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There's More to Farm Story
Than Showsi it
an Shows in Bare Stafistics
¥ BY PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON.— (NEA) —Republican Senator
Joseph .R McCarthy dashed into the Senate Bank
ing and Currency Committee room while Secre
tary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan was testi
fying on the anti-inflation program. Interrupting
the pruiwcdings because he said he had to hurry
right gut to whip up a housing bill, McCarthy
asked s§verul questions that he thought were
prefty hot. Then he dashed right out again beforc
Branna;; could answer them.
One of McCarthy’s questions was why the De
partmedt of Agriculture had set the 1948 goal for
beef caitle below what the actual slaughter had
been in 19472 Another question was why the de
partment had set the 1948 spring pig goal at sev
eral mijlion head less than for 1947? Another was
why tt{e department had recommended reducing
acreage goals so that wheat production would be
less in 41948 than in 19477
On the face of these and similar questions, it
appearéd that McCarthy might have the depart
ment on the uncomfortable spot of recommending
lower fbod production goals, right at the time
when more production was needed and the Presi
dent wanted that and lower prices.
i
THERE ARE SOUND REASONS FOR IT ALL
After the hot-shot junior senator from Wiscon
sin had breezed cn to fix up all the nation’s hous
ing problems for it—pooi! like that!-—Secretary
Brannan tried to explain a few facts of farm life
to the remaining senators. They listened and most
of them got the point. :
To most of the senators, Brannan’s explanation
seemed satisfactory. Besides which, it offered a
good example of Row complicated American ljie
and ba_iances have become. And it was a good
case to show how dangerous a little misinforma
tion can be in the hands of some unthinking peo
ple. ¢
Beca‘use of high prices offered for meat after
price controls were removed in 1946, there was 2
sharp reduction of cattle on farms, Brannan ex
plained. The price was so good that farmers even
sold tlieir dairy and breeding cows. To build up
the bréeding stock so they could produce enough
calvesi to supply the demand for meat in later
years, I;the Department of Agriculture thought it
necessary to advise farmers to reduce the number
of animals sent to market in 1948. If this had not
been done, there was danger that the supply of
meat gor 1950 and later years would be even
lower than for 1948.
The Epig story presented an entirely different
set of ‘circumstances. Last year, there was a corn
crop failure. That meant a shortage of feed for
fattenihg hogs. That meant it would be foolish for
farmets to raise more pigs than they could feed.
So the farmers were advised to reduce the spring
pig nimbers from 53,000,000 to 50,000,000. As it
turned out, they raised 51,000,000, This loss was
more than made up, however, by advising farm
ers to;farrow for a larger pig crop this fa11—34,-
000,000 instead “of 30,000,000 in the fall of 197,
The n&lmbe.r may not reach this figure, however,
so for the entire vear there may be a slight reduc
tion fllhm last year’s total. .
WITH WHEAT, IT WAS A QUESTION OF SOIL
The:wheat picture presented other complica
tions. ;sWheat is a soil-depleting crop. During the
war, wheat production was pushed to the limit.
There!was danger that much acreage might be
over-worked and worn out. Recommendations
were jherefore made that some acreage be sum
mer fallowed, so as to get greater production
later. «Also, it wis félt that some land should be
put back in grass in order to help increase the
meat supply. B
The total wheat acreage was kept high enough,
howe?er. to raise a crop of over a billion bushels
—ahout the same as last year. This amount of
wheat will more than meet all demands and it
will be enough to start building up an adequate
carryever reserve.
Brannan alSo emphasized that there is a point
beyond which s 0 mueh wheat might be raised
that it wouid be a detriment to the American
people. If too big a wheat crop is raised, it would
mean that the government would have to buy up
the *rplus. At today’s high support prices, that
m_ only result in a big drain on the American
| IxpuSeT, Just 48 in the potato program. i A
Army Control Not Popular
The proposition has been made to placel
the National Guard in the different states‘
under the control of the Army, and that
proposition has stirred up a lot of adverse
criticism. {
The National Guard, as a rule, all over
the country is averse to being placed un
der federal control, The general opinion
is that this can be handled through the
states in a much better way. &
Those who are favoring the placing of
the National Guard under the control of
the Army point out that in no other way
can it be made an efficient force in time
of war, that states move too slowly to
bring these reserve soldiers into active
service in an emergency, whereas quick
and decisive action is needed.
