TEW MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNB
Thursday, August 30, 1938
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Portland U.R Willam
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burning natural gas in their ap
pliances Sunday, company of
ficials said, with the first Port
land areas to be converted slat
ed to start using the new fuel
Monday.
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Falling Farm Prices Biggest Domestic
Headache for Eisenhower and Benson
' By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
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Washington There is no
question but what the problem
of falling farm prices has been
the biggest and V ft.
most persistent
domestic head- .
ache for Pres
ident Eisen
hower and his
Secre t a r y of
Agricul t u r e,
Ezra T. Ben
son. Due to prob
lems for which a. kodl smith
ready solutions have yet to be
found, the administration has
been unable to achieve thus far
the president's twin aims of" giv
ing the farmer "full parity in the
market place" while cutting
back government regulation of
the farm economy. Today the
average American farmer it still
tied up in government controls
and has considerably less cash
in his pockets.
But the farm problem is not
a new one. It has down across
the years plagued virtually ev
ery president, be he Democrat
or Republican, who has sought
means of curbing the boom and
bust tendencies of this import
ant segment of the economy.
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Farm income, to cite some fig
ures, hit $15.9 billion in 1948,
then fell off to $12.8 billion in
1950 just before the outbreak of
the Korean war. It climbed back
up to $14.8 in 1951, dropped
slightly to S14 in the 1952 elec
tion year. This see-saw condition
existed under the Truman ad
ministration. Income Trailed Off
In Eisenhower's first year,
farm income trailed off some
what to $13.4 but by last year it
had plummeted to $10.7. Econ
omists predict it will keep fall
ing to about $10.3 billion this
year.
The other index of conditions
down on the farm the parity
index which reflects farm in
come as against the farmers'
costs illustrates the problem in
another way. The parity ratio
averaged 108 for the 1947-49
period, but fell off to 100 the
last year of the Truman admin
istration, 1952. It fell to 92 the
first year of the Eisenhower ad
ministration and by last year it
was down to 84. It reached a
low of 81 last March and since
then climbed back up to 86 a
change that has, been hailed by
the administration as evidence
that the long decline is over and
that adjustment of the farm
economy from war to peace was
finally under way.
Secretary Benson's conserva
tism and slowness to act have
brought him into conflict with
the more politically sensitive
members of the administration,
who at times have forced upon
him politically expedient deci
sions not to his liking. Always
he has gone along in the hope
that such measures would be
temporary and not seriously in
terfere with his efforts in the
long run to get farmers "off the
federal dole."
Supports Changed
The administration's main vic
tory for its way of dealing with
the farm question was to get
Congress to change from rigid 90
per cent price supports to flex
ible supports at a somewhat
lower -figure. This was accom
plished after Eisenhower vetoed
a rigid price support farm bill.
While supports could be drop
ped to 75 per cent of parity under
this bill, the administration has
pegged wheat, cotton and corn
at 82V4 per cent. Benson has op
posed a dual-price plan urged by
wheat growers.'
The amount of money the gov
ernment is putting into the farm
economy to support prices hit
about $1 billion in 1955, and
this year it is running close to
twice that amount.
Another big farm headache
has been the surplus of farm
commodities piled up over the
years in government warehouses.
Benson has worked aggressively
to unload them. He has been not
ably successful in reducing dairy
surpluses, but surpluses of corn,
wheat, cotton and some other
commodities remain chiefly be
cause of continued high sup
ports, record production on few
er acres, and shrinking world
markets. The government has
sold or given away nearly $3
billion in surpluses since the in
ception in 1954 of a special dis
posal program. But the govern
ment still has about $8.5 billion
invested in price support opera
tions, a figure expected to rise
to $10 billion with this year's
harvest.
After hog prices dropped from
$20 to $11 per 100 pounds last
fall, the outcry from the farm
belt reached its highest pitch
during Benson's tenure. It led
to a cabinet division, with the
more politically minded mem
bers trying to stir Benson to a
pork buying program. With a
firm hand they guided him down
a path he was reluctant to fol
low. Full Approval Doubted
It is doubtful even now that he
fully approves of the soil bank
plan, which is just now going
into effect. For it is an extension
of an idea from New Deal days
of paying farmers for taking
land out of production. Benson
has viewed it as continued sub
sidization of agriculture under
the guise of conservation.
