The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1941-02-14

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inaatA pAnxA heats. ard oeccEt AMPS
uan be laid down IN the veT near
future
Naval defsHz h 10 - supple
mente1 further ~ ne eouaunrteon
a 300 cargo vessels tw uae merchant
martne Tfaese se-eAlNd ~uNiy daSk-
ling vessels are 10 a az amFsa.
standard design 10 - 70 peffnh
sEeedy construction
suppsnmeatza Cetlsn Program
While the South Is predoninentiy
AGRICULTURAL the sad fact 10 that
there ere probably moEV nutritauEaal
Diseases due 70 deficleut diet IA our
section than anywhere else m The
country. This h o1s Of the curses
Of the one czop systsm In An e.
fort 70 encourage the planting OF
more gardens ard more feed CROPS
for home consumption. 70 furtfses
reduce the cotton PROHIBITION for he
year, and 70 provide more coties1
gooas Tor the people Who r0duce
cotton. the Agriculture Department
has lnaugurated 9 supplementary
program fo . voluntary additional
reduction Of cotton acreage. Under
the program farmers viii receive
cotton stamps identical with Those
nos used under the Cotton Stamp
Plan. for planting less than Their
aIlotments. The stamps VIII be Ia
sued AZ a rak of 10 cents . pound
tames the normal yield Of the under
planted acreage. up 10 $500 per
family. In this way IL Is hoped thai
an additional reduction Of iioo0.0o0
haies In The cotton production can
be accomplished and that 81 The
same time the living standards Of
the cotton farmer can be greatly
improved
In announcing the program. secr-
tary Of Agriculture Wlckard said
1T Is an irunical fact that many
cotton producers have not In the
past been able TO buy needed cot
ton products. Equally important Is
the opportunity this program offers
to Offset nntrlllonai diseases and
poor health conditions among iox
income farmers through encouraE-
ing farmers 70 produce for home
consumption q Of the vegetables.
fruits. dairy products and meat Of
which there Is nov q deficiency In
many cotton areas"
British Ala mn
The entire week was consumed b.
the House IA the consideration Of
the Aid 70 British BEn- Tina HOUSE
went into session each day ~ 81
earlier hour and ran late into the
| night on some occasions. As Wa
expected and predicted Ia this
column. the bill passed the HOUSE
b. q substantial majority and hes
now gons 20 the Senate. PES
amendments resulted from the week
long debate. One Of these amend
ments was proposed BY Mr. Darknen.
q Republican member from Illinois.
snd provided. IN brief, that the
Congress by = simple majority vote
could a. any time Withdraw une
powerB conferred ia the bill.
Another amendment was one spon-
sofed ~ Us. This amendment. IL
effect. reAffirmed and again de-
clared the foreign policy Of AfnsFi-
can Oh the question o keeping Amer
lean ahipe out Of the combat zoFle2
Our amendment, which was adopted
By the Committee. simply provided
that nothing IN the present lag
should be construed a. Ia conflict
with the Neutrality Act which pre-
vented our vessels from going into
beiiiRerent OF combat Eof1ek. The
one thing above everything eke thai
has been most responzibs fog Amer-
teas ability 70 remain out Of this
war up until this Gate has been
the fact that under the Neutrality
Act. enacted Last year. American
ships prevented from going IN
10 these EoEaez. and thereby only
osA American eflip has been sunk.
and that of the coast u Africa
We believe. Without hny pride of au-
tksorzlaip. that this amendment was
the most important amendment
written into TIE La.