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Montana farmer-stockman., 1958-03-15
Keebine iu Touch Witb Washington
Farm Subsidies Small
Compared to Others

Both plans provide for payment in
kind from CCC grain stocks, in addi-
ton to support. to farmers who coop
crate in reducing acreage.
Their main differences are these:
ID The NCCO would work from a
corn-sorghum base in reducing acre
age; the Grange thinks other feed
grains must be brought into the act.
(2) The Grange support rate is set at
so per cent for all producers who sign
a three-year contract to cut their feed
grain acreage by 20 per cent or 20
acres. whichever is higher. The NCCO
would provide a sliding support scale,
so to 80 per cent of parity, with the
actual floor to be determined by how
much producer reduces acreage.
Progress is reported by both groups
in ironing out differences.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1958-03-15
COOP TAX LAW

Farmer coop leaders are now
showing more determination than
in the past to rewrite a 1851 law.
Its purpose is to insure that coop
erative income is taxed--either to
the coop or its member patrons.
That purpose has been weakened to
a large degree by court decisions.
These have said, in effect, that revolv-
ing fund certificates or patronage allo-
cations are not taxable to the patron
of a cooperative in the year allocated.
The Internal Revenue Service, just
the other day, announced that it will
henceforth interpret the law in line
with these court decisions. That has
brought the matter to head for coop
leaders.
The revenue service announcement
is seen by the National Milk Producers
Federation as the possible basis for
new attempts to hamstring the co-ops
by undermining their capital structure"
Said the federation's secretary, Mike
Norton, ''We are pledged to seek
amendments to Treasury regulations
or new legislation which will carry
out the intent of the 1851 law. 1t is
recognized that this law has been
weakened by court decisions, but the
remedy is to strengthen the law. /.
The present action Of Internal Revenue
undoubtedly will be seized upon by
opponents of farmers cooperatives as
new argument for punitive taxes on
cooperatives.'
Note: The National Tax Equality
Association, an industry group, has
been campaigning again this year on
Capitol Hill for what farm leaders
describe as double taxation Of coop
eratives.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1958-03-15
MORE MONEY LIKELY

More money for the acreage re-
serve looked like a sure thing as
we went TO press. The House al
ready had approved an extra APP
preparation of $3.50 million, making
the total available $3.50 million.
That would be enough to cover all
grower offers, officials figured, with
the possible exception of corn land. A
provision in the law limits corn pay
ments to $500 million - and enough
growers had applied for contracts be-
fore the deadline on Feb. 20 to COM
mand payments of 1913 million.
1t was practically a foregone concIu-
sion in Washington that the Senate
would follow the House lead in expand
ing the acreage reserve fund.
The conservation reserve, meantime,
is still open. with the signup deadline
April Is.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1958-03-15
NEW FEED PROGRAM

A new feed program has at least
an outside chance to be approved
during this session of Congress Ito
go into effect i'm 1881 Getting the
most attention from lawmakers are
plans put forward by the National
Grange and the Nations Confer
ence of Commodity Organizations
(NCCO), an association of COM
modify groups with which the
Grange has been working.
Farm Congressman have told the
NCCO and Grange to try and get to-
gether on their programs, in order to
bring single bill supported by both
to Capitol Hill. The two groups are
trying and may make it.
Their plans have much in common.
Both would abolish corn allotments.
Support would be stronger than at pres
ent. but only if producers agreed to
make relatively sharp cutbacks in
output.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1958-03-15

