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The Omaha guide., 1945-07-07
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BY WoIter Sheod
WNU CorrerncrJart
Explosive Agricultural Front
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62I ONION Trust Building.

WNU Washington Bureau
62I ONION Trust Building.
EVENTS of an explosive nature
erupted on the agricultural
front this week. events which threat
ened to rock the foundations of the
entire agricultural program and the
economic life of farmers and, as a
result, Of every rural community.
First was the fight made against
senate confirmation of Claude R.
Wlckard, secretary of agriculture,
TO be director of the Rural Elec-
IRRIGATION administration.
Second was the action Of the SEN
ate committee eliminating the SO
per cent tariff cut provisions from
Ing reciprocal trade extension bill
n Senator Tobey's subsequent
charge of Five fat lobbyists with
round bottoms and round heads"
perched outside the senate doors,
and,
Third, and probably more amaz-
ing, the annexation of a rider on the
senate bill extending the OPA price
control bill for another year. which
would scrap the parity principle Of
flXlng farm prices and institute a
cost-plus plan instead.
All three of these events were
of vital interest TO the farmers
OF the nation vital in that
they affected the everyday and
economic life of every farmer
in America hit at his pocket
book and his way Of life.
The fight on Mr.. Wickard devel-
oped into a party fight and, after
three days of hearings, the sen
ate committee voted II to 6 for con-
frmation. The Wickard appoint
ment by President Truman was ex-
pected to be a routine affair, when
Senator Shipstead, R-Minn.) and a
member of the senate agricultural
and forestry committee, asked that
hearings be held. There was plenty
OF testimony in the three-day hear
ing, but no evidence against Secre-
tary Wickard. The witnesses either
didn't like him, didn't think he
would make a good director, didn't
like his politics, but could offer no
specific evidence against his ap-
pointment.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-07
Wherry and Cost-Plus

Senator Shipstead, together with
Senator Wherry (R-Neb.) engi-
neered the cost-plus farm price
amendment to the OPA measure. 1t
is likely that by the time this is in
print, the house will have elimi-
mated this amendment, but its SEN
ate adoption caught the administra-
ton leaders asleep and is an indi-
cation of what could easily happen
in a legislative jam. There has
been considerable talk lately about
this cost-of-production procedure to
measure farm prices. but this is the
first time it has appeared in the
open. Edward A. O'Neal branded the
amendment as "unsound, unwork-
able and highly iniationary."
Although President Truman also
indicated his disapproval of the
rider, as long ago as 1889 he him
self voiced approval Of a cost-plus
system for handling some farm
products under certain conditions.
Addressing the Missouri state legis-
lature March 81, 1899, he is quoted
as saying:
Cotton, wheat and meat are
world products and require world
markets for their distribution, and
if the world markets cannot be re-
stored, these crops are going TO
have to be handled on a domestic al
lotment or cost-of-production basis"
Rock Salt
Ten pound bags of rock salt make
good anti-skid insurance for motor
lists to carry with them in their cars
during winter months to keep them
from getting stuck if they should
stop or skid on ice or hard packed
snow. Thrown under car wheels,
the abrasive action Of rock salt
crystals enables drivers to pull out
without spinning their tires and
wasting rubber. Because it makes
snow and ice removal easy, people
also use it on their slippery side
walks, steps and driveways.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-07

Omaha. Nebraska, Saturday, July 7, 1915
KEEP AMERICA AMERICAN
A Fourth of July Challenge
Rv Ruth TAYLOR

