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BRECKEN RIDGE, TEXAS—THURSDAY, JAN. 16. 1958—
PRICE DAILY S CENTS SUNDAY 10 CENTS
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Governor Urges
Every Voter To
Pay Poll Tax
LOWER PRICE SUPPORTS
ARE CALLED FOR BY IKE
w,\ti:r si i-pi.v i.imiied
i'Hit.iiiiiri.it: hi.' Hardy. . V i k.. i r i -: i -' w.itir supp;;..
ln ar the citv. H,'ilv '.his lrlt with oi.lv a t'.v
. i.-h vv. i .• dumped into the Spring River,
1 rats .1 a Fiisco '■!«■ iht train were derailed
pply i'f water.
Mixed Reaction
To Lower Stock
Down Payments
Violent Deaths
Reported From
Texas Today
A Houston woman, M
*•'« a
>raomiI income dropped It,,>-Mexiro of in,
mat of 342 billion traffic accident Sunday
(B> \SSIK IATED I'RKSS)
Thou- lias been mixed reaction I
I rum f nancial circles to the gov-|
t'lniiii ill's move lowering the ituir-
Ki or il .«n payment requited for
|iunh<iM- of stoc'ts fniin 70 to 50 j
|«r rent to fight a business reces-l
Moll. |
lfn president of the New ^< ik
Votk stock «xchangc Keith Funs-'
ton. hailed the reduction as giving
the in.-1 k't desitablc added liquid- j
ity that he -aid would help Indus 1
try raise nest funds for w orking
capital and expansion.
' th>- s. howi' .r, viewed the ae- i
ton i„ having only temporary ef !
feet on th' mat ki t ar.d still otheis!
.-.i d !h v tlwiught the impart would
he 'M'llg.Me
The muriini reduction came on j
the heel* of nepol Is of saKKJUBj
pets mal income and industraj pro
dltctff. The
Ir ported p'
to the 'annual rate of 342 billion
si hi million dollfcrs in December,
More than two and orie-hslf billion
i.. d' i the N" ivember average. In-
dustrial production in December
. a, Ie|H)11"d down to the lowest
!• e| ,inc- July w hen a nation-
u ide -te-" strike hobbled output.
A stir ey shows hankers agree
that busiie -s will impro e this year
hut !he> disagree on the time the
uptiiin w.ll conie. The survey «a>
made by tin ciedit policy cimmis-
,-ion of the American Hankers As
social ion The commission repot t
:aided that th> consensu* was that
tin current business trend is slight-
y downward.
The New York stock market
opened sharply higher today in
•rtive dealings which quickly put
the ticker behind floor transac-
tioiis It was the market's Virst
reaction to tin- new* late yesterday
that the Federal licneivc Hoard
lad .reduced margin requirements.
Aggies To Try To Bring
Order To Hunt For Coach
(H> ASSOCIATED PRESS) into the act. calling on officials of j
'ifficials of Texas A&M. em- the state siippoited school to cornel
broiled in a carnival of dissentiori up with a complete repoit oil tile]
over select ion of a football coach,' seaich for a successor to Pauli
try today to sift some order into j Bryant, who quit on January 1 to |
I their seemingly endless hunt.
The chairman of the faculty)
athletic council. I>r. Cironeman. says i
his group will try to hold a meet-
ing to appraise the situation.
Even liovernor Daniel has gotten
Houston woman, Mir. William
at Las Cru
injuries in a
which kil-
led her husband.
Mr*. Wiley was the driver of a
car involved in a collision with a
truck near Las Cruces.
A -V;y ar-old Lawn. Texas man.
Klbcit Tucker, was killed last
night when his auto rolled about
12 miles south Abilene. He was
atone in the car.
A head injury suffered in
Church league basketball game on
January 2 proved fatal to a Dallas
boy yesterday. He was 17-year-
old Jimmy Bradley, a Thomas
Jefferson high school student.
For lie ace of Mind - - - See
TK\MMhi I.-SW A\SON
INSl BAM K AGE\< Y Adv.
Seen Or Heard
M. H.
A H-year-oli! boy who had
miss ng from his home near Adrian
sine Monday was found shot to
death y -tenlay near his I'anhandh
farm home. Officers say Allen was
shot in the chest and a shotgun
a.- 'found near the body.
A collision between an auto and
a train at McGregor killed a 45-
> ear- !d man yesterday. Dead is
('. I). Armstrong, driver of the
auto.
mciith-old Harlingen boy has
A 1
died as the result of
fered Tuesday when h
Lu kil LJ a boiling coffee pot on himself.