Benson had thought in terms
of a modest soil bank of some
$200 million a year to help farm
ers retire land unsuited for
crops and plant it to grass and
trees. But the program adopted
amounted to $1.2 billion, liber
ally designed to let farmers take
advantage of the grants before
election.
The soil bank was. accompan
ied by the rise in the price sup
ports on corn, wheat and cot
ton, so that the full operation of
the flexible price support sys
tem was set aside for another
year. These actions have served
to placate dissident farm mem-
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bers of the Republican party.
But, also, they have served
to frustrate the president's ex
pressed hope of freeing agricul
ture from government controls
and moving away from what was
regarded as far left of center
into the middle furrow of con
servatism in which the farmer
would return to his legendary
role as a rugged individualist.
(NEXT The up and downs of
civil rights.)
Largest Rock Crushing
Operation To Start
Pendleton (U.R) Houck &
Sons, Pendleton, will start what
is termed the largest rock crush
ing operation in the Pacific
Northwest next Tuesday.
Machinery has been set up 10
miles south of here. Six large
crushers will turn out the rock
at about 300 yards an hour.
Eleven conveyor lines will carry
the rock to waiting trucks.
The rock will come from a 14
acre site from which the opera
tion is expected to crush be
tween 150,000 and 160,000 yards.
It is estimated there are more
than 10,000 species of destruc
tive insects in the United
States.
First Nonpartisan
Candidates Fair Slated
Here on October 27
Five Republican and five
Democratic candidates for elec
tion this fall will appear in Med
ford at McLoughlin Junior High
school on Oct. 27, at the first
nonpartisan Candidates Fair to
be held in this area.
Republicans attending the Fair
will be Gov. Elmo Smith, in
cumbent up for reelection, Doug
las McKay, candidate for U. S.
Senator; Harris Ellsworth, na
tional representatives running
for reelection; Mark Hatfield,
candidate for secretary of state;
and Sig Unander, candidate for
reelection for state treasurer.
Democratic Candidates
Democratic candidates ap
pearing at the Fair will be
Wayne Morse, senator running
for reelection; Charles O. Por
ter, candidate for national rep
resentative; Robert D. Holmes,
candidate for governor; Monroe
Sweetland, candidate for secre
tary of state; and Robert Y.
Thornton, attorney general run
ning for reelection.
Local candidates scheduled to
appear at the Fair are Robert
A. Boyer and Robert B. Duncan,
Democratic candidates for state
representative from the 19th dis
trict, and E. A. Littrell, Repub
lican incumbent running for re
election as state representative.
District Attorney Walter D.
Nunley and his opponent. Dem
ocrat Thomas J. . Reeder, will
also be present.
County candidates who will
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Service Directory
Distribution Starts
A directory of health and so
cial services for Jackson county,
compiled by the Jackson county
Inter-Agency council and printed
through cooperation of the Unit
ed Medford Crusade, is being
distributed among several
health and social agencies, min
isters, doctors, lawyers, schools,
police and other interested
groups through the Jackson
county Inter-Agency council.
Purpose Told
The directory was prepared to
help people find the kind of ser
vice they need, according to
council officials.
The Inter-Agency council met
in the courthouse auditorium on
Aug. 28 to complete plans for
distributing the directory. The
program for the day was a re
view of camping programs in
the county, campsites and owner
ships available to children who
do not have financial resources.
. Charles Jones, president of
the Junior Chamber of Com-
merce, was a guest and discus
sed his group's project of pro
viding a campsite for use by
other organized groups during
the summer.
Experience Needed
Miss Shirley Hutchinson, child
welfare woker,' Jackson county
public welfare commission, spoke
of the paucity of camperships
available, stating there are more
children needing camping ex
perience than there were camp
erships available for them.