by RuCH IdyIOT
Ever since | first heard Father Boland use the
trenchant phrase which is my text, | have felt that IN
those three words, properly understood lies the hope
of unity, the expression of that for which we are
fighting and the way to achieve the Victory for which
we all hope.
Keep America American-this is the defiant
challenge of the finest idealism the world has known.
1t is a clarion call to action in the fight between the
forces that would destroy and those which would
build man up to his proper stature.
Keep America American-this is no creed of iso-
lationism, no shutting Of the gates of the spirit to the
problems of the world, no selfish boarding of our re
surces of brain and body for the use and comfort
alone of those already within our nation.
Keep America American-this does not mean a
yardstick of nationality by which to measure our fel-
low citizens. The yardstick we must use is that of the
spirit-an unsettled devotion to the credO that all men
are created equal. We are the first self-created people
in the world-not segregated by race or creed or
color but bound together by a common bond OF belief
that we are all entitled to the rights and responsible
ties of freedom.
Keep America American = let us preserve our
rights by careful usage of them. This country is the
land Of liberty, not license. Any change must come
under the orderly processes of our own laws, not I'M
der the sudden whim of any dictator.
Keep America American - let us never forget
that this nation was founded on unity, and that to
achieve unity men must act for the good of ali, not as
self-Seeking groups of individuals.
Keep America American-let us renew our vows
on this Fourth of July-vows of conservation that the
soul of this nation remain ever free.
The words used by Chaplain Gittelsohn in dedi-
eating the Marine Division Cemetery on Two Jima,
might be we'll repeated by all of us-"We dedicate
ourselves, first to live together in peace the way they
fought and are buried in this war. Here lie men who
loved America because their ancestors generations
ago helped in her founding, and other men who loved
her with equal passion because they themselves or
their own fathers escaped from oppression to her
blessed shores. Here lie officers and men, Negroes
and whites, rich men and poor together. Here
are Protestants, Catholics, and Jews together.
Here no man prefers another because of his faith or
despises him because of his color. Here there are no
ton. No prejudices. No hatred. Theirs is the highest
and purest democracy"
Keep America American.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-07
NJ. Y. coIUmnist Goes "AII-Out" for Em-cee Who
Hos Turned Comedian-Top Notch Performer
Introduced HorIem's Amofeur
Hour via WMcA-PUt Spotlight
Bonds on Air for Pobsf Beer
Produced, Directed and Staged
Mite Club RevuesieoIs
Coop" Is Hurlem's
No. Snowman
BY Ted Y@es
(Sfaf Correspondent

NEW YORK, QPS1-Bob Hope, Jack Benny, George Jessel,
Lou Hotz and other top-notch comedians of radio, stage, screen
and mite clubs (and, you might add-television) had better move
The best laugh nroyoker there is in show business: who is credited
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-07
Co-operatiUes Concerned

Some two dozen witnesses repre-
senting approximately IS farmers
co-operatives, serving some 80, 900
farmers were present to testify
against Wickard out Of a total of 1876
farmers REA c~o-operatives serving
1,250,000 farmers in the nation. OF
those tesitfying. n witness repre-
scented 81 REA c~o-operatives serv-
ing IS, 900 farmers in Iowa alone.
The others were scattered. The re-
suit was that Senators ~Shipstead of
Minnesota, Capper of Kansas, But
Ter of Nebraska, Bushfeld Of South
Dakota, Wilson of Iowa and Gordon
of Oregon, all Republicans, voted
against Wickard. Two Republicans,
Willis Of Indiana and Aiken Of Yer
mont, voted with the solid Demo-
cratic delegation on the committee.
The Rural Electrifcation admins
tration is probably more important
in raising the living standards Of
agricultural life in the nation than
any other agency. A measure intro
duced by Senator Lucas D-Ill.)
passed by the senate, and now pend
ing in the house, separates REA
from the department of agriculture,
placing it on an independent basis
and provides s585. 900, 900 for loans
to c~o-operatives for the extension Of
rural identification. One of the
charges against Wickard was that
he had mo vision for the future of
REA" and that he was against
its independence as a governmental
agency. In a recent interview, how
ever, Wickard declared he intended
to bring electricity to 1865, 900 farm
homes in the immediate fve-year
period after the war and that in
stead Of building short 'dead-end"
electric lines. he planned surveys of
40 counties or more at one time
and the construction of lines to
reach every farmer in the area"
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-07
Rich Coast

Columbus called Costa RIGA the
''rich coast" because the Indians
wore gold jewelry.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
The Peoples Business

