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Milford chronicle., 1956-08-24
Washington
Letter
@As The Twig is Bnt -


Every American youngster. ap-
preaching the proud elevation Of
''the college years." as well as his
or her doting and usually bewilder-
ed parents, should be mighty in
terested in learning why a seasoned
college professor prefers small
college-for himself as we'll as for
young America.
DIR. ID. Elton Trueblood, former
professor of the philosophy of re-
ligion and chaplain at Stanford
University and. before that, at Har-
ward, bases his preference on tho
concern of the small college for
the individual He feels after ten
years at Earlham College. in Rich
mond, ind, that he has "a stake
i'm the future of each of these young
people which is far greater than
the information may be able to inn
part in the classroom"
DIR. Trueblood, writing in the
September Readers Digest. con-
trasts the impersonal pattern of
life of the average student of
big university with the small col
leges's close relationships between
students and teachers and the OPP
portunity of all to participate i'm
campus activities of their choice.
At Earlham, he notes, there are
700 students and 73 student or
Observation-Disclosures the debat-
ing society and 23 intra-mural
he -,
as saying, "every body has a
chance to be somebody"
As evidence of this. Dr. Trueblood
refers to a survey revealing that
small liberal-arts colleges are far
and away he most productive
sources of future scientists" Dur
ing the Truman Administrations
as present-there was threatened
shortage of research scientists, The
President ordered a study into
what inspires youth toward a
career in science, and investlga-
tors queried every scientist who
had earned his ph. ID. from 1886 to
1945. 1.-THE results showed" saws
DIR. Trueblood; "that by far the
most important stimulus was the
interest aroused during under
graduate days'b some small-college
professor"
Similarly. he reports. study Of
23.500 business executives showed
that SS per cent are college grad
yates, and II per cent of these
"come from generally small liberal
arts schools" Another survey
showed that 62.3 per cent of the
presidents and board chairmen cfI
the nations billion-dollar corpor-
ations were graduates of small
colleges.
Dr. Trueblood implies strongly
that on the preservation of the in
dividual-which is the particular
forte Of the small college--the pre-
servation of the, nation may we'll de-
pend. But the author is optimistic
and saws that during the
last ten years the small college.
instead of dvino. has undereone
remarkable rehirth." Tt is look
ing up. It's alumni are appreciativo
fand annarentlv prosparors)). tt
is COMING into It's place in the SIM
And IL continues to provide to
youth tho most priceless gift in
the world-"a chance to be some
ho1y
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27

Contrary to the basic philosophy behind
President Eisenhowers farm plan recon-
mendations, "surpluses'' are not the cause
of present low farm prices.
Low farm prices have been caused by mis-
management of the price support programs,
in two principal respects CD Supports have
been cut under the sliding scale policy, thus
directly driving market prices down. (2) The
markets have been demoralized by threats
that government-owned commodities will be
dumped, contrary to long-standing legal pro-
visions for sale only at 1867 of the support
price plus carrying charges. Partial RESPONSE
biity is due to the fact that existing farm pro-
grams are not adequate-but the Admins
tration has only acted and proposed to further
weaken them.
What's more, the continued reduction of
farm price supports which the Eisenhower
Administration has carried out to eliminate
"surpuses" has not helped to do so. Despite
the calamitous failure of three years of cut
ting price supports under the sliding scale
policy, President Eisenhower gave further
support cuts major role in his 1856 farm
law recommendations.
The Eisenhower Administration has made
all the faults of the inadequate farm program
of 1852 worse than ever. The surplus" of
government-held commodities was over 312
times as big at the end of 1865 as it was when
President Eisenhower was inaugurated.
Losses to the government are greatest in
history In just 3 years, total losses on price
support operations have been far greater
than total losses in all 20 years of previous
arm price supports.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27

planned for two-stage construction,
although the second stage has not
yet been built"
VOTES
Montanans in Congress voted 8 to
to adopt the conference report on
the farm bill. Senators Murray and
Mansfield and Congressman Metcalf
voted "yea," Congressman Flare
voted "nay." Senators Murray and
Mansfield were in the minority in
voting for Senator Mansfield's bill
to establish Joint Committee on
Central Intelligence.
s15-874
School problems in Missoula county
are the subject of conferences and
hearings here this week.
The County Auditor, Mrs. Laverne
Taylor, came back to tell a House
subcommittee and officials in the Of
flee of Education about the financial
difficulties of local school districts
stemming from the harvesting of
spruce budworm-killed timber, most
of it on the national forests.
Congressman Metcalf met with
Missoula county school authorities
when he was home during the Easter
recess. They told him that so far the
Office of Education would not allow
federal-aid grants to local school dis
tricts for the children of loggers and
sawmill operators working mainly in
the national forests.
Metcalf is a member of a special
subcommittee working on extension
of Public Laws 815 and 874, under
which grants go to local districts in
areas burdened due to a federal ac-
tivity.
Joined by Senators Murray and
Mansfield, contending he took up the
question with the Office of Educa-
ton, contending that this case is at
least within the spirit of the laws.
They argued that construction with
federal funds of the timber access
roads was responsible for the influx
of population.
The 3-Ms arranged for Mrs. Taylor
to meet with Office of Education
and Metcalf invited her to
testify before the subcommittee. Dis
tricts involved so far are No. "a,
Seeley Lake; No. 7, Lolo; No. 33,
Swan Valley; No. 80, Sunset, and
No. 10, Woodman.
There may be districts in Flathead
and Lincoln counties in the same
boat.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27
Grocer Gets More of Your
Potato Dollar Than Farmer

