anaheim-gazette 1945-09-06

AAA, Farm Service Organization, Ends Reorganization of the department of agriculture marks the end of the agricultural adjustment agency, the office that has been assisting farmers to adjust production to changing markets and to conserve soil resources. AAA passes into the oblivion of history without benefit of soft music and flowers, and without reluctance. For AAA's foundation and framework, the committee system is not buried in the debris of falling agencies, but because the basis of the new expanded farm organization, the production and marketing administration. Effective in Washington Aug. 20, reorganization will reach state and county levels gradually and the title "AAA" will be maintained locally until further notice. The committee system is unique in that AAA is the only government agency which has actually worked on a democratic principle, by which policies originating with the farmers are processed through county and state committees to Washington, and programs approved by congress are returned to the farmer level for local administration by elected committeemen. There are nearly 2000 county and community AAA committeeemen elected annually in California. It has been their responsibility to see that the programs assigned AAA are ably handled within each county and community district, and to make local interpretations and decisions within the program regulations. AAA has been the only farm agency which has been represented in every county in the nation in which farming is done. Adjustment Feature of AAA One important feature of AAA was its elasticity; it was adaptable to changing conditions. From 1933 to 1936 the main issue was to adjust production of the seven basic commodities: wheat, corn, cotton, hogs, rice, tobacco and dairy products. Later other commodities were added to the list, including sugar. The primary objective was to decrease surpluses and thus stabilize price. In 1936 payments were made for shifting production from soil-depleting crops, such as cotton and grain, to non-depleting crops such as grasses and legumes. This partially halted the depletion of farm land which would inevitably lower farm income. In 1937 the sugar act was passed providing an excise tax on sugar and payments to sugar growers were made through AAA under certain conditions. This act replaced the Jones-Costigan act of 1934. Eligible growers were required to comply with farm sugar allotments, conserve soil, pay not less than minimum wages and not to employ child labor. The recent AAA organization was based on the agricultural adjustment act of 1938, which discarded policies no longer needed and emphasized policies of planned abundance. During the depression immediate steps had to be taken to adjust production downward, as the quickest way to balance a toppling farm economy and avert further repercussion on the weakened national economy. This downward adjustment was an emergency means of halting the disastrous trend toward high and higher production against low and lower prices and markets. Government had no ma- Doheny Park May Join Capistrano Sanitary District The Doheny park state beach park may be annexed to the San Juan Capistrano sanitary district so sanitary facilities can be improved at the ocean front retreat, it was disclosed last week by Dr. Edward Lee Russell, county health officer. Chief A. E. Henning of the division of beaches and parks of the state's department of natural resources has communicated with the board of supervisors to ask how the beach could be joined to the sanitary system. Dr. Russell is preparing a reply for supervisorial action. Post-War Backlog To Keep Plants Busy Since December 7, 1941, and even prior to that date, people's attention has been focused upon the war and the war effort at home both by their participation and by industry to help bring a return of peace and a return of relatives and friends in the armed services. Now that peace has been declared and the aftermath of the cataclysm has set in, people naturally turn to the next problem with some uncertainty, which is that of future gainful employment. When asked about the prospects at Chiksan Company, a large manufacturing concern at Brea, Mr. L. J. Laird, vice-president of the company, stated: "We have no reason to be other than optimistic. We have a large nearly 2000 county and community AAA committeemen elected annually in California. It has been their responsibility to see that the programs assigned AAA are ably handled within each county and community district, and to make local interpretations and decisions within the program regulations. AAA has been the only farm agency which has been represented in every county in the nation in which farming is done. Under the new production and marketing administration, which supplants AAA, FCIC, CCC and various other farm agencies, state and county committees will have broader authority because they will deal with marketing as well as production problems of farmers. Agricultural conservation and crop insurance will still be major responsibilities of the committees. A Dozen Years of Service AAA was first organized in 1933 when it became evident that some sort of control was necessary to achieve a balanced agriculture. After World War I, a situation developed which became known as the "farm problem." Surpluses of certain crops caused a decline in farm income under the old law of supply and demand. As prices declined farmers increased their production even more in an attempt to maintain their income. Farm income was cut in half and with it went farm purchasing power. Factories closed their doors and factory workers went on the breadline. When growers increased their acreage they farmed without regard to conservation and they depleted the national soil resources alarmingly. By 1930 more than 100 million acres were seriously damaged. AAA was one of the farm agencies established to build up a national farm plant. (1) to produce abundantly in marketable quantity; (2) to increase markets by increasing the food consumption of the people for nourishing foods; (3) to stabilize price for both farmer and consumer, and (4) to insure continued policies no longer needed and emphasized policies of planned abundance. During the depression immediate steps had to be taken to adjust production downward, as the quickest way to balance a toppling farm economy and avert further repercussion on the weakened national economy. This downward adjustment was an emergency means of halting the disastrous trend toward high and higher production against low and lower prices and markets. Government had no machinery or money with which to guarantee price supports, such as have been guaranteed today for the basic commodities, the Steagall commodities and other farm products. Then when the emergency passed, the government sponsored the ever-normal granary to adjust production to potential markets, with adequate reserves. This policy was expanded to cover farm produce other than grain and continued until wartime when all-out food production became a military necessity. Conservation Encouraged Between 1938 and the beginning of the war, conservation became a key AAA job. Conservation payments to California farmers increased gradually from less