| WASHINGIONs D-C. - "A COhSlC Co
sional committee has come up with
some figures on subsidies to show that
farmers are by no means the only
group which received aid from the
government" !"
The report shows that business
aids. direct and indirect, mount to
totals that make farm assistance
look like drop in the bucket. In
the report-a part of the hearings
of the House subcommittee ON ag-
ricuIturaI apprOpriations-the law
makers point to these figures,
among others:
:. Approximately $43 billion for busi-
ness reconversion payments and a
variety of tax benefits since World
War III.
2. Almost Sc billion for mail subsidies
in a recent 1O-year period.
8. About $31z billion for subsidies to
maritime shipping in the fiscal years
1938-1957.
''Since 1850, said the committee,
''rapid tax amortization certificates
(fast tax writeoffs) totaling around $23
billion have been issued to more than
225 kinds of industries.
Losses on farm price supports from
the beginning of the program through
last November, said the committee,
added up to about SIS bilIion-$5, 1884,
100000 to be exact.
SIN recent years the subsidy has be-
come closely associated in the public
mind with agriculture and the farm
ers," the report said ''As applied to
agriculture, the word has been sur
rounded with implications of self-inter-
est, greed and breakdown of moral
fiber.
However, those familiar with the
important part subsidies have played
and are playing still-in the develop
ment of the country pay little respect
to insinuations of this kind. -.
''The greatest and most enduring sub
sidy ever enacted was the tariff sys-
tenn. This is not direct money grant.
1t operates unseen. 1t simply sets up
a barrier against the importation of
thousands of raw and manufactured
items and commodities unless they pay
a tax to get in.
Tariff revenues to government
alone are running 5000 million to $500
million a year. Benefits to business,
industry, and other groups, including
agriculture, run to untold millions in
addition. -
NEW FEED PROGRAM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-28

Record Temperatures This Year
Highest So on January 81.
Lowest ~ on January 4.
nlsh and Low 81 Last - Heurs
h.eh. 81 At gao pm.
Low, ~. At . am.
Tide Tables
Furnished b. the United States Goa
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In line for promotions In the
future. Under the postal salary
system. most clerks and letter
carriers can never hope to ad-
vance from the Level 4 salary
scale. he notes.
49,
PAY FIGHT - Meanwhile
there are indications that the
Senate this week won't gel
around TO voting on the classi-
ned and postal employe pay
raise bills.
There are some reports that
action will be delayed until the
Senate Civil Service Committee
next month completes action on
postal rate increase legislation.
There are also reports that
Senate pay raise sponsors want
10 walt several weeks until they
are sure they have enough votes
10 defeat administration moves
TO reduce the as per cent in
crease 70 Q per cent,
II appears that the move To
cut the bill to 6 per cent will
fail. However. administration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-28
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Mostly
sunny today. Partly cloudy,
low 80 tonight. Cloudy. little
temperature change tomorrow
Virginia-Cloudy with snow
in the mountains tonight and
tomorrow. low 30-35 in the east
and $3.50 in the west. except
20-25 in the mountains. Little
change in temperature TO-
morrow.
Maryland-Cloudy with snow
west OF Cumberland today, to-
night and tomorrow. Low in
the 20s in the west and 28-35
elsewhere. High In the Dos In
the west and 40-47 elsewhere
tomorrow.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay Winds west u
northwest. 1920 miles per hour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-28

making on with the 00-pound
box Of Aims.
Detective Edward NJ. Benja-
min donned a hat and coat
belonging TO NJ. Mody. and
went to the appointed inter-
section. He made contact with
Q man who later identified
himself as Paul D. Halwick. Il.
Of the TOO block Of = street NV
Halwick denied having the box
Of films. but said he was acting
as agent for another man,
Detective Benjamin said.
A few minutes later Detective
Allen picked UP q second man
John r. Pearson. 70. OF the 600
block Of @ street NV. who
admitted being in the vicinity
Of the Greyhound terminal
earlier. Nearby police found
the box Of Aims.
Charged originally with
HOUSEKEEPING and grand lar.
ceny. Halwick and Pearson
pleaded guilty to reduced
charges Of unlawful entry and
petty raceny before Municipal
Court Judge John j. Malloy
Sentencing was deferred pend.
Ing q probation officer's report
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-28

