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SPLIHING HEADACHES
COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
Has our Government lost a lot of money on the cotton
farmers? Yes or no? Is this the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth? That being the oath taken
by a witness in court, let us call a witness to tell about the
Government and the cotton farmer of the South. By the
way, there is no cotton-farmer of the South, for cotton is a
major crop in California, and is produced in Southern Illi
nois; so it isn’t just a problem of Dixie nowadays.
Someone has said that “What farmers know', however,
but the public doesn’t, is that though butter hits the
headlines, it’s w r heat, cotton and tobacco which are really
costing the taxpayers money. During the last five years,
price supports for w T heat cost the taxpayer $3,679,000,000
or 35 percent of the total value of the w'heat crop.
‘Cotton supports cost the taxpayer $1,714,000,000 dur
ing the same five-year period, or 12 per cent. Dairy pro
ducts cost the taxpayer only $345,000,000 compared with a
$20,000,000,000 yield or 1.67 percent.’
I have before me the report of the Production and Mark
eting Administration, Commodity Credit Corporation,
Analysis of Program Results from October 17, 1933 through
June 30, 1951. ,
On domestic cotton for the entire period, shows a net
profit of $268,452,125.00. On Puerto Rican cotton there
was a loss of $130,198.00. On cotton export there was a
loss of $41,361,218.00. On cotton rubber barter company
there was a profit of $11,055,451.00. On American Egyptian
cotton was a loss of $480,617.00, and on cotton-seed and
cotton-seed products there was a profit of $4,908,903.00.
Under the supply program cotton and linters showed a
profit of $1,876,199.00, and the purchase of foreign cotton
showed a profit of $5,898,352.00. Under Commodity’s ex
port program cotton showed a loss of $12,538,658.00. We
find that over the entire period from October 1933 through
June 1951, Commodity Credit Corporation realized a net
proft on cotton of $237,680,339.00.
A most interesting feature of this is that in every in
stance where a loss was sustained on cotton it was in con
nection with exports of cotton, or in dealing with cotton
outside continental United States.”
If we regard that as the testimony of one witness, we
may call another. If we had the same story from all wit
nesses my brethren of the Bar would starve to death, or,
at least, have to ride bicycles. You may have heard the
story of the man arraigned before the Judge, but without
Counsel. The Judge said: “If you are not able to retain
a lawyer I will appoint a lawyer to defend you.” The old
man said to the Judge: “If it be all the same to your
Honor, I’d ruther you would appoint three good witness
es.” So, you see, we need witnesses who will tell what hap
pened. - ,
Does anyone challenge those figures? Why is it so dif
ficult to learn the truth? Throwing mud is no argument
of capable, serious minds, so I do not emphasize our world
wide program of selling American products to other coun
tries at a loss; nor do I use the fact of our giving billions
of dollars worth of commodities and military supplies from
Dan to Beersheba, including Russia.
; I don’t know who does the thinking for our Government,
fout Uve read recently that the Government will protect the
price of the wheat dumped on the ground, but will not
protect the tobacco farmer who sells his tobacco loose.
Can you understand that? I readily concede that the
wheat farmer is dumping his wheat on the ground because
of lack of storage space. I know it is his bread and meat;
and all my sympathy is for the farmer whose harvest crowns
the toil and sacrifice of many months. I am not challeng
ing the protection given to the wheat farmer; I ask why
the same Government, at the same time, denies its considera
tion to the tobacco farmer who offers his leaf tobacco
for sale without grading it and without tying it.
I live in a tobacco region and tobacco is grown on my
land. Many of our best farmers insist on grading their
tobacco and tying it before carrying it to the tobacco ware
house for sale at auction. But thousands of pounds of South
Carolina tobacco have been sold in Georgia, ungraded and
loose, every year. I know that many of my farmer friends
strongly contend for grading and tying tobacco, but is it
a lawful function of any Government to coippel a farmer
to grade and tie his tobacco? Aren’t we denying to some
of our neighbors that freedom of action that is supposed to
be inherent in their citizenship? And what sort of Govern
ment discriminaton is it that guarantees Government sup
port of wheat exposed to the weather and lying on the
ground, yet denies it to a tobacco-grower who carries his
tobacco to market, just as he would carry eggs or chickens?
