davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Montana farmer-stockman., 1956-10-15
Potato Supplies
Exceed Demand

growers hoe out hard row. In re-
spouse to requests of growers organi-
cations, the US. Department of Agri-
culture will finance program of diver
sion to starch, flour and feed similar to
that for the 1855 crop. If growers par
ticipate on considerably larger scale
than last season, prices for potatoes
sold through commercial channels may
hold at fairly satisfactory levels.
The subsidy will be so cents a cwt.
until December 81, then 40 cents until
March 81 and 80 cents from April l
until the end of the program which will
be not later than June 80. The pay
ments will be in addition to whatever
is paid by the factory or feeder. 1t will
be paid only on the better grades, prob
ably US2 or better, Pinch minimum.
To qualify, growers must operate under
state or regional agreements to market
only good quality potatoes in CONNER
cial channels.
This years late summer and fall
potato crop is two or three sizes too
big. 1t is still larger than last years
when the subsidized diversion of about
9.S million cwt. saved the day.
USDA Recommendation
The us. Department of Agriculture
advised farmers last winter that 165
million cwt. of late potatoes would fill
all needs and reminded them that
crop greater than that amount gener-
ally resulted in difficult marketing con-
ditions and unsatisfactory farm prices.
1t suggested that growers plant per
cent less acreage for this years crop
than was harvested in 1855, the heaviest
cut to be in the West. With yields equal
to the average on such an acreage, the
crop would be about the needed amount.
When growers planning intentions in
March indicated that they were PLAN
ming to reduce only 2.8 per cent, the
department again emphasized the need
for a greater reduction. Instead, grow
erS went the other way. With spring
prices holding at high levels, they in
creased late crop acreage instead of
reducing it. Harvested acreage is ex-
pected to be about 1,O73,OOO acres
against 1,069,000 acres in 1855. Then.
yields are exceptionally large-esti-
mated at an average of 177.3 cwt. per
acre as of September against 1853 a
cwt. in 1855 and the 1864 average of
16O cwt. The result is a crop promise
OF 1903 million cwt. compared with
1901 million cwt. last year and the
need for only 165 million cwt.
High Acreage States
Chiefly responsible for high ACREAGE
this year were Maine, Minnesota. North
Dakota, Idaho and Oregon, each of
which planted substantially more than
last year. New York and Pennsylvania
made stable reductions. Many states
contributed to the surplus by high acre
yields.
Inc late summer crop began moving
to markets that were bare of potatoes
so that little more of that crop than
usual may have already gone into the
market hopper. Some local frost dam.
age occurred in September and weather
may still affect the crop outcome but
not enough to greatly change the result
There will be little increase, if anv
IN consumer or export demand to ah.
sorb the increase in this years cron
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as ss e. s .s as Sas 90 a.A Low Cos. s &:
3ol4 2e,4 Iowa Pal I4o IS zz1t 2esA 2e7s- y
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DATES
and
PLACES

An FBI Fraud Expert, Court
|ney A. Evans, will address a din
ner meeting Of the Auditors Sec
ton, District Bankers Associa-
Etion, at the Burlington Hotel
next Thursday night. He is chief
Of the FBI's accounting and
fraud section.
Ad Club Award will go to Mil
ton Blow. board chairman Of the
Blow Co.. New York advertising
firm, at a luncheon at the VII
lard Hotel Tuesday.
ment Of the award said it would
be presented for mastery Of
hard-selling. positive, sales pro-
'ducing advertising" Mr.. Blow
will speak.
Furniture Club Of Washington
will hear Julian Kaplan. WASH
|ington representative of the Ma
tional Retail Furniture Associa-
ton at the Continental Hotel
Tuesday night.
Area Conference sponsored by
the Life Insurance General
Agents and Managers Associa-
ton of Washington will be held
from 10 am. to 4 pm. Friday
at the Shoreham Hotel.
Tax Problems will be discussed
Tuesday night at the second
session Of American University's
Institute on Profitable Manage
ment for Small Business.
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'9 m BUSINESS
American Aviotion Moves
Executive Offices Here
BY DONALD B. HADLEY