Miss Mary Aldrich, executive
director of the local Girl Scout
council, was chairman pro-tem
of the meeting. The next meet
ing will be held Sept. 18 at the
Y when a discussion of the wom
en's program offered at the
YMCA will be held.
Truman To Stump
Butler Declares
Washington (U.R) Demo-
cratic National Chairman Paul
; M. Butler said Wednesday night
I former President Truman will
j take the stump "in his inimita
i ble way" for the Democratic
! ticket this fall.
Mr. Truman, who originally
j opposed the presidential aspira
tions of both Democratic presi
i dential candidate Adlai Steven
j son and vice presidential can
didate Estes Kefauver, said aft
! er Stevenson's nomination he
would campaign "if asked."
Butler said he is "sure" Mr.
Truman will campaign under
the auspices of the Democratic
National Committee. He said
Mr. Truman would campaign
in "some of the larger metro
politan areas where he has very
great strength."
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The Community's Blfgest Marketplace
attend are Republicans L. G.
(Shy) Morthland, incumbent of
the county court; Allen D. Cur
ry, candidate for county asses
sor; Anna R. Scott, candidate
for county treasurer; and Dem
ocrats Ray J. Schumacher, can
didate for county assessor, and
Karl Janouch, candidate for
county treasurer.
Alf B. Mekvold, unopposed
county school superintendent on
the nonpartisan ballot, Ralph
James, Democratic candidate for
county commissioner, and Jus
tice of the Peace candidates
from the Ashland district.
There will be a meeting of
the steering committee planning
the Candidates Fair at Medford
Senior High school at 8 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 13.
This committee is composed
of members of the League of
Women Voters Service group
and representatives from the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, Jackson County's
United Nations organization,
County Election's department,
Medford Garden club, Southern
Oregon Child Guidance ' clinic.
city and county planning com
missions and the fruit and lum
bering industries.
Party Representatives
Mrs. Kathleen Bash .and Mrs.
Rosemary Keeney will repre
sent the Republican party, and
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Norton and
Robert Boyer will represent the
Democratic narty.
Mrs. I. S. Thomas, general
chairman, has explained the pur
pose of the Fair is to acquaint
the public with candidates from
both parties, to inform voters of
hallot measures and issues, to
stimulate interest in voting and
participating in government, and
to present a cross-section of city
and county interests through ex
hibits and displays.
Around Hollywood
By ALINI MOSBT
United Press Correspondent
Editor's Note: Aline Mosbv U on
vacation. Today's sucst writer. Richard
Widmark. answers the question often
put to him Does the violence In his
films harm young fans?
By RICHARD WIDMARK
Written for United Press
Hollwood U.R) I've been
quite a violent fellow in motion
pictures. If you counted the
notches on my Screen Actors'
Guild card you'd find almost a
hundred. I've slain good actors
and bad in quite a variety of
ways.
But movie mayhem rests light
ly on my conscience. There is a
wide divergence of opinion as to
whether violence on the stage or
screen incites some persons in
the audience to violence. I may
be rationalizing my point of
view, but J think it does not.
We're Violent
We have to face the fact there
is a more-or-less supressed urge
to violence in all of us. A good
husband and father at times
comes pretty close to being a
homicidal maniac while driving
his car. The housewife who ang
rily smashes a dish and the rude
salesgirl are being violent in
their own ways.
The papers are full of exam
ples of less inhibited violence,
and of course we all live under
a cloud of mass violence, the
possibility of war.
I think that persons seeing
violence on the screen may work
off some of their own more prim
itive emotions. I would doubt
very much that a maniac needs
a suggestion from a movie to set
him off into some act of atrocity.
It's true that my wife and I
haven't let our little daughter
see some of my epics because wa
feel they are too rough. We are
pretty selective in the type of
entertainment we permit her to
see and only recently acquired
a television set.
The point I'd like to make is
the people who provide enter
tainment can't be expected to
gear it to children. The respon
sibility for what the child sees
rests upon the parents. We think
our daughter should discover the
ranges and aberrations of human
emotion gradually.
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