USDA is trying to find out where
your money goes when you buy po-
totaes.
An Idaho potato grower gets 22c
for 10 pounds of his long white bak-
ing potatoes. For his 22c he has
grown the potatoes, dug them, cleaned
them, put them in 100-pound burlap
bags, stored them until shipping time,
delivered and loaded them into rail
road cars.
The railroad company charges al
most 13c for hauling the 10 pounds
of potatoes from the farmer to the
wholesaler. The wholesaler keeps &c
for handling each 10-pound bag. The
retailer adds 29c to cover spoilage,
packaging, labor, overhead, and prof
it.
You pay Csc for the 1O-pound bag
of potatoes.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27
BUSHEL OF wheat
MAKES $I3
WORTH OF BREAD
By VEDA MUELLER, for GINS


There's a big difference between
s1.97 and $12.73, no matter how you
look at it.
A NEW YORK TIMES home econo-
mist found this difference while trac-
ing a bushel of wheat from Colby,
Kansas, to the final marketplace.
A Colby farmer got $1.97 for the
wheat. A terminal operator at Kan
sas City sold it to a miller for 1918.
The miller ground it, and sold 43
pounds of flour for $2.35 and IT
pounds of feed by-products for 35c.
A. New York City baker paid 1921
for the 43 pounds of flour, including
freight from Kansas City.
The baker made 81 loaves of bread
from the 43 pounds of flour at cost
of &c a loaf for the flour. Other in
gradients cost him 1 IL c, his labor 4c,
a wrapper 1c, and his overhead lie.
Selling costs, mostly for advertis-
ing and for the bakers "route man"
who sells and delivers the bread to
the grocery, were 4c loaf. The baker
added a half cent loaf profit and
sold it to the grocery for Ice. The
grocer sold the bread for 19c, giving
him a &c margin.
The farmer sold his bushel of wheat
for $1.97. The 81 loaves of bread it
made sold for S12.73.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27
PoIIyficks

o. Feeyaire congressman says 5
millyun is too much for land site at
dam. According to what heard $780,
900 is enuff. Now FeeyaIre says 81 u
millyun is enuff. He shoulda kept his
mouth shut. One overpayment is as
bad as another. The Hardin Editor
says it takes a lotta nerve to admit
it's too much. I say takes away a
lotta votes too. The land probably
amt worth that much but once the
dam is built it will be worth many
millyuns, not a stinkin little S millyun.
MIKE KUCHERA, in KUCHERA
FURNITURE CO., Billings, adver-
tisement.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27
Billings COPE. Group
Elects Officers

A very lively monthly meeting of
COPE was held Friday night in the
Labor Temple. Permanent officers
were nominated and elected as fol-
lows: President, Don D. Blewett, from
the Transfers L. U. No. 100; vice
president, Boyd "Curley" hurry,
from the Oilworkers L. U. at Laurel;
secretary-treasurer, Lyle Platte, from
the Electrical Workers L. U. No. 532.
Reports were received from the
various committees including the Reg
istration Committee.
The next regular meeting of COPE
will be on Friday, May II at which
time there will be several nominees
for office interviewed as to their
program and campaign pledges. -
YELLOWSTONE NEWS.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27
SURPLUS" is NOT CAUSE OF farm DEPRESSION

Even this does not account for the full loss.
Losses on inventory values of government
owned commodities which have not yet been
chalked up-and won't until they are finally
sold-total $212 billion, twice as much as 20
previous years of total losses
These losses are the result of the Admins
trations own action in cutting the support
price-and therefore the market value-of
inventories.
(The Administration own acts have like
wise vastly increased the cost Of owning and
storing farm commodities. Payments to ware
hOusemen, etc., have been greatly increased.
Write to your congressman for copy of Part
/, Investigation Reports, Hearings of Subcom-
mittee Agriculture of House Appropria-
tions Committee, for details.)
In its very purpose-of supporting farmers
prices and incomes = the farm programs
under the Administrations mismanagement
have failed most conspicuously. Prices re-
ceived by farmers now average only 80 20 of
parity, whereas they averaged 1909 of par
ity in 1862.
The figures below illustrate the magnitude
of the Administrations Encouragement of
dollars):
GO years. 6 years.
1933-1952 1953-1955
Surplus on hand Gin CCC
stocks or under loan) $2,452 $500
Losses to govt. on price
support operations - 1,048 1890
N. D. UNION FARMER.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27
WoId-Wide Support For
ChiIdFen's Fund

