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REAL ESTATE
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HOUSES FOR SALE
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REAL ESTATE
LOTS FOR SALE
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UNSURPASSED
Distinctive 4-bedroom, brick rambler Near
completion. Paneled den beamed ceiling.
dreplace. completely carpeted, air-condi-
tioned. central heated, parklike lot. :
SALE OR TRADE
CHOICE business lot on Pine, si x 140.
Out of state owner here this week. 49279.
150 FOOT corner. just off Treadaway, ex-
cellent location, owner 2-723
SUBURBAN
ACC Location. For the large family 23
bedroom. 2 baths, king size living room
separate dining room loan established.
NORTH SIDE
* BEDROOMS. Treeland Addition, large
fot paved streets, forge closets. Youngs
town kitchen, washer connection $11 400-
1.30 ‘ELMWOOD WEST - COUNTRY MANSION
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OVERLOOKING Abilene • room brick
home, 3 bedrooms, kitthen and dining
room combination, hardwood floors, dou-
ble garage and 10 acres $10,500. L P.
Rogers. 4-6338, 4-4441.__
if you are looking for location-this is the
best, 3 bedrooms in gracious neighbor
hood. Low equity and assume loan, 4 et
PHONE 3-1393
F. R. O’KELLY
Real Estate & Insurance
OPEN SUNDAY
190% G1 HOMES
2 AND 3 BEDROOMS
1500 BLOCK BRIARWOOD
$8225 AND UP
These attractive homes can be sours at
no down payment just pay closing
costs. Brick construction tile baths
formica cabinet tops, steel casement
windows, crosswalks trees, solid drives,
ete. These homes offer everything you
could want. See them today.
WESTWOOD
HOMES -
Can John Holley 2-1623. home 1-5095
SEASON'S ,
Old Anson Road, near town, very con-
venient to Air base Three bedrooms,
2 baths large living room plus den.
central heating. 100 acres of land Low
town payment. Will take trade or would
TOWN & COUNTRY
COMBINED
12. miles of city limits, very modern 3
edrooms 2 baths, wall to wall carpet,
large rooms, 23 water wells, creek. 24
acres of land All for $25 000. Trade
considered.
RUBE BOYD
AGENCY
541-Cypress______________Ph. 49951
FARM * RANCHES - M5
. GREETINGS
and best wishes for
TWELVE
MONTHS
OF
HAPPINESS
WANT to lease one to four sections grass
Callahan or Taylor County. Phone 2-0785
or 3-2921. "_:__*_____•
* miles out, 128 acres, trade 700 acres.
1.300 acres, near Abilene $50 an acre, UP
Mary Carter, 2-7727. 3-1055.
144% ACRE farm. 7 miles north of Win
ters on Abilene Winters Highway phone
1 2862. G T Pounds Abilene.•
1 OUT of state ranches, * irrigated farms
o trade for Abilene property or land.
i farms that will G 1. Acreage at Clyde.
Homer Sumrall. 3226 South 8th. 3-2474.
IRRIGATED. 40 acres up 500 acres, 300
alfalfa. $50,000. 47 705 deeded acres 47,-
718 leased, $260,000, 560 acres run lOo cows,
2 homes $21,000. CURRY-KIRK AGENCY,
3133 S. 18th Phone 2-98,26.
240 ACRES. 175 in cultivation. 2 tanks,
butane. 4 room house, 12 miles southeast
Abilene Contact D S. Livingston at Po-
tosi Store.Write Abilene R FD 2 ___. -
WANT to buy farm or ” ranch land that
would come under G I loan Have until Jan
uary 20th to complete application. 2-7951.
Write Box 12.B. Reporier-News.
160 ACRES land, fenced for sheep Plenty
of water. House and barn $55 acre, half
mineral rights. Mrs. -McHaney 3-5194.
