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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15
'CCC CONTINUES
FEED wheat
SALE PROGRAM

Grain markets were all on the up
trend during the week ended January
Is as an active demand prevailed
Higher ceilings for flour were an aiG
to wheat prices as flour business boil
from private and government sources
was active. Colder weather and wide
spread SHOWS increased feed require
ments for livestock and feed grains
were also in active request.
The quantity of 1912 wheat under
loan at the close of December totaled
approximately 3S5,OOO,0OO bushels
The quantity held from previous crops
was PAT, 468,000 bushels. Loans on
barley at the close of December tot
aled 12,423,000 bushels, of which L.
O3S,0OO bushels were in California.
The quantity of corn held was about
the same as in recent weeks at APP
lproximately 31,500,000 bushels.
WHEAT: The condition of winter
wheat in general continues unusually
favorable but most of the main win
ter wheat belt is now bare of snow.
The northwest, most of the lake region,
and a large central northern area,
still has ample snow protection. In
the southeastern portions of the belt
warmth and abundant moisture have
been favorable for late seeded grain,
but in parts of the upper Ohio Valley
considerable bottom land was flooded.
In parts of the upper Mississippi Val
ley the former snow cover has turned
to ice.
The Commodity Credit Corporation
will continue until further notice the
feed-wheat sales progam on the same
basis as in 1912. Government sup
plies of wheat available under this
program now total about 65,000,00O
bushels. Sales during 1912 were
slightly more than 95,OO0,OOO bushels,
of which about 60,O00,000 bushels were
sold between July 1 and December 81.
Sales recently have been running
about 100000 bushels a week, which
is about double those of month ago.
Farm production goals for wheat
and rye in 1943 in Canada have been
reduced 1870 and 31%, respectively,
while other grains and fodder crops
have been increased The largest in
crease is planned for flaxseed for
which the goal is $50 above the 1912
area The goal for wheat in 1913 is
17,696,O00 acres and flaxseed 2;500,000
acres.
FEED GRAINS: To insure the main
tenance of abundant feed supplies
with which to continue the further
expansion of the nations livestock
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard, today announced
several changes in farm program pro-
visions designed to encourage in
creased production of corn and barley.
These changes, announced following
of overall 1943 crop pro-
duction goals last month, were an
nounced following consultation with
the food advisory committee.
The significance of these changes
permits farmers in the commercial
corn area to overplant their corn allot-
ments without penalty, provided they |
have planted their goal of war crops. |
Loans will be offered on 1913 corn to
producers who meet their war crop |
goals In order to further stimulate |
The production of corn in the non
corn areas, the 1943 loan
rate will be available at the full rate
n all parts of the country where farm
storage is feasible. Previously, loans
outside the commercial corn areas
we're made at 1870 of the rate that
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15
PETITION FOR REMOVAL
OF STATE FIST ,'' ';$':::' S: '',..,
GAME WARDEN FILED
Montana Furriers Assn. Petitions State Fish
And Game Commission To Remove Nc
Farland Charge Him With Malfeasance and
Conduct Unbecoming an Official of the
Commission; Prays for Early Hearing.

Charging Mcfarland state fish and warden with
various improper official the Montana Furrers
filed petition for his removal with the State Fish
and has requested early hearing
charges the association claims they
subanate by and documents and asks that they
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-03

contend this nation must be as wide awake to
the main chance after the war as any of the
victorious governments. We must not again
assume that we can live to and for ourselves,
and expect to survive in world that will be
very nearly on cut-throat business basis
when the tunult and the shouting of war are
stilled. We will owe it to ourselves to see that
everv channel of trade is as open to us as
to any competitor, that no nation gains perm
anent profit or advantage from any war ex-
penditure beyond our borders, to our own
permanent loss.
If the only way this can be done is by
pressure politics, it is now time we went to
school for training in it.
Ports of the world must be open for our
commerce, airfields built with our money
must give the green light for our commercial
airlines. Our industrialists and business men
must have clear access to markets on an
equal basis with all competitors.
It is up to the administration and to Con.
gress to chart a course for the postwar years
with view to restoring our national wealth,
which has gone into the war effort to much
greater extent than the wealth of any of our
Allies.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-03
SOMERVELL LIKELY
SUCCESSOR