supporters In the Senate ther
ARE expected 10 try to eliminate
the temporary t240-a-year In
crease from the postal pay raise
bill. And Senate pay raise sup.
Iportefs want to make doubly
sure that they have enough
votes TO beat this move.
However. the additional S24O
increase Is drawing criticism
even from some liberal mem
bers Of Congress. While II
may clear the Senate in its
present form. this provision is
almost certain to be eliminated
before going to the White
House. In turn. postal union
leaders will seek q more liberal
increase than rs per cent and
so will classified employee
leaders.
All Of which means that
plenty Of maneuyering. battling
and bargaining will be going
on In Congress in the weeks
ahead TO come up with some-
thing satisfactory In the way
Of a pay raise that can become
law.
$50
AvAILABLE-This reporters
1858 Federal Employees Alma
nae is now on sale at all GSI
cafeterias and snack bars in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-28

Senate Civil Service Committee
II Is sure 10 draw strong
opposition from the admins
tration and Postmaster General
Summerfield. who do not want
the postal salary structure
tempered with.
william c. Doherty. president
of the National Association OF
Letter Carriers and chairman
OF the AFL-CIO Government
Employees Council. favors the
move.
Mr.. Doherty feels that postal
workers would get q better
break In the way Of salary In
creases II they were removed
from the postal salary act and
placed under the Classification
Act. He also said II would make
unnecessary the controversial
t2l0 q year temporary raise for
postal workers contained in the
rs per cent pay raise bill.
Under the pending amend
ment. all postal workers in
Level 4 Of the postal salary
system would be transferred 10
the Classification Act. This
meanA virtually all clerks and
carriers. Other postal employees.
including supervisors. execu-
tives and workers In the Gus
todial jobs. would remain under
the postal salary system.
The proposed amendment
would place postal workers In
Grade Z Of the Classification
Act. which pays Sass TO 1855
. year. The present salary rate
Of postal Level 4 Is $3.50 70
el.Tl0 Q year.
In addition TO the salary In
crease resulting from transfeS
to the Classification Act. the
employees would get the rs per
cent increase or whatever ANAL
raise Is decided By Congress.
Mr.. Doherty says that. un-
der the proposed amendment.
postal workers viii not only
receive . substantial increase
needed TO maintain decent liv-
ing standards. but they viii be
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lean Of Maryland. over the
pending separation Of 800 en-
ployes at the Naval Gun Fac
tory.
In q letter to Secretary Of
Defense McEiroy. Mr.. Broy-
hin asked that the layoffs be
postponed so more defense ac-
tivities can be channeled TO
the Gun Factory and make
personnel cuts unnecessary.
Meanwhile. non-veteran Gun
Factory employees with from 20
to 30 years Of service are fac
ing the loss Of their Jobs or
heavy cuts In salaries. Even
employees not affected by the
Ilayoffs say the job cutbacks
have tremendously hurt morale
among the remaining workers
there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-28
.Emp|oyeofD.C.
Held in Thefts

As much as $4,000 worth Of
District Government property
may have been stolen by an
employe charged specifically
with the theft Of 81. 400 worth
Of aluminium streetlight shields.
detectives said today
Charged with grand larceny
was Philip s. BowIes. "a. Of the
1900 block Of Saratoga avenue
NV. for the last seven months
in charge Of the electrical divi-
sions warehouse at Second and
H streets Sc.
Detectives Edwin p. Talbot
and James Kohler said evi-
dence against Bowles. q Dis
trict empioye for three and q
half years. was piling up. To-
day they found at his home an
expensive electric compressor
and paint sprayer from another
department. police said.
Suspicion was aroused when
the detectives. checking records
Of the Teitel Salvage Co. 50 ]
street Sc. found that q large
number Of the mercury vapor
glare shields had been pur-
chased in the last few months,
Investigation led to Bowles
and he was arrested late yes
terday. The detectives said
Bowles admitted selling the rs
shields for a total Of only
| $$li.04. because he was short
Of money and needed more for
his wife and two children.
The shields. used on the new
blue daylight" streetlights on
main streets. are purchased by
the District Government for
SIS each.
Detectives said Bowles used a
fictitious name when ne sold
the shields to the salvage com
pany. carrying them there In
his automobile.
/ Bowles later said the name
he used was that OF man who
knew his wife before Bowie,
was married. and he hoped tC
get him into trouble" polio,
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-28
Theft Heroes Seized
Selling Loot to Victim