There is, however, general opposition
to placing too much power in the hands
of the Army and that the states should
not be deprived of their rights in this re
spect. It is argued, and with much effec
tiveness too, that the control of the Nat
ional Guard by the states is much the bet
ter plan of procedure and that in case of
war there would be no special delay in
bringing into active service the different
guard units in the several states. It is
quite evident that any change that would
tend to further centralization in the hands
of the federal government would be bit
terly resented by the members of the Nat
ional Guard. The outlook is not favorable
to the proposed change.
The Draft and Labor
There was more or less fear expressed
awhile back that the draft of young men
into the Army in peace times would pro
duce a severe drain in the labor market,
but that fear is now disappearing. Gen
eral Hershey, Director of Selective Serv
ice, is of the opinion that this peacetime
draft will not bring about any severe
drain of available labor in this country.
“I do not think that employers of labor
should be under any anxiety, at least init
ially,” said General Hershey recently. He
said that although over nine million young
men would be registered for the draft, not
more than a quarter of a million would be
inducted during the coming year. But he
did not say that the pinch would be felt
later on. Nevertheless General Hershey
did not believe that any major displace
ment would occur. : .
It is believed that this peacetime regis
tration and the calling of a considerable
number for induction will have some
bearing on the ulitmate decision on the
question of military training and that it
will make it more difficult to bring about
universal military training through legis
lative requirements.
Russia Feeling The Pinch
It comes as something of a surprise that
Russia would agree to anything that Eng
land, France and the United States wish,
but the unexpected has actually occurred.
The representatives of the Big Four have
agreed to a joint effort to find the best
way in which trade may be resumed be
tween the East and the West in Germany.
If that agreement is carried out it may
lead to the lifting of the Berlin block
ade.
But regarding anything that Russia
agrees to one has to keep his fingers
crossed. The decision which was unani
mously made may or may not work out
satisfactorily. It at least reveals the fact
that the Soviets are getting somewhat
pinched economically in that part of Ger
many over which they are now ruling and
that it has become apparent that if Ger
man economy is to be restored it will be
necessary for trade to be resumed be
tween the Soviet German zone and the
Allied Western zones.
I think we're a kindly, good-hearted
people with an impulse toward the good,
which we pursue for all we are worth.
We are quite blundering about it, but on
the whole successful.—Charles Brackett,
producer-writer, Paramount Pictures.
The game Moscow is playing is not just
a European game or a China game ... If
.all southeast Asia becomes a solid, hostile
Communist bloc, it will be a cause of great
concern to all the world. — Edwin F.
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By Drexel Drake ‘et u wea sevice,we. @44 22
THE STORY: Playbey Marcus
Sterling has stolen his wife’s
diamond necklace and handed it
over as security on a SIO,OOO gam
bling debt to rackeieer Harry
Bindle. To cover the theft, per
petrated while his wife: slept,
Sterling makes it appear a pro
fessional burglary. He spends the
night at Edgecraft Country Club
to establish an alibi. Along with
the necklace, he also took a seal
ed packet from his wife’s safe.
This turns out to bhe SIO,OOO in
cash which Miriam Sterling had
withdrawn from the bank for
him,
Next morning Mrs, Sterling is
found murdered in bed. At the
club, Sterling gets rid of Miriam’s
cash by mailing it in a sealed
packet to his secretary, Miss Wil
son. Police Lt. Taleni brings Sier
ling home. confronts him with his
‘wife’s body. Sterling collapses.
* - -
| XX
Talent found Gable waiting in
the hall:
- “Let’s get the body on its way
so Doc Walker can finish this
job,” Talent said.
“I'll take care of that on the
phone downstairs. We don’t get
ro help from the neighbors,
Lieutenant.”
- dNo?Y
“1 had Cooper check up while
you were gone Nobody saw any
thing or heard anything during
the night.””
“They wouldn’t in a neighbor
hood like this.” ¢
“You sure handed me some
thing for the book, Lieutenant.”
“Yes? What was that?”
“The way you took Sterling in
there.”