^ y • • I • ||,. was Ronald Sison, s<-n of Mr.
land Mrs. Frank P. Sison <f Har-
..o.. - j... .i! lingen. The little boy died yes-
loll lax receipt* this morning;
-the goxernor to-' '" '
had rraditil 72"i—the goxernor
d.iv comes out with a plea for |
poil lax pujments . Understand.
thcie are plans to pfant a number |
of Irrr* il the schools, or al least
one, mi arbor da) . .Itot an tin-1
siKned letter to be published today |
which ma> have merit, hut we will ports two admissions. Mrs. Mary j ing.
publish il only if writer sign* it.I Ann Mullins, a medi«"al patient, Military training
Do not like unsigned criticisms of land Edgar Martin, a surgical pa-1 tional 'ior some time
Two Admitted To
Local Hospital
Stephens Memorial H ispital it
biTume head coach at Alabama
A parade of big time coach have
trooped to the Aggie campus for
interviews, hut apparently ran into
a bureaucratic nightmare of com-
mittees, some divided among them-1
selves over who to hire.
The chairman of the college
Itoaid of directors, W. T. Doherty'
of Houston, sacked the board's ath-
letic committee yesterday in an ef-
fort to clear up some if the con-
fused recruiting which has drawn
criticism.
Eurli< r a prominent allummnus
(iene Howard, called on the five
members of the athletic committee
to lesign from the.ixwrd of diioc-
t<-rs. chuiging them with fumbling-
the ball in the Aggies* hunt for a
coach.
But the chairman of the dissolved
board. Jack Finney of Greenville. J
says he has no intention i/i" re-
signing and disputed Doherty's |
authority to take such action ex-,
cept at a railed board meeting. |
Another member of the athletic i
committee. Price Campbell of Abi-
lene. joined in questioning the)
move and stys he can see no
reason for the action.
I The other two members of the'
11 dissolved Ixiard are Herman Heep
of Austin and L. H. Ridout Jr., of
Dallas.
The search for a new coach be-
i gan early in December. The parade
j.if candidates include DulYy Daugh-
. I erty of Michgan State. Red San-
" | der- of I'CLA, Frank Leahy, for-
merly of N'otii Dame, Jim Myers
of |uwa State and Eddie Krdelatz j
of Navy.
Dr. (ironeman says the disnolu- j
tion of the athleti" committee w ill I
make it easier for the Vacuity ath-
letic com mi tee to select a coach.
He says his group w ill submit I
its recommendation directly to the]
college president. Dr. M. T. Har- •
l ington, w ho a ill either approve or
•■eject it and send it to the bo;ird
of directors for final approval.
A Bivins. Texas, freshman at
bums sU I - j Texas A A.M. William Metts, said,
overturned yesterday a group has been organ-
ized to campaign for co-education
at A A.M.
M etts says he is president of the
Aggie Association for Advance-
ment of Co-Education. Numerous
suggestions have been made that
the college admit girls as students.
A hearing will be held February
-2 by Texas A & M directors to
hear students protesting reinstate-
ment of compulsory military train-
In urging every eligible Texas
voter to pay his poll tax befoie
the Januaiy .'.l deadline, (iovernoi
Price Daniel declared today that
"this is one of the most decisive
political years in Texas history."
"'.Qualified voters this year will I
decide whether or not the majority |
of the people will control the Texas
Democratic Party and its officials
or whether contiol will be won by
a minoiity splinter group known
as the DOT." Daniel said.
"This will be the biggest politi-
cal issue i/i l'.loH, anil only those i
who pay their poll taxes this
month, or who have exemptions,
will be qualified to participate lltj
the Democratic' precinct and
county conventions in which the
issue will be decided.
"1 refer to the openly announced I
attempt of the Ultra-liberal DOT!
group headed by Mrs. R. I). Ran-i
doiph of Houston to capture con-
trol of the Democratic Party in!
Texas," the Governor said.
"Whoever wins the Democratic'
precinct and county conventional
will ultimately control the govern-
mental policies of Texas, and this,
should lie a majority of our citi-1
zens and not any minority group.
"I urge every Texan who loves
this State and believes in majority
rule to pay his poll tax and take
an active part this year in the fight
for constitutional government A',
by and for the people.
"There aie other vital issues to
be voted on this year. All State
officials and many county and lo-
cal officials will be nominated in
the July and August primaries.
There are nine Constitutional
amendments to be voti'd on in the
November general election.
