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1 Washington, D. C. THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT In the last few days the President himself has silenced administration critics of Claude Wickard, and de creed that he remain as secretary of agriculture. The President’s stand came at the height of an increasing storm brew ing round the amiable Indiana corn farmer, whom everyone likes but whose all-important food program is lagging. White House advisers have told the President that Wickard’s pro gram was inadequate, that it must be drastically revised, that there would be shocking deficiencies of food. Some have urged that Wick ard be replaced. The President, however, has de fended his secretary of agriculture. But also he has appointed White House Secretary Lauchlin Currie— whose regular field is Chinese rela tions—to act as umpire on the farm program. Currie has given Wick ard a nine-point program for re vamping American agriculture and among other things has pointed out that England increased her food pro duction 50 per cent with little addi tional manpower. Why, he asks, cannot the United States do the same? • • • AGRICULTURE’S PROGRAM Here are Currie’s proposals, ad vanced with the blessing of the White House: 1. The goals of agricultural pro duction should be higher. 2. A new production program, possibly with a new budget, should be presented to congress. 3. All acreage allotments and other restrictions on production should be removed to encourage the more efficient farmers. 4. The 1,000,000 farm operators of second rate efficiency should be brought into full production with the aid of seed, fertilizer, livestock, ma chinery and even land. 5. Cotton and tobacco acreage should be reduced, corn acreage, al lotments removed entirely, and more wheat should be fed to live stock. 6. Profiting by British example, a new “land army” should be or ganized, to use town and city dwell ers, especially women, for farm work. 7. Truck farmers who produce such luxuries as iceberg lettuce should be converted to more essen tial crops. 8. Facilities for processing and drying foods should be increased. 9. Local direction of the farm program should be shifted away from Farm-bureau-minded agents, toward agents more responsive to federal direction. • • • WICKARD’S FARM PROGRAM Wickard’s response to this sweep ing proposal was to accept part of it, reject part. He believes the production goals are already high enough that it’s too late to present a new program for 1943, that cotton goals have al ready been substantially lowered, and tobacco reduction would require change of the law. He agrees to removal of acreage restrictions on most crops, but not on cotton and wheat, which still yield embarrassing surpluses. Claude is a little touchy on the question of county agents and com mitteemen, insisting that federal representation is adequate. • • • FULL PRODUCTION On other points, however, he agrees with the White House pro posals, declaring some already are in effect. He wants to bring the 1,000,000 less efficient farmers into full production, to increase dehydra tion of foods, convert truck farmers from iceberg lettuce, etc., and or ganize a new land army from towns and cities. In fact, he already has a plan well advanced for the “land army.” Wickard, who had hardly been heard of before his elevation to Wal lace’s place in the cabinet, has had clear sailing for two years, thanks in part to good weather. Now, however, he is facing just as tough a job in trying to produce more, as Wallace faced ten years ago in trying to produce less. No secretary of agriculture ever faced more opposite and more difficult problems. The average person real izes the problems confronting the secretary of agriculture. They are exceedingly complex. Wickard knows his position is shaky. But he is on his mettle, fight ing to meet the established produc tion goals. • • * CAPITAL CHAFF C. Munro Leaf, who wrote Ferdinand the Bull, hailed as a children’s clas sic on pacifism, has now got himself a captain’s commission in the army, and is more belligerent than any West Pointer. He even believes that it is sacrilegious to criticize anyone in the army, or anything the army does—especially the services of sup ply, to which he is detailed. C. When Postmaster General Frank Walker was shown a recent news photo of himself, he said, “Is that Herbert Hoover or me?” United States Army Nurses in North Africa The first U. S. army