anaheim-gazette 1947-03-06

AGRICULTURAL PROBLEMS DISCUSSED BY FIELDMAN The U. S. Department of Agriculture's farm program, its administration and its problems formed the subject of the first postwar convention of California committeemen of the USDA's Production and Marketing Administration, held in Santa Cruz February 22-26. "Our topsoil is a priceless heritage" was the theme of the convention. E. H. Spoor, state director of the Field Service branch, presided over a session packed with live, interesting discussions. Highlight of the meeting was the talk by Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson, who outlined functions and problems of the USDA. He stressed the importance of marketing as well as production in the farmers' books. He pointed to the widening markets research is developing. Price supports, the secretary stressed, should be used to promote an orderly transition to peace, not to encourage over-production. Other distinguished speakers included Dave Davidson, director of the Field Service branch, and J. E. Kimberley of the Field Service branch. Mr. Davidson, former chief of the state office, and under whose administration the California system of committeemen was set up, spoke of his work in Washington, the functions of his program. Mr. Kimberley pointed to some of our more urgent conservation problems. Joseph S. Davis, director of the Food Research Institute of Stanford university, spoke on the world food situation and its impact on U. S. agriculture, parity and the foreign market. Big question of the future, he said, is whether we can develop the ability of foreign markets to pay for exports. Ray B. Wiser, president of the California Farm Bureau Federation discussed the farmers in a changing world. American farmers today, he said, warned by World War I, are watching the economic horizon closely. The American farmer wants neither a boom nor a bust; he wants stability. Boyd Stewart, state committeeman, discussed democracy in administration of the agricultural program, described the manner in which the California farmer committeemen system works. B. H. Crocheron, director, Agricultural Extension Service, University of California, talked on the agricultural outlook. He spoke of agriculture on a world-scale, paid tribute to the American farmer. F. R. Wilcox, assistant General manager, California Fruit Growers Exchange, illustrated how consumer demand for frills helps to keep the spread between the farmers price and the consumers dollar. Whether he dwells on the farm in the city, his stake in construction. "Saving, improving and reing our soils is one of the big tasks before our nation to said Roy Hale, chairman of Orange county AAA committee." Through the Agricultuarl servation Program, says great strides have been made education, as well as in instituting good farming practices on a scale. Much, however, remains to be done. Conservation of agricul lands involves the following tures: Methods of cropping and hing soils and waters which protect the soils from erosion, ing, depletion of plant food detrimental changes in phi texture. Maximum use of avail water. Restoration of fertility to already depleted. LET'S TALK TURKEY Talking turkey alone won it, but eating turkey will help this refers to the huge size of turkey now in storage, and pecially to some twenty-nine lion pounds of storage turkey the three Pacific coast states. Restaurants, hotels, and eating places have been asked the USDA to pitch in and by serving turkey as often as sible, both for special occasion and on regular menus. Housewives are being urged take advantage of prices, the est since 1941. Fred F. Bates Claimed By Deat WIRE FENCES Residential - Ranch Commercial Galvanized Chain Link Nothing Down — 36 Months to Pay. F. H. A. FREE ESTIMATES GUARDIAN FENCE CO. Phone Day or Night (Collect) Whittier 83-394 Crocheron, director, Agricultural Extension Service, University of California, talked on the agricultural outlook. He spoke of agriculture on a world-scale, paid tribute to the American farmer. F. R. Wilcox, assistant General manager, California Fruit Growers Exchange, illustrated how consumer demand for frills helps to keep the spread between the farmers price and the consumers dollar. "Crop Insurance in 1947" was discussed by Glen Harris, state committeeman and E. E. Hatch, state Crop Insurance director. Jesse Tapp, vice president of the Bank of America, highlighted the production and marketing problems of agriculture in the period between 1920 and 1950. ANNUAL CONSERVATION WEEK TO BE OBSERVED Need for care and wise use of our natural resources will come in for strong emphasis during the Thirteenth Annual California Conservation Week, to be observed March 7-14th throughout the state. This program, which is sponsored by the California Conservation Council, is part of the nationwide movement to protect our priceless resources. Its aim is to bring home to every individual, AL'S LIQUOR STORE ACCOMMODATING LIQUOR SERVICE SPECIAL Harwood's SPECIAL Harwood's Fifths $5.56 Pints $3.87 One-Half Pints $1.97 Eastern Beer $3.07 Per Case 24 12-oz Bottles Al's Liquor Store 327 So. Lemon St. Ample Parking Facilities Rather he dwells on the farm or the city, his stake in conservasion, improving and restorour soils is one of the biggest issues before our nation today," said Roy Hale, chairman of the large county AAA committee. Through the Agricultuarl Contation Program, says Hale, it strides have been made in location, as well as in instituting farming practices on a wide scale. Much, however, remains to come. Conservation of agricultural uses involves the following feators: methods of cropping and handling soils and waters which produce soils from erosion, leach- depletion