UNITED NATIONS N. Y.-Sev-
enty-one nations now are giving mon
ey to help children around the world.
Five years ago, only 20 countries
contributed to United Nations Inter
national Children's Fund.
The U. S. pledge is up to $9,700,-
900 in 1856. That's 57@o of UNICEF's
total budget, the maximum percent
age fixed by law. Congress will con-
slider the U. S. pledge for 1857 be-
fore it adjourns this summer.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27

The Internal Revenue Service re-
Gently outlined procedures for farm
ers to follow in claiming refund of
federal taxes paid on gasoline.
1t also spelled out how the fuel
is to be used to qualify for redemp-
ton of the two-cents-a-gallon excise
levy.
The new law is designed to help
relieve the cost-price squeeze on the
farmer. Sixty million dollars year
will be refunded, an average of $12
for each of the five million farmers.
First payments will be made after
June 80 on gasoline bought and used
during the first six month of this
year. In later years, refunds will be
made for the 12-month period from
July 1 to June 80.
To get this refund, farmer must
file claim between June 80 and
Oct. 1. Copies of form 2240, on which
the claim is to be made, will be avail
able after June from Internal Reve-
nue. offices, county farm agents and
many banks and postoffices.
The refunds must be listed as in
come on income tax returns the fol-
lowing year since the cost of the gaso-
line, including the tax, also may be
claimed by the farmer as a business
expense.
Refunds will be limited to gaso-
line used for these purposes:
Il
person in connection with cultivat-
ing the soil, or raising or harvest
ing any farm comm odity-includ-
ing livestock and poultry-on a
farmers own land.
2. By the farmer in the operation,
management, conservation, i'm
provement or maintenance of his
farm or it's tools and equipment.
3. By the farmer in handling,
drying, packing, grading or stor-
ing any farm product in its un-
manufactured state, but only if he
produced more than half of the
product.
4. BY the farmer for cultivation
and preparation of trees for mar
ket, other than in the form of lum-
Der and only if the growing of
trees is incidental to his farming
operations.
No refunds of tax are allowed on
gasoline used off the farm, such as
on the public highway in transport
ing family members or workmen,
equipment, livestock, crops Or feed.
Neither are refunds permitted on
gasoline used for anything beyong
the initial handling that products
normally receive on the farm.
The Internal Revenue Service said
more detailed regulations will be
available on the new law, which was
signed by President Eisenhower only
last month, before farmers file their
first applications for the refunds.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27
Hide The Matches

The q. S. now has more than 80, 800
atomic bombs and Russia has about
10000, the Manchester GUARDIAN,
prominent British newspaper, esti-
mates in an article by it's scientific
correspondent. Even Britain, in third
place, "now has enough nuclear ex-
plosive in its possession to destroy
every large city in the world and
probably most of the large towns as
WE'LL" the article added.-LABOR
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27
Mexico, u. S. Unions Form
international Affairs Group

SAN DIEGO, Cal.-The Tiajuana
members of the Mexican Conferera-
ton of Workers on the other side of
the border have joined with AFL-CIO
unions in this area to form an Inter-
national Labor Affairs Co-ordinating
Committee.
A constitution, ratified by both
labor groups, calls for regular month
ly meetings, alternating on both sides
of the border.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27