"Then there is the ever neces-
sary fight to preserve the rights
of our State and local governments
against the onslaughts of those j
who want to control everything,
through the Federal government. |
"All ift" this adds up to a highly!
important .political year in which
no citizen should fail to qualify
himself to vote."
Poll tax payments under Texas
law must be made to the County
Tax Assessor-Collector or an
authorized deputy before midnight
January .'11.
French Premier
Stakes Life Of
Regime On Vote
PARIS i.fi—• Tempers flared hi^l'
mo\e<l towaid ; on prem^ei
Keiix iiaillard's plans to trim Vet-
erans' pensions. He is staking tit*
life of hi? uovernment on the ec
nomy m« a sure.
Tile young premier feels h * ran
not retreat on even a small section
of his budget economies while his
top economic expert. Jean Mommet,
is in w ashingt >n pleading t" the
soundness of Gaillaid's financial
management us an aigument for
more credit.
Gaillanl called for a*vote of con-
fidence when the issue erupted al-
most as soon as parliament recon-
vened Tuesday. The vote is due
late today, and the inaigin prob-
ably w ill be cl ise.
Gaillard clashed today with his
opponents in the floor debate and
in the lobbies.
He told one lobby Kl'oup:
"We've had B-month govein-
ments. Now it I ioks likea three-
month government. Do you want
the people to throw you in the
water?"
Gilford's government came to
office only two and a half months
ago. A defeat on the pension issue
almost certainly would force it to
resign.
In the chamber fellow-travell-
ing Pierre Cot taunted the Pie-
niter, saying he had not fought in
the war like the veterans whose
pensions he was cutting.
White-faced and angry, the ."H
year-old premier replied:
"I did nit make war in 1!M4 be-
cause 1 was not born then. As
for 19"9, I made it in France like
all my comrades. I only regret
not having met Monsieur Cot."
Cot was secretary for air be-
fore World -War II- and has been
blamed in some quarters for the
unpreparedness >f the French Air
Force. He left foi the I nited Stat-
es in l!)4l before the fall of France.
PREFERABLE I 'ievident Kisi'i hower, holding hi.- first news con-
fereno* .-ino- < h ♦. •";< . said that he thinks a reasonable amount of
led-ink finaeiiiLr wouii! b«* far prefeiable t« any increase in taxes. He
also .stu<-k t« Ins h«-!i t that theie will h - a business upturn duiing
this year th.it will keep ihe new budget balanced.
Chet Holifield Calls For InitiqHve
COiPlACEKCY IR KETING
RIBS CHALLENGE HAPPED
i
affairs in city.
G. Stoker
are for
has been op-
hut plans now
two years to be requited
of students starting at the college
next fall.
1 '
Bitt Of Hews Off Hires Of Today
tient.
Dismissals were R.
• '•at at Barnes Williams belong- and Mrs Fred Gray.
et| to Mis. Julia llemisch. It had |—
been missing some time. Mrs.
Opal Harris called to say she ha* i
lost l«ib .tailed white dog with!
I'i.ick s|iots that answer* to namei
«>t "Chub" that she would like I*'-
tinned Williar Riley Spoon.! (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) i di inking rendezvous. Eleven per-
Iu'!il here on checlt char ge, ia to b«-1 sons were taken into custody, in-
ietuined t- Salem. Oregon, by the' Radar-equipped planes are hunt- I rluflintr five adults and six juve-
patrol beard. | ">K fw, an Air rorce reconiyais- j nUeH
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Democratic Repiesentative Chet
Holifield has called for initiative
in developing space vehicles and
underwater satellites to meet the
Russian scientific challenge.
The Californian is senior De
mocratir member of the Senate-
and also heads the House military
operations subcommittee.
He said in a Speech prepared for
House delivery that "no new and
imaginative piogram is being advo-
cated by the atomic energy com-
mission or the department 'f de-
fense. instead there is too much
complacency and the inadequate
suggestion that we need only spend
a few billions of dollars for more
missiles to 'foil iw the leader and
afterwards all will be well."
House and Senate probes of the
missile program continue in Wash-
ington today.
The House armed services com-
mittee has recalled defense secre-
tary McElrov and his top missile
experts for m ire questioning be
hind closed doors.
The Senate preparedness subcom-
mittee has called three more in-
dustrial experts for testimony at a
public hearing. The three aie the
vice president of the Convair di-
vision of General Dynamics, Thom-
as Lanphier; the president of Cur-
tiss-Wright. R >y Hurley, and the
Incorporated, Whitley Collins.
