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IlERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
WEDNESDAY, DEC. Jl. 1149
Farmer in Middle As
Brannan Plan Battled
B OVID A. MARTIN
. Fan Reporter
WASHINGTON, Dec 31 1-The
fanneranxious oyer future price
and crop adjustment problem to
day find himself caught in the
middle of a bitter struggle.
The conflict U between top-rank-Inff
government offlclali and power
ful farm organisations, and lnrolve
two lawea: 1) future government
farm program, and J the question
of who speak for the farmer.
Foe
On the one aide la Secretary of
Agriculture Brannan. with strong
admlnUtratlon support, and on the
other are such farm organisation!
a the American Farm Bureau fed
eration and the National grange.
Only one major farm organisation
al National Farmers' union Is
backing the secretary. A fourth the
National Council of Farmer Co
operatives Is expected to take
aides against him at It January
convention.
The battle may have far-reach-tng
consequence for agriculture, be
cause of the possibility that it may
Interfere with future congressional
farm legislation. '
This situation 1 In sharp con
trast to the relatively peaceful re
lations existing between government
labor officials and labor organiza
tions. In general, both have the
same idea as to government policie
toward organised labor.
Caught In the middle along with
farmer Is congress. Naturally anx
ious to pass legislation desired by
farmers, the lawmaker will be at
a loss as to which side to listen to
Brannan or the farm organizations
which oppose him.
A baslo difference between the
secretary and his foes 1 the so-
(NEA TtUvkMo)
CONFESSES - Bob 8tert
Cox. 41 (above), walked into the
Los Angeles sberltrs office, and
lor the second time In a year, con
fessed to the Black Dahlia slaying.
Cox, an anordained minister, was
turned over to the Homicide VI-
0 said be would be
1 sirrlon of murder.
called Brannan farm program. In
general, the Brannan plan would
support farm prices at higher levels
than would the farm groups that
oppose him. But. the plan would
permit lower consumer price for
perishable than would the farm
groups.
The secretary would use govern
ment payment to achieve the dual
and apparent conflicting goals of
high farm return and low food
prices. Opposing farm groups argue
that the farmer I entitled to hi
full return at the market place.
Both the Farm Bureau federation
and the National grange adopted
strong resolution against the Bran
nan plan at recent conventions. Dif
ference In view played a part In
decision of farm bureau officials not
to invite Brannan to It meeting.
The action brought a charge from
Brannan that the organization was
-undemocratic." The federation re
torted that farmers did not need s
federal appointee to tell them
what to do.
Who's Bight?
Perhaps a Important a differ
ence over the farm policie In the
struggle 1 the question of who ha
the right to speak for farmers on
problems involving their welfare.
Farm bureau officials have
charged that the administration Is
attempting to set up the agriculture
department's farmer-commltteemen
system a a competitor organisation
U- the private farm organizations.
This system was established In the
early New Deal daya to help ad
minister farm programs.
Brannan and hi predecessors
have encouraged the farmer-com-nutteemen
to pass on to them Ideas
and desires of farmers. Each year
the committeemen hold an annual
meeting similar to those of the
farm organizations to discuss prob
lems. At the moment, the Brannan foes
appear to have the better of the
situation. In power is s congress
which at its last session turned
thumb down on the Brannan plan
and passed legislation more In line
with views of his opponents.
In Congress
The struggle Is most likely to bob
up at the coming session of con
gress. But ft may not come to a
final head until next year" con
gressional election, or perhaps not
until after the presidential election
of 1951 President Truman hss In
dicated he will seek eventual elec
tion of s congress committee to the
Brannan proposals.
In the meantime, there la likely
to be plenty of debate over declining
farm prices and responsibility
for such declines.
Brannan has made clear that if
prices drop to levels which bring
sharp farm complaints, he will at
tempt to pin blame on the opposing
farm organization.
On the other hand, his critics
would try to put responsibility on
him on the ground that be did not
do s good enough Job administratively.
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Film Fanfare
Quotes Mirror Hollywood
Minds at Work During '49
By BOB THOMAS
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 31 (AV-What
are the deathless quote of the year
Ui Hollywood
Maybe some of these won't live
Into the second half-century, but
they seemed out of the ordinary to
me. Here are some of the bright,
pointed or Inane sayings that I have
collected from the 1W news:
Robert ' Mltrhum, commenting on
his sentence at the county deten
tion farm: It's an experience
every taxpayer should go through."
Laurenr Olivier, after winning
the academy award "I always
did say Shakespeare was a good
script writer."
Actor Paul Valentine, divorcing
Strip Teaser LIU St. Cyr: "Every
body In the country could see more
of her than I did."
Fred Allen, on the FCC ban on
giveaway air shows: -They have
taken radio back from the scaven
gers and given It bark to 111 en
tertaliier.
Milton Merle, answering an at
tack on him by Allen: -Allen still
has the first penny ever thrown at
him."
James Mason. "Hollywood 1 till
ed with frustrations, but not unin
habitable." C'laudrtle Colbert, disapproving
French bathing suits: -Of the many
feature of a woman's anatomy,
one of the least attractive Is the
navel."
Ma Weill "I'm still looking for
the right man. My trouble I I find
so many right ones It's hard to de
cide." Clifton Webbt -There's no use
pretending I'm a modest fellow. . ,
some day I shall write a song call
ed 'I Fasrinale Me.' "
David Nlven. on the end of his
Oolcwyn contract: -For the first
time since I was IT years old, I
TRIPLE AMPUTEE GETS WONDER ARM-Former Marin
sergeant Donald Doubrava of Cleveland, 0 trie the first of two
new plastic arms with which he hope to write, feed himself and
do almost anything a normally-equipped person can do. Doubrava
lost one leg in the explosion of Jap shell in the Philippines, and
lost both arms in this country when he fell in front of a train.
With a total of 70 operation behind him, Doubrava look forward
cheerfully to a nearly normal life.
PanhandlerWorkj
Congressmen
WASHlNOrON. Dec. II I
House members are on the lookout
for a panhandler who claims to be
s bulldozer operator.
The man called at the office of
Rep. Holmes R-Wash) and said he
needed three dollars to buy a bull
dozer license so he could get a job
on a Washlngtoa construction project-He
said he was from Holmes'
congressional district. He got the
three dollars.
Then be went to the office of s
house member from Nebraska. The
same story but s different con
gressional district. Another three
dollars.
That was when the grapevine In
the house office building began pass,
tng the word.
TRAFFIC DEATH
PORTLAND. Dec. 31 ( Lon
Career, 68. Portland, was Injured
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