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posed to BRING skilled labor from the
amy back to the land, but the army
and S3I'ctlVe Service ehange Their
minds from day to day as to how
TINS Is to be Gone; the procedure IS
enmeShed IN red tape, the required
forms frequently are useless before
they arrive IN Washington, and the
th.nG has to be begun all over again.
Actually. Il Iudlcfously small number
OF mon was released Tor the Snling
planting. Perhaps some VIII be avail
able for the harvest,
/ In the Administration there were
plenty Of men who should have
known he" to handle our farm prob
Iom. The PRESIDENT at times, says
that he is d farmer. Mr., Wickard
claims that he is q dirt farmer and
has his picture taken @hoVeiing corn
to the hogs. The Department OF Ayr
culture is presumably oVcrfio"nE
with expects whose lives are given to
farming problems. Yet they nave
been asking the farmer to produce
more ard more food while they have
been putting more and more obsta-
@ies IN has path.
! Meanwhile, the farmer Is DONG the
best he can m spite OF obstacles, NO
citizen has a inner record OF work
and patriotism IN tins war. 1t IS not
ms l2CIf II V" pro"Cce less 1000 lii
1913 than IN I94Z. we must not
blame hlm for the one bumper crop
we can be sure oi-blacN markets.
As long as imiatonalY money ana
/ d scarcity OF food 90 side by SIDE
nothing can stop black markets. l
nave 'I'gU WIN 'I'''N MAJ t,e'' ~
various A"'"pe"" countries anu !
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Ou.'ei q man pouii,' u meat Al 10, .le
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Even IN the British Isles, coun'
try with 4O,O0O,O0O OF the most law
/ abiding citizens in the world, where
more than half the food is imported
and under government control, black
markets still exist after more than
three years CT effort to suppress
them. How much more difficult is the
problem in nation the size Of ours.
If it took 1900 agents to fail at the
enforcement of prohibition, it will
take ten times that many to fail at
suppressing black markets. Food is
more VITAL IMAM alcohoi' more peo-
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o,1Iod - onl ,.;u+,,al1,, .nda,aJ J., ..La
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ba ,,iu ~ .lIa ~, coa,1 .,.,,,;...' 49,,
,l;n. ND ,oo ooo ooo ~ta,.,.;,,l. ,,,,,,,I,
l..o+t,,,J $500. XXI r,,,u.a, ~ A.
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H. ..a.,, $780,. H. a.,,,.41,;.r.' al,o.,4 :.
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a.,
Of oo,.;;,aI rho l1annorn,. Commits
sion anaonrroI tbat no mora Genuine
farm, Iahol. vouId ba d,.af+nl a,d
then won't rjoht ON d,.aftinr 4 Cuts
were ra5a in the incredible red tame
g,Irrounlino, oas ra+ionioo, farm, t,q,cl,
reauIafions machinery and material
nrioritios bnt the cuts did not nro-
duco mora n,achinn,r and material
All these moves wera in essence
hastv and ilI-considered nade in
wild effort 70 check disasta,
No+binr was dome 70 correct fine
Fundamental eviI-confused and ill.,
raracad administration Tho piasi-
don't has foIlowad bie vaII-l,ro,vn noi-
tn,, Of ea4tiro nm opothor ,a,.olIal
administrative bureau rather than
putting right the one that already
existed. Mr.. Wiclard was kept on as
Secretary Of agriculture, even though
whole new food administration
under Mr.. Davis nullified the normal
! functions of that dcpartment
The Inadequate increase in farm
machinery to 49 percent Of normal
production cannot be realized in 1913,
because most Of the big farm machin-
cry factories are making other things
and cannot overnight be returned to
producing farm tools Meanwhile.
there is a desperate shortage of all
farm machinery needed not only for
increased production but even for
normal production.
The shortage was aggravated by
the freezing" of needed available
machinery, and bv such blunders as
distributing machinery where it was
of no use. Combines were sent to cot
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which formc,lv thew had been ahlc
70 afford only in small nuantitios if
a+ all
Nor was any ,7ontion made that
,ioh- na,.ront and mara If o,,. food
was haino ,,yad INV Iand-Ioasa that an
other 27 np,.cen+ was hoino used Inv
tho army and that % norcent or more
Of that was haino wastod in army
can,ns las shown Iator INV tho T,1-
,oqn Committee invastioation) The
Dona,t,,ant,s ranorts said notbino If
+ba 5ao 0oo Gallon CONS Of tomato
;,,ico o,,.,,od ~, +1,o o,.o,,, and on,r+;od
inf, a<o Eria Al CLEVELAND heaapso
# had snoiIed
No~ was anv mention made Of ro-
norts thar . 1sroo mart Of tba wheat
sto,,od j., on, .,o,,o,. ,,o,.,,,aI .,.,,,
bod tb,o,,,,h naa,oct boo,, dns+,.o,,od
~, ,roa,,i1, o.. ,,,o1d n 4bo fooo 81 +bo
foc+ +bo+ ovor,, na,r.,o,,o,. su,.vov Of
ocroaon fo,. 1oA2 i, tba broad- hasl,o+
area has shown prospective decrease
Of ACREAGE under cultivation. Mr.
Wickard's office bIandIv announced an
increase Of 10000 zoo acres under cuI-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-09