Cooper’s Realty._______
240 ACRES. $100 acre. 4 cultivation. 2
miles west of Eula Good fences, stock
tank house, V minerals. Phone Abilene
18-96405 or write Leldon Clifton, Box
486, Iraan, Texas
20 ACRES. 15 in cultivation, s room rood-
1 ern house, furnished 2 miles-east. 1 mile
i north of Rising Star John H. Perry, Route
! Rising Star Texas
WANT to buy a farm worth $7 500. I have
G I contract papers ready to make deal.
Robert Fowler, Box 305. Hamlin. Texas
FOR rent 290 cultivation. 115 cotton, black
land—on pavement, near Brady Ewald
Straach, Route 2. San Angelo
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GEO L FOSTER
AGENCY
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101 New Citizens Bldg.
Phone 4-4344
Sweetwaler
To Get 225
New Homes
SWEETWATER, Dec 31 (RNST
—S. J. and W. G. May, Sweetwater
builders and owners of a lumber
yard here. Saturday announced
construction on a new residential
area and shopping center in the
eastern section of the city will be-
gin shortly after first of the year.
The builders have purchased
three tracts of land from Jane
Woodruff Hoyt for *103.000
S. J. May said 225 houses and a
large shopping center will be built
on the land. It will be one of the
largest single residential develop-
ment projects , in the history of
Sweetwater, he added
May Said surveying and other de-
tails will get underway shortly aft-
er Jan 1 and that plans for con-
structing houses should be ready by
March 1,
renc
roop
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS 8D
Abilene, Texas, Sunday Morning, January 1, 1*56 », Y
'Soil Bank’ Plan
Gaining in Favor
STREAMLINING THE TRAVEL LINES— Travel on rails and in the air is becom-
ing more and more streamlined. For example, take the "Aerodyne" in top photo.
The Office of Naval Research recently released some details of the ultramodern
craft shown in an artist’s conception. It is expected to be able to rise and descend
vertically without use of propellers and with the craft remaining in horizontal flight
position. Its designer is Dr Alexander Lippisch of Cedar Rapids. Iowa. At the bottom
is the Aerotrain, New York Central's newest passenger train. Scheduled to go into
regular service next spring between Chicago and Detroit, it can handle 400 passen-
gers and is to cruise at about 100 m.p.h. It features lightweight, low center-of-gravity
aluminum cars. Built by Electromotive Division of General Motors, the Aerotrain’s
lower building, operating and maintenance cost is expected-to ease the difficult rail
passenger problem iNRA)—-----------------------------------------------------
2200 ACRES, 1300 acres. 320 acres. 220
acres, 62 acres, 80 acres 40 acres. 10
acres Priced from $50 up Acreage at
Clyde Horner Sumrall 3226 South 8th RPAT PSTAF
3-2474. REAL EOIAIE
317 ACRES. close in, fenced. well. he
$250 per acre Mrs. Wheeler 2-3683
MODERN OARKS RANCH - 1.140-
acre cattle spread with 3 sets of Improve,
ments for profitable large-scale operation:
Attractive 5-room native stone home
picture in catalog electric lights, modern
ath.irdoor—water two 4-room tenant
w Probes May Involve
“SPOT CASH" for your equity List with Am • ■
W. Willis Cox Real Estate — AneAClche
“.mm oe White nouse wiasnes
LISTINGS needed, residential and commer ' .
ALFALEUSSEWNE 2-10 8. W ASHINGTON, Dec si (P—The- these and others may produce
REAL ESTATE
WANTED
A:
F
ers cut out acres.
Free Will Compliance
They say that if put on a volun-
tary basis, many farmers will
hesitate to take part because of a
fear that they might be hurt in
any future assignment of crop
planting shares based on historical
plantings. Many wheat farmers
ran into this when the government
put this- grain crop under rigid
controls in 1954. Farmers who had
been following recommended soil
rotation and conservation practices
took a sharper reduction in wheat
allotments than did neighbors who
had not followed such practices.