~ “Sometimes that’s the quickest
‘way to get a lot of answers.”
| “Get any,” Gable persisted.
“We'll have to wait to see how
everything fits together.” ‘
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Downskairs, Tient collared
Gus Ripley. |
“How about Trapgood, Gus?”
Ealent asked. 4 i
“He's coming Due now.”
“Fine. What have you got {or‘
me?” |
“Finger prints tell quite a story,
Lieutenant.” |
“Oh, you've got the report,” .
“As far as the boys at the lab
have .got.”
“Let’s have it, Gus.”
“Okay. I guess the sergeant al
ready ta'd you the cook, Mrs.
Gowder, got here a little before
you came back with Sterling.”
“Anything out of her?”
“No, She’s up in her room . . .|
in bed. It broke her all up when
she learned about Mrs. Sterling.
She was cook in the Page home
from the time Mrs. Sterling was
a (ittle girl.”
“WeW, let's pass her up. Now
the fingerprints.”
“Okay, Lieutenant First, Ster
ling. We got plenty of his finger
prints from his room for a guide.
They're on the chair in the libra
rv where the ashtray was full of
cigaret butts, so he must have
been sitting there, and they were
on bottles and @'asses on the bar,
but here's the eve-opener! Two
full sets of Sterling fingerprints
were on that glass that had the
doped drink in Mrs . Sterling’s
room, but none on the poison
bottle . . . only Mrs. Stenling’s
prints on the bottle.”
“So his prints were on the
glass,” Talant said. “Did the lab
men take that along with them to
ana yze the contents?”
- “Sure, but haven’t got anything
n that yet.”
“All right, Gus, let’s hear the
rest about the prints.”
. “Well, Sterling’s prints weren’t
anywhere else in Mrs. Sterling’s
room except on that note on the
mirror.”
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- “Any other prints on the note
. . . Mrs. Steriing’s?”
“No, Lieutenant, just Sterling’s.
I guess that takes care of him.
Now about Mrs_ Sterling. I told
you her prints was on the poison
bottle. Well, there was a ful' set
on the glass, too, besides Sher
ling’s. Then, in the library, her
prints was on the arm of the
chair where you said whoever sat
there didn’t smoke but there was
the ring of a glass on the table by
the arm.”
“I remember, Gus. So maybe
by Plymouth to give you cushioned
starting and stopping. And, in every
Plymouth, also, are little things that
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she sat there and had a drink.”
That takes care of Mrs. Sterling’s
room, Lieutenant. No other prints
in the room . . nothing on the
keys or safe door or dresser
drawer handles . . A the one that
was open, and no prints besides
Mrs. Sterling’s on her open bag.
Now we come to the unknown
factor.”
Talent grinned when Ripley
put a solemn emphasis on that
find pronouncement. “I knew
vou were holding back something
to finish your act, Gus,” he said.
“Let’s have it.”
“A third set of prints . . . the
guy that smoked the cigar in the
library. Anyway, they were on
the arms of that chair . . . thick
fat prints that showed like a bill
board. And we found them on one
of the dirty glasses and one of
the rye bottles on the bar. And
here’s the payoff; the same guy
left a perfect thumb print on top
of Steriing’s on the radio dial . . .
the knob that turns the radio on
and off.”
“Looks as if Jordan’s boys
didn’t miss anything, Gus. how
about Sterling’s bag and coat
Have a peak at it?”
“It's clean Lieutenant, We
combed his room while you were
away but didn’t come across any
thing. How’d Sterling take it up
stairs?”
“Turned green and almost
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buckled. Looked. honest, Gus.”
“But you're stil counting him
in, ain’t you-"
Talent regarded his junior part
rer with a kindly human expres
sion in his blue eyes. “Sterling
is a type 1 don't know too much
about,” he said. “If -he’s a good
actor, he might take'me in.”
“I've never seen you taken in,
Tieutenant.” :
Talent grinned at %hat honest
praise. “Thank, Gus, - but just
the same, I'll be glad to have Dick
Trapgood on the job. Dick brush
ed up against Sterlings and such
in college, and he still mixes with
that layer socially.’ He eould
catch something ‘T might miss.”
| (To Be Continued)
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