The most 7"-ely successor to Mar
shall when and if plans for his
transfer are consummated is Som
ervell. now chief of the army
service forces.
Some of the brass hats" who
oppose him refer to him as 1.-The
WPA general" monicker pinned
on him because of his work as
southeastern regional WPA engin-
eer and New York state chief of
the relief agency. He held the
former post in 1885 and 1886 and the
latter during the following four
years.
When the selective service pro-
gram was inaugurated, Somervell,
then brigadier general, was
made chief of the quartermaster
corps construction. 1t was under
his supervision that all army
camps were constructed. He made
such good job of this program
that he became chief of the SUD-
ply division, now the army serv-
ice forces.
The manner in which he has d.
rected the movement of supplies to
American forces in every theatre
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-03
Postwar Recovery

Newspapers from day to day offer great
obligation in the postwar world For the most
part they are the expression of sincere con-
victions. The grave fault of most is that we
know very little about the postwar plans of
other Allied powers. The need, obviously, is
for the United States to be alert to every
and be prepared to take its place. not only
IN councils for peace but for trade as well.
The United States has expended its wealth
and resources with prodigal hand to help
assure victory. Unless it safeguards its fu-
ture zealously, with view to sharing fully
IN world trade after the war, it will have prac-
tcally no chance to come back, but will face
a condition too nearly resembling bankruptcy
for comfort.
1here is no means of computing the mil
lions being spent by this nation in develop
ments needed for victory. But we know that
many tens of millions have gone into air bases
on foreign soil, into highways and bridges
and reconstruction generally, and lend-lease
deliveries that are impoverishirg American
citizens and draining the federal treasury.
1t is right and proper in the war emer-
gency, that these vast sums should be so
employed. And is it also right that many
should not be repaid in specie But if we are
not perpetually on the watch, and being in
dulgent to fault we may all too easily emer-
&c from the war on the victorious side but
financially crippled beyond cure for centuries
to come. three hundred billion dollar ma
tional debt, which is foreseen at the close OF
hostllltes, cannot be wiped out by ordinary
taxing processes within some hundreds OF
years. We must have other means of restor-
ing sound and healthful condition.
! 1t is not from graspng motive that we
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-03
British India Policy
Outlined By Halifax

THE danger OF creating a po-
litical vacuum by the withdrawal
Of one type of authority before an
other equally reliable is able to
replace it is obvious enough" Lord
Halifax writes, land the only al
tentative to British control is the
evolution of an Indian harmony,
based on the federation, restraint
and mutual respect of the several
elements concerned. For this Is
the essential cement of any society
that seeks both strength and free
DOM
Offsetting British efforts to raise
the Indian social and economic
level has been midas staggering
rate of population growth--from 2O6
million in 1872 to 1888 million in
1913. Paradoxically, Britain has
accomplished the checks on plague,
famine and war that once thwarted
population growth, and has thus
caused the tremendous increase.
which today aggravates the prob
lem of lifting the masses from
their abject poverty.
On the other side of the picture.
India has risen in recent years to
world eminence in many lines of
agricultural production. Her indus
trial growth has been rapid. She
meets 80 per cent of her own re.
qulrements in war equipment, has
the largest single steel plant in
the British Commonwealth, turns
out corvettes, minesweepers and
patrol boats from her shipyards
Her financial and economic auton.
omy is well on the way to being
complete.
The Working Committee of the
Congress Party in 1912 rejected
the offer of Sir Stafford Grips
mission which would have given
India full self-government after the
war, with the right to leave the
BRUSH Commonwealth if she de-
sired. The rejection. was ostensi-
bly, because the offer did not con-
cede cabinet government with full
power during the war;" On this
the British government had always
made it perfectly plain that dur
ing the war the cause of Indian
defense comes first, for which rea-
son British control could not i'm
medlately be delegated or dirnin-
ished
lifting his article '.India-Yes-
teroay, Today an d Tomorrow,
Lord Halifax describes the Hin
ous, Moslems and Depressed Class
es whose religious. economic and
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-03

Roosevelt, Prime Minister Wins
ton Churchill and the chief of staff
during the prime minister's visit
to the White House in June, 1912.
It was during this visit that the
African invasion was decided up
on.
After having been convinced that
the invasion of North African was
the most advisable of proposals at
the time, the President and Prime
Minister are reported to have sug-
gested to Marshall that the zero"
hour should be set for late Septem-
Der or early October.
The chief of staff is said to have
insisted that the. problem involv-
ing movement of adequate sup
plies and of placing sufficient
number of trained soldiers at prop
err invasion points would make a
successful invasion impossible be-
fore about the middle of Novem-
Der.
Marshall repeatedly was asked
several times during the confer
ence by both President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Churchill if the
invasion date could not be set earl
Ter than : November. The forth
right manner in which the chief
of staff set forth his reasons for
suggesting the November zero
hour is believed to have been
largely responsible for the admira-
ton and respect in which he is
now held by both the American
chief and the British leader.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-03
Should Commentators Have Opinions?