Principal Offices Of American
Aviation Publications, Inc, have
been moved from Harrisburg,
Pa. to Washington, it was an
nounced yesterday.
With the transfer Of corporate.
banking and accounting activi-
ties, the company has signed q
fve-year lease for 10000 square
feet in the Government En-
ployees Insurance Co. building
lat 1901 Vermont avenue NV.
Occupancy of the buildings en-
tire top floor is scheduled for
early April.
Editorial Offices have been To-
Gated in Washington for nine
years at 1925 Vermont avenue
NV. Branch offices are in New
York, Ridgef1eld, N. j., Detroit,
Chicago and Los Angeles.
Parrish Named Treasurer
As Well as President
Wayne w. Parrish of Wash
ington, company founder and
president since 1887, has been
reelected president with the adj
ditional title of treasurer. Leon
ard A. Eiserer of Arlington, Va.
formerly vice president and gen.
Ieral manager. has been elected
executive vice president, assist
ant secretary and assistant
treasurer.
E. j. Stackpole, jr., of Harris
burg, Pa, former secretary
treasurer, now is secretary. A. H.
Stackpole of Harrisburg and
Eric Bradley of Alexandria. Va,
remain vice presidents.
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Dyer Becomes President
OF u. S. League Group

Election of William H. Dyer
Iof Washington as president of
Southeastern Group. United
States Savings and Loan League.
took place at Boca Ration. Fla,
yesterday at the close of the
groups annual convention.
Mr.. Dyer's election was antici-
pated in news releases several
weeks ago. He is executive vice
president Of Perpetual Building
Association here and succeeds
Frederick Willetts of Whining
ton, N. G.
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IInvest-In-America Week
Is Planned in ID. C.,

Norman Farquhar, sales man
Iager of Alex. Brown g. Sons
here, has accepted the Wash
ington area Craftsmanship for
Invest-In-America Week April
I28 to May 5.
This was announced yesterday
by Millward F. West, jr., partner
Iof Auchincloss, Parker g. Red
path, who is Educational Com
Imittee chairman for Southeast
Iern Group, Investment Bankers
Association, and member of the
IIBA's National Educational Com
Imittee.
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GEICO Afhliates Show
Big Gains in Year

Government Employees Corp,
auto financing affiliate of Gov
eminent Employees Insurance
Co., had net earnings of 1858, 103
Ior $3.06 a share after taxes in
1855. compared with $209.810 or
$3.50 a share in 1854, President
Leo Goodwin reported yesterday.
The company lent 1862, PAS
to 7,481 borrowers in 1855, COM
pared with $9,572.577 for 6,665
borrowers in 1854.
In the annual report of Gov
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eminent Employees Life Insur-
ance Co., another affiliate. Presi-
dent Goodwin reported total life
insurance in force reached $64,-
864.574 on December 81, q gain
of 81 per cent from ISL. .024 q
year earlier.
With 1855 premium income of
81 .587 1855 up 81 per cent and in
vestment income Of SOL, 638 up
Sc per cent. net gain from opera
lions totaled $304,823, an in
crease of So per cent.
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ABA Farley to Weigh
Mortgage Lending

Problems and prospects Of the
savings and mortgage side of the
banking business will be surveyed
in New York this week by around
l 900 bankers from all sections
of the Nation.
They will attend the annual
savings and mortgage conference
OF the American Bankers Associ-
alton on Tuesday and Wednes-
day and the National School
Savings Forum tomorrow. The
conference will devote one full
day to mortgage lending and
related fields.
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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. MARCH ). les6

ouotations Furnished ~ the Assoeiates Pres,
1856 Stock and Sales Net
High Low div. rate Add 90 aiEh Low Close chg
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caused by the parity fiaseo
which maintains wartime re-
tail prices on food products
and encourages overproduc-
ton. The real dirt farmers"
as well as the land barons"
and the 1part-time farmers"
were quick to take advantage
of this. political sop. The
whole idea that a price par
ity" should be perpetually
maintained between farm and
nonfarm prices and that any
group of producers is perpet-
uaIly entitled to some fixed
fair share" of the national
income is absurd.
The political motivation OF
the liberal" 80 per cent par
ity program is made clear by
the fact that in the first half
Of 1855 realized gross farm
income was running at an
annual rate of 1897 billion,
compared to an average an
nual income of $3.50 billion
in the preceding nine years
(which includes the Korean
War years.. Hardly q starva-
ton income. Government es-
Inmates indicate that farm
production expenses are usu-'
ally about two-thirds of re-
allied gross farm income.
Therefore the Government
support level should be not 80
per cent of parity" or even
rs per cent but only about 81
per cent.
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Family Life Bureau Director
Leaving Catholic Welfare Post