nurses to arrive in North Africa are shown at work and at leisure here. In pic ture at right three American nurses set off in a bicycle taxi to see Algiers, and create quite a stir among the natives. Left to right they are Lieuts. Doris Gressei, Herkimer, N. ¥.; Margaret Farreil, Paterson, N. J.; and Florence Christman, Kregesville, Pa. At the left, Lieut. Betty Eggiman of Rochester, N. Y., takes the temperature of Sergt. Leonard Krenzke of Racine, Wis., who is obviously pleased to receive the ministrations of an American army nurse. German and Italian Prisoners Not Too Unhappy The brighter side for enemy soldiers is to be taken as war prisoners, as is apparent in this picture. Shown on the left are smiling Italian prisoners who realize that the war and all its horrors are over for them. They are on their way to a prison camp for the duration. On the right, German prisoners from a U-boat don’t ^eem to be too unhappy over their plight. Perhaps they art thinking of food, shelter and comparative safety. Stacking the Deck on the Axis .....-.... Q .v>< .-.X- At an air operational station in England, an American ordnance crew stacks bombs in one of the scores of ammunition dumps at the station— stacking the deck on the Nazis, as it were. The big busters are taken from the truck by means of a small crane. In this working party are, left to right, Master Sergeant Warren E. Gray of Export, Pa.; Private Hubert Blessinger of Huntingsburg, Ind.; and Sergt. Alex Balacki of Rochester, N. Y. His Gun Blazes in Raid Over Tunis Calm, but with determined accuracy, waist-gunner Robert L. Doremus controls his blazing gun as he directs fire at enemy planes. This action took place when Flying Fortresses accompanied by the deadly P-38s bombed Tunis in one of the biggest air raids on the Tunisian front. Twenty-year-old Doremus of Henrietta, Okla., hero of the operation, kept his guns going all the time. Tables Turned First it was the Chinese who was held prisoner by the Jap. Now he has been freed, and the Jap is held prisoner. Here the Chinese lights a cigarette for his erstwhile captor. Women’s USMC Head Maj. Ruth Cheney Streeter of Morristown, N. J., director of the women’s reserve of the U. S. marine corps. Major Streeter, a licensed pilot, has three sons in tho service. T HERE is a way to keep your golf game going to improve your play, to be a better golfer after the war is over and still not encroach in any way upon any part of the war effort, including transporta tion. After all, there will someday be a peace—and when peace returns, golf with all other sports will come back with a tidal-wave effect that will dwarf the rush after the last war. We took this matter up with Ed Dudley, president of the Profession al Golfers’ association, known as the PGA. Here is the general idea—if you can’t get to your club you can take indoor lessons or go to indoor schools. If you can’t do that you can swing a club in your own home, provided you have swinging room. Tips From the Top Here are a few suggestions from Ed Dudley, one of the finest swing ers golf has ever known— 1. “Too many golfers think in terms of results, in place of correct swinging. They are packed with ten sion because they haven’t a good swing—and they know it. They can at least improve their swing indoors. 2. “I would suggest first that they work upon a more comfortable stance, greater ease as they address ED DUDLEY the ball. Most golfers are stiff legged and body-locked before they even start the backswing. Swinging indoors they can build up the habit of greater freedom. 3. “In these indoor lessons or in door practice, golfers can concen trate entirely on the right way to swing. Golf is largely a matter of habit. Golfers who let a fault turn into a habit are in a bad way. But by practice they can learn to keep hands, arms, body, legs and feet more flexible. They can learn to turn more, to get their hands higher, to finish their backswing. The Case of Bobby Jones 4. “Tension, of course, is the great curse of golf. Movement alone can check tension. Bobby Jones is the only golfer I ever saw who kept in motion as he started to address the ball. He was never locked. I have never seen him freeze over the ball as the vast majority do. Either his feet or hands were in some form of motion. Golfers, through indoor practice, can work over this feature. Don’t ever stand over the ball and begin to freeze on the swing. Loos en yourself up. This can happen when you improve your swing, as you can indoors. 