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T Friday. June 8. 1958 MEDFORD t'OHEGON) MAIL TRIBUNE KINS Hew Farm Act, Washington (UP) The new farm law 11 based on the theory that the nation most serious farm problem is a huge, government-owned stockpile o! surplus crops. The Farm Act, signed on May 28 by President Eisenhower af ter months of political infighting, is designed to cut down the sur plus in two ways: A soil bank program offers payments to farmers who reduce production of surplus crops. Other provisions speed the disposal of crops already in gov ernment warehouses. If the surplus is cut, admin istration leaders say that farm prices will rise. Here is an outline of the soil bank plan and other major fea tures of the bill: Operation of Soil Bank Q What is the soil bank and how does it work? A It includes two separate plans. Under one called the acreage reserve farmers are paid for reducing their produc tion of wheat, corn, cotton, rice, peanuts and tobacco below gov ernment acreage allotments. The government will make the pay ments on a year - to - year basis through 1959. The second phase of the soil bank is called the conservation reserve. This applies to all culti vated crops, including hay. Farmers who sign conservation reserve contracts agree to re serve a specified number of acres for soil conservation rath er than crop production for a minimum of three years. Con tracts could run up to 10 years in most cases, up to 15 years in others. The government would pay most of the initial cost of putting the land into conserva tion. It also would make an an nual rental payment. Q How much tax money will this cost? A That depends on how you look at it. Congress has author ized $1,200,000,000 annually for the soil bank through 1959. But administration officials say that most, if not all, of that sum would have to be spent anyway supporting prices of the crops farmers would grow if there were no soil bank. Costs this year will "be relatively small be cause few farmers are expected to put 1956 crops in the bank. Q If the plan works re duces surpluses and raises farm prices what will happen to re tail prices? A Not much, predicts Agricul ture department economist Don Pearlberg. He says much of the vU.;-fc '.its NO DUDE "Smile when vou call me that," warns Max Baer as he throws a rope on Livermore Rodeo queen candidate Barbara Nissen. Barbara complies as Max promises to come in cowboy togs for the western affair at Livermore, Calif., June 9-10. farm increase will be absorbed by middlemen who usually in crease their profit margin when farm prices drop and reduce them when farm prices rise. Q What does the bill do to get rid of current surpluses? A The administration is or dered to sell surplus cotton at world prices. It is specifically ordered not to turn down bids at 25.5 cents a pound if nobody offers a better price. The bill gives the Agriculture department authority to process surplus foods so they can be giv en away easier. It also author izes additional foreign relief shipments. The bill also sets up a presl dentially -appointed commission to tind more industrial uses for farm products. Price Supports Q The first 1956 farm bill, vetoed by President Eisenhower, would have restored rigid, 90 per cent of parity supports on major crops. What does the new law provide? ONEY DOWN A1 ONLY 50 A WEEK jSgpSjfe V IDEAL FOR DRESS OR WORK s&Qu&Q'k JjA This unusually handsome watch rlJrVjrfiAy I anti-magnetic, has stainless I steel back and yellow gold top. I'ViH-Ti-i.-iCn Store Hours: 9:30 a m .to S 3 p. in. Wed. till 9 p.m. With Soil Bank and Crop Disposal, Explains A The act leaves the admin istration's flexible price support system untoched. But it raises supports on grain sorghums, oats, barley and rye in 1956 to 76 per cent of parity theoreti cal point at which farmers are said to get a fair return for their crops. Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson had set supports for these grains at 70 per cent of parity. The bill also seta aside sched uled 1957 declines in the parity prices of wheat, corn and pea nuts. The Agriculture depart ment is ordered to give Congress recommendations on improve ments in the farm parity for mula. Q The bill contains a "two price" plan for rice. How does it work? A The two-price plan goes into effect only if Agriculture Secretary Benson decides it is feasible and he has been cool to it In the past. Under this provi sion, the government would set 90 per cent of parity price sup ports for rice consumed in the United States and Cuba. The re mainder of the crop would move into export markets at lower prices. Acreage Controls Q What does the bill do about federal planting controls? A The corn acreage allot ment in the main corn belt is in creased about 15 per cent for those farmers who agree to put a portion of their cropland into the soil bank. Before Dec. 15, corn growers will vote to decide whether to retain the increased allotment, termed a "base acre age" in the law. If they choose the base acreage, price support levels will be completely at the discretion of the secretary of ag riculture. Should the farmers choose to keep the old planting allotment system, supports will Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Easton, Pa. Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, on winning "the minds and hearts of men" in neutral nations: "The uncommitted nations are not going to be frightened into alliance with the West by military power, nor can their allegiance be purchased by dollars." Washington Mae Wast, on whether Wednesday's battle be tween two of the musclemen in her nightclub act was in first time two men had fought over her: "No, but not in public like this before. I prefer doing things behind closed doors." New York Tenor Frank Parker, on his decision to leave the Arthur Godfrey television shows after a six-year association: "It is most gratifying to me, not losing Arthur's friendship, which goes back long before I started working for him." Miami The Rev. Thao R. Gibson, president of the local chap ter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, on a plan to ask an end to bus segregation in Miami: "If they (the bus company) don't come across we will call a boycott or go to the courts or both." Washington Sen. James O. Eastland (D.-Miss.) chairman of the Internal Security subcommittee, on the background of Sew eryn Bialer, a Polish refugee who testifies today before the com mittee. "He was an emissary In the Polish Communist party to Mos cow in 1954 and was able to observe first-hand many Soviet secrets." remain between 75 and 80 per cent of parity. Cotton acreage allotments for 1957 and 1958 will be 100.000 acres above the 1956 level. The extra acreage goes to the small farmers. The act also provides that no state allotment may be reduced more than one per cent in 1957 and 1958. Rice acreage allotments for 1956 may not be more than 15 per cent below last year, and 1957-58 allotments are frozen at the 1956 level. Federal Aid for Forestry Q Aside from soil bank pay ments for tree planting as a con servation measures, what does the new law do for forestry? A It authorizes federal aid to states which plan reforesta tion programs. Where trees are planted on non-federal land, the Agriculture department could match state spending on a dol-lar-for-dollar basis. The bill sets no definite sum for the program, leaving this for a later decision. The bill also orders the Agri culture departmen to study price trends and relationships for for est products. The information is to be reported to Congress in one year. 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