The Rev. Edgar Schmiedeler
has resigned as director of the
National Catholic Welfare Con-
ference. a position he has held
| for the last IS years.
The announcement was made
today by the Most Rev. Peter
Bartholome, Bishop Of st. Cloud.
MINI, episcopal chairman Of the
Family Life Bureau.
Father Schneider came to
Washington on August l. 1881.
to serve as director Of the Rural
Life Bureau. He also served as
executive secretary OF the Catho-
lie Rural Life Conference.
Later that year. he was APP
lpointed as the first director of
the newly created Family Life
Bureau. Under his leadership.
the bureau has become widely
known for its work in this field.
Father Schmiedeler has writ
ten and edited many pamphlets
and articles on the family and
marriage.
A native of Kansas City. Kans,.
Father Schmiedeler is a graduate
of st. Vincent Seminary. Lat
robe, Pa. He was ordained a
priest on December 20. 1918,
in the Order Of st. Benedict.
Father Schmiedeler taught for
six years at st. Benedict's COL
Ilege. In 1927, he received his
doctor Of philosophy degree from
Catholic University.
He has returned to his home
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NEW YORK. Feb. 10 R.--
Snowman Jacob j. Shubert and
associates have bowed to q Gov
eminent antitrust suit and
agreed to ring down the cur
tain on their ownership OF IL
theaters in six cities.
They have also consented to
give up their theatrical booking
business. They have two years
Ito sell the theaters and the book
ling enterprises.
Federal Judge Irving r. Kauf-
man signed a consent judgment
yesterday ending the Govern
Iment's six-year suit against the
IShubert theatrical empire.
II will live up to the decree. :"
said Mr.. Shubert. although I
have my doubts as to whether
some Of its provisions will not
hurt rather than benefit the
Legitimate theater."
Suit Launched In 1850
The Government launched its
suit in February. 1850. Mr..
Schubert and codefendants were
charged with restraining and
monopolizing trade in the pro-
duction, booking and presenta-
ton of legitimate attractions In
the United States in violation Of
the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Named as defendants with
Mr.. Shubert were his brother.
the late Lee Shubert; Marcus
Heiman: United Booking once.
Inc; Select Theater Corp, and
Il. A. B. Amusement Corp.
The Shuberts had 40 theaters
unofficially valued at $40 million
when the suit started. Shubert
spokesman declined to say how
many the chain controls now.
but Broadway circles said the
Shubert enterprises own II of
81 legitimate theaters in New
YORK City alone.
Mr.. Shubert. last survivor Of
three brothers who built the
chain of theaters across the Ma
ton, and his associates must sell
these theaters:
Boston--The Colonial Or the
Shubert. and the Wilbur: Chi
cago-the Blackstone or the
Great Northern, and the Err
langer or Shubert: Cincinnatir-
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Imperial Potentote Guy
Here on Official Visit

Walter C. Guy, head man OF
the Shriners. is paying his Of
fetal imperial visitation to Almas
Temple here.
Imperial Potentate Guy, who
hasn't seen much Of his Little
Rock tArk.) home since he took
office last July, has visited about
IS temples and travelled 10000
miles. He still, has some 5000
miles TO go and hopes to wind
up his term with a total Of 100
temples out of the l66.
Round Of Parties
He arrived here yesterday to
remain until Tuesday. Local
Shriners gave him q banquet in
the Hotel Statler last night and
have a number OF other parties
scheduled before he departs.
This Is the one ofilcial visit he
will make to Washington.
Mr.. Guy, IS, is chairman Of
the board OF four businesses back
in Arkansas. Since he has been
out Of Arkansas more than In 1t
lately, he can't supervise the
firms himself. But. he said.
|chairmen Of boards don't do
much, anyway. The boards are
taking care Of their own affairs
until he leaves Shrine ONCE this
summer.
He is past master Of a Little
Rock Masonic lodge, a $50 De-
gree Scottish Rite member Of
the order. a knight Templar.
past potentate Of Little Rocks
temple and has several other
titles.
Mrs. Guy Assists
Mrs. Guy is travelling with him
every foot OF the way" he said
yesterday.
"She Is my packer and un-
packer" he explained. "She says
that's oil she gets to do on our
visits ~ pack and unpack the
bags"
Mr.. Guy said the Shrine's ma
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morse Offers Bill.
On Small Looms

