Evening star., 1943-03-15


from only three of the II
States represented at the
meeting had explained the
situation of their States, in
relation to the shortages, and
made rectifying recommended
tions.
b. he Associated Press.
DES MONIES. Iowa. March IS
Gov. B, B. Hickenlooper of Iowa
today told a conference of corn
belt State Governors that Federal
regulations on the rationing of farm
machinery are impractical to the
point of foolishness."
In an address at the one -dav
i2-State meeting, called to weigh
farm manpoWer and machinery
problems in the light of increased
food production goals. Gov. Hicken-
looper said:
There are several thousand COM
blnes in storage in various manu-
featuring plants in the country that
could have been available last fall
and are needed now. But under the
ratIoning program they were not
released
One Firm Has 1904 on Hand.
"One company alone has .O94 now
on hand that it cannot sell. Other
farm machinery, tractors. plows,
harrows. hoes, binders and other
equipment are frozen or the So
called pattern for their release for
sale is impractical to the point of
foolishness."
Former President Herbert Hoover
will address the conference on
Food Production and Distribution"
from to $50 (CWT) tonight. At
1890 pm. he will take part in a
radio round table with several Gov
ernors over the NBC network.
Gen. Hickenlooper also told of
company which, he said, received
authority for distribution of 470
rotary hoes, an implement widely
used in the corn belt but not used
IN hilly or mountainous country"
Experience recommended 1O1 of
these for Indiana" he said. The
Government allotted 10. Experience
allotted for Georgia, the Gov
ment allotted So"
Fatal Delays" Cited.
He accused Government officials
of fatal delays in granting per-
mission for the manufacture of some
types of machinery:
For units on the market this
year, permission should have been
given last July, but it was withheld
until sometime in October. There
after orders had to be placed for
steel. Many companies have not vet
received steel for their l943 produc-
tion and it is late, very late, prob
ably too late"
He recommended release of in
creased materials for farm ma
chinery manufacture, equitable sale
Of all completed units on hand"
notification of authority for manu-
facture for any year by July of the
preceding year" and elimination of
conflicting authority and confusion
within the departments having
charge of this program"
Attending the conference were
Cows. Dwight H Green of Illinois,
Henry F. Schricker of Indiana,
Harry F. Kelly of Michigan, For
rest c. Donnell of Missouri. Dwight
Griswold of Nebraska, John w.
Bricker of Ohio, M @. Sharpe of
South Dakota and Gov. Hicken-
looper All but Gov. Schricker are
Republicans. Others States repre-
sented were Wisconsin, North Da-
kota, Minnesota and Kansas,
Also here was Republican Ma
tional Chairman Harrison E. Span
gler. He said he came as an OBJ
server"
Invitations were sent to WPB
Chairman Donald Nelson. War
ManpoWer Commission Chairman
Paul V. McNutt and Secretary of
Agriculture Claude Wickard. All
sent their regrets.
Meanwhile. A. J. Loveland, Iowa
AAA chairman said a survey cover
ing about third of the crop land
IN Iowa showed that Iowa farmers
will meet, and III some cases ex-
ceed, food production goals assigned
to them this year
The figures should be put at
rest The reports circulated that
farmers. because of labor and ma
chlnery shortages. would cut down
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