The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07

our supply of long staple cotton,
 vitally needed for parachutes and balloons"
 O'Neal said he meant to bring out that if the government hiked farm wages beyond the ability of farmers to make a profit, the Arizona cotton growers couldn't af- ford to plans next year. He did not mean to harm the war ef- fort.
 "WelI, you do harm the war
 effort by saying things like that,
 whether you mean them or not" shot back Wickard. "A man in
 your responsible position should
 exercise some caution in his remarks to the press."
 'It's my job to protect the farmers, and I'm going to do it
 to the best of my ability" o.
 Neal snapped angrily.
 Director Byrnes, who stepped down recently from a tranquil life on the Supreme Court, lis- tened gravely to the verbal fire works. He said nothing, but turned his head back and forth from Wickard to O'Neal like a man following a tennis ball. SOCIALIZING FARMERS
 Wickard also censured the farm leader for publicly stating that the Farm Security Administration was trying to force farmers to pro- vide toilets, baths, hot and cold water, and all that red tape stuff.
 To this Secretary Wickard re- plied:-
 You're going around trying
 to create the impression that the government is guaranteeing m;- grant form workers a life of lux ury at the expense of the farm CT. We have to give the work CTS some inducements to accept jobs in agriculture. Certainly the 30-cents-an-hOur pay minimum we are proposing isn't too much when you consider that the workers can make much more than that in war plants.
 Furthermore, Mir. O'NeaI, have a factual memo from the Farm Security Administration which shows that we are build ing privvies, not toilets, at the rate of one for aech 25 workers"
 This served to ease the tension. There were smiles when Wickard turned and noticed Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins taking it all in.
 "I apologize for having to bring this matter up in the pres- ence of a lady," said Wickard, somewhat flabbergasted.
 Don't mind me, MT. Wick ard" grinned the labor secreta- tary. "GO right ahead"
 However, Wickard wasn't giv- en a chance to proceed. For, sud- denly, ONeal jumped from his chair and, in a furious huff, Stalked out of the meeting. He did not come back. Other mem bers of the Economic Stabiliza- ton Board predict that farm problems will continue to be thorny.
 HEROES WITHOUT HEADLINES
 The Merry -Go-Round citation of merit goes to: Doctor" A. L. Boyce, for sparkling the Platts- burg camp training program and keeping his "Boyce's Tigers" after Congress on selective service Widowed Mrs. Rose Radznski, of Los Angeles, who has given ten sons and a daughter to her courl- try's service and is now prepar- ing to give a l7-year old son .. Henry Ricci, ItAlian-born Ameri- can patriot, manager of the Log ansport, Ind, Elks Club, who did the lions share of selling $300.- 900 in war bonds Fred Wil- Hams, Jr., of Jacksonville, Fla, who, not content with doing a bang-up job as chairman of the Beaches Salvage Committee, spent his entire vacation in Washington at his own expense trying to learn more about helping the salvage. program The people of Herrin. H., in the heart of Little Egypt, who organized one of the best ex- amples of complete community cooperation, "The Herrin Victory