Senator Morse. Democrat OF
Oregon, has introduced In the
Senate bill to regulate the
small loan business in Washing
ton.
The lawmaker said he intro
duced the measure by request
1t differs In several respects from
one passed by the House to bring
small loans and pawnbroking
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POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

The Senate investigates campaign spending Political con-
tributions what candidate before election
After the election they're called taxes.
Harry Trumans memoirs finish in magazine and Mar
garet Trmans another It's cold winter Europe
freezngand United hstory first father
and daughter Job.
Secretary Humphrey Ikes host in the wlds Of south
Georgia Humphreys Suppose Ike decides not to
run-and looking the for candidate?
It's surprising there aren't more women politicians.
sdeng feminine spend somebody ese
Adla Stevenson indorses per of parity for the
After deep reflection Stevenson has decided the farmer
deserves fair share of all the votes Stevenson get
Trying figure whether Ike will run? Here three rules
~ Every President second term 90 No OF IS
who's had heart attack for President t3) Think about
Cd and 90 long enough and you'll have breakdown
Gov Hartman become active candidate in March
Democrats all Stevenson will speeches Harrt
man will supply the exclamation points
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Stossen Lists II Pivotal
Points of Peace or War

Harold z. Stassen. special
assistant to the President on
disarmament, last night called
for support Of an 1l-point pro-
gram described by him as the
pivotal point" on which the
question Of atomic war or lasting
peace could easily turn.
Mr.. Stassen. addressing the
National Society Of Professional
Engineers gathered at the May
flower Hotel to celebrate the
dedication Of its new $40, 600
headquarters building 5 at 2029
K street NV. also urged the
free world be wary" Of Russia &
newest co-existence policy.
1--WE should be wary OF the
meaning of the statement issued
this week by Nikita s. NKhrush-
chev, Communist Party chief,
that Russia no longer believes
that war is inevitable" Mr..
Stassen said. I'VE should watch
for deeds and not be taken in
by mere words" he added.
The former Minnesota Cover
nor praised President Eisenhower
for White House leadership,
which has led this country to
adopt the ll-point program.
Points Outlined
''If there Is to be continued
peace. however, support of the
program must be intensified. T"
he said. The II points, the first
of which Mr.. Stassen said he will
work on at q London conference
next month, are:
l. The competitive buildup
of greater and greater arma-
ments must be stopped and
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Deaths Rise
To 627 in
Europe'sCoId

LONDON. Feb. 10 tR.--Eu-
ropes relentless cold wave
claimed nine more victims today,
bringing the three-week death
toll to at least SGT.
The new fatalities reported in
|cluded five persons frozen to
death in Italy. two in Germany
and two in Austria.
Six inches OF fresh snow fell
Overnight in Rome. bianketing
the city In the heaviest cover in
the memory of residents. It was
Rome's second heavy snowfall In
two weeks.
More than 90 Italian villages
still were isolated despite gigan-
tic relief operations.
New SHOWS also swept over
London and southern England.
Paris shivered in its coolest
February 10 on record--l4 de-
|grees above zero. The previous
low for the date was 10 In 1892.
Vienna reported q low Of 5
degrees below zero for its cold
est reading Of the past a. hours.
Flood warnings were sounded
in four German towns after the
ice-jammed Rhine River rose
four feet in an hour. The flood
danger passed shortly after mid
night.
Communist East Germany re-
ported factories closing because
of shortages of coal. The cold
wave halted work La open soft
coal pits and transport tieups
cut off other supplies.
Russian troops Joined East
German workers In clearing
snow-clogged highways.
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THOMAS [. STOKES
Eisenhower Veto Seen Smoking
Prestige of Johnson ond Royburn