Those who advocate a voluntary
program — and they include Ben-
son — say this objection could be
overcome by terms of a soil bank
contract which would offer protec-
tion against possible future acre-
age allotment discrimination.
By OVID A. MARTIN
Associated Press Farm Reporter
WASHINGTON, Dec 31 W—Sen-
timent appears to be strong among
farm leaders in and out of govern-
ment for a “soil fertility bank"
addition to federal farm programs.
But this does not mean that the
proposal will have an easy time
in Congress.
In general, a soil bank plan is
designed to take some of the na-
tion's cropland out of production
until farm surpluses can be re-
duced and markets expanded.
Farmers have been planting up-
wards of 355 million acres to
various crops — or around 40 mil-
lion more than have been needed
to supply present markets. The
result has been the accumulation
of crop surpluses which help de-
press farm prices and income.
■ Under the soil bank plan, farm-
ers would get government aid of
one sort or another for taking
surplus acres out of production of
cash crops and putting it to grass,
trees or other uses which would
build fertility or forests for the
future.
Big Problems
Face Congress
In New Year
WASHINGTON, Dec 31 R-For-
eign policy and farm aid legisla-
tion took top billing today as con-
gressional leaders returned to
Washington for the opening of the
1956 legislative session Tuesday.
Sen. Wiley of Wisconsin, top Re-
publican on the Foreign Relations
Committee, said recent statements
by Russian leaders Nicolai Bulgan-
in and Nikita Khrushchev will spur
a strengthening of "our overall %-
military-diplomatic position."
Suggesting that congressional
leaders adopt a New Year’s reso-
lution to “try to keep partisan pol-
itics out of our international re-
lations.” Wiley predicted the Red
leaders’ comments will prompt
Senate and House committees to
“give the, armed forces the benefit
Kill 50 Rebels
RABAT, French Morocco, Dec
31 Uh—Unofficial sources reported
today that 50 nationalist rebels
were killed in their biggest clash
with French troops since armed
revolt began in the Riff Mountains
Octl.
Official figures, which tend to
minimize the importance of any
engagement; put the rebel casual-
ties at 10 dead in yesterday’s fight
near Tamchecht Village, just south
of the border of the Spanish zone
of Morocco .
Authorities said the band’ was
well armed, but added that there
were no French losses.
The unofficial reports said the
French had brought up planes and
artillery in fighting that spread to
several points in the region. A con-
nection was seen with earlier un-
confirmed reports that as many
Jas 1,000 rebels had crossed the bor-
i der earlier this week.
The little post of Beni Oulid.
about 40 miles to the west, held
off a two-hour attack Thursday by
what officials described as a band
of 300 rebels. French losses were
given as one killed and two wound-
Endorsed by Groups
SA number of the major farm
organizations have endorsed the
idea of the soil bank and so has
Secretary ot Agriculture Benson.
A number of bills are pending in
Congress to authorize such a pro-
gram. They are sponsored by both
Democrats and Republicans.
So it can be seen that there is
strong support for the idea. But
when it comes to details, the
area of agreement diminishes
greatly. Therein lies the prospect
of sharp congressional debates.
Differences relate to type and
extent of aid which would be given
to farmers who cooperated with the
program and to the question wheth-
er participation should be put on a
voluntary or compulsory basis.
Many advocates contend that the
program should be used largely to
boost farm income, which has
dropped nearly 25 per cent from
the postwar peak while non-farm
returns have climbed to record
Have parts who will pay to $12,500 an | returning Congress, with -Demo-
Wear oNREAMACSO %/tinied "kmana crats , again in command has
• Realtors 856 Hickory 33671,___t rounds of investigations coming up
HreHNE tome" souneesstinepApleoncecon | that may involve some stormy
bar- 7 and 3 bedroom homes will anure 3a 'clashes with the White House
% EAT IAMBENE = - a presidential campaign
cash tor low equity F HA or GI year, and the political overtones,
homes also need all type listings. H J ,
Tomas" Realts. 34622 or 3-4760. in some of the prospective probes
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Paul Ray Heater Driveway * «» IS Lehrer. 417 FAN Bank Bulldin
Taulation Shower over the tub FOR lease for oil - 13444- acres. 5 i
Plumbed for washer southwest Ovalo 240 acres, 4 miles
Subfloors mere Ovalo D S. Graham. Ovalo Texas
aase down. $300 closing, monthly payments, 1
m including taxes and insurance.
