Milford chronicle., 1945-12-28

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broWhcat aud hammered away at a rocaIci-
trant Administration until tn" Democrats
took notice Of the pressing food problem>
Early in l9l3 il became apparent THAI
the food picture WAS dark. The producer
was slowed by clipplng regulation: the pro-
ccSSor was discouraged: the distributor was
confused and the consumer was usually left
empty-hunded and rcSenttul ;t> he confronted
needless shortages and greedy black mark
CteprS.
Unable to ac1 through Congress. Martin
relied upon his own Party to set up the food
study conlmittcc. In May. 1913. it sought to
take the food matter out of the hands of con-
tiictmE agencies aud centraliZc it. The Dem
ocratic chairman of the agriculture commit
tee Of the House, noting how popular the
idea WAS, introduced similar legislation. The
administration opposed it and the bill pre-
coded by high priority egiSlation was pre-
vented from being considered ON the floor.
The committee batted ON. 1t uncovered
tn" poultry black market ON the eastern sea-
board 1t called attention to the WaStagc of
eggs Members found potatoes rotting in
the fields where subsidies had been paid for
bumper production. II found butter turning
rancid and sugar spelling in storage. It call
ed the turn ON the pork shortage.
1t appealed for correction of the beef sit
uallon. When the excuse was offered that
shipping facilities were lacking for bringing
sugar to this country, floor speech revealed
presence Of idle ships in northern ports and
within y hours, Is were put ON q sugar
run which brought in thousands of tons
Then came ~ H. and the question of cN-
tcndlng OPA for another year. Jenkins in
troduced an amendment removing food from
OPA and giving il to the department of ag-
riculturc. Democrats rallied forces and de-
foatcd Il ON u partisan ballot of 1913 to rs.
However, Il less drastic measure. covering
principal aims of the Jenkins bill was pass
ed. and the long fight for onc-a&cncy control
was won.
Clinton f. Anderson WAS a member of the
House then and voted for the amendment
but SlEc" becoming Secretary Of Agriculture
has referred powers granted him in food ad-
nlni~tration back to OPA The food study
conAittcc proddtd him until the Slaugher-
rlS We're freed from restrictions.
The food study committee is probably the
only Congressional group that ever operated
IN nearly every state in the union and con-
Quoted exhaustive Investigations, without
cost to the government or IN" people,
y REC F,NT Asaoci;tted Press dispatch
= from London occupied Il space Of % lines
Probably not one person IN Il thousand read
1t. And Vet 1t conveyed an OmnOuS message.
The item said Minister Of Agriculture Tom
Williams told British farmers over the ra-
dlo that failure to cooperate in the Labor
governments planned agriculture program
might mran ..'tist.ation of their land He said
l. that tb" C.> J." t4cut'S policy is intended "to
9 insure thai i;Dnd is property farMcd, managed
" and equipped. He warned that. as ~ last
+ resort land would be taken, at a valuation
from farmers and land owners "Who failcc
G to play their part . We must have In,
!, power to control, and We shall seek lcgiSIa
9 tHo authority from parliament to serve com
} pulS0Ty directions.
i" British farmers are warned that if Brit
. ans now socialist EoYcrnmcnt has It's way
d farmers viii raise what it says, and where i
says or lose their land
}" It has been pointed out that here in tn
!" mtcd States, under our program Of Fed
II "ral specialization of electric power, carrinc
It ON largely under the RuiSc Of flood nro
)l irrigation, Navigation. etc, the next loyica
Is step would be >DclaIizati0m Of land. If gov
d crnnent 1T thc Taxpayers expense is to fur
I" nlSh electric power, which is virtually tn
smallest item III the family budget. VIII
should It allow vast areas of land which pre-
9; ducr the staff Of life to be farmcd for pr
o. Natc profit especially when il spends hi
no. lions of public funds TO reclaim or irrigat
it?
k The people Of tn" United States who san,
u tom government owned business in our coll
try are setting the stage for a socalizcd go,
he "i'nmcnt Ia take over the land.
~ Once socialism is established the farm
he or, with his private ownership Of land, is IL
n most Vulnerable to attack, for he raises Il
crops without which life cannot exist
ON
sIc
cd IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED that "ol
ic- billion dollars spent by the government f
n relief Of un"mploymrnt will produce approx
matcly 3O0.0G0 Jobs for one year at $40
Ill each. When the money is spent nothing De
Od nancnt has been added to purchasing poWt
in and industry and the people are faced Wi
ty. Il tax burden to repay the billion dollars wi
nc interest. One billion dollars invested as ri
'od capital will create the same 3O0. 900 Jobs
the year in which invested, but thcrcaft
ec, furnishes the tools for 100000 permanc
cW Jobs at $1,000 investment per Job. A
ION those 100000 permanent Jobs in lnduSt
ar, will support another 100000 in service trad