Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-22
Peter
Edison
WASHINGTON. AIar.n y


l.ree seu.e as 1t eeeaa i,r hack
lns SIS M#sas aa aese oil 'he De.
p.rtmen. q. AaGspt ase appro9ra-
ton blIl IL - Hogst ot Reprasen-
tatIyes eae# 90 hI= .oasle-headed
46-year-a.a RsH3Daeaa congressman
from Pea.a L. Raaa.pa Mckinley
DIak>en
Despite .ar -. -. Ii comc#
from the aest O.. sse lam bell
Drk>en had Lad - ot lie NeU
DfI arm experiments ae could
AXE. and he Went - to%n 10 whit
tle >ome Il lhem down 70 size As Il
ntmbes of lie sub-commitee OIL
agriculture N the House. Drksen
lad been IN on tne i've weeks de-
liberation at hat body when it held
iearlngs and called before it the
bureau chiefs whose mushrooming
manifold activities asked for more
md more millions Through thou
sards oi pages OF testimony and re-
uofls. DlrKsen had gathered his in
formation and MS arguments, SO
faaf When the bill came TO the floor
i he House for open discussion,
- Was loaded Tor bear and ready
l. .ead the attack
Dirksen spoke Oh every one of
The nlne days the nl. Vas before
the House. ana he varied his utter
anoes from one minute up In one
o, MS maline arguments. he merely
read three short paragraphs from
the 1910 Agriculture Yearbook. part
i chapter called cultural Set
ting OF Agricultural Problems writ
ten By an economic historian from
the Social Security Board A sen
tence Will give YOU the drift:
However. once subjective
tradition breaks up. the NEW
material operations may move
quickly into the new integra-
ton. and subjective elements
e0rrelaIiye with modes of living
supported b. the new materia!
operations will cuale>cc into Il
/ new tradition"
One printing, on crop insurance.
on Farm Security Administration.
CT The huse information sections
DWfsen cited them page, line AID
figure in carefully doc0mented
case that left no answer
On FSA he pointed 10 2330o
loans to purchase farm lands and
set tenants up in business for them
selves. out OF which III got outright
grants and l0059 had 10 have ad g..
G!uonaI rehabilitation loans jJlat 10
keep going in 1871
On crop insurance. set up fer
wheat in 1888, he summarized the
S31 million III administrative eX- /
penaes the 524 million III premiums.
the S36 million indemnIties, the Sl2
million 'oSses. the S43 million tGtal
cost 10 the government
On a printing bill FOR Sl5 million
- suggested saving enough TO send
& couple OF bombers to Bataan
THEY LISTEN TO nIM
Di.ksen is we'll over feet and
Wc.gnS POO or more. He wears
niaee-nel glasses aid when his
thlel: brown hair is com5ed ard
Il sife quietly behind his desk he
loofs Ike anr other la%stH. eren
'2oagh ne works IN his office IN
>!igt sleeves.
In action, his hair comes un-
combed and breaks into mass
of tight curls that give him an
entirely different appearance,
bOyish, dirt farmerish.
He has been in Congress since
1uoo CarvaI IL, tha la u1r
advancing from private TO cap
tain with II months service
overseas. He studied law at In
iversity of Minnesota.
One of the ablesi deba.crs in the
House. Dirksen talks III a fa,' but
Gnhurried. stralgEt-shootlng delIy
cry. ad libbing from notes rather
than reading any cu' and dned
prepared manuscript Tie col
leagues listen even though iheY
cont always vote With Hm
Two eX-neWSpapei men also took
leading roles III looping smdr} mil
Ions off the Department ol Agu-
culture appropriations A 5 Nike
MOnrOney nov owing ONLY hls
second term IL C0ngres Va re-
ponsible for cutting traTel allow
a"ces for tie department IL malt
u a saving of some So million He
used 10 write editorials Tor the
Oklahoma New
Francis Case editor and publish
q Of Custer S D saved As eoun-
tIv SO million b. reducing FSA's
fund for loans 10 trnM' lfmers
from So million. which DIsksen