anaheim-gazette 1947-06-12

Thursday, June 12, 1947 WASHINGTON As Seen By CONGRESSMAN JOHN PHILLIPS The major appropriation bill, in the minds of the people of a district like the 22nd California, came to the floor today. It is the bill containing the appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, and all its services, and all its increasingly rangy functions. "We have come far," as the subcommittee said in its report, "since President Lincoln signed the bill (creating the Department of Agriculture) in 1862." Today the Department employs some 70,000 people. Last year it occupied 1,458,482 square feet in federal buildings in Washington, and 68,451 sq. ft. in rented buildings here. It occupied 2,097,373 sq. ft. in federal buildings in other parts of the country, and 3,510,459 sq. ft. of rented space. That represents about 170 acres of floor space. Maybe we should apply Mr. Ickes limit of 160 acres to the Department of Agriculture. The Extension Service has on its rolls about 10,000 people; and the Soil Conservation Service has 9,000. These are at field level and do not include the Washington level, nor do they include duplicating services in the Farmers Home Administration, nor in county offices, nor in certain functions of the Forestry Service, nor the Interior Department. All these services have grown because of demands for them, but they illustrate how departments grow. The department asked for an appropriation of $1,188,571,318. The committee on Appropriations cut the amount only $337,842,786. There will of course be weeping throughout the department. It is difficult for the committee on Appropriations to do very much about this. It is an administrative job. I strongly urge this upon the secretary as a problem of first importance. The intent of the secretary will soon be determined by the application of the cuts taken in this budget. If these are applied only at the lower levels, leaving the Washington levels top-heavy and duplicating, it may be necessary for the Congress through its proper committees, to attempt the necessary corrections. Several of us on the subcommittee believe that an additional cut in personnel could have been made, specifically applied to the Washington level. Statements that a department "ought to be reorganized," or insistence that "we must remove duplications," and similar comments frequently heard in committees and on the floor, are worthless as long as we continue to appropriate more money than a careful analysis indicates is required by the department. The problems of marketing research; of whether the federal government or the states should pay the costs of school lunches, or in what proportion; of the REA, or the AAA, or the SCS, or the CCC, will be discussed on the floor of the House during general debate on this bill. In brief, my feeling is that more money could have been cut from the appropriation of the Department of Agriculture and that, properly administered, the results would have benefited agriculture generally. ings and afternoons, to listen to the requests for the Veterans Administration; the Federal Power Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, the Archives, Civil Aeronautics, Civil Service, Tax Court, Federal Works Agency, Maritime Commission, War Assets, Housing, and a dozen others, of greater or less importance. After the hearings are concluded, the committee goes into executive session, and for days "marks up" the bill. That is a traditional expression, describing the grinding job of taking the preprinted bill, and writing in the amounts the committee thinks have been justified by the arguments. Then the hearings, which may run to several thousand pages, together with the copy for the bill, and the committee's explanatory report to the Congress, are all sent to the government printing plant, and for a week the committee has time off. The bill then goes to the "full committee" of 43 members, which listens to the subcommittee explanations and votes to accept the bill with or without any changes. The bill is "reported" to the House, three days pass, and it comes up for "general debate" to which the Rules Committee may assign hours or days, depending on the importance of the bill, and finally the time comes when amendments may be offered on the floor and the voting begins. From that point, you know that it goes to the Senate, follows much the same process there, except that the preliminary hearings are shortened, because of the work already done by the House, and eventually, after final adjustment by a "Conference Committee," it goes to the White House and another year's appropriations have been made. cating services in the Farmers Home Administration, nor in county offices, nor in certain functions of the Forestry Service, nor the Interior Department. All these services have grown because of demands for them, but they illustrate how departments grow. The department asked for an appropriation of $1,188,571,318. The committee on Appropriations cut the amount only $337,842,786. There will of course be weeping and wailing, from the administration publicists, as there will be when each appropriation bill hits the floor. I rise