Of controversy, such as forums
and speeches by one side or an
other of an issue, and through
news commentators.
The question of freedom of
speech relating to these few net
works and stations is extremely
acute. The Federal Communica-
tons Commission exercises super
vision over them, and yet sup
porters of free speech surely do
not want government supervision
of the content of their radio news
or Interpretation. The radio, as a
form of publication, ought to be
as free in its news and OPINIONS
as the press. OF course, under the
circumstances, it is not nearly so
free. And the restrictions as ap-
piled are not necessarily protec-
tive of the public interest.
Paul White, director of news
broadcasts for CHS, points out, in
explaining his new rules against
opinonated news analysis, that
greater freedom of speech can be
expected in practice on news
papers and magazines than should
prevail on the air. Theoretically,
new newspapers could be started
by anybody with money. Radio
broadcasting is limited by mech
anical conditions.
Thus, says Mr.. White, radio
should permit controversy only by
outside speakers, its own common
tators should be collective, ;"
radio should have no editorial
policy.
Actually" he says, freedom
of speech on the radio would be
menaced if small group Of men,
some thirty or forty news analysts
! who have nationwide audiences
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-03
BY ERWIN d. CANHANIT
In Christian Science Monitor

A tempest in a microphone has
been raging for several weeks.
Columbia Broadcasting System
has parted with one of it's prom
inent news analysts, Cecil Brown,
over newly enunciated rules re-
stricting the commentator abili-
ty to broadcast mis- own opinions.
H. V. Kaltenborn, a former CHS
commentator, has also attacked
the rules, and the newspaper PM
speaks up from the left wing to
suspect the worst in CBS's action.
Speaking as an outsider, let us
say at once that to us CBS's new
rules make sense but will be very
difficult to apply since the line
between opinion and interpreted
ton is so fine. What is more i'm
portant is the fact that power ex-
lists, as CHS intimates, in the
hands of small group of men to
rock American public opinion to
its very foundations. 1t is amaz-
ing that this power has not been
realized by the public generally.
Here is the situation: the Amer
lean air is monopolized by four
national networks, their number
is unlikely to increase, and be-
hind them stand a great number
Of individual local stations-limit-
eded, however, by the fact that
there are only a certain number
of broadcasting frequencies avail
able. These stations and networks
devote most Of their time to zen
tertainment' programs. In addi-
ton, they seek to inform and serve
the public in three ways: through
news reporting or straight educa-
tional matter; through programs
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-03
Sugar Rationing Continues

When President Roosevelt jumped the gun
rationing it was generally believed that sugar
rationing would soon be halted. Since then
the bulk of the Cuban crop has been contract
ed for by this country. 1t appears now, how
ever, that despite the increase in raw sugar
available there will be no end to rationing
soon.
It is reported that refiners face difficult
problems for some time to come, and that
lend-lease demands coupled with a limited
supply of skilled workers will make it diff
cult for them adequately to supply the do
nestle market. Furthermore, although there
is plenty of raw sugar. deliveries from fac
tories are being held up by lack Of trucking
facilities and freight cars for long hauls. De-
lays in shipments are said to range from one
to three weeks, particularly on packaged goods
for retailers.
The Wall Street Journal which reveals this
situation sees some possibility Of relief for
the consumer, however, saying:
It is possible, that the government will
make adjustments in aDotmerts and ra-
tons as sugar stock positions warrant.
In the case of civilian consumers these
adjustments may take the form Of sugar
bonuses such as the 25-pound extra allot-
ment for home canning and preserving
granted this year. 1t is believed that in
dustrial users of sugar, such as beverage
manufacturers, will be kept on an allot-
ment basis, which similarly will be adjust
ed as stock positions warrant.
From all of which it may be concluded that
sugar distribution is largely under the same
handicap as gasoline-the lack of solution
of the transportation problem.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-03

and regular broadcastlng periods
g. take advantage of their pre-.
ferred position and become pulpt
teerS
In point of fact, these thirty or
forty news analysts-is is amazing
to think that so much is held by so
feW-do exert tremendous in
fluence. And however scrupulously
some of them try to apply Mr..
Whites rules for objectivity, their
points of view are bound to influ-
ence what they say. Complete
objectivity is myth on vital
issues, at best it is a matter OF
degree.
Already, the commentators have
been tremendously one-sided. We
can all easily remember several
commentators who were visibly
and effectively 'interventionist
before Pearl Harbor. Who can
name a prominent isolationist
commentator?
In short, nothing but incidental
circumstances have prevented the
radio commentators from sWaying
the public even more gravely than
they have done, and there is no
thing in the statues, nothing in
the FEC, nothing in the cricum-
stances which will prevent those
thirty or forty in the future
from sweeping popular opinoin in
one direction or another. Paul
Whites rules may be changed by
CHS at any time. Do we want FEC
enforcing editorial polices or
radio? Certainly not. But we have
in radio a force of enormous
power, we have bear by the
tail, and he is as likely to take us
down the hill as he is up.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-03