The U. S. may maintain standing
armed force Of 2,500,000 men at close
of war, member Of Bureau of Labor
Statistics Of government declared
More than 1000 four-engine bomb
ers rolled out of aircraft factories in
November. Output of all U. S. planes
reached 1888. Naval construction
climbed to a new peak.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-09

Estimated yield from The new tax
bill shriveled to less than two billion
when the Senate Finance committee
amputated 100 million from the House
total
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-09

Premier TOTO of Japan boastcd that
1914 would be their year to win but
declared "the war cannot be won
easily"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-09

Louis Bromfeld, author Of many popular
novels and a Pulitzer Prize winner for
merly IN ardent supporter Of the New Deal.
He speaks about agriculture with the author
ity of personal experience, since he owns a
15OO-acre farm near Mansfield, Ohio, on which
he raises cattle, hogs, poultry and sheep. He
has spent months investigating the food crisis
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-09
GWhat muddIing in Washington
has done to our food supply
We Aren't Going To Have
Enough To Eat
BY LOUIS BEOMFlELD. in The Reader
Nige,t

oon,o T., A,,,o,.;c, ,,.;+b ,bo .vn,ass
,,,,,.,,,.a 81 ,,,al,;,,o % n..,,nI,+. ,,a,s
F. f.a.I n,,auo+;ar h, oa,,Id ,,o+ l,,,.a
,,o,sil,,, d,na -. Good o. ioh o.. has
Laor do,o IN wos[;na+or );
rbo',aL a,,,.. :. tha ,.;abo.+ ,o,.;..,,1
.,,,,a1 na-io,, c.,,. nocnIa ,,n no+ on
;nc f. Lova' o,o,,ob f,nd We ara ,,I-
naa,,,. rat';a,,ad l., a,..,,.', ;+,, n A,,,ar
;.a tbnra has bacn nm actI,aI lack Of
such storIas as not,foey and beef and
mill. and ,o,,1+,.,. And wa ara novboro
Noon. tbo neal Of tbo. crisis
The f,rc, season of 1ql2 started off
LadI,, with , cold canr;c;au. e5r;ng
which loIavad nIantino Then camc
aood. oI tbrouch tbn Middle Wa.t
dn.t,,v,rr million. If ,ore. If Grams
0u,. .o,,.,.-ro,,,,,I,, a,ooa,., will
have benn pvbaustod lv tho end Of tba
summer. with nothino but = .wbea+
cron from, % to an rsrcop+ hoIo,v nor-
ma nroduction to ranIaca Il We AFRO
ah.aadv inno,4ino. Grain from, Conadn
IA feed ca+tIa but oven Conada,s SIM
pIv will not last forever
The situation will Draw worse t,is
fall and ,,arh its most dnsno,at %
STAGE this winter esneciaIIv from Fob
mary an "Fehrua,,v p" Ha,.bar+ IIoo,,a,
points ont from his ovnariorca "iz
ALWAYS the black montb-+ba month
to be feared most" If if ,varo noysi
lla would ,otbn,. NOT +birl. about
next February nv then most If o,,
nponIa will La livino an q l;ot wall
hollow tba nutrition Lowell Rayoro wa
have fni.bod tb:. +,ani. food ,;4,,o
tion will oo dawn os ono If +bo mas,
seneaIoss scandal, j., A,,,o,ioo, ii.
to,.v
How, o,pld s,,cb .+o+. of o#o;,..
bo,o .o,,o .oh,,42 ,rba,., T.. l.,,. a,.
o,,sv.a,, +ba p,.o.idon+ ond +ha ,,a,
about him, ,.,s,.,,,.:,lo 60. .l,, ...a,,..
itv of tbo homo r,oa+ l;d ,,o.tino
,.batov.,. ,ho,,+ .,o da.,,,.ot., rn..I
-;.,,o4,,,, men t,,1 -. ,l,;. ,.aa,
,rbor il ,.o, too Ia+o ond 80. I;.+Ia
,,,as dono Tns+o,d ~ ,nt4;no info ~
Co.,. - r,,'.,f,,I .aa,,.Ii,,a.,I ,, I.,, e..
fc~d nra,,,,n,;on +bo TanI ,d,,;,,;.
Nation 5nda,. soo'.a.,r,. ar Aa,,a,,I
+.,,.. CI.nda p W-i.I.anJ 4arl ,I,o A.,
o,.;.an ,ean1a tba, thai, baar4I, ,,.a,,I1
ho Ia4.,,, ,,.;4l, 1a., r.a.I ',., ,,.,.' .}',,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-09

