant, re
cently purchased from Foil
Kraft, Inc.
Construction is now proceed
ing on a second container plant
at Wanatah, Ind., where oper
ations are scheduled to begin
July 1.
Is your wife an intense kisser?
Don't answer me; it is none of
my business. Did you know the
intensity of kissing was the sub
ject of scientific investigation?
The Armour Institute of Technol
ogy had an instrument called a
kiss-o-meter. It registered the
intensity of a kiss from zero to
120. Ninety was considered good.
When a kiss reached 90 a bell
rang. Highest intensity recorded
during the experiment was 110.
That was when a Chicagoan kiss
ed his red haired wife. Kisses
between sons-in-laws and mothers-in-law
were also tested. The
average intensity of these kisses
was two, the highest six.
Sidelights
Am informed June 18 has been
named "Expectant Fathers Day."
What would be a good present
for an expectant father? . . .
What is the extent of your wife's
knowledge of cookery? Does she
know the recipe for that delight
ful dessert called "Willie's Peach
Dumpling"? Can she make "Tex
as Republic Coffee"?
Spaghetti
Are you fond of spaghetti? It
is one of my favorite menu items.
Therefore, I was interested in a
remark made by that contin
uously charming cinema lu
minary, Dolores Del Rio. Recent
ly Dolores frankly admitted she
is 47. However, she looks 20
years younger and still has her
schoolgirl figure. Asked if she
was on a diet, she said, "I should
say not. I eat plenty. Mostly
spaghetti." She added in ex
planation of her retention of her
youthful appearence, "I never
drink. Never diet. And am al
ways in love with life."
Asides
Wives born under Capricorn
(Dec. 22-Jan. 20) prefer twin
beds. Or even separate bedrooms.
They have a passion for privacy.
Or so say the stargazers. ... At
one time there was more money
to be made in the legal profes
sion than in the medical profes
sion. Such is no longer the case.
The average annual income of
lawyers in the United States is
$9,375. For doctors it is $14,000.
Among the Married
How old was your mother
when you were born? Gyne
cologist maintain that the best
years for a woman to have chil
dren is between 18 and 23.
Children born of mothers in that
age group are said to develop
into the healthiest and most in
telligent adults. That's another
observation by experts that
doesn't give me a break. My
mother was 31 when I was bora
Dick Haymes' Auto
Attached for Old Bill
Hollywood (U.R) Singer Dick
Haymes' S5000 convertible sports
car has been attached by a credit
bureau on grounds that he owes
a S516.95 market bill.
Papers of attachment were
served oh Haymes yesterday at
his Malibu home. The Sales Mar
ket Inc. of Encino claimed he
has owed $516.94 on a grocery
bill since last August. It filed
suit for the debt last Friday.
Dead line Sunday Classified 15 at
noon Saturday. 10 a.m Monday for
Mondav other days 5:30 orevious dav
Damage by Floods
In Lasl Winter
Said $255,000,000
Santa Rosa, Calif. (U.R)
Philip D. Batson, regional ad
ministrator of the Federal Civil
Defense administration, esti
mates damage from last winter's
floods at S255,000,000.
Stressing that his estimate
was "conservative," Batson said
the floods were the most wide
spread in the West this century.
They affected parts of Calif
ornia, Nevada, Oregon and
Washington.
The CD yesterday closed its
disaster center in Salem, Ore.,
the last one in operation since
the floods began Christmas"
week. Other centers were in
Washington, Nevada and in five
California communities.
The floods affected nearly
30,000 families, and caused 76
deaths, 3796 injuries and 291
hospital cases in the four west
ern states. More than 400 per
sons have applied to the gov
ernment for financial help un
der public law 875.
In additions, Batson said flood
waters destroyed more than
1407 houses and caused major
damage to 2725. Another 11,829
suffered minor damage. More
than 1000 small businesses were
affected.
Southwest Dus!
Storm Turns Into
Snowin Midwest
By UNITED PRESS
The worst dust storm of the
year turned into a wintry blast j
of snow, rain, and wind today.
Dusters which churned up
tons of topsoil across six South
western states appeared to be
dying. But the same storm cen
ter plowed into the Midwest
with heavy snow, thunderstorms
and roof-ripping winds.
Snow for New England
The Weather Bureau predict
ed the new storm would charge
all the way to the East Coast,
bringing new snow to blizzard
plagued New England. Other
Eastern areas were in for cold
rains and falling temperatures.
The storm ushered in the 1956
dust storm season yesterday
with raking winds across Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Colo
rado, New Mexico and Texas.
Colorado was hardest hit. The
winds slashed at 2,500,000 acres
of crop land and 1,000,000 acres
of grazing land in the state's
eastern plains. Dust clouds bil
lowed as high as 14,000 feet
and visibility went down to 50
feet in many towns.