Congress is speeding action on
I the $1.2611.1(00,1101) emergency hill
to bolster our defenses and mis-
sile program.
The House yesterday unanimous
ly appr ived a measure to author-
ize $">49 670.000 of new Air Force
funds. The Senate is reported ready
I to give prompt approval to the
I hill. It would authorize a start on
j the nation's third base for intercon-
tinental ballistic missiles, dispcr-
I sal of bomber bases, a missiles
warning system and other works.
I Chairman John Stennis of the
i Seate armed services subcommittee
| said he will call hearings early
in xt week in an effort to hurry
■ the measure to the Senate floor.
was
the
, na-
Oil Allowable
For Texas lipped
AUSTIN The
Texas Rail-
set the Feb-
at :!.057,!>:!6
allowable is
lowest production
state's history,
increase of '{2.510
over January's al-
Mr. and Mr*. Bill Walton are Ihe
proud parent, of an adopted son. i
John William Walton, who weighed
7 poumts 4 ounces al hirth j
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Ferrel are I®
gel a trip to Nasrfati for record in
business durinx months of Noiem-I
her and December Elks initial-1
ed 30 in their 911th anniversary
celebration last night, which was
fallowed by barbecued chicken din-
ner.
hunt-
fuf an Air Force reconnais-
sance plane with 10 aboard which :
vanished while tracking typhoon i
Ophelia some .Vm miles west of |
Guam in the Pacific.
Mr. and Mrs Earl Green back
from Tucson: Einl said they went
a little too early for real warm
weather. . No fire run... .Warm-
er weather beginning tomorrow
should start the crappie biting
again. . Ami, that is all we found
today.
..Thought For The Moment: One
eye-witnej* is of more weight than
ten hearsays. Plautus,
The White House launches it#
litfjH social season of six state
dinners with an af.'air tonight
honoring Vice President Nixon and
other members of the cabinet. Af-
ter the dinner President and Mrs.
Eisenhower will entertain an addi-
tional group of official guests at
a musicale.
Labor Secretary Mitchell says to
keep up with the expanding popu-
lation's demand for goods and serv-
ices the nation must add 10 million
workers to its labor force by 1965.
Twenty-two or more persons are
reporti-d dead in an earthquake in
the Peruvian city of Arequipa,
high in the Andes Mountains.
Sheriff's investigators at San
Antonio raided an isolated South-
western Bexar County farm house
yesterday, breaking up what Un-
called a juvenile lov neat ana
The House has unanimously ap-
proved a one half billion dollar
bill to improve the nation's de-
fenses against missile attack and
th measure now comes up for
Senate action.
Governor Daniel has designated
February 2.'l through March 1 as
distributive education week and
February, March and April as fed-
eral service campaign months.
Former Resident
Dies In Palestine
Mrs. Ma ye Chaffin d! Palestine,
who was born and reared in Steph-
ens County, died at 10 p. m. Wed-
nesday. She was a sister of Jesse
and f'red Lawrence of Brecken-
ridge.
Other survivors include three
daughters. Mrs. James Woody and
Mrs. Helen Congleton of Palestine,
Mrs. Kill on Duffer of Dallas; four
grand-children; a sister, Mrs.
Emma Alexander of Albany; and
two brothers olhe.r than those
previously mentioned, Oscar Lawr-
ence <fi Albany and Ed Lawrence
of Abilene.
road Commission has
ruary oil allowable
bar rels a day.
The February oil.
based on the
pattern in the
This is an
barrels a day
lovvable.
The commission has set the per-
missive flow on an 11 day produc-
tion pattern, the first time produc-
tion has gone below 12 days which
has been the pattern for the past
four months.
However, the daily allowable
goes up :!2,5IO barrels over January
because February is three calendar
flays shorter than January. This
difference in the length ifi the
month is more than enough to off-
set the one-day drop in the number
of days on which production is
permitted.
Then- are indications that Hum-
ble Oil and Refining Company, the
largest crude purchaser in Texas,
may be forced to go into purchaser
proration for the fiist time since
1943.
Senator Ralph Yarborough will
make a whirlwind trip hack to Tex-
as late this week. Yarborough will
be the honor guest and main speak-
er at a dinner sponsored by Dallas
and Tarrant County friends Sat-
urday at Arlington.
Daniel Observes
First Anniversary
AUSTIN i.ft— Governor Daniel
marked the beginning of his second
year as govern ir yesterday with
an address «f about 2(i0 adminis-
trative heads of fiscal officers of
the executive branch.