s. L (Roy) ESTES
me Merom__n. *1835
SEE THIS
some partisan rows
The Senate laid $2,534,422.79 on
the line in 1*55 to finance investiga-
tions by committees and subcom-
peaks.
of the doubt on proposed in
But some others object sand creases” in appropriations.
mittees.
About the Same . ed. No casualty figures were given
Appropriations for investigations e the rabals
on the House side totaled $1,967,- .__-__________
SOLD. sold, sold Yes we have sold nK1 are .irony They'll cover a wide | 000 for 1955, but as in the Senate
bedertelsst nets proCERS to * se "Can range, from armaments, to Red the total actual expenditures won't
10 Ridid kemorsor ”‘rh'* 44234, hunts, to Dixon-Yates, and prob- be known until the annual reports
CASH for equities. F H a or c. 1.1 ably will cost millions of dollars.
FOK Ln 100 u 400 acres land 1. Muras. oaM" nlEnd. 9. 4 ° E Right off the bat a Senate anti-
of well being drilled, s miles east of LISTINGS needed now:1 2 and 3 bed-monopoly subcommittee- headed by
Shilraer. Phone 4----------------froom.hemec Nge waiting. Fowl Sen Kefauver (D-Tenn), an an-
REAL ESTATE WANTED M7 We have prospect for 3 bedroom, z
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WILL pay cash to individual for small down payment. Lester HiEgs. Phone i
equity 1 or 1. bedroom home 49144 WOULD ' oU FEEL SAFE
After 5 cal 2 939.----riding a train with a mule skinne
INDIVIDUAL will pay cash for small the throttle? Then, when selling
equity in home Phone 4-9303. estate CALL A REALTOR
les
iles
are filed
In both branches, leaders say
say it would offer little in the way
SOLD out of good homes If you want to
sell, call Clarence Collins Agency at
Attractive new 3 bedroom brick home MILL buy from owner, house with acreaze and large monthly payments .
within 20 miles of city or will trade. 1 KINCAID REALTORS
seated ■ picturesque Wychwood Addition. Powers. 872 Willis. 4-4933.____, : 2
. . . 6 catide WILL buy your equities. Quick cash 3-3671 850 Hickory 3-1606
Complete im every detail built to sauists Woods Real Estate. Phone 3-2392. -----------------------------------------
set* pounced presidential aspir-
well ant, faces a demand for a public
investigation to show whether
real backers of the now-cancelled Dix-
pay on-Yates contract contributed to
om. President Eisenhower’s 1952 cam-
paign fund
the total combined investigating 1
appropriations for 1956 probably i
I will not be much different from 1
O'Mahoney Urges
Probe of Texas Co.
the 412 millions of the preceding-
year.
Order to Employes
WASHINGTON: Dec 31 (—Sen.
M desert iminate persons. Priced at Pine.----4--------REAL ESTATE LOANS
- URGENTLY need homes and commercial 2—~
Located 1702 Glenn wood Drive property listings Will give personal _ --
1001.5 1 * - service on any listing nr pay “Spot Cash" . ESTATE funds for well secured Rear
Zo to appointment onks. See Taylor "TWssanuit Can Jerry Mart Realty' lt
wa=criaamTAEEFEF FOR SALE OR TRADE
Cole. 15th and Willis Street. Phone 3-4961
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“If anything, we should be in-
of income beyond what farmers tensifying our guided missile, nu
could earn if the soil bank plan clear and related programs,"
were not in effect Wiley said. .