of plant food and environmental changes in physical cure. Maximum use of available water is restored of fertility to soils badly depleted. "S TALK TURKEY" Talking turkey alone won't do but eating turkey will help. This refers to the huge stocks turkey now in storage, and especially to some twenty-nine million pounds of storage turkey in three Pacific coast states. Restaurants, hotels, and other places have been asked by USDA to pitch in and help serving turkey as often as possible, both for special occasions on regular menus. Housewives are being urged to advantage of prices, the low-income since 1941. Red F. Bates Claimed By Death Red F. Bates, born 76 years Richard L. Monroe Dies of Injuries Richard L. Monroe, 25 years of age, passed away last Tuesday at the Los Angeles County General hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile collision early that morning. According to reports, the car in which Mr. Monroe was a passenger collided with another car that was parked in the center of the highway and which, reportedly had no lights. The accident occurred in Los Angeles county. When the driver of the oncoming car saw the stalled vehicle he immediately slammed on his brakes, causing the car to skid and swing around, the rear end striking the stalled car. The injured man was asleep on the back seat at the time of the collision, according to reports available. The deceased man was a native of Orange county and had resided here almost continuously until the family moved to Escondido a few months ago. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Monroe of Escondido; one sister, Mrs. D. R. McKee of Tustin, and one brother, John R. Monroe of Escondido. Funeral services will be conducted from the chapel of Hilgenfeld mortuary today (Thursday) at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Entombment will be in Melrose Abbey mausoleum. War Department Begin Return Of War Dead Twenty-thousand nuext of kin of American war dead who now lie in 15 of the 200 temporary ovens. Before me, as I type this, lies an urgent letter from an influential member of a California labor union. He asks me to give special attention to the President's budget requests, and then he says, "Our generals and admirals estimate that the proposed reductions in the Armed Forces budget would so cripple the Army and Navy that in the event of an emergency we would be nearly defenseless." I replied that if any admiral or general made such a statement he should soak his head in a bucket of cold water. The "sub-committee on war" of the Appropriations Committee did not start hearings until February 17th and is not due to report to Congress until March 18th. The Navy sub-committee will report early in March. This is just an example of the workings of the propaganda machine. Unfortunately, a lot of people, in the armed services and in the bureaues, seem to think the words "national defense" and "essential services" are synonomous with "keep me on the payroll." Take one department. To avoid embarrassing it, I'll call it Department X. It has sent out a lot of this "any cut will cripple us" propaganda. The committee said, how much did you ask for when you sent your first estimate to your own cabinet officer? 232 millions. How much did he cut it? Down to 171 millions. You mean your head man knocked 60 millions off, before it left your own shop? Yes. Then you sent to the Budget Bureau, at the White House thought it over more fully, made a motion, intreee that no cuts should be in the request of either Navy — "National Defense know; international compreif I could whistle the Sturgeon Banner on this Corpo would be the place for me. One such item called 1000 for "bachelor officers" on one of our post-Pretty nice, I'd say, for labor officers. The committee that might be postponed much are you paying for home you're building to What home? Well, tha wants $30,000 each for houses. I'm talking about urgencies., just as you them in your household. Down in the Canal zone hospital beds for about 10 patients. Two months ago patients. One hospital beds, 49 occupied. There employees. The point o that we built three more during the "war emerger white marble, bronze do kind of an emergency,y— and they are less than use. This is the headquarter Caribbean area, but other 1,000 bed hospital jected for Porto Rico. A committee raises the quat relative urgencies, and will hold the expenditure millions for another new in Hawaii, until we can do the most urgent place now, to put the money We hauit all tha War Department Begin Return Of War Dead Twenty-thousand nuet of kin of American war dead who now lie in 15 of the 200 temporary overseas cemeteries will receive letters of inquiry from Major General T. B. Larkin, Quartermaster General of the Army and Chief of the American Graves Registration Service, it was announced by Col. Brisbane Brown, commanding officer, Mira Loma Quartermaster Depot. These letters of inquiry will ask for a disposition from next of kin as to the final resting place of all those World War II dead whose remains have been recovered and positively identified. Next of kin of American dead now interred in the cemeteries listed below will be the first recipients of the letters: United States Military Cemeteries at St. Laurent, France; Henri Chapelle, Belgium; Cambridge, England; Nettuno, Italy and Gela, Sicily. United States Army Cemeteries at Homelani, Hilo, Hawaii; Makawao, Maui, Hawaii; and Makaweli, Hawaii. European Cemetery at Casablanca, French Morocco; American Cemeteries at Gafsa, Tunisia, and Tunis, Tunisia. Schofield Barracks Cemetery at Oahu, Hawaii; Mokapu Cemetery at Kaneche Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii; and Nuuanu Cemetery, Oahu, Hawaii. The