Daniel told the group that he
hoped wrong-doers among the
state's 56,000 employes had been
exposed, along with tluse who
broadcast unfounded charges
against public lervants,
BILL SLACK
INSURANCE
104 N. Court Phone HI t44M
PRESENTS
THE WEATHER
Generally fair through Friday.
Rather cold again tonight with
lowest in low 30s. High tomor-
row in mid fids. Low last night
29, high yesterday 51. Light
winds becoming southerly Fri- j
day at 10 miles per hour. !
Railway Strike
Is Called Off
At Zero Hour
NEW YORK i.fl—A scheduled
strike of conductors- against the
New York Central Railroad east of
Buffalo, New York was called off
today five minutes before the 6
a. m. (EST) deadline.
Some delays in the New York
City commuter area were threat-
ened at the morning .rush hour,
however, because a score or more
of nun had jumped the gun anil
failed to ft port for work.
Cancellation of the strike
announced in New York by
railroad and in Cedar Rapids
tional headquarters of the Order
of Railway Conductors and Brake-
men.
Minutes bc'fore the strike dead-
line, J. A. Paddock, senior vice
president of the union, said in
Cedar Rapids:
"I have sent out instructions to
all ou r people to postpone the
st t ike pending further negotia-
tions."
Union and railroad .representa-
tives ^.ill meet this afternoon at
Syracuse, New York for further
talks about contract provisions.
Paddock did not explain what de-
velopment had caused the sudden
strike cancellation.
Neither was then- any explana-
tion immediately forthcoming from
the railroad.
The brakemen who belong to
the union are not directly involved
in the dispute, and there had been
no plan to have them participate in
picketing.
Hours before the strike cancel-
lation, a union spokesman had said
that the walkout would be the
result of tfVat he called the rail-
road's violation of provisions <'!'
its contract with the union.
The spokesman said the viola-
tions, primarily involving layoffs
of conductors, occurred on the
Central between Buffalo and New
York, the general area where the
strike was called.
Un-American Body
Upheld By Court
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS
The I.'. S. Court of Appeals in
Washngton, by a 5 to 4 decision,
has upheld the validity c1i the res-
olution creating the House Com-
mittee on Un-American activities.
The decision came in a ruling
which sustains the conviction of
Lloyd Bareblatt of contempt of
Congress. Barenblatt, a former
teache.r at Vassal- College and the
University of Michigan, refused to
tell the committee whether he was
or had been a Communist party
member.
The l:. S. Supreme Court in an-
other case recently sharply criti-
cized the resolution by which Con-
gress created the un-American
Activities committee, but did not
declare it unconstitutional.
Two Wells Are
Completed In
Stephens Co.
w.
Gouiley of Graham has
omplcted tvV.i vvi'l.
ill the lio.ii-
icy (Strawn Sand) Field two miles
northeast of Caddo in Stephens
County.
No. 13 J. M. Ward Estate, Sec-
tion 19, Block 4, T&P Survey
had a daily potential of 26 bar-
through a 12-64-inch ch >ke with
.">50 pounds on casing and 160 on
tubing. Flow was from 4."> pet-
rels it! 41 gravity oil, flowing
filiations at 2 824-32 fiet. Forma-
tion was fractured.
Casing was set at 2 !i">n fee-.,
with hole bottomed at 4,042. Gas
oil ratio was 450-1.
N i. 12 D R. M. Rogeis was com-
pleted in Section 2M, Block ■> TA:i'
Survey. It was a re-entry project
having been drilled and plugged as
a dry hole earliei.
Daily potential was 12 barrels
of 41 gravity oil, flowing through
a 12-64-inch choke with •">•"•0
pounds on casing and 160 on tub-
ing. Flo a was from If>2 pet I'na-
tions at 2,710-2,732 feet. Forma-
tion was fractured. Casing was
set at 3,025 feet total depth. Gas
oil ratio was 450-1.
J. R. Christie of Breckeniidge
No. 28 E. A. Jeter will hi a 1,200-
foot rotary project foui miles west
if Albany in the regular field in
Shackelford County.
Site is 432 feet from the south
and 656 feet from the vv< st lines
of Section 15 Block II, T&l' Sur-
vey.
wwwwww- — — —
Phone HI 9-4421 for Oxygen
Equipped ambulance service.
Satterwhite Funeral Home.
President Sets
Forth Fourteen
Point Program
U ASHINli 111.\ '.1*1 — President
Kisen!i'ever called today for lower
'joveriiinent price supports f ir
najor farm crops and dairy pro-
ducts. ai'd an easing of pioductioii
1 est i id ions.