Traffic Slopped
The dusf storm closed schools
and stopped' traffic in some
areas. Winds hit 84 miles per
hour In the heart of the dust
belt, while at Denver gusts tore
away 10 feet of a 70-foot smoke
stack and a $1500 sign.
Severe damage was feared
for tender young wheat in a
40.000-acre Kansas area, but the
other states appeared to have
escaped with lesser- losses.
The storm changed character
when it hit the Mississippi val
ley. It moved up the nation's
midsection with heavy snows,
including six inches in six hours
at Fargo, N.D., six inches at
Madison. Wis., and five inches
at Grand Forks, N.D.
Wednesday, March 28, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Dave Beck Plans
Roseburg Youth, 15, Held
For Breaking Windows
1 Roseburg (U.R) A 15-year-old
Roseburg youth was remanded
to the juvenile department of
Circuit Court here yesterday
after he admitted helping break
nearly $5000 worth of windows
in business establishments Mon
day night.
The youth confessed that he
and a companion shot B-B pellets
through the windows but refused
to divulge the name of his ac-
In Deep South
Honolulu (U.R) President
Dave Beck of the powerful
Teamsters union plans to organ
ize union activity in the Deep
South under his personal direc
tion. Beck said yesterday he will
set up a regional office in either
New Orleans, Tampa or Miami
for the drive. He said Miami
appears to be the most likely
spot at present.
"We're going to concentrate
our efforts in the South because
union membership in that area
should be around 300,000 in
stead of the present 60,000,"
Beck said.
'Housecleaning' Due
Beck previously announced
he will also be in charge of or
ganizing and "housecleaning" in
New York and Minnesota. How
ever, he said yesterday he will
hold up attempts to organize
the New York City dock area
until the courts take final ac
tion on various disputes there.
After that, he said he was not
sure whom he would pick to
organize the dock area. How
ever, he said "1 wouldn't take
Hoffa out of Detroit and put
him in New York because he is
doing a big job where he is."
Loan Rejected
He was referring to Vice
President James R. Hoffa, whose
proposal to loan the Internation
al Longshoremen's association
$400,000 was rejected Monday
by the Teamsters' Executive
board.
Beck, Hoffa and other team
ster officials have been in Hon
olulu attending a board meeting,
which ended yesterday.
Beck also announced he will
be a candidate for election as
teamster president in 1957 and
that he plans to retire in 1962.
In other action, the board also
gave strike sanction to brewery
locals throughout California.
Some 5000 workers are involved.
TO DEDICATE COURTHOUSE
Roseburg (U.P.) Dedication
ceremonies for a new wing of the
Douglas county courthouse are
scheduled for Friday. Justice Hal
S. Lusk of the State Supreme
court will be the principal
speaker.
ON HIGHWAY COMMISSION
Salem (U.R) Gov. Elmo
Smith today announced the reap
pointment of Milo K. Mclver,
Portland, as a member of the
Oregon State Highway Commis
sion for a three-year term start
ing April 1, 1956.
SOMETHING
DBS
in
IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT
SIXTH AND BARTLETT
BRIDGE CONTRACT LET
Salem (U.R) The State High
way Commission yesterday
awarded a S6,681,940 contract
for construction of a new inter
state bridge across the Colum
bia river between Portland and
Vancouver, Wash., to the Guy
F. Atkinson Co. of San Fran
cisco. Atkinson was low of five
bidders.
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SHERIFF'S BALL TARGET
Des Moines, la. (U.R)
Thieves stole -$125 worth of
guests' clothing at a sheriff's ball
sponsored by Sheriff Wilbur Hil-dreth.
Spend EASTER WEEK . . .
"IN THE SHADOW
OF THE CROSS"
Special Messages
Special Music
First Baptist
Church
Every Evening . 7:30 p.m.
NURSERY PROVIDED ;
Dr. Vernon Grounds
WATCH .FOR 'IT!
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Vatican City Opens
Holy Week Rites
Vatican City (U.R) The most
solemn rites of Holy Week mark
ing the passion and death of
Christ began today in this tiny
state which, is the temporal and
spiritual center of the Roman
Catholic World.
The "great triduum" (the
three-day period) of Holy Week
started in Rome at noon. It-'
will run through midnight of
Holy Saturday.
Pope Pius XII did not attend
any special rite today. He said
mass .in his private chapel as
usual and had brief separate
audiences with his aides and 10
foreign visitors.
Crop
Duster Lands
In Oklahoma Prison
McAlester, Okla. (U.R) Don
ald Bruce Chonosky, a crop dust
ing pilot, had the wings of an
angel Tuesday but ran out of gas
in his flight to prison.
Chonosky, of WTelch, la., was
forced to land inside the Okla
homa State Prison fence. With
help from Assistant Warden
Clint Gadden he refueled and
took off again for Wichita, Kan.
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