They're trying, but so far Mon
Agriculture Secretary Benson to re-
instate the program under which the
federal government helped pay for
control of perennial weeds. Benson
dropped this program last year.
''The policy concerning weed con-
troll practices under the Agricultural
Conservation Program is currently
being reviewed." he wrote Senators
Murray and Mansfield and Congress
man Metcalf last week.
Benson had this to say in reply to
a statement by the SIMS that, if a
bindweed control program has been
approved for Texas, Montana and
other states should have one, too:
eve believe that the practice to
which you refer is one which was re-
Gently approved involving the con-
troll of bindweed as a necessary step
in the control of wind erosion, for
use in counties in Texas which are
in a serious wind erosion area. In the
high plains area of Texas the eradl-
cation of bindweed is considered a
very important factor in the control
of wind erosion. This practice was
approved on the basis that it was
solely for wind erosion control rath-
er than for the ordinarily accepted
purpose of weed control measures.
Other states which may have a SINH
lar wind erosion problem have been
notified that this office will consider
approving a similar practice for areas
where it is considered necessary"
LOW LEVEL LIBBY
Congressman Metcalf proposes that
we build the first story Of Libby Dam
now, with the second story to be
added if and when agreement is
reached with Canada on division of
benefits.
The multipurpose project, already
authorized by Congress, is tied up
before the International Joint Com
mission, which passes on Information
al Boundary water matters.
Metcalf suggests construction of
Libby In two stages, "the first to
back water to, but not across, the
Boundary, the second story to be
added if and when the dispute is
settled"
at will take ~ years to design
the high dam," Metcalf says. eff
agreement is reached before the NC
at any time in the next 3s years,
we could convert the plans to a
single-stage construction, thereby
speeding up completion of the prof.
ect by as much as three years."
Libby is the most important prof.
ect in the Columbia Basin," Metcalf
said. owe should get on with it
now"
He notes that there is ample prece-
dent for building a high dam In
stages. Gross Dam on the Skagit
River in Washington State already
has two stories added onto the orig
inal structure" he says, "and Black
water Dam in New Hampshire was
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27
FARMERS HERE is HOW YOU GO ABOUT
GETTING Federal GAS TAX REFUND

In addition to gasoline, it applies to
the two-cent federal tax on diesel
fuel and special motor fuels used for
farming.
Internal Revenue warned that farm
ers who expect to file claims should
keep sufficient records to enable
agents to verify the accuracy of the
amount claimed.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27
DIRECT SUBSIDIES HIT ssh
BILLION Year
By COOP NEWS SERVICE

How big subsidies?
Look the budget the Presidents annual budget
You find here subsidies agriculture business labor
veterans, and Others
In the of agriculture subsidies predomnanty
losses prcesuppor of the world wheat
men payments for the removal of surplus commodities and
administrative expenses of loan programs
For business the aids and special include portions
of the postal deficit maritime operation subsidies air naviga
tion subsidies losses due to defense production aids
Labors subsidy for the federasate program of
ployment insurance and public employment offices.
These Current Expenses for Aids Special Services
subsidies-tabuate like this:
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27

These aren't all the subsidies of Fast tax wrteoff
to industry special treatment for income from oil and other
mineral production reduced dividend income, and
tariffs among the of ways that gives
advantage that others don't have.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27
WASHINGTON NOTEBOOK

RIFT" ENGLUND, Secretary to Cong. Lee Metcaf
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(White)
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-05-11
MethOdists Move Ahead

The Methodist Church qusdrennum
April "a
FUN racial Indignation that church by a action approving
proposal to amend tho church constitution
end to the controversial
exhibited u intends ahead The
submitted to the churehs sa conferences
uon
negro or entire OF Negro churches now confined
almost completely tho Central Jurisdiction
A~hite administrative units twothrds vote Of the bodies
voived
For the amendment, church
t~othrs vote OF voting delegates TO all Methodist annual
Close
considering the adoption OF the proposal victory
segregation seemed to think that It's primary purpose Kidding
tho Methodist church OF segregation only partially achieved
and prc~aagea a long drawn out process
Others. Of them hc south themselves
considering tho concrnr- action
dcaon that Era h~nE made to ""rr racial bars
In the 10 million m~mhcr denomination
The conference strengthened Its approval Of The amendment by
later appointing 10 member study commission tho
present justcona
next general conference which meets 1900 This PROPOSAL
by the bishops others who
present all Negro jurisdiction must be abolished
The temper Of the conference however clearly demonstrated
approved up
study ct matter.
Most Negro Methodist delegates considered the conference
hon and seemed well pleased with recognition
members Of the the conference this Never before
the prominent delegate
Methoiss played important part deliberations
general only they important
but full the debates decisions made the confer
a Negro prr-dc. =. president o church Judicial
council church supreme court, IMPORT publishing
fsntc.
all Methodist publishing houses halted
segregation and bias made by
the conference notably Chester
sunh rrckskiu n. Y. iayman
Important to note was that Asac conference
particularly delegate Malaga Joined the historic
get SEnif
challenge which the Malayan delegate the
general shsclcs hhcrs
Delegates conference prepared
campaign keep things they
suggesting possible division church
the the viii
found standing support
facilitate solution the
problem Il affects this church
Minneapolis excellent
hosts 70 the Methodist scarcely
complaint handed hospitality Minnesota THE
Methodist Minnesota Minnesota
the Methodist
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-05-11

TO speak Of the gallantry OF
the Negro soldiers recalls some Of
thew daring deeds at Red Bank,
where four hundred met met and
rrpuised. after a terrible, sanEIin-
airy struggle fifteen hundred Hes
sian troops led by Count Domop,"