than three million dollars in 1939 to more than seven million dollars in 1944. Payments are a means of gauging the extent of conservation value derived from the program, since payments are made at approximately 75 per cent of the actual cost of performance. California farmers received AAA agricultural conservation payments totaling almost 30 million dollars in the past seven years. Thus California has benefitted from about 52 million dollars worth of farm conservation, much of which would not have been performed without AAA's conservation program. Predominate practices have been seeding green manure and cover crops, application of mulching materials, phosphate and gypsum, protecting summer fallow, construction of dams and reservoirs, grazing land services. Now that peace has been declared and the aftermath of the cataclysm has set in, people naturally turn to the next problem with some uncertainty, which is that of future gainful employment. When asked about the prospects at Chiksan Company, a large manufacturing concern at Brea, Mr. L. J. Laird, vice-president of the company, stated: "We have no reason to be other than optimistic. We have a large peacetime backlog of business and our products are internationally known, so we view the future with confidence. Except for a short readjustment period, we should be in high gear as soon as our postwar plans are effected. We hope, as we have always tried to do, to contribute to a greater extent to the stability of Orange county, and an expanded employment." Chiksan company, with its peacetime products, is in the enviable position of being able to continue without interruption and enters the reconversion period with well justified confidence as to the immediate future, as are so many of the other manufacturing concerns in the county, but with the advantage of a very substantial backlog of peacetime business and, like a long-distance runner, once it has gained its second wind, will proceed at an accelerated pace. The Chiksan company is embarking on a two-shift 48-hour week and it is hoped that as soon as postwar adjustments and resultant problems are overcome, that it can assume a greater share of the community problem by providing greater employment management and reseeding pastures by deferred grazing. War Services During the war, AAA's job became doubly important in encouraging farmers to increase production to take care of the high military and civilian demand. For eight consecutive years American farmers broke their own production records despite wartime shortages of labor, equipment and supplies. This production would not have been possible without the preceding years of conservation farming. As a war service, AAA assisted farmers in getting equitable distribution of available farm machinery, equipment, gasoline, lumber and construction materials. Many of these services have been dropped as war progressed, and now with peace, it is expected... This is a toy... this "the McCoy" AND BOTH WERE BUILT WITH BANK OF AMERICA FINANCING It is a basic policy of Bank of America to provide working capital and term credit for the establishment or expansion of business which includes inventories and the increase of receivables wherever sound lending practices permit. Your present or post-war credit problems will receive friendly, constructive attention at any branch of this bank where you may also obtain a new booklet containing complete details. 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In these four states, loans declined from $105,117,498 at June 30, 1944, to $89,607,314 by June 30, 1945, a net reduction of farmer's debts of $15,570,183 during the last 12 months. Farm Bureau Training Program Farm Bureau Training Program Is Instigated The Sate Farm bureau has instigated a trainin gschool and the Orange county bureau will take part in it, Executive Secretary C. J. Marks announced last week. Officers of the county organization and the various centers will participate and Frank Pierce, formerly of Santa Ana and now president of the State Farm bureau is in charge of the program and is introducing the plan to other counties. For the first time a state farm bureau manual has been prepared by the state organization and outlines the organization of farm bureaus, work programs, meetings, responsibilities of officers, parliamentary procedure and the art of speech. Much of the material used came from the Orange county school, Marks said. Tomorrow night, Friday, the Orange county's annual training school will hold its final session and R. C. Smedley, founder of the Toastmasters International, will be consultant. The first of these training programs was held in 1936. BRING THE BOYS HOME—NOW! The best solution to the problem of maintaining armies of occupation in Germany and Japan over a period of years is to replace our fighting veterans with volunteers instead of drafttees, in the opinion of the Mountain View Register-Leader. The draft would no longer be necessary, says the Register-Leader, if the Army would pay a wage comparable to the average civilian job wage. Making the peace-time soldier worthy of his hire, he argues, would induce many young men now in the Army to make the service a career, and would attract civilian volunteers in sufficient numbers to make any form of draft unnecessary. We concur heartily—and trust that congress, now in session, will give the plan consideration. Meanwhile, we reluctantly agree with quarters, Ninth Service Command Fort Douglas, Utah. Thirty major U. S. oil fields each with reserves in excess of 100,000,000 bbl. account for 9,350,000,000 bbl., or 45 per cent of the national total of more than 20,000,000,000 bbl. Mexican Held for Superior Court On Murder Charge Charged with murder, Epifano A. Martinez of 124 West Santa Ana street, Anaheim, was held to answer on Wednesday when he appeared in city court before City Judge Frank Tausch. The preliminary hearing lasted several hours and he was ordered to appear in superior court No. 2 on Friday, Sept. 14. He was then returned to the county jail, where he is being held without bail. Martinez is charged with having stabbed Julian "V" Nagrete, Mexican national residing on Parry street, causing abdominal wounds that resulted in his death a few hours later on Aug. 24. There were 2,072,000 tractors and 330,000 grain combines on U.S. farms as of January 1, 1945, compared with 1,953,000 and 312,000 respectively. January 1. WANTED TO RENT 4- OR 5-BOOM HOUSE (By Man and Wife (No Children) MAN EMPLOYED BY "THE GAZETTE" VERY RESPONSIBLE, CLEAN TENANTS Phone 2207—Ask for Mr. Jones The periscope atop Army tanks is a favorite target for enemy snipers. Every tank carries a dozen or so spare periscopes and an additional number of heads so that if a sniper hits his mark, the damaged equipment can be replaced quickly. The parts are replaceable from inside the tank. A German factory, capable of producing typewriters to write virtually every known language, has already turned out more than 2,000 machines for the United States army since its capture. The National Safety Council reports that most of the serious cases of infection start from small wounds. Get immediate first aid treatment for a cut or scratch. 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