This couple is eagerly looking forward to the
day when these plans can be put into use.
They know that their home of the future will
be completely modern when it is completely
electric. You too can plan, considering how
new postwar electric appliances can best
serve you in housekeeping and living. Your
business-operated electric company is plan
ming too -. we want to say like Mrs. House
wife, Give figured out the lighting"
Evening star., 1943-05-28

ton Of Army jeeps at the WHY'S
Overland Motors, Inc, Toledo, and
at the Standard Shipbuilding Corp.
in San Pedro were settled.
Evening star., 1943-05-28


first group was graduated from
Ellington Field last month.
Representative of Americas out
standing women flyers, they will be
assigned to Air Transport Command
bases throughout the Nation and will
relieve men flyers for combat and
other duties.
Former CAP Member.
The women flyers originally came
from SO cities and II States to take
their training at Houston, Tex, upon
the completion of which they flew
to Sweetwater for the concluding
ceremonies.
Most of them were members of the
CAP before entering the Air Force
Women's Pilot Training program
A majority own their own planes
Some of them we're stunt flyers and
practically all have brothers, hus-
bands, or relatives in the armed
forces.
Two Of the group are mothers, one
being the mother of two sons, ages
9 and 5. Among them are former
air line hostesses, Olympic stars,
school teachers, nurses, parachute
riggers, meteorologisrs, secretaries,
flight instructors, newspaper writer's
and musicians.
Evening star., 1943-05-28

various comparative figures which
showed differences ranging up to
1874 cents an hour.
Other overnight developments on
labor front were:
Striking employees of the United
States Rubber Reclaiming Co. plant
in Buffalo, N. Y, voted to return to
work after a Navy spokesman
warned them that unless they ended
the walkout. the Army or Navy
would take over the plant.
The tWo-day tie-up involving 438
workers caused two Connecticut war
plants to shut down for lack of rub
ber, 1t. Henry Clifton, industrial
relations officer of the Third Naval
District, said.
Blame WLB Delay.
The walkout, which was unau-
thorized, resulted from delay of the
War Labor Board" inconsidering the
request of the CIO Rubber Workers
Union for an 81 cent hourly wage
increase, Herbert Welch, union
spokesman said. Thomas KnoWlton,
WLB representative, told the strik-
erS the wage issue would not be con-
Evening star., 1943-05-28
Man PIunges to Death
From Hiqhwuy Bridqe

An unidentified colored man,
about IS years old, plunged to death
last night from the Virginia side of
the Highway Bridge Harbor Po-
licemen Lemuel Baliles and Paul
Baicar recovered the body.
Police said Its. David j. Andrew
and L. P. Frost both of Fort Bel
voir, Va. saw the man plunge into
the river. Deputy Coroner Chris
topher j. Murphy withheld issuance
of certificate pending further in
vestigation.
Evening star., 1943-05-28

which the industry members of the
WLB dissented.
The industry members are Ruben
B. Robinson, Cyrus Ching and Fred
erick S. Fales, and their attitude
drew sharp criticism from Wayne L.
Morse, public member of the board,
who said that "by taking the posi-
ton that they will not vote for con-
tinuation of a union shop or a closed
shop clause they become suspected
of favoring an open shop move
ment."
100000 Workers Covered.
Commenting that about 100000
workers were covered by closed-shop
and union-shop contracts, Mr.. Morse
said that "unquestionably this num-
ber could be greatly enlarged under
war conditions if the unions of the
country were not patriotic enough
to live up to their no-strike pledge"
The board. in its majority opinion
written by Vice Chairman George
w. Taylor, said the wage rates paid
at Everbest were below the stand
ard for similar work in similar
plants in the industry. 1t cited
Evening star., 1943-05-28

sidered until the plant was in full
operation.
In Jamestown, N. Y, another un-
authorized strike, involving CIO
United Automobile Union members,
tied up the Marlin Rockwell Corp,
manufacturer of ball and roller
bearings. Estimates put the men idle
at 500 to 1900. The strikers blamed
the trouble in the failure of the
WLB to act en- request for a 10
cent hourly wage increase.
In Utica, N. Y, production of
sheets and pillow cases for the Navy
was halted by a strike at the Utica
Evening star., 1943-05-28