process of sending the letters and returning the dead for re-interment in American cemeteries will be a long one, although every effort will be made by the war Department to effect completion as soon as possible. The inquiry letters will contain a form, to be returned to the War Department as quickly as possible by the recipient, which allows for the following choices for disposition of the remains of war dead: return for burial in private cemetery in United States, return for burial in a national cemetery, burial in a permanent United States military cemetery overseas; or burial in a private cemetery in a foreign country which is the homeland of the deceased or next of kin. Included with the inquiry let... Bertha Lacey Passes Away Mon. Bertha Lacey, 78 years of age, passed away at Fullerton General hospital on Monday, March 3. Born in Footville, Wisconsin, she had lived in Anaheim since 1910, the family home being at 1400 South Los Angeles street. Surviving are one daughter, Miss Hazel Lacey of the home; one great grandson, James R. Allan of Anaheim, and one granddaughter, Mrs. Fannie Allan of San Bernardino. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. John K. Saville, rector of St. Michael's Episcopal church of this city, at the chapel of Backs, Campbell and Kaulbars on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment was in Fairhaven cemetery. NEW DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. Hanley Anderson of 604 North Clementine street, welcomed a baby daughter who arrived Monday at Anaheim hospital tipping the scales at seven pounds and nine ounces. Everybody reads the Gazette. WASHINGTON As Seen By ESSMAN JOHN PHILLIPS have thought it over more carefully, made a motion, in committee, that no cuts should be made in the request of either Army or Navy — "National Defense" you know; international complications; if I could whistle the Star Spangled Banner on this Corona, this would be the place for it. One such item called for $488,000 for "bachelor officer quarters" on one of our possessions. Pretty nice, I'd say, for 12 bachelor officers. The committee thinks that might be postponed. How much are you paying for that home you're building this year? What home? Well, the Army wants $30,000 each for officer's houses. I'm talking about relative urgencies, just as you decide them in your household budget. Down in the Canal zone we had hospital beds for about 1,900 patients. Two months ago there 800 patients. One hospital has 226 beds, 49 occupied. There were 136 employees. The point of this is that we built three more hospitals during the "war emergency"—white marble, bronze doors, that kind of an emergency, you know—and they are less than half in use. This is the headquarters for the Caribbean area, but still another 1,000 bed hospital was projected for Porto Rico. Again this committee raises the question of relative urgencies, and thinks it will hold the expenditure of 33 millions for another new hospital in Hawaii, until we can determine the most urgent places, right now, to put the money we have. should be limited to 31.5 billions, which is 6 billions less than the President wanted to spend. On July 1st, 1946, there were about 20 billions still unexpended from previous appropriations, and the President figured there would be 14 billions still unexpended July 1st, 1947, of which 8 billion would be spent in the fiscal year 1948. We figure about 15 or 16 billions next July, but taking the President's figure, that would give him more than 45 billions for next year, and the total assessed valuation of all the property, in all the states, isn't much over 150 billionso I rise to remark as a starter that if this nation in 1947 can't get along well on 45 billions, when the budget for 1940, with as much or more war going on then, was only 13.2 billionso well, I'd suggest mildly that the present administration can get out and let someone else run the country for a while. However, I wanted to point out some interesting things. I have a few telegrams and letters protesting against cuts which will jeopardize our national defense, or give the wrong impression in a time of great international emergency. What cuts? In 1940, with a war going on, the then President, who was no piker when it came to spending the taxpayers' money, and who was so Navy-minded that he is considered a sort of minor deity there, asked for Army-Navy and national defense, the large sum of 1.6 billion. We are now talking about 10 billion. The defense agencies want 530 lions, after the cuts! millions for research. But look here, Phillips, aren't you for developing the atomic bomb? Oh, that's not that appropriation at all, that's another 800 millions. Speaking of "research", the Army has just sent 70 officers, and 30 "professors" (as everybody gets labelled by Congress, who hold (Continued on Page 5) Remember, as you read this, that the copy for this weekly column is written ten days before you see it in print, this time nine days, because I wanted to include some data not available until today. Friday, the Joint Budget Committee, made up of all members of the Senate Finance and Appropriations committees, and the House Appropriations and Ways and Means committees, set the figures for the next budget. The congressional budget is as hard to understand, without experience, as congressional procedures. To simplify it, the joint committee decided that receipts for the next year would be 39.1 billions (a little more than the President figured) and that expenditures GO ONE WAY...RETURN ANOTHER STOP OVER ANYWHERE...ANYTIME Going East by Greyhound is a real pleasure trip! You can choose from many scenic routes. 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