The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 3, 1965 Page: 2 of 8
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Published Every Thursday by
Post Publishing Company
Serving Cottle-King Counties for 57 Years
BANQUET SPEAKER
DEFINES LIONISM
CARL LEATHERWOOD
Editor-Manager
Entered as second class matter at the Postoffice at Paducah,
Texas, under the Act of March 30, 1679.
Emphasis of person-to
person relationships in
spreading goodwill through-
out the world is the secret
of Lionism, a director of
Lions International told a
capacity crowd at the 40th
Chapter Anniversary Dinner
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BRANSON PLUMBING
of Paducah Lions Club Mon-
day night.
Dr. Robert D. McCullough
of Tulsa, the speaker, told
of a culb constructting! a
home for a poverty-stricken
woman and it costing $9.18
instead of $900 estimated Be-
cause the community decid-
ed to help the Lions help
the woman.
“He's not heavy; he’s my
brother,” Dr. McCullough
quoted a small boy carrying
his crippled brother as say-
ing when the director was
playing Santa Claus once
and questioned the young
fellow. The little boy was
mentally retarded he said
but his words expressed the
secret of Lionism.
The speaker to a crowd
of 125 also pointed tG the
work of a missionary he had
met in a backward section
of South America.
The largest organization of
-its. type, Lions International
founded in Dallas in 1917
now embraces 750,000 mem-
bers around the world, Dr.
McCullough said!
PYTHIANS PLAN
CONVENTION TRIP
Pythian lodge met in re-
gular session Tuesday with
18 members present. They
had one initiation and one
member to take reobligation.
Helen Boon and R e n a e
Brinson served refreshments.
Plans were discussed to at-
tend the state Convention in
Austin June 13.
LOCALS
Mrs. J. T. Martin and Mrs.
Curtis Holman of Childress
visited Janice Martin in
Wichita Falls. They all visit-
ed Mrs. Grace Sharp in
Burkburnett Saturday night.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rich-
ards, Waco, visited Rich-
ards porents, Mr. and Mrs.
Burnett Richards, and Phil
over the weekend. Tom will
return Tuesday for Law
school this summer.
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The Class of *65 Renders Choir Selection At Commencement
GRABBING A BITE before the big senior trip Paula Rodgers and
Paula Leathers enjoy pancakes at the First Baptist Church
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PADUCAH FARMERS
SEEK CONTROLS
Two Paducah men flew to
Washington ,last week to give
support to a bill they and
other representatives of Far-
mers Union say will protect
the prices and income ofU.S.
cotton producers.
Kenneth Moss, representa-
tive for Plains and Rolling
Plains Texas Farmers Union,
and Forest Creamer, repre-
sentative for Cottle-King Far-
mers Union left Paducah May
24 and attended sessions of
the House Agricultural Com-
mittee May 26 and 27.
Thirteen other Texas Far-
mers Union members includ-
ing President Jay Naman
joined others from Arkansas,
South Carolina, Georgia,
Missouri and Alabama at the
Unity meeting presided over
by Reuben L. Johnson,
National Farmers Union di-
rector of legislative services.
During a hearing of the
House Agriculture Subcom-
mittee four Texans testified
about the condition of the
state’s cotton program and
made recommendations for a
better program during the next
four years.
Testifying to the House
Agriculture Committee on
HR-8149, FU witnesses said
they support in principle the
provisions of the cotton bill
introduced by Committee
Chairman Harold D. Cooley
(D-N.C.).
Farmers Union said the
bill should be amended to
establish the basic support
loan at 75 per cent of parity
for growers who plant their
full base-acreage allotment
and guarantee “an equaliza-
tion or incentive payment re-
flecting the difference be-
tween the basic support loan
of 31 cents per pound, or 75
per cent of parity, and 100
per cent of parity, or 41 cents
per pound” to producers who
plant within their domestic
allotment.
The NFU witnesses ex-
pressed the view that under
such pricing arrangements
enough acres would be retired
to preclude the need for re-
ducing the national minimum
acreage allotment now set by
statute at 16 million acres.
The Committee was told
that “in keeping with the
concept of the Cooley bill,
producers should have alter-
natives as follows: (1) sell-
ing cotton and receiving the
current market price, receiv-
ing an equalization payment
to reflect the difference be-
tween such price and the
level of return for which he
is eligible or, (2) placing cot-
ton in the loan at the basic
support loan rate of 75 per
cent of parity and if he is a
producer who has planted
within his domestic acreage
allotment, receiving an
equalization payment which,
in combination with basic
support loan or market price,
reflects 100 per cent of parity
return.”
NFU spokesmen said the
cotton bill should be made a
part of the 1965 farm bill and
end when other commodity
programs expire, that the 10-
acre minimum allotment
should be preserved and that
skip-row planting should be
permitted.
Witnesses for the Farmers
Union, an organization of
750,000 family farm members,
included Lewis Johnson and
Jay Naman, presidents of the
Arkansas and Texas Farmers
Unions respectively, and
Reuben L. Johnson, NFU
Director of Legislative Ser-
vices.
Their complete testimony
is outlined below:
1) A cotton program to
terminate at the same time
that other commodity pro-
grams in the 1965 farm bill
will terminate;
2) Provide that, in lieu of
a cut in the national minimum
acreage allotment of 16 mil-
lion acres, producers who
plant within their domestic
allotments will receive not
less than 100 per cent of
parity (41 cents);
3) A one-price system for
cotton which permits United
States mills to buy cotton at
a price paid by overseas com-
petitors is desirable and
should be continued. Farmers
Union supports the provi-
sion of the Cooley Bill, HR-
8149, to protect the prices
and income of United States
producers. We recommend the
following specific provisions
to accomplish the objectives
of protecting the income of
cotton producers:
A. Producers income
should be protected between
a support range of 75% to
100% of parity.
B. The basic support
loan will be established at
75% of parity and will be the
price received by farmers who
plant their full base-acreage
allotment.
C. Producers who plant
within their domestic allot-
ment will receive an equali-
zation or incentive payment
reflecting the difference be-
tween the basic support loan
rate of 31 cents per pound or
75% of parity and 41 cents
per pound or 100% of parity.
D. In keeping with the
concept spelled out in the
Cooley Bill, producers would
have alternatives as follows:
(a) Selling cotton and
receiving the current market
price, receiving an equaliza-
tion payment to reflect the
difference between such price
and the level of return for
which he is eligible or,
(b) Placing cotton in
the loan at the basic support
loan rate of 75% of parity and
if he is a producer who has
planted within his domestic
acreage allotment, receiving *
an equalization payment
which together with the basic
support loan, reflects 100%
of parity return.
4) Preserve the 16 million
acre national allotment set
by existing law;
5) Provide that, if the
Secretary is unable because
of lack of funds or for other
reason to provide the levels
of combined support authoriz-
ed for cotton, then price sup-
port loans shall be made
available for such cotton be-
tween 100% and 75% of the
parity price.
6) The basis on which
price support is calculated
to be re-established at 7/8”
middling beginning with crop
year 1965.
7) Authorize a method of
factoring reallocations of cot-
ton acreage so that when a
one-bale-to-the-acre allot-
ment is transfered to two-
bale-to-the-acre production *
areas only one-half of the
allotment will be transfered.
8) The cotton program
should be made a part of the *
1965 farm bill.
9) We strongly urge that
the 10-acre minimum below
which no producer will be cut
be preserved and that skip-
row planting be permitted.
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Leatherwood, Carl. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 3, 1965, newspaper, June 3, 1965; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1089833/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.