I e rry / n 6 air
p a n e S a f t er
their graduation
today from the
Army Air Forces
Flying School at
Avenger Field,
S " e e t W a t er,
Tex.
They are Miss
Catherine Vail,
5000 Fourteenth
S t r e e t NV;
Mrs. Mary Tufts
Trotman, 621
S t r a t h m ore
street Che " "
Chase, Md, and
Evening star., 1943-05-28
WLB Grants First Paw
Raise Since April 8
'Ho|d-the-Line' Order
Orders Continuance of
Union Shop Clause at
Everbest Plant, New York

The War Labor Board has made
its first award of a wage increase to
correct sub-standards of living"
since President Roosevelt's hold
the line" order of April 8.
This action was taken yesterday
when the board ordered an average
10-cent hourly pay raise for 68 en-
ployes Of the Everbest Engineering
Corp, New York. The board also
ordered continuance of union shop
clause in the new contract, from
Evening star., 1943-05-28

Her husband is
a lieutenant In
the Army.
Miss Alleman
b e G an flying
W h lie working
here as a secre-
tary. She had
more than 200
hours Of flying
time before en-
tering the Army
school.
The gradual
ing class today
is t he second
class to complete
$Lo o~-~@ Tl
Evening star., 1943-05-28
Selected for Marines

Robert Ludlow Allen, 80 DenWood
avenue, Takoma Park, Md, is among
Is members of the 1914 class at the
Naval Academy who have been Sc
lected for appointment as second
lieutenants in the Marine Corps,
academy officials announced today.
Evening star., 1943-05-28

Miss Virginia Alleman OF Big
Prairie, Ohio, who worked here for
the Huber Corp.
Miss Vail began to fly two years
ago, becoming the only woman men,
Der of the University Of California
Flying Club. She is a member of
the CAP and the 99s.
Mrs. Trotman Bought Plane.
Mrs. Trotman took her first air
ride in a glider and learned to fly
after that, purchasing her own plane.
Evening star., 1943-05-28

and Mohawk Cotton Mills as a pro-
test against the suspension of eight
loom fixers.
Strikes which had halted produc-
Evening star., 1943-05-28
Three Women Flyers
From D. T.. Area Get
Ferrying Wings Today
Will Be Assigned to
Air Transport Command
Bases in U. S.

One District woman, one from
Chevy Chase, Md. and another who
was former resident here are among
the 43 women pilots who will fly
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-09
ILLNESS HITS

Continued from PAGE Onel
company may be On fUFlOugh ar
any one time. The Army hauls the
men to Dawson Greek as far away
from home financially for most O.
them as the North Pole
There are five detectives out
lined by the Army Build the
road, maintain the road. operat =
the road, get into winter quarter.
grant burroughs. That's whv the
slowneSs IN fuFlOughs-it's talCing
a lot OF men to run the read. p,
Build the road'-that fir.-t
objective, was a miracle of Amer-
ican engineering There was
long, dry, favorable summer, ac-
eompanied by the long northern
daylight. But expert opinion IS
than IL would have gone through
anyway: It's one Of the things tae
nlifta+'ists didn't weigh carefully
'enough u Americas mechanical
might 80
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-09
CUBAN COLONY

CONTINUED from page One)
uba the SAME that the immortal
George Washington: means TO the
american peonle. As Cubans and
Americans took part IN the strug-
Gle of the freedom of Cuba. San
Carlos Club wishes to see in that
ceremony the representation OF
every institution of Kew West, as
a tribute to jose MART, one of
Tho grea est men of the Western
Hemisphere.
The following Is he program
that will be rendered:
1.-Himnos Nacionales Ameri-
cano cubano, carta5os por los
alumnos de San Carlos.
2--Introduccion for Ell Sr. Con-
sui de Cuba, ST.. B Podriri'ez.
ga la Banderai Possia for da
nina Otilia Valdez.
4.-Colocacion de ofrendas
florales ante ell Monufnento del
Apostol.
5.-TIimno a Jose Marti,s for
los al,n1nos
"a Cuba" numero de
poesias y canto for Gloria Watson,
Norberto Pans v core.
Discourse aIusive q la fecha
commemorate for el ST.. Raul Al
pizar Pogo.
8.-America InmortaH Coro de
alumnos.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-09