to remark that this bill is another test of the power of the American farmer to think for himself and to withstand propaganda. I would like to conclude this week's letter with the "Additional Views" which I wrote for the subcommittee's report on the bill. I signed the report, agreeing to the cuts, but then I added this supplementary statement: ADDITIONAL VIEWS Having signed the majority report of this committee, I submit these additional views to emphasize the need for economy and efficiency in the Department of Agriculture. The farmers of this nation have said unmistakenly that they want economy in government, and a balanced budget. I think they mean they want economy and efficiency in the department most closely related to agriculture, as well as in other departments which are related only indirectly to agriculture. The farmers have insistently said for years that they wanted the elimination of the duplications and the confusions of government departments and agencies. The appropriation bill, for the Department of Agriculture, is a step toward the end the farmers want. It could have been a longer step. There are units of this department which requested, in the present budget, three or four times as large appropriations as they received ten years ago, yet whose services to agriculture generally are less essential today than they were previously. Some such agencies have been cut, in this budget, as little as 15 per cent. There are constant duplications, in the work of various units, We finished marking up the Independent Offices' appropriation bill yesterday. This is the first breathing spell I've had since March 10. When a year begins, each member of the appropriations committee receives a copy of the President's budget. It resembles a Los Angeles or San Francisco telephone book for size and print. He also receives a preprint of the appropriation bill, for each subcommittee, bound, with large pages, and plenty of space for notations. Then each government agency, which comes before his subcommittees, furnishes a mass of material, usually mimeographed, called the "justifications" to explain the requests, and give other information the committee will want. On top of all this, each agency or department sends down charts, memoranda, revisions, and pamphlets, until the office tables, the window sills, the congressman's desk, and most of the chairs are piled with it. As the hearings proceed, it gets sorted out, read, and digested. As I've said before about Washington, "It takes a little time!" The subcommittee hears the department or the agencies. It asks questions, and sends back for more details, perhaps some the department hopefully thought the committee might overlook. This may take weeks. My subcommittee on Independent Offices, for example, has been meeting daily for almost eleven weeks, morn- finally the time comes when amendments may be offered on the floor and the voting begins. From that point, you know that it goes to the Senate, follows much the same process there, except that the preliminary hearings are shortened, because of the work already done by the House, and eventually, after final adjustment by a "Conference Committee," it goes to the White House and another year's appropriations have been made. We are ahead of previous Congresses on major legislation, and we are running about even on appropriation bills, because of the detailed work being put on them this year. The House has sent the following budget bills to the Senate: Labor, Federal Security, Treasury, Interior, State, Commerce, Justice, Navy, Military, and Agriculture. We are working on Government Corporations, Independent Offices, Civil Functions, Legislative, the District of Columbia, and another Deficiency Bill. The House has cut 2½ billions off the requested appropriations for the bills already cut, with equivalent cuts in those on the way. The columnists who started to shout that the Congress had done nothing (after we'd been here only 30 days) but who carefully omit any reference now to the fact that, on top of the reorganization, we are ahead of previous Congresses, are now shouting that Congress over-estimated when it set a figure of six billions in the House and 4½ billions in the Senate, to cut from expenditures this year. They just forget that "budget cuts" and "expenditure cuts" are two different things. To give you an example, which is confidential here at the moment, the Independent Offices' budget will show a cut of about 330 millions, but after we sent investigators and accountants into some of the agencies, they themselves cut down 320 millions, and in addition we rescind about 50 millions and limit certain expenditure items, not appearing in the '48 budget, by another 100 millions. Apply this example to other budgets and you'll see that Congress will surely hit the savings figure of four and one-half and is quite likely to reach the six billions we aimed at. I told you before of the sad comment of the Cabinet officer, when questioned about this Congress, "The leaders of this Congress are very de- WHEN IT'S EMPTY—THROW IT AWAY! Now! ACME in a NO-DEPOSIT, NO-RETURN BEER BOTTLE! (11 oz. size) No more plunking down a deposit or lugging back the empties when you buy Acme Beer. In the new 1-Way bottle or the non-returnable can, Acme requires no deposit and no return — you can throw the empties away! Your dealer will get his share of these new bottles and cans. If he has sold out, take the long neck or quart bottle and try again. ACME'S FIRST AGAIN — First on the West Coast to bring you this new no-deposit, no-return bottle! AND AGAIN — Acme was first to offer beer in cans and first to return them after the war! 