Incentive Payments' Some See Hint _
Some of those who want to usePremier Bulganin, ir a speech
it to pump additional income into before the sup,..,,,,. Soviet in Mos-
farmers’ pockets say that at least
one billion dollars should be offered
cow Thursday, called for outlawing
atomic weapons “including rocket
weapons which have been recently
developed into weapons of inter-
.. 1 1 | continental power” Allied observ-
to cover taxes on the idled land, * P.
ers saw no sign of conciliation in
the cost of putting it to soil-build- Rucaninte
ing uses and in addition a sum Bulganin s speech. Sme professed
to see in it a hint that Russia may
have developed an intercontinental
in incentives for participation.
They would offer payments to
farmers which would be sufficient
The Senate’s Investigations sub- O Mahoney (D-Wyo) wants the Sen which would be more than the
committee, its chief investigative ate Antitrust Subcommittee to look farmer could hope to make
arm, reportedly plans a $200,000 into an order of the Texas Co. crops i‘ - " 4 1 1
| exploration into many phases of pertaining to the rights of employes vation.
1 the government’s operations,in- to hold interest in oil or gas leases. Tcc. ---------------—, ..
cluding charges that schools run O Mahoney said in a telegram payment is not large enough, the I hower for crude interference in
byCommunists have collected to O.A Knight of Denver, presi-plan would fail to accomplish, the Communist affairs with his Christ-
large sums from the GT" Bill of dent of the Oil, Chemical and desired diversion, of land to non-mas message of American concern
Rights educational program Atomic Workers Union, that the crop production The result, they for the restoration of freedom and
A Commerce aviation subcom-T order 0n its face is a violation add, would be The continuation of liberty to countries in East Europe
mittee headed bv Sen Monroney of the economic independence of overproduction and further pile-up Eisenhower replied that peaceful
ID-Okla) plans to delve publicly 1 the Texas employes"of surpluses in government stocks, liberation of Soviet satellite coun-
master General Summerfield, who into the administration’s reasons' “The statement that the order now exceeding seven billion dol | tries will continue to be a major
headed the Republican National for ousting Frederick B. Lee as does not apply if the company in lars.
Committee in 1952. and Stephen head of the Civil Aeronautics Ad- which Ik® employe acquires an in-
T. Mitchell, the 1952 Democratic ministration Monroney has termed terest ‘is large enough that owner-
national chairman it an unjustified dismissal, ship could not reasonably be ex-
* Crode pected to influence the employe to _ _
5 P act in conflict with the interest of it calls the pumping of additional ... ...... ................. .. ..
the Texas Co.' is not a justifica- income into agriculture through a vealing their true hostile nature."
cash payment method. | He added:
It argues that much of the money No Letup
this perdArcucurved tapacmbebr ARAET "I don't believe un chances for
or dne money wSana be used. I do balieve that there is no reason.
Isays, for more farm tractors andwhatsoever for diminishing our
enables vigilance or preparedness
Wiley predicted nevertheless that
administration plans to seek an in-
Important Persons
The subcommittee plans an early
meeting to consider the request,
made by "Sen. Langer (R-ND),
Langer wants the group to sub-
poena Sherman T Adams, former
governor of New Hampshire and
now a top White House aide: Post-
from
if he kept the land in culti- ballistic missile
Communist party Boss Khrush
These leaders contend that if the chev criticized President Eisen-
At the other extreme is the
American Farm Bureau Federa-
tion. At its recent convention in
Chicago, this group opposed what
Langer has proposed that Sum-
merfield be asked about any util- Sen Lyndon B. Johnson of Tex-
2___. _ _ ity contributions to the 1952 Re- as, the Senate Democratic leader, „ . 1 ,
REAL ESTATE DISPLAY publican campaign fund made with heads the Armed Services Com- tion, 0 Mahoney a00e4.
the Dixon - Yates contract in mittee’s preparedness subcommit- Knight had sent 0 Mahoney a
mind." —— tee which plans more inquiries into copy of the order.