Incidentally this ungraded, untied tobacco is housed; it is
not lying on the ground, or otherwise' exposed to the weath
er.
I may add that most of the tobacco on my land is usually
graded and tied.
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The Spanish influence is very marked in our country.
States like Florida, Nevada, Montana and Colorado bear
the Spanish brand. Nevada—snow covered; Montana—
mountainous; Colorado—the colored or red hues. Florida,
flowers. Texas, or Tejas, is Spanish, of course. And we
trace the Spaniards by the rivers; Brazosarpis; Dolores—
sorrows; Nueces—nuts; Rio Grande, great river; Colorado
from red lands. When it comes to yellow water South
Carolina has it abundantly, though much of it was named
by Indians: Santee, Enoree, Congaree, Wateree, Pee Dee.
The Spaniard speaks of a range of mountains as La Sierra.
So, when Spaniards saw a mountain range, covered with
snow, they exclaimed La Sierra Nevada.
Spaniards are very relgious and call rivers, towns and
anything else by names of the Saints of the church, as
San Francisco (Saint Francis), San Carlos, San Gabriel,
San Pedro, San Pablo, Santa Rosa. And he used something
else from the church: Sacramento (the sacrament). San
Luis Obispo is a town—Saint Lois the bishop, El Segundo;
the second. Sometimes a Spanish boy is named Segundo,
being the second child. The town Escondido means lost, or
hidden. The odd taste in names is seen in the name Los
Gatos; the cats; Los Angeles, the angels. I didn’t see
any angels there, but perhaps they were “escondido.”
Spaniards are more gracious in manner and speech than
we are. Even lowly, poor, unschooled Latins use phrases
of refined courtesy. “Estoy muy agradecido” (I am very
grateful) ; “Estoy sumamente reconocido” I am highly aware
of your courtesy—a free interpretation rather than a trans
lation. A greeting very often heard “Ah, mi querido amigo,
cuante gusto tengo en verlo. Como esta la familia, su digna
eesposa, su mamacita y sus hijitos, Como marchan sus
asuntos? Vaya con Dios.” That is much longer than we
speak in a greeting, but it is a refinement of manners that
smoothes the meeting. We are tempted to swing the other
way, some of our people being unable to say anything by way
of paving the way. The word urbanity means smooth,
easy courtesy which town people need because they meet
so often.
Translated, here is what I was quoting: “Ah, my dear
friend, how much pleasure I have in seeing you. How is the
family—your w r orthy wife, your mother, your children?
How are your affairs marching (progressing) ? Go with God.
Venga a vernos; Su casa, Senor y su servidor.” Come to
see us. Your house and your servant.” A young lady at
Winthrop used to ask “Is your watch walking? Why
not? We say running, don’t we?
I received various classes of correspondence, officially.
One was the oficio, an official letter, usually beginning “Mi
Senor mio” and ending “Dios guarde a ud”—(God take care
of you.) In a letter not for the permanent files the intro
duction was “My very esteemed Sir and friend” or “Sir of
all consideration.” The word Senor is commonly used as
our “mister,” though it means more than that. A Spaniard
speaks of “Nuestra Senor, meaning our Lord.
Correspondence cards were in common use. I suppose I
received a hundred a day. They were the informal method
of communication, and began: “salutes attentively his dis
tinguished friend and so on.” The second paragraph, sup
pose I were writing, “John K. Breedin aprovecha esta
oportunidad a fin de renovar las seguridades de su alto
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aprecio.” Then, according to custom, I signed “De ud, Senor,
Su attento amigo y Seguro Servidor.” *
Translated, I said in the second paragraph, by their
practice, “John K. Breedin, takes advantage of this op
portunity to renew the assurances of his high appreciation.”
Just before the signature, “Concerning you. Sir, I am your
attentive friend and sur ( loyal servant.
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Its supply from (a) Pakistan; (b) the Philippines; (e) Korea.
t. A plane figure formed by four right lines, of which no two
are parallel is (a) a trapezium; (b) a trapezoid; (e) atrapezo-
hedron.
