The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12
News Of Connecticut

Hartford, Conn, Jan. l2- (UP)- Gov. Baldwin planned 8 conference today with five milk experts to de- termine what recommendations would be made to the special ses- sion of the legislature Jan. "A ito help Connecticut dairymen."
 A week ago the governor gave ap- proval to a suggestion that the au- thority of State Milk Administrator Donald O. Hammerberg be extend ed to allow him to adjust prices to bolster the income of producers. Since then there has been mixed opinion whether the state should openly defy OPA price ceilings and the conference was arranged to de- terInine by what other means the return to producers could be in- creased.
 Summoned to the conference were Hammerberg, Dean Edwin G. Wood- ward of University of Connecticut State Food Administrator Henry B. Mosle: Connecticut Milk Producers Association Manager Ken Geyer and Lyman Hall, a New Haven dai- ryman.
 Producers have been demanding a two cents a quart increase to meet increased costs of feed and labor.
 Hartford, Conn, Jan. 12-(UP)- ry1,1 Gtata Cronna xr-o c opposed today to farm subsidies in lieu of fair prices" and wired U. s. Senators Francis T. Maloney and John A. Danaher to contest these subsidies being forced on the nation"
 The grange, holding it's 59th an- nual convention. told the senators that subsidies will be detrimental to the war effort and disastrous to postwar readjustment."
 In his message to delegates, Grange Master Sherman K. Ives said that subsidies in lieu of fair prices are wrong in principle They encourage imitation, increase public debt, are expensive to administer and open the way to bureaucratic control over those to whom they are paid. Consumers who actually need relief should receive it in the form of income tax deductions or by ap- plying a food stamp plan"
 Ives said it is obvious that our food production program is being managed by people entirely unfam- liar with food production problems and decisions are being based on the number of votes affected and not the amount or kind of food pro- duced."
 Subsidies, he said, would be un- necessary If the stabilization act was carried out and prices and wages begged. Furthermore. he de- clared, subsidies would load an un- fair burden on returning service men.
 With regard to taxes, Ives told the convention that taxes have been greatly complicated during the last year. We should support ef- forts to simplify our tax structure with every possible curb on non- essential government spending"
 Hartford, Conn, Jan. l2.-(UP)- Revamping of the states institu- tional farm program to improve production curtail expenses, was urg- ed by Farm Coordinator Charles F Harper today at a meeting of state institution heads called by Comp troller Fred R. Teller.
 Harper made nine specific sug' gestions to bring about greater effi- ciency and lower costs of produc. tion." He proposed establishing Q uniform accounting system. growing crops suitable to the farms, using more patients as workers. keeping poultry primarily for egg produc- tion, culling dairy herds drastically using facilities of the dairy herd i'm provement association. acquiring good herd sires. production of neces- sary roughage and pasture. and re- duction of all other activities to 6 minimum.
 The twelve state institution farms said Harper. were inventories a $2.648.867. or an average of $220.73 per farm. He called these inflated valuations" caused by expensive bu Impractical equipment. such as [ &70, 900 COW barn for Q herd of l25 and two $l5.0O0 steam-heated pig. geries."
 | Lack of e far-sighted breedini program, he said. resulted in ''rul down. dairy herds. and be proposed "ail herds should be severely culle. In order that we may have animal