The development of Great Brit
aims political responsibilities in In
dla is described by Lord Halifax
British ambassador to the United
States and formerly Viceroy of In
dia, in the October National &C.
ographic Magazine.
For $50 years after the first
British trading station was opened
at Surat in 1909. Britain's relations
in India were purely commercial.
writes Lord Halifax. The records
of the East India Company in this
period are full of injunctions to the
men on the spot to keep out Of
India's politics.
But because the company was
solid rock in the turbulent wa
tiers submerging the disintegrating
empire of the Moguls who follow
ed Akbar, British influence was
extended gradually, accidentally
and involuntarily. Not until later
did the British realize what ire
mendous responsibilities they had
assumed.
AS the years passed Britain's
policy crystallized in four main
purposes. The first was to give
India security. The second was
to give her unity. Third was to
raise her social and economic lev
ell. Fourth was to develop her po-
litical life. I'VE have always be-
lleved that, with the accomplish
ment of these purposes, our work
in India would be done,' the am
bassador writes.
1ndia's magnificent natural de-
tenses-the worlds highest noun
talns along her inland borders and
the Indian Ocean and Bay of Ben
Britain's Navy and Army to give
India security for the past 40
years. This security has been ac.
compan1ed by an unprecedented
degree of internal peace and unity.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-03
Mr.. Kostka's High-handed
Method

If there are still any persons in this vicinity
who fail to understand why the OPA is in dis
favor with the public, it is only necessary for
them to examine a recent bulletin issued at
Raleigh and credited to Richard Kostka, Sc
Nor price officer of the district. 1t deals with
an article appearing in the Star-NeWs quot
ing Paddison Pretlow, proprietor of a restau-
rant and cafeteria, concerning the price he
paid for vegetables in the farmers curb mar
ket.
Mr.. Kostka offers neither denial nor ex-
PLANTATION OF MIR. Pretlow's claims. Instead
he resorts to ridicule and innuendo and in
direct threats of prosecution. Doesn't Mr..
pretlow know that ceiling prices were estab-
1ished to correct just such things as he COM
plains of? Doesn't he know that black markets
are illegal, and that 'Mr. Whiskers,'' mean
ing Uncle Sam, "a term current among Grim
inals but never used by law-respecting citiz-
ems and especially by agents of the govern
nent) is sliable to rar back and shout in re-
ply Look here, Bud, where do you buy your
fresh vegetables-on the black market? -
There is much more of the same, but never
a word in rebuttal or disclaimer or logical ex-
position.
In reply to his query: Don't you know
that if you are being charged too much you
can send your wholesalers invoices to OPA
in Raleigh to be checked for you?' Mr.. Pref
low replies that the prices he mentioned
were not given publication until weeks after
they had been made to local OPA officials
and to Mr.. Roberts of the state Office
Throughout the entire controversy, the res
taurateur confined himself to facts and fig
ures and Mr.. Kostka to mockery and con-
tempt Mr.. Kostka obviously is an apt pupil
of Leon Henderson the OPA boss who started
that bureau on the down grade in public opin-
ion His imitation of Henderson's style OF
composition is obvious. His bulletin does not
present reasonable answer to Mr.. Pretlow's
complaint. At best it is a cynical outpouring,
carrying no conviction and deserving con.
domination.
Surely the public cannot be expected to re.
spect bureau which has in key position
a man whose judgment is so poor, who is so
devoid of the first principles of courtesy as
Mr.. Kostka.
It is sad commentary on OPA when a
business man cannot present his complaint
without first having it ignored and secondly
subjected to ridicule, by an employe whose
salary is paid by taxpayers, who enjoys the
emolunent of his office by sufferance of the
public.
In the final analysis, Mr.. PretloW, whom
Mr. Kostka blasts so gleefully and so wrong
fully, as taxpayer contributes his share to
Mr.. Kostka's salary. Why is he not given his
day in court? Why are his claims not invest
gated on their merit? Why is he condemn
ed out of hand and in advance OF honest IN
quiry after the manner Of Germany's ges
tapo?