Just TO show we read II and
liked il. here is the closing
paragraphs of his talk as a
sample of what it containedX
"NO matter how you look at
IL, the American sutOmOtive In
dustry is the American peoples
business. They created IL; they
used II to improve their living
standards; they decided TO scrap
1t and scramble Its parts into
n department of their wartime
arsenal: and they have now de-
clded to recOnvert II.
What they decide to do with
IL In the future Will pretty much
decide whether that future will
hold prosperity and productive
jobs, or depression and unem-
ployment. As long as the Amer
ican people permit us to COM
pete for their favor through
further improvements In the
mastery OF mass production. I
can see no reason why the
problems of the postwar future
should cause us to fear or
doubt.
"AlI that we need Is a better
understanding of what makes
the American way tick"
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
Pullman
Offers Due

NEW YORK, Oct. 16-Glore,
Forgan & Co., investment banking
firm of Chicago, submitted an
offer to the u. S. district court
in Philadelphia for the capital
stock of Pullman Co., the sleeping
car unit of Pullman, Inc.
Glore, Forgan's offer provides
for organization of an underwrit-
ing syndicate to acquire the out
standing capital stock at a price
which will be the excess Of the
book value Of all assets other
than obsolete inventory-less de-
probation reserves-over all La
bilities, determined as to amount,
except capital stock, surplus and
reserves not allocated to any spe-
cific purpose.
The syndicate would sell the
acquired stock to the public at
the purchase price, plus a usual
and customary underwriters COM
mission"
Col. w. F. Rockwell. chairman
of Standard Steel Spring Co., said
his firm would offer a bid before
Nov. s.
"Our offer will involve no
public financing" Rockwell said.
"Our attorneys are working on
IL now with the Pullman Co."
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
AssaiIs OPA Formula

Wilson attacked the present
OPA formula on prices for 1916
models. He pointed out that to
achieve the profit margins set
up for the formula, from 1886
through 1899, an increase Of
more than so per cent in pro-
duction is necessary.
This formula means that
even with the increased volume
to attain this prewar profit
margin, prewar individual
worker efficiency must be re-
established, overhead expenses
must be reduced to prewar
levels and chronological inn
provements In new machines
and equipment must be suf-
ficient to cover the added eX-
pense OF depreciation and taxes
on such new machines and
equipment" Wilson stated.
Furthermore, the formula
makes no provision for recon-
version costs or for losses In
Cured until prcwar deficiencies
can be regained and postwar
capacity production achieved.
Nor does IL have any provision
for current wage increases"
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
What fsNew
In Business
Kres9e Anticipates
Continued High Net
Nv WARD SCHULTZ

Recent increase in the COM
mon dividend Of 6 6. Kresge
Co. from the 25-cent quarterly
ate paid since l943 70 80 cents
plus declaration Of the 20-cent
extra dividend, IS understood 10
reflect the expectations Of a net
profit after taxes Tor the cur
rent wear equal 10 or higher
than the IS 999 799 for the year
ended Dec. 81. 1914
One factor likely 10 make the
net about the same as for 1914
Is the fact that various reserves
provided by the firm this year
will not be at as high a level as
in 1874. Last year reserves for
various purposes totaled So
376.46l.
Sales for September this year
showed a decline Of ID per cent
from the like month OF 1914,
while those for the first nine
months of 1945 revealed an in
crease Of 81 per cent over the
same period OF last year. Even
though monthly volume during
the last quarter of l945 shows
percentage declines from the
1914 months, il is expected that
total sales for the full year of
1945 will be essentially the
same as for 1914 when turn
over of S2l6.454,010 were re-
ported. Kresge at present has
TOT stores. In 1910 there were
745 stores, highest in history.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17

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chsrd. No. | sos7Se ba. Tunip Greens.
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Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
Auto
Graphs
Carlton Waves
TaIk for Posterity
Nv sILER FREEMAN

p {. c. Carlton, president of
the Amomotive Parts Manufac-
turerS Association. is perhaps
one Of the smartest after-dinner
speakers in Detroit. if not I'm
the country. At the tail-end OF
a brilliant procession OF orators
last night az the farewell din
ner OF the Automotive Council
for War Production. Carlton
decided 10 be different.
He had prepared a l4-page
talk on "A Peoples War and
a Peoples Business. 1t was a
good talk. We read il.
But sensing the restlessneSs
OF his audience around the 1890
p. m. mark, Carlton turned
suddenly TO Alvan Macauley,
who was POSTMASTER, handed
him the 14-page address and
said:
IL give this TO you for your
children and your grandchil-
dren. It's good speech but
I'm not going 10 make H."
Needless 10 say. he was given
the loudest hand Of the evening.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
Micro. Hone Mel
Tops Last Year