MR, YOUNG OPENS: Adequate
Congressional control over govern
ment expenditures means Congress
should determine total amounts spent
in fiscal year and be informed how
effectively this money is spent. Con-
gressional procedures are deficient ON
both points.
Instead of passing a budget bill.
Congress passes dozen appropria-
ton bills. These 10,000-word bills are
detailed beyond comprehension: the
attention of Congress is thus diverted
to considering specific ALLEGATIONS
about which it knows little. Occasion
ally, Congress appropriates money in
large amounts, then it can only hope
that maligned bureauerats vii exer-
else prudence. Congress neuer knows
how effectively money has been spent:
there is no post-audit system to in
form Congress whether the country
1t getting dollars worth of govern
ment service for every dollar appro-
priated. Congress attempts to tell
bureaucrats how they can spend the
money, and the bureaucrats HAVE
to spend it.
Something Is wrong. Most Con-
gressmen know it. Every session there
are countless proposals to give the
Committee on Appropriation a larger
staff; the Comptroller General more
power; or place the Bureau of the
Budget under Congressional control.
Anyone who has examined Congress
sional debates on, say, military au-
preparations before the war, would
be amazed by the lack of interest
shown by Congressman in important
public questions and their great in
terest in local affairs.
REP, HARTLEY CHALLENGES.
Mr.. Young, how would you remedy
what you seem to consider the weak
nesses Of the Congressman in gen.
eral the House Appropriations Com
mittee in particular. and what you
characterize as lack of interest" in
and consideration of given appropri-
alton bills on the floor of the Con-
gress? Would you change the system
of standing committees and special
investigating committees? Would you
endeavor to set up special technical
groups to duplicate the research of
the different executive bureaus in
order to give Congress frst-hand ex-
pert information from its own inde-
pendent investigators? Would you dis
pense with the General Accounting
System, Post-Audit System?
MIR. YOUNG REPLIES: Represen-
tative Hartley wants to change the
subject; he wants to discuss cures for
obsolete nscal control and to skip
over the weakness l have pointed
out. These weaknesses, briefly, of the
undue attention Congress gives to de-
tails and Congress failure to debate
and to Determine broad questions of
fiscal policy-in other words, to search
after the pennies and let the dollars
slide. Ishould like to ask you, Rep
resentative Hartley, how many times
during your IA years in Congress you
have ever commented on an appro-
priation bill? But | am not blaming
you for this disinterest; the fault IS
In the procedure.
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by more than $4,000, a special
anti-windfall tax would be impos-
sd on the augmented income.
= The majority defense of the
WAYS and Means, Committee bill
JAILED to evoke any response in
she House, in the opinion of vet
h4iah brss: gallery observers. The
flea that the Rlrnl plan for tax
,rgiveness would result in loss
# federal revenue was exploded
\ committee hearings. Further,
the popularity of d program which
would put all income taxpayers
on a current basis has influenced
no. few solons on the Democratic
side of the House.
Robertson Plan Simpler
CT the two substitute proposals,
the Robertson measure is expect
ed to have the: be ter chance of
pa are. It is simpler. and in the
current Congressional trend
n azure that can be understood
rea, * is certain to draw more
water than a more complex meas
IRE. The reaction against govern
ment questionnaires and involved
reports has made deep impress
sion on the present Congress.
Another point in favor of the
Robertson plan is that it was in
sroduced by Democrat. The ma
iority report of the Ways and
Means Committee was generally
recognized to be thoroughly UNI
porular politically. If a determin-
cd fight was made to pass the
measure as it emerged from COM
nittee. it is the consensus that a
number of Democrats with poll
ticaI savvy would have deserted
to the solid Republican phalanx
to pass the politically more pop
ular Ruml substitute.
The Robertson plan would take
sWav anv attempt of the Repub-
llcan minority to claim entire
credit for passing a popular tax
Get. The two substitute bills are
Tor all practical purposes identical
in penalizing excessive incomes,
and in retaining the popular fea
lures of the Ruml plan.
With that in mind, the consensus
OF top flight opinion on the bill
is that the Democrats who can
not accept the Ways and Means
Committee measure will muster
enough strength to pass some form
OF the Robertson substitute.