3. Thoth is the (a) God of lore; (b) God of hate; (o) God
of wisdom and magic.
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B LACK headlines the past lew
days told this story: EAST
BERLINERS REVOLT. BATTLE
REDS.
And under the headlines was the
story of anti-Communist revolt,
how workers stormed East Ger
man Government headquarters,
and how they were repelled by
Russian tanks and troops who fired
into the mobs Similar anti-Com-
munist uprisings have been re
ported from Czechoslovakia and
Bulgaria
For some time Western observ
ers have been watching this “we
want to be free” movement with
mingled hope and fear They have
watched it grow with the hope
that it might bring the Russians
to their senses and pave the way
for an honest and lasting world
peace. And the Western world v has
feared that an uprising would lead
to bloodshed, which it has. and an
even greater degree of suppres
sion by the Russians on the occu
pied people of Europe
Most observers in the free world
believe the revolts will be quickly
and ruthlessly suppressed The
bitterness that will survive the
clash, however, will linger into fu
ture years This bitterness may
well be the final factor that will
mean Western victory in the ul
timate battle between freedom and
communism.
There are only a few alive today
who still believe the final climactic
struggle between communism and
democracy can be avoided Most
of the world believes it is inevit
able. including the Communists
who preach that communism and
capitalism cannot live in the same
world
It now appears that freedom has
millions of friends and allies be
hind the Iron curtain Now is the
time to cultivate thir friendship
Washington observers are saying.
• Economists and observers in
the Eisenhower administration are
eyeing the 8*6 cents hourly pay
increase by U S Steel and the
resulting $4 a ton Increase in steel
prices, which came five days after
the wage contract was signed
with silent, but obvious distaste
It could send the nation’s living
costs spiraling This, certainly, is
not the time for another battle with
inflation
The result will be an industry
wide price boost for the many
thousands of Items which are made
of steel This includes farm ma
chinery at a time when farm prices
are anything but stable and the fu
ture does not hold promise of any
thing better
It is unlikely that manufacturers
will absorb any of this price in
crease and that means the con
sumer ultimately may have to pay
more for everything from pins to
refrigerators
To keep the economy in balance
on segment of industry cannot in
crease prices without wages in
other segment being increased If
the consumer cannot buy higher
priced automobiles, refrigerators
tractors and pins, then a crisis
arises that can be solved only by
control of wages and prices
The American people have bnd
enough of controls to last them u>v
tii eternity It may be up to b-.c
Eisenhower administration to come
up with another solution if *he
trend persists Controls are. a^te*
all better than inflation and an yi
timate collapse of the nation’.- 1
economy
CROSS t/i,
ideas from other editors
From The Independent, Fuquay
Springs, N. C.: According to a
recent AP story, “the United
States spends more money forecast
ing the weather now than it cost
to run the whole government dur
ing Andy Jackson’s administra
tion.”
That fact Isn’t cited as a crit
icism of the weather service. But
it is a striking example otf how
government has got out of hand,
and how vital it is that every non-
essential activity be eliminated
and every possible nickel ctat from
the budget.
• • •
From The Sullivan Union, Sul
livan, Indiana: “The lesson should
be constantly enforced that, though
the people support the government,
the government should not support
the people.”
Does that sound like something
that was said yesterday? Actually,
it was said by President Grover
Cleveland 76 years ago. in the
course of vetoing a long-forgotten
bill.
The principle which President
Cleveland laid down was important
then. It is a thousand times more
important now In the intervening
years millions of us. knowingly or
otherwise, have been infected with
the virus of government pater
nalism We have become accus
tomed to being supported, wholly
or partly, by govermnent And
that trend, unless checked and
reversed, can end only in dictator
ship, tyranny and the destruction
of all that is courageous and ad
venturous in the human spirit.
• • •
From the Catskill Mountain Star,
Saugerties. N. Y.: A group of
American editors was recently al
lowed to spend a week in Moscow
One of them, Mrs. Jane Mcllvaine
of the Downington. Pa.. Archive,
gave a long interview to U. S.