Micromatic Hone Corp. in its
report for the fiscal year ended
July 81, l945, shows a net profit
of 1925, ,53l, equal to $1.56 a share
on 1S9,846 shares, as compared
to S312, BAL, or $2.39 a share, on
130, ,945 shares for the same period
last year.
The company states that in
view of price reductions and
acquisition of plant and equip
ment from the Defense Plant
Corp. on Sept. Z, 1945, at the cost
of $568,846, it did not consider a
provision for renegotiation neces-
sary for 1945. Figures for 1914
are adjusted for renegotiation
settlement.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
Market
Quiet

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 uNS)--
Profit takers chisled fractions off
stock market values today in a
quiet trade.
The rate of turnover eaSed off
as prices sought lower levels with
only $4,000 shares changin &
hands in the first hour.
Steels opened strong but lost
their gains when other groups
failed to move up. Bethlehem
Steel, up IL at the start, reacted
% before end of the first hour.
Motors Jagged small fractions.
Rails were under pressure. Doug
las Aircraft edged higher but
other aviations Jagged. Coppers
and utilities were mixed. In the
farm equipment section Inter
national Harvester and J. /. Case
eased halt. Standard Oil OF
N. j. slumped q. Communica-
tions drifted lower
Bonds were mixed. Curb shares
continued quiet and mixed.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
Harvester
Line Set

HINSDALE, H., Oct. l6-ln-
ternational Harvester Co. has
demonstrated the machines il has
designed in anticipation of tech
biological trends in this country's
postwar agriculture.
Heading the list will be the
new "Farmall Cub" with about
two-thirds the weight and power
of the smallest tractor the COM
pany had previously developed.
Price. too, will be Substantially
less than that of the companys
present smallest unit,
The new baby tractor will meet
the power requirements OF this
country's 100000 small farms,
and Harvester is also aiming at
the market il believes will open
when industrial workers buy small
farms with five TO 80 acres 10
reduce city living costs by raising
some OF their own food. Having
a four-cyiincer engine, il burns
less than one gallon of gasoline
an hour, The company is also
providing a number Of implements
for the new tractor.
An experimental cutoff corn
picker was also shown. In addi-
tion 20 eliminating loss Of corn on
the ground, IL promotes soil con.
servation. II chops up the stalks
and throws them on the ground,
where they serve as mulch.
Other new products include the
new spreader for fluid manure.
the mechanical cotton picker. the
one-man pickup hay baler. and
the Self-propelled combine.
Harvester also revealed ma
chimes still in the experimental
stage They include smaller
corn picker. a new and smaller
Self-propelled combine, new small
hay baler. a dry and green hay
chopper. a sugar beet harvester
and a new power loader
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
Hunters Guide

Hunters who plan TO keep
part Of their game in cold
lockers OF freezing units would
do well TO write 10 the Depart
ment of Agriculture for its tips
on quick-freezing.
Circular 709 devotes a special
section TO wild game.
One pertinent fact that the
circular omits, however. is that
many states, including Mich
igan. have stringent rules on
how long game can be kept be-
yond the regular shooting sea-
son-and how much.
Unless you check this point,
you might quick-freeze yourself
a chilling fine'
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
Internal Balance in Price Structure Needed

Certainly much confusion of thought this subject
attempt freeze the armament boom into permanent
based deusion For the produc
detou the economic experience of the
nation
The problem find level and hence price
which goods will freely circulate through the
of This depends absolute levels but
internal balance within the that producing
groups agriculture trade and industry keep another
employed exchanging products years labor
Instead of coming grips with to this prob
which recouped from customers
important national union has taken different line 1t does
that will be willing the
Instead refers the profits of the employer usually
speousy referring profit before and the accumulation
of reserves corporate savings and surplus.
The implication that the employer should accept the union
demands though they result losses and that the
dipping the reservoir of accumulated
profit But such proposal inviting II the prospect
would
qudatng and rather than staying
the dsspatng their financial strength
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
YuIe Candy Hit