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(Official Navy Photograph) Suggests Tests Of Hormones On Early Tomatoes Applying hormone sprays to tomatoes during the early blooming season may cause them to set fruit, thus producing an earlier crop, according to H. W. Longfellow, assistant farm advisor in Orange county. This may be especially helpful to market tomato growers trying to supply the early market. Early tomatoes start flowering during the cool weather and frequently drop flowers until the warmer weather comes. Edison Company's New Shares Draw June Dividend Directors of Southern California Edison Company Tuesday, June 3, called for redemption on June 23, next, all shares of preferred stock, Series B, 6% and Series C, 5½% not exchanged pursuant to acceptances of the recent exchange offer. Payment will be made at $28.75 a share for each class of stock plus accrued dividends. Directors also declared an initial dividende on the new cumulative preferred stock, 4.32% ser- "State of Union" Opening Play Mabel Albertson, popular star and radio star will appear this summer in the opening production for Holiday Stage, summer theater group in Tustin. She will be the feminine lead in "State of Union," Pulitzer prize comedy opening June 30. Miss Albertson has made her name in the theatrical world as a writer, actress, director and tertainer. She has appeared in radio shows, the stage and as entertainer for the Army show during the war years. Recently starring roles have been in "San and God," "Skin of O Teeth," "Personal Appearance and Over 21." Her latest bit direction was the sensational production of "Ethan Frome" for the Circle Players of Los Angeles. When "State of the Union" opens, it will be the first performance of this famous comedy in Orange county. It has been such a tremendous success that at one time there were three road companies presenting it in the United States. This summer, the New York company will finally have a vacation when two of the roars take over, each for a month at a time. Harold Turney, managing director, has announced several others of the supporting cast. There are Robert Rockwell, Ella Norris Jerry Denis, Phil Moore, Judy Shafer, Don Antaky and Danny Rankins. Union Pacific To Use Diesel Moving toward its goal of complete dieselization of its lines between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. Applying hormone sprays to tomatoes during the early blooming season may cause them to set fruit, thus producing an earlier crop, according to H. W. Longfellow, assistant farm advisor in Orange county. This may be especially helpful to market tomato growers trying to supply the early market. Early tomatoes start flowering during the cool weather and frequently drop flowers until the warmer weather comes. The use of chemicals for setting fruit on field grown tomatoes is still in the experimental state, and Longfellow recommends that they be used only experimentally this year. Hormones are substances which control the growth processes of plants. Concentrations heavy enough to set fruit effectively may cause injury to the foliage. Serious injury to foliage stunts plant growth, reduces later yields, and opens up the foliage so that sunburning of the fruit may increase. Mort culls from roughness, puffiness, and poor internal color of the fruit have been observed in a few tests. Because of the danger of injury, the hormone has been applied in water solutions as a spray from a knapsack-type hand sprayer. Attempt is made to wet each blossom cluster thoroughly and avoid the foliage as much as possible. The plants can be sprayed only once because injury may result from a second application. Growers May See How Hormones Affect Tomatoes A meeting of tomato growers has been scheduled for 10 a.m. June 20, at the Ruoff brothers ranch to observe the effect of hormone sprays on setting early fruit on field-grown tomatoes. The meeting place will be at the Ruoff ranch at the corner of Springdale and Wintersburg roads. This is about two miles west of the Ocean View school on Highway 39. The meeting is called by the Agricultural Extension Service. P. A. Minges, extension specialist in truck crops of the College of Agriculture will be present to discuss the results of this tomato test plot as well as others in the state. The plants were sprayed at the first blooming on April 18 and set Directors of Southern California Edison Company Tuesday, June 3, called for redemption on June 23, next, all shares of preferred stock, Series B, 6% and Series C, 5½% not exchanged pursuant to acceptances of the recent exchange offer. 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