News and World Report on her
return home.
Much of the interview dealt with
her impressions of Russian living
standards. She was asked what was
in a department store she visited,
and answered. “Practically noth
ing . They had just gotten a
load of the first spring print
dresses. It was something you
wouldn’t believe, and the cheapest
one was $125 . .“
Another question was. “What
about shoes?” To this Mrs. Mc
llvaine said, “Shoes are the hard
est thing to get. They have a kind
of cardboard shoe for which they
pay $20 A decent pair of shces.
which really isn’t decent by ordi
nary shoe-store comparison, costs
$125.”
Russian retail stores, like Rus
sian farms and factories, are gov
ernment ventures. The govern-
mem decides what the people shall
and shall not have, and what they
must pay.
WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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Here’s the Answer
HORIZONTAL
1,7 Pictured
former ball *
player for
Pittsburgh
Pirates
H Kitchen tool
15 Set free
16 Tree
17 Mimics
19 Labor
20 Caress
21 Shoelace tags
23 Observe
24 From (prefix)
25 Court (ab.) •
26 Higher
28 Registered
nurse (ab.)
29 Storehouse
31 Seashore
33 Anger
34 Folding bed
35 Verdant
37 Choose
40 Artificial
language
41 South Dakota
(ab.)
42 Steamship
(ab.)
43 Anent
44 Follower
46 Sticks
51 Large cask
52 Spice
54 Notion
55 Great Lake
56 Bunting
58 Disturb
60 Infers
VERTICAL
1 Leaped
2 Each
3 Lease
4 Unit
5 French article
6 Haul
7 Woody plant
6 Repose
9 Boy’s
nickname.
10 Still
11 Celia
12 Willows
13 Soften
18 Plural (ab.)
21 Is present
22 Victory
25 Centers
27 Ponds
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30 Pastry
32 Consumed
35 Soiled
36 Turn
38 Voyage
'39 Doctrines
45 Habitat plant
form
47 Prong
48 Fruit drinks
49 Iron (symbol)
50 He recently
was admitted
to the Baseball
HaU of
51 Waste
allowance
53 Australian
bird
55 Note of
Guido’s scale
57 Like (suffix)
59 Chemical
suffix
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AUTHOR OF "HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVINa: ,
If ARRIET DANVERS, 1428 Michigan Blvd.. Chicago. Illinois, says
* •* her marriage was a complete failure, and as a result she suffered
a nervous breakdown. This happened about a year and a half ago.
She remembers clearly how worried she was about her future, how
was she to support herself and her baby? Where would she put her
child while she worked to support the two of them? Could she trust
the person she placed in charge of the care of her
child?
With ali these and many more questions running
through her mind, she moved to Houston, Texas, to
live with her married sister until she was well
enough to take up her profession as a registered
nurse
One day. while on duty, she met another registered
nurse who gave her a book to read. This book was
on the subject of Worry. The first chapter was a
revelation. It advised “Living in Day Tight Com
partments." or in other words, when you are trou
bled to Live just one day at a time with no thought of the yesterday*
or the tomorrows She followed that advice and did her work to the
best of her ability. She declares now that her worries are over. Her
child is well cared for. she has a wonderful position in a doctor's office,
and she is free of mental strain
CARNEGIE
Just living a day at a time made everything come right for her.
RESSIONAL
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Q—With the 1954 mid-term Congressional elections coming up,.
been wondering: How have the “ins” and the “onts” fared in re
cent off-year elections?
A—Since 1930, the minority party has gained Congressional seats tn
every mid-term election except 1934. In 1934. the Republicans lost
11 seats in the Senate and 14 in the House. In the six elections, tho
minority has gained an average of five Senators and more than 41
Representatives. The most recent mid-term test, in 1950. resulted
in a Republican gain of five Senators and 28 Representatives.
Q—Are cabinet officials entitled to vacations?
A—They are under present law, but Congress has passed two versions
of a bill to abolish annual leave for these and other high federal
officials, in order to prevent them from collecting lump sum pay
ments for unused leave. They would continue to take time off under
a sort of honor system, but would always remain technically on
duty.