washington police. who have
seen almost everything. had q
new experience today in
charging two men with at
tempting TO sell back to q VIC
time something they had just
stolen from him. 49,.
The strange case began Just
before midnight when Detective
Donald ]. Allen got q telephone
call from the home Of Harshad
@. Mody. 20l9 Kalorama road
NV, an assistant in the edu-
cation once Of the Burmese
Embassy.
Mr.. Mody had Just received
q call from a man who said
he had risked his neck to re-
cover q heavy box Of movie
films from a thief he had col
Jared on the street near Mr.
Mody's home. He believed the
box to be Mr.. Mody's and would
return it for SIS II the victim
would meet him at TenleN
circle.
Detectives went TO the circle
and found nothing. Meanwhile
Mr.. Mody got another call. THU
time apparently from q bui
station. Police hurried TO thu
Greyhound Terminal. founC
nothing. But the game was no
over.
Mr.. Mody's phone rang again
and the phantom caller ar
ranged a meeting at Connects
cut and Wyoming avenues. B!
this time, the now familiar
voice had built himself UP int
quite hero. told how he haC
slugged the thief who wa
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Government buildings. the
Pentaeon newsstand and the
out-of-town newsstand outside
The Star Building.
POSTMAsTERs CHANGE
Bill Gravitt, secretary and leg
islative representative Of the
National League Of Postmas-
tiers. has resigned. Lowell GAL
breth. the groups president
will take over Mr.. Grayitt'i
duties here temporarily until q
successor IL chosen.
ADDED PROTEST - Repre-.
sentative Broyhill. Republican
Of Virginia. has added his pro-
test to those OF Representative
Landlord. Democrat of Mary
land and Senator Beail. Repub-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-28

Of the money spent by the Dis
rict Chapter Of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paral-
ysis.
Volunteers may visit the ho-
tets Hall Of Nations from q
pm. to midnight TO watch the
tabulation by volunteer tellers
from the Riggs National Bank,
Beverly Parkes. singer. will en-.
terrain and refreshments will
be furnished by Pepsi Cola and
the Retail Bakers Association
Of Washington.
Simultaneous drives viii b
conducted in the nearby areas,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-28

many carryover victims need
ing care.
Householders may signify
their willingness to contribute
during the hour-long drive by
turning on porch lights or at
taching q bit Of ribbon or a
handkerchief TO apartment
doors,
In the District. the marching
mothers. headed by Mrs. Earl
Warren. wife Of the Chief Jus
tee. seek to round out Q $780,
900 fund to provide for care Of
some II new cases of polio dur
ing 1857 and for $50 holdover
cases. Patient aid. q long term
program. now takes 90 per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-28

Thieves broke into four units
Of an Arlington apartment
building yesterday and stole
about $500 worth Of jewelry
and cash. police reported. De-
tective Capt. Dudley Rector said
the housebreakings were at
2i25 North Nineteenth street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-28
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Postal Aides May Get
Classification Stotus
by JOSEPH YOUNG
Star stan Writer

developing In the Senate To place postal clerks
and letter carriers under the Classification Act Of the
pending pay raise legislation.
This sweeping proposal which would and file
postal workers under the salary system with classified
employees be sponsored by several key members the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-28
tonight and tomorrow. Viz
Utility good.
Road condIllons--AAA