He said Adams should be asked alleged waste in Defense Depart- O'Mahoney said he would also
about any Dixon-Yates contribu- ment buying. This group had a ask the Texas Co. to provide the
tions'to his earlier campaign for $160,000 budget in 1955. ' committee with a list of oil and s
governor of New Hampshire, and The House Committee on Un- * gas holdings of its officers and di-sther "equipment which
“in all fairness” Mitchell should J American Activities, which gotrectors as well as a full state-1
be asked about possible Dixon- I $250,000 in 1955, plans a big year ment with respect to any other
Yates contributions to the 1952 of Red hunting in 1956. Chairman! stock ownership by such officers
Democratic presidential campaign 1 Walter (D-Pa) says he has which might create interlocking di-
of Adlai E Stevenson evidence that Communists held rectorships against public interest
‘Skullduggery’ U.S. government posts as recently and interest of the company.”
goal.of U.S. policy.
Said Wiley in a statement:
"Perhaps the Red-bosses have
unintentionally rendered the world
a real service by once more taking
off their smiling masks, thus re-
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Kefauver contends he already as last year.
has uncovered some "skulldug- Walter also plans a critical study Cnl Calan Ilmae
gery" in the administration’s con- of how the Fund for the Republic! Jidie 30100 UT9CS
tract to bus electricity from a happened to include in one of its ... .
privately owned utility group head- reports certain language concern- necial Section
ed by Edgar H Dixon and Eugene ing the Communist party in this puwal 202310
A Yates for transmission into the country Walter said the Fund’s | _
public power lines of the Tennes- 1954 report contained a passage CONICS • A
see Valley Authority. The Senate which criticized Congress for State Rep. L. DeWitt Hale of Cor
r ■ voted $200,000 for the 1955 phases branding “a political party” as pus Christi today asked Goy. Al
of the inquiry, and Kefauver is part of an international conspiracy, ton Chivere to ronci ar ca ing a
expected .to ask for another big He says “attempts to make Ameri-
| users to increase production on a
given farm unit.
Ways to Comply crease in foreign aid funds will
The bureau would seek to gain face a fight in Congress.
compliance with the soilbank’s
acreage reduction program by two
major means.
First, it would require farmers
who grow price supported crops to
| take a part of their tillable land
; out of cash production in order to
Another big battle is shaping up
over farm legislation, which Sen.
Lyndon B Johnson of Texas, the
Democratic floor leader, said will
get early attention.
To Map Program
Johnson, back in Washington aft
Construction In Wychwood
lan Shivers to consider calling a
special session of the Legislature
to provide funds for faster han-
dling of the U. S. Trust & Guaranty
Co. liquidation,. if that is what
State Liquidator J. D. Wheeler
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appropriation to continue it . cans believe the Communist party
Some administration officials was just another political party’
have contended Congress has no are part of the Communist line
right to subpoena them Langer The Fund for the Republic was
said this could be solved by "sub-created with a three-million-dollar
poenaing them as private citizens, grant from the Ford Foundation,
not as government officials," but operates independently of the said he was amazed by newspaper
Foundation. % accounts quoting Wheeler as say-
The Senate Internal Security ing" it probably would take two
subcommittee is expected to re- yearsto wind up the affairs of
quest $260,000 to finance its 1956 U.S. Trust & Guaranty Co. which
investigations of communism. It | has been declared insolvent by at
become eligible for price support er what bis doctors called "a most
aid. There would be no supple-satisfactory recovery" from a
mental cash payment for idled land | heart attack last July, said the
in such cases Senate will meet briefly Tuesday
Second, it would encourage pro-and then recess until Thursday,
ducers of crops like cotton, wheat. | when President Eisenhower’s State
corn, rice and tobacco — which of the Union message will be read ■
are grown under acreage planting ’
allotments — to plant less than
Sen Olin D Johnston (D-SC)
plans more hearings on what he
contends is a politically inspired
effort by the Eisenhower 'adminis-
needs
Hale, in a letter to Gov. Shivers,
their allotments. For doing this,
the producers would be eligible to
buy from government surplus
stocks the equivalent amount of
these crops that would normally
be grown on their idled acres The
price for such products would be
just what it would have cost them
to produce the crops. Y
Sell Surplus Stocks ;
tration to spread the impression investigations of communism. It: s. -Sell Surplus Stocks
- —that it has,fired thousands of hold- plans public hearings, starting t least *7 million and ordered into Recipients of these government
over Democrats whose loyalty was Wednesday, to quiz nfore than a receivership.