Q—How much of a bonus do doctors get when drafted?
A—Doctors who are drafted receive no bonus. Those who volunteer
and accept commissions, however, receive $100 a month above
regular pay. Very few doctors have been drafted; faced with in
duction under the doctors' draft law, most of them volunteer and
accept commissions. The Senate included the bonus in an extension
of the law passed May 28. after the House version passed May 12.
had omitted it.
Q—What sort of agency is the Women’s Bureau, for which the House
voted $360,000 May 26?
* The Women s Bureau^ part of the Labor Department, began as *****
Woman-in-Industry Service in 1918. It studies the entire field of
female workers, engaging in research, writing reports and offering
policy and program recommendations. Operating as a watch-dog
agency, its interests range from wages, through health, to a wom
an’s financial responsibility for family support.
AS OTHERS SEE US
Cy Elizabeth Hall
G reg HENDERSON looked at
the watch on his wrist and
continued his indifferent saunter
along the shady path of the small
park. It was only three o’clock.
Too early to find anyone at Pete's
though in an hour or so they would
all be hurrying In for their first
drink of the evening. Janet his
wife. was. of course, at wbrk. Idly
he sat down on a bench without
noticing the seedy-looking individ
ual occupying the other end until
he spoke. /
“Hello, Henderson. Good day
for meditation in the open.”
Recognizing him as one of the
regulars at Pete’s Bar, Greg re
turned the greeting
Uncannily the man whom Greg
remembered vaguely as being
called Jones read his thoughts per
fectly. “It’s a little early to find
anyone at Pete’s,” Jones said.
•'You’re Henderson, aren’t you?
Returned from Korea with a Jot
of Migs to your credit”
“Only three." he answered.
"There’s better guys than me in
the air out there.” ’
“And better guys that will stay
out there." It was contempt In
the voice but somehow Greg did
not feel that it was directed to
ward him More as If it were
turned inward
“How long you been home?”
Jones questioned, peering at him
through eyes that were almost Im
perceptibly filmed
“1 don't know About a month.*
Greg’s surprise firmed his tone
“By God. it was a month yester
day.”'
Whe're had the time gone? A few
days to ibok around and get ac
quainted again is what he had as
sured Janet. Then a job, and Janet
could stay home She had worked
enough while he was gone keeping
things going until he got back A
month And this morning he did not
even wake up before she left for
work
“That’s the way n goes." be
•aid “First the days, the weeks.
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then the months After that com*
the years.”
The cold resignation, the calm
absence of any emotion made Gifcg
turn and study his companion.
Meeting Greg’s scrutiny. Jones
shrugged deprecatingly.
"You looked in the mirror late
ly?” he asked Greg.
Greg did feel anger theft, hot
and quick but as quickly it died.
His eyes had been bloodshot this
morning and there was a faint
puffiness under them. He had had
a little trouble holding the match
steady for his first cigarette.
“Sorry, fellow, didn’t mean to
insult you.” There was compas
sion in his slurred voice.' “Do you
know my name? Jones is my first
name. The rest is Middleton.”
Recognition followed blankness
in Greg’s mind.
"Jones Middleton.” he repeated
eagerly, admiringly “You’ve got
the D.S.O. and everything else too.
I read about it. I remember the
celebration.” He stopped abashed.
He had not connected the spruce
upright figure in the uniform of an
airforce captain who had ridden in
a big open car with the mayor
and chief of police in the V-Day
parade.
"Yes. I remember the celebra
tion,” Jones said, the complete
absence of inflection indescribably
pathetic. “The only thing Is it nev
er ended.”
“Time enough to be going to
Pete’s. Coining?” be asked.
Greg stood up too. *'No. Pm not
coming. Pm going to meet my
wife downtown, and tell her to give
notice to her boss She is going
to quit her job.”
Jones looked at him carefully.
Greg straightened his shoulders
before that understanding look.
For a moment Jones’ back stiffened
too He raised his hand in a half
salute
Greg returned It with a complete
military salute
“Thank you. Captain," he said,
and stood there watching Jones
shuffle > away along the path
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