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Legislation on Land Administration Posed Secretary of the Interior Fred A. Seaton today announced de partmental sponsorship of pro posed legislation he says is aim ed at providing authority for more efficient public land ad ministration. Embodying a five-point pro gram to improve administration of the public lands, the proposed bill as submitted to the Congress applies to all lands subject to the public land laws, including the O&C lands of western Ore gon and public lands in Alaska. Most of the lands affected are administered by the deparment's Bureau of Land Management. Proposals Listed BLM Director Edward Wooz- Soil Bank Loophole Told in Testimony To Subcommittee Washington U.R Congres sional testimony revealed today that a loophole in the soil bank law will permit farmers to re j ceive federal checks this year for taking some 26 million acres out of production while actually reducing plantings by only 12 million acres. - Assistant Agriculture Secre tary Marvin L. McLain said the department has legal authority to close the loophole. But he indicated it hasn't dared to do so for fear of the political "heat" such a move would stir up among farmers. 'No Guidance' Provided He said Congress in enacting the soil bank, which will cost taxpayers a total of about $1 bil lion this year, provided "no guidance" as to whether it want ed the loophole closed. "We could do it, if we fit that we could take the heat to do it," McLain explained to a House Appropriations Subcom mittee behind closed doors April 11. The subcommittee published the testimony today without comment. Rep. Carl Andersen (R-Minn.) raised the issue at the hearing by asking McLain to explain a "discrepancy between the 26 million acres farmers have agreed to put into the soil bank and the reduction of only 12 . million acres In total 1957 crop plantings forecast by the depart ment. Cut Not Required McLain said the department is not requiring any farmer to reduce his total crop plantings as a condition for receiving soil bank payments. They are paid fr- keeping idle some govern ment allotted acreage for plant ing of wheat, cotton, corn, rice and tobacco, he said. If such restrictions were im- posed, McLain said, the total reduction in crop plantings this year -would equal the amount of land which farmers are paid to keep idle. Without such "safeguards," he said, many farmers who have land that is normally idle have simply offset their planting re ductions in the five surplus crops by planting to barley, soybeans or other uncontrolled crops land that would otherwise be idle. ley noted that the bill proposes to: 1. Authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct investi gations, studies and experiments and to enter .into cooperative agreements in order to carry out his responsibilities with re spect to the federally owned lands administered by the sec retary through the Bureau of Land Management. 2. Authorize the secretary to modernize provisions for the payment of fees required as serv ice charges. 3. Authorize the secretary to rehabilitate lands damaged by defaulting timber purchasers, and permitting the use of for feited deposits or bonds for that purpose. 4. Permit the secretary to ac cept donations of money, serv ices, or property for the im provement of management of the public lands under his juris diction. 5. Authorize the secretary to require users of roads or trails on public lands to deposit suffi cient money to enable the sec retary to maintain them in a satisfacory condition. , Wouldn't Affect Rentals Woozley said sections of the proposed legislation pertaining to fees would affect only those services which the department performs on a fee basis and would not affect rentals for the actual use of the public lands such as the grazing fees required by the Taylor Grazing act. The bill would not affect the price of copies of records distributed to the public. Fees with respect to stenographic services are in particular need of adjustment, he added, because stenographic help is not obtainable for the low fees fixed a long time ago. The legislation would facili tate the policy of the Congress to place these kinds of services on a self-sustaining basis, Wooz ley said. ARMY'S RIFLE Kc. Joe L. Beard holds an M-15 auto matic rifle at Fort Leslie McNair at Washington, D. C. The M-15 and the M-14, which has a slightly lighter barrel, are known as the T-14 to the Army and will be adopted as standard rifle. The T-44 is capable of either fully automatic or semi-automatic fire and can be fired at the rate of 700 rounds a minute. Davy Crockett Becomes Idol Of French Youth Paris (U.R) Davy Crockett this spring has