The $500 in cash offered
by an oil lobbyist for the CAM
paign fund Of Senator Frapcis
Case, Republican Of South
Dakota. and rejected by the
Senator. was figuratiyely only
small change-that is. as
money for political purposes
is rated among some big oil
moguls.
Yet it may turn out to be
one of the most effective in
vestments in the cause Of good
government for quite awhile.
Aside from providing q rea-
son for President Eisenhower
to veto the natural gas bill,
as It did by dramatizing the
highly questionable activi-
ties" Of lobbyists promoting
that measure, it virtually COM
PEELED the projected broad
investigation into expendi-
ture of money to influence
legislation by the Privileges
and Elections subcommittee
headed by Senator Albert Gore,
Democrat of Tennessee.
That last may have still
another healthful result.
BY exposing contributions
from powerful economic inter-
ests and groups for political
purposes. including oil. the
inquiry undoubtedly will tend
to keep down the big political
donations of the past. That
prospect. at least, Is seen by
practical politicians In each
party who were. for that rea-
son. very leery Of . full-scale
investigation.
What does this mean.
since campaigns cost money
and big money--these days?
As the money has got to come
from somewhere. it means
that political parties will have
to make up the lack of big
chunks in many small dona-
tions. That. OF itself. should
encourage the adoption finally
Of some plan to enlist rank
and-file citizens to foot the
cost Of campaigns themselves
by contributing small amounts.
and thus making campaign
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tional program Is concentrated
on strengthening the organiza-
tons internal affairs. The
Shrine's principal charitable
campaign is for crippled chill
dren.
We're only scratching the
surface of that field" he added
Shriners face the choice of
widening their facilities. which
already include II hospitals for
the afflicted youngsters. or linn
iting the field OF activity. he
said. "a
Wills. requests and gifts fur
nish most Of the hospitals SIS
million budget. he said. and
those endowments are increas-
inc
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Animation Schools

Much has been claimed for
progress in the Arlington
public schools since l947 under
the regime Of the elected"
school board.
During this regime Of the
elected" school board, there
has been an active and agrees
sive public policy in the great
Commonwealth Of Virginia for
separate but equal facilities.
Is it not remarkable that
the elected" school board in
Arlington seems not to have
fulfilled the commitment to
provide equal facilities during
this long period of time in
which that elected" school
board has had the RESPONSE
bility, the authority and the
financing to support the public
policy Of separate but equal
facilities? Charles II. Russell,
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Surplus and Parity

A letter from E. Andrews
makes a plea for "the real
dirt farmer" and says: Lets
put the blame for SURPRISES
where 1t belongs. The land
barons and the part-time
= farmers are responsible"
These two minority groups
are responsible for but a small
part of the surplus.
Primarily SURPRISES are
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Gas Bill Blows Up on Democrats

the price Of their gas and who
constitute, incidentally, q great
mass of voters concentrated
chiefly in big metropolitan
areas.
The Eisenhower coup served
to intensity the resentment
among many Democrats in
Congress toward their Texas
leaders. The veto was called
political" by some Democrats.
and perhaps so, but that is
hardly a sin in Washington. It
did, indeed, strengthen the
belief among political leaders
OF both parties here that the
President would run again, and
it annoyed Democrats that
their Texas leaders should
hand the President such an
effective issue.
Opponents of the gas bill
were careful to point out how
the President straddled In two
directions in his veto. He ern-
phasized that he approved the
basic objectiyes OF the bill.
which are, as we know. to ex-
empt natural gas producers
from Federal Power Commits
sion regulation at the we'll
head.l At the same time he
proposed to protect the con-
sumner merely by the use Of
language In some future bill.
That is. of course. a contra
diction on Its face. It is not
possible to assure a fair price
without having a say about the
price charged at the very start
where the gas goes into the
pipeline. Nor did the Presi-
dent repeat in his brief veto
message his statement at his
recent news conference which
0efir1eS the very essence OF the
consumers problem. This Is
that the consumer is tied to o
gas line, with no choice Of buy.
ing elsewhere, and so is help
less. That fact. the President
said at his news conference,
gives natural gas Q public
utility aspect which. one as
sumed from what he said. re-
quires public utility type Of
regulation from source to final
delivery.
But the President Is to be
thanked for killing the bill.
These matters can be fought
out II it comes up again. which
won't be this year.