The leanest holiday in 20
years as regards Christmas
candy is forecast by candy
manufacturers
They say that there will be
very little of the regular vari-
eties of candy and that candy
canes, chocolate Santas and
hard candies will be curiosities.
Many manufacturers are SIM
ply refusing special Christmas
orders while others are ration
ing their customers.
incidentally. this will give
you a touch Of nostalgia-man-
ufacturers say that the last
types of penny candy to reap
pear on the shelves will be
those marshmallow bananas,
orange slices and spearmint
leaves because they all involve
extra labor.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
eRainbOW'D
I'm p Months

NEW YORK, Oct. 16-Rcpublic
Aviation Corp. will start delivery
of six of its recently announced
Rainbow transport planes to Pan
American World Airways within
~ months, according to Alfred
Marchev, president.
The Rainbows, which will have
accommodate ons for 40 passengers
in addition 10 mail and other
cargo. will cost approximately
81 ,25O,OOO each.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
M. s. Rukeyser NA
Incentive Plans
Win New Support

Strategy srategems should not be permitted TO push in
management false position in respect to its
workers
demands industrial executives should
their pace and should remember the fundamental
seeking relations with their employees This
fundamental Importance in connection with econverson
differences proposed wage rate
constructive tendencies fortunately at work
attempt iqudate of the inevitable wartime m
appreciation the fundamental worth
plans Broadly this design for encouraging
them above the minimum scale agreed upon
performance of the minimum quantities OF produc
ton required
Although the past have often been suspicious
instances
which the unions going along on incentive plans
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
Foolish Management Cut Piece Work Rates

Historically management without blame for hesitation
proposals In the past short
sighted employers oolhly would cut the piece work rates
conformity with the plan making high
earnings through delivering goods Nowadays stupidity
policy recognized Modern management
controlling holding down the weekly
earnings of workers.
in wage should be clearly
bargaining table that selling
pend Of production including labor
wage rates.
management explain that the determination
their arbitrary whms but their bust
whether the customer will rafy ad
vancing by willingness pay higher selling prices
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
Personnel Notes

Jim Schiller, formerly with
the Oldsmobile factory service
organization, is now service
manager for Grubb e. Wagner,
Inc. George N. Sieger, pres
ident and general manager Of
SIMS Corp. of Detroit, has
been named second vice presi-
dent Of the American Welding
Society Harvey f. Stone
house, Detroit manager of
Comptometer Co, is retiring
and will live on his California
ranch. Clifford Ellis of Chicago
succeeds him And John c.
Pankow of the Detroit Mich
igan Stove Co. is on the execu-
tive committee of the Gas
Range Manufacturers Group of
the Association of Gas Appli-
ance and Equipment Manufac-
turerS
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
Drop in Output
OF Soft Coal

WASHINGTON. Oct. 16-Ths
National Coal Association, from
incomplete car loading reports
from the railroads, estimates
bituminous coal production in the
United States for the week ended
Oct. 6 as approximately S,150.000
net tons. a
Production for the correspL\ u
ing week last year was IL, ,726,OJU
net TOM.
This brings production from
Jan. l through Oct. 6, 1945, to
approximately AS, $4,000 tons.
Production, Jan. / through Oct. z,
1914, was 483, $4,000 tons.
Report of the bureau of mines
of the department of the interior
shows production for the week
ended Sept. 20 of 10,930,0O0 tons,
against 11.600,000 tons in the pre-
ceding week.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-17
Believe in High Wages

c. f. Wilson also gave
pointed speech last night at the
farewell dinner. He pointed out
that big increases in wages
without corresponding in
crease in productivity are in
flationary.
"The automotive industry has
always believed In paying high
wages" he said. 1T expects to
continue to pay increasingly
higher real wages II the people
OF our country are willing to
work for the things they would
like to have"