replaced Napo leon and the Three Musketeers temporarily as the idol of French youth. According to the popular wom an's magazine. Marie Claire, this legendary American hero has become a $3 million business for French department stores. And Walt Disney, of course, reaps the benefits. Attached to all Davy Crockett products is the label "Walt Disney's Davy Crockett." The movie and TV producer cleaned up with Crock ett in the United States two years ago. The magazine's survey count ed more than 200 such articles, running from coon-tail hats to guitars, pistols, puzzles, knives, sweat-shirts, belts, etc. Manufacturers promise next, a Davy Crockett bicycle, com plete with its own furry tail fly ing at the back a fashion as yet unknown in France although it has been popular in the United States for years long before the Crockett craze there. Women's Hats The gun-toting hunter's fame has even invaded the over-21-year-old group. Ballet star Lud milla Tcherina had a "trapper's hat" especially designed for her a happy combination of the Russian Cossack style and Davy's coon-tail model. Leading hat designers now show the western bonnet in everything from opossum to Per sian lamb, ermine and mink. A year and a half ago, "the king of the far west" was un known here. Youngsters played in the Napoleon cockaded hat and fought duels in true mus keteer style. Then French television launch ed the Davy Crockett song with the aid of singer Annie Cordy and gave away 200 coon-tail hate to promote it. After six months of indiffer ence Crockett suddenly caught on. Today there are 15 different recordings of the ' same ballad, and a stirring account of the hunter's life as recounted by the night club star, Francois Perier. Sheet Metal Men Walk Out on Strike Spokane U.R) Some 550 sheet metal workers in eastern Washington, northern Idaho and northeastern Oregon "were on strike today after contract nego tiations with the Inland Empire Sheet Metal Contractors associa tion failed. Pickets were set up at most shops in the area. Federal Medi ator Louis Ziman was attempting to bring both sides together to approve a new contract to re place that which expired April 30. - The workers asked for a 28 cent hourly wage increase. 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Girl Receives Minor Injuries in Accident Teresa Lynn Stickley, 22- rfionths-old daughter of Mrs. Esther Alice Stickley, 920 South Central ave., Medford, suffered a briused forehead Sunday when a Tar operated by her mother was involved in an accident, ac cording to city police. The girl was taken to Sacred Heart hospital where she was released later Sunday. Hospital attendants indicated her in juries were not serious. ' The accident occurred on East Main st. between Lindley and Willamette aves., it was report ed. Operator of the other car in volved in the accident was Co- rinne Inez Bobbins, 502 Park St., Medford, police said. No citations were issued. Of the 4.3 billion pounds of poultry slaughtered in 1955 in commercial plants, about 88 per cent was turned out in ready-to-cook form. icial Sweden Slops Romance Stockholm, Sweden OI.R) Royal disapproval of Swedish Princess Margaretha's London romance has not dulled the ar dor of her British boy friend, a Stockholm newspaper reported today. The palace issued a communi que Sunday reporting that Mar garetha's mother, Princess Sibyl la, had rejected as "impossible" the bid of a piano - playing nephew of a British nobleman for her daughter's hand in mar riage. The Briton is Robin Douglas Home who earns an average of $84 a week by working in an advertising agency and playing the piano in the luxurious Ber keley restaurant by night. The communique is "pure non sense," the newspaper Stock holm Tigningen quoted Douglas Home as exclaiming today. "From my side it is far from finished." 2 Monday, May 8, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE LEANING FORWARD, President Eisenhower receives , first American Legion 1957 memorial poppy from Kathy Zeller, 7, Barrington, 111. Solemn youngster is grand daughter of Mrs. Carl W. Zeller, national president, Ameri- can Legion Auxiliary. (International Soundphoto) Two Feared Drowned In Snake River Clarkston, Wash. U.R) A search was underway today along the Snake river near Clarkston for two men feared drowned. Harold Withey, 30, and his uncle, . George McKinnon, 49, both of Clarkston, disappeared Friday afternoon. Withey's car was found Satur day south of Asotin. The boat he always used to cross the river to a ranch where he worked was missing. Uh Mail Tribune Want Ads , The Low cost Way To Sell SHAG RUGS Washed & Dyed BIG Y LAUNDROMAT PHONE SP 3-3273 .. 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