In a special message to Congress,
I*.iscnhowei laid out in 14 points
w hat lie tei tiled a "pr igress pro-
urain" and aid it would let farm-
els bene! it more from w hat he
calls "their own unparalleled abil-
ity to plodllce."
'Ihe pingtaui held out the pros-
pect. too, eventual lower food c>sls
l"r cons.liners.
Iv-enln.wei told Congress that
ay i icultui '• in recent years has
been experiencing a veritable revo-
lution in productivity. He said:
"harm product! in pei man-hour
has doubled since l!.'4o. There has
been more change in agricultuie
Mtliin the lifetime of men no-v
living than in the previous two
thousand years."
Eisenhower said tile rapid chanc-
es ta';in« place in agriculture are
hugely the result of a major break-
through in Agricultural science and
technol igy, and that they consti-
tute a revolution that cannot lie
revtised, and are continuing, lie
said:
"It cannot be avoided and it need
not be feared."
"In .recognition of this basic fact
we must Iiin 1 ways of utilizing
ni .re completely the abundance
that our faim people are now ahlt
to produce; we must find ways
further expanding markets for
this increased production, not only
among our own citizens but among
pe.iple all over the world who need
the food ;md clothing we produce
in such abundance."
No Figures Offered
Eisenhower offered no figures
as to what effect his program
would have on government spend
iijg for farm aids. But agriculture
department officials estimated that
300 t.i 500 million dollars migli'.
be cut from the present outlay or"
about two billion dollars a yea •
for proce supports.
They sad that if markets could
be expanded sufficiently the entire
cost of the price support program
c >ii111 be eliminated.
The President urged enactment
of his proposals this year, saying
they would expand markets and
thereby help raise family income.
Some of his 14 points require legis-
lative action, others can be car-
ried out by the administration
without congressional acti >n.
His first point calls for changing
the one and one-quarter billion
dollar Soil Bank program by aban-
doning next year tile costlier short-
term acieage teserve and strenglh-
(Continued On Page 6)
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INCOME
call III 9 4401 or III 9-3759. adv.
Scout Troop 17
Meeting Is Held
(By LESTER KUPERMAN)
Boy Scout Troop IT met Tuesdav
at 7:.">o p. m. at the First Christian
Church.
To open the meeting the Fox Pa-
trol had the opening ceremony. The
roll was called and dues collected.
Scoutmaster Dupuy announced
that there is to be a Board of
Review on January 28.
After the short meeting the hoy.
that attended marched down t> file
Y, where a game of socco was play-
ed. Scoutmasters Maclien and Du-
puy were the refiees.
As of the meeting of January
14. 1958 members of Boy Scout
Troop 17 will be charged for back
dues. If you were absent or didn'l
have the ill >ney with you at a pre-
vious meeting as of the above dati .
Dues are only a nickel and your
presence is requested at the meet
ings on Tuesday nights at 7:.".n p.
m.
Third Attempt To Be Made To Cut
Farm Subsidies Has Strong Support
WASHINGTON '.Pi The Eisen-
hower administration is ready to
make its third attempt to reduce
federal subsides to farmers for
water conservation one-lices.
For years. Congress has been
providing about 225 niilli m dollars
annually for such subsidies. They
are authoi ized under the agricul-
tural conservation program which
was set up in 1936 after the U. S.
Supreme Court outlawed the first
agricultural adjustment act. Origin-
ally 50 million dollars a year was
authorized.
The administration wants the
fund cut to 125 million, effective
with the 1959 cr ip years.
Early in his tenure, President
Eisenhower asked Congress to
make the same size reduction, but
Congress declined to do so On an-
other occasion. Congress did reduce
fhe amount to 190 million, but
thia was not the size cut the ad-
minletration sought.
The administrati m wants to
' I'minate payments for farming
practices which are a part of the
usual and required annual farming
methods or which return immedi-
ate financial benefits to the farm.
The application of lime and some
types of fertilizer now draw pay-
ments. These payments would be
dropped.
Secretary Benson says these an-
nual, normal practices arc resp tn-
sibility of the farmer. He would
limit government help to the more
permanent soil and water conser-
vation practices needed to main-
tain an adequate agricultural re-
source base. In this class are build-
ing of dams, terraces, drainage
ditches and the like.
The conservation program has
been ne of the most popular of
the federal farm-aid programs
with Congressmen. It has had
strong support from both Republi*
cam and Democrats.
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