suspect dozen newsmen concerning com-
- New Title Awarded
To Maid of Cotton
DALLAS, Dec. 31 — Miss Lu-
cinda Bailey of Dallas, a finalist
in the 1955 Maid of Cotton contest,
has been selected as the National
Black-Eyed Pea Queen for 1955.
Announcement of her selection
was made today by the National
Black-Eyed Pea Assn, of America.
Miss Bailey represented her home
town of Bartlett, Tex., in the cot-
ton contest.
Wednesday, to quiz more than a | receivership
stocks could then sell them in the
DIAL 3-4961
by clerks in both houses.
After the presidential recom-
mendations have been heard, John-
Johnston and Sen Hennings (D- |
Mo . whose constitutional rights
ubcommittee conducted similar
public hearings, say they both
have shown, that dismissed blab-
bermouths, drunks and inefficient
workers were counted as Zsecu-
S'water Building
Near $2 Million
rity risks” to run the totals into SWEETWATER. Dec 31 (RNS)
the thousands — and that many of | —Building permits issued here in
1955 totalled $1,920,265, which miss-
ed the city's goal of $2 'million
those fired had been hired by the
| Republicans.
House and Senate investigations
of alleged waste and mismanage-
i ment at the Pentagon; adequacy
of this country’s armament pro-
gram: the handling of the foreign
aid program; the role of "big busi-
ness” in the nation’s economy and
in the Eisenhower administration;
and the administration’s policies
on power and natural resources-
by slightly less than *80,000
• A downward turn in building the
last three months of the year ac-
counted for the fact that building
permits did not reach the expected
$2 million. Only $36,700 worth of
permits were issued in December
Top month of the year for build-
ing was September when *476,750
worth of permits were issued
’ TO REACH VACATIONERS for
your camp, cottage, resort—place
Classified ads in The Reporter-
News. Call 2.7841. L.
market and get, as their profit,
the same amount that they would
have gotten had they gone ahead
and produced on the idled land.
Advocates say this plan would
have a dual advantage of cutting
down government surpluses and of
providing aid to farmers without
the spending of additional govern-
ment funds They take the view-
point that the seven billion dollars
tied up in the farm surpluses
should be considered spent money
because then is little likelihood
that the government will ever be
able to get much back from the
surpluses.
On the question of whether par-
ticipation in the soil bank should
be voluntary or compulsory, some
farm leaders argue that it will
accomplish little in the way of cur-
tailing production unless all farm-
son said he will confer with the
committee chairmen, all Demo-
crats. and then call the Senate:
Democratic Policy Committee to-
gether to map a legislative pro-
gram.2 % 1
“There is no priority on any bill
right now," Johnson told reporters
He indicated-that farm legislation
and disaster relief bills inspired
by flood damage at both ends of
the country this year will get early
consideration.
Tax cut proposals appeared rel.
egated, to the background for the
time being
There was an air of sweetness
and good will among the lawmak-
ers as they streamed back to
Washington to take their places in
the opposing firing line's. This may-
have been due to the holiday sea
son as well as to the absence of
any immediate crises.
House Republican Leader Martin
of Massachusetts said for example
that he doesn’t think the coming
session is going to be "as stormy
as some people think,"
“It looks like a normal election
year session,” Martin told a re
porter: "I don’t think there will
be any bitterness."
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