5. “Most golfers lack the needed gripping power in both "hands. How can this be helped? I can tell you. Just lay aside 10 or 15 minutes a day where you work with an old golf ball in either hand, squeezing it and building up your finger strength. This sounds foolish? Well, I know two ballplayers who use this method—Lefty Grove, the pitcher, and Charlie Keller, the Yankee out fielder. They were smart enough to know how important it is to have hand strength or finger strength. Both have represented power in pitching and hitting respectively. This is a simple and an important exercise. Interesting Work “This is all interesting work,” Dudley continued, “because golf is about 75 per cent mental. In golf you are not playing against an oppo nent. Your main opponent is your self. You keep trying to make your self do things that seem compara tively easy—such as smooth swing ing, keeping your head down, etc. Each person is more interested in himself than in anyone else. The golfer usually beats himself. And he knows that. No opponent can ever keep you from making a two, a three or a four. “Someone once gave the reason for Willie Hoppe’s great record. The answer was this—the others played Hoppe—Hoppe played billiards. Hun dreds of thousands of golfers know what to do—but they won’t do it often enough. “They all know they should take a comfortable stance, with a comfort able grip. They know they should never hurry the backswing, or hurry the downswing. They know they should keep their eyes and their minds on the target they are swing ing at. Never mind the bunkers and the ponds on ahead. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT ONION PLANTS GENUINE BERMUDA CRYSTAL WAX OR YELLOW ONION PLANTS Delivery to April. Also fine Babosas. *<!• quantity too great. Special prices to dis tributors. DUN BOVIN RANCH, Catarina, Texas. FEED FARMERS, CATTLEMEN, DAIRYMEN, ' r more grow kudzu. Produces up to I tons or 1 per acre of choicest feed every yr., no crop failures. 1 planting lasts lifetime. No pest, easily eradicated. No cultivation after Istyr. A legume, rebuilds poor land, stops washes. Qualifies for Gov. soil conservation pay ments. Write for facts, pr. on 2-3 yr. crowns. The Kudin Farms, Box A, Barnesville, Cta. CHICKS FOR SALE HELM'S WORLD RECORD Chicks—BOP sired matings—U. S. approved. Officially tested, $3.95 up, sexed. Delivery now. Free bulletin. Illinois Hatchery, Metropolis, HI. REMEDY New Scientific Diseovery. Removes corns, callouses, bunions, permanently. 4 years -old, has never failed. Costs 50c. Don’t send stamps. Testimonials by request. The Wright System, Box 520, Des Moines, Iowa. RAZOR BLADES KENT BLADES *^SudVvUM D ‘ toning up your intestinal system. For this Double-Purpose, use Dr. Hitchcock’s All-Vegetable Laxative Powder—an Intestinal Tonic Laxa tive. It not only acts gently and thoroughly, but tones lazy bowel muscles—giving more satisfaction. Dr. Hitchcock’s Laxative Powder helps relieve Dizzy Spells, Sour Stomach, Gas, Headache, and that dull sluggish feeling commonly re ferred to as Biliousness, when caused by Constipation. Use only as di rected. 15 doses for only 10c. Large family size 25c. 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Doan’s stimulate the func tion of the kidneys and help them to flush out poisonous waste from the blood. They contain nothing harmful. Get Doan’s today. Use with confide, At all drug stores. DOANS PILLS If your iron is soiled on the bot tom, sprinkle a bit of salt on a newspaper and rub the iron over it. • • • If yon would have your broom last, do not stand it on the bris tles; hang it up or rest it on the handle. — • • • In watering hanging plants, slip an oiled silk cover over the bot tom of the pot. The water cannot then drip through onto the floor. • • • If yon want your artificial flow ers to stay the way you arrange them, half fill the vase with fine sand. Press the stems into this and they will remain in place. How To Relieve Bronchitis Creomuision relieves promptly be cause it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, in flamed bronchial mucous mem branes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the un derstanding you must like the way It quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs. Chest Colds, Bronchitis Double-Purpose Laxative Gives More Satisfaction Don’t be satisfied Just to relieve your present constipated condition. Meet this problem more thoroughly by 9—43