tonight and tomorrow. Wis.,
Utility good.
Road condItlons--AAA
West. District OF Columbia 10 Penn
Sylvania turnpike. clear. Pennsylvania
turnpike. snow and ice covered from
interchanse. Ohio turnpike. vet. U. 3
40 west to Ohio, slippery west Of
Frostburg; u. 8, 80 west 70 Ohio
slippery and knov covered. ehaini
advised in the mountains.
South: u. 8. l TO Richmond. clear
shirley highway IVA. $500, clear
Richmond south. clear: District Of
Columbia 10 Charlottesville. clear.
North and east: District Of Column
bia 10 Delaware Memorial Brldge
clear. New Jefsey turnpiGe, clear
New Kneland. wet aiong the cost
slippery In the south and snow Gov
cred and slippery in the north. Dis
uict Of Columbia 10 Harrisburs, Pa
clear.
River Report
fFrom B EngineerN
Potomac River muddy at HarDeri
Ferry and muddy at Great Pals, Shen.
andoah cloudy AZ Harpers Ferry
Temperatures for YESTERDAY
tReading Washington National Airport
Midnight . 30 Noon -- ~
sam. 30 sbm. - ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-28
Lighted Doors to SignoI
Polio March Tonight

Lighted porchlishts doors with rib
Don In the Washington tonight win welcome the Mothers
March on Polio between and o'clock
Polio fund drive leaders point that the against
iufante paralysis far from While Sak vaccine
offers tareaching protection healthy citizens there st
The Arizona post., 1958-09-05
The TUCSON
GAS, ELECTRIC
LIGHT and
POWER
COMPANY
Blessing for
Lighting Candles

BatV-rAcb ab-tatV ado
noy eb-lo-bay-noo meb-
lecb baW-o-lAm asher kid
5baV-nO0 b'-mitz-vO-SaW
p'tzee paw-noo Pbod-Hk
na)r Sbel Sba-bawS. (Sab-
Stitate word "yomtOv" for
"Sba-baWS" wben Hgbfing
testival candles.)
Milford chronicle., 1958-02-14
BABSON DISCUSSES REAL ESTATE And WEATHER

Babson Park, Fla, Feb. Is A few
weeks ago / was asked by friend
to go twenty miles from here and
look at a piece of Florida property.
The weather here had been
wretched, cold and rain with con-
stant fog. Very few people were on
the streets or in the stores. The
restaurant where l expected to get
luncheon was closed, with sign
that it would be open when the
sun comes OUT. Even the real
estate offices that l visited were
closed When I found one of the
men at his home, he said that
it was impossible to sell real estate
during weather like this"
Weather And Land Sales
Apparently most people lack vi
sion. When it is sunny, they think
it will always be sunny; but when
think it will always rain. They
lack vision as to temperature. The
real estate men claim that their
business is "seasonable"; that most
real state buyers lack reason and
foresight This is why most sellers
of real estate are obliged to work
on a.commission basis. The weather
primarily explains why the real
estate business is so cyclical.
Every business is more or less
cyclical, constantly revolving like
a wheel. Most people buy at the top
and sell at the bottom; few buy at
the bottom and sell at the top.
Those, however, who get aboard the
wheel at any point and stay with
it, dealing with honest brokers,
as usually come out satisfactorily.
This annlieS to land and buildings
Milford chronicle., 1958-02-14


more valuable and should be good
purchase today for those who have
the patience to wait.
Surplus Water From Canada
l have already spoken in this
column of the John Powers, Jr.
Plan" to bring surplus water from
Western Canada down through
North Dakota into the dry sections
near our Rocky Mountains. Tre-
mendous reserves of fresh water
are now running northward into
the Arctic Ocean. Mr.. Powers
sows that, with the permission of
Canada, these waters could be
turned southerly to irrigate, at
slight cost, the Great American
Desert. 1t would cost no more
than it costs to build modern turn
pixies for automobiles. AS this may
come about sooner than most peo-
pie realize, l advise people not to
sacrifice such waste land they
might now own in Utah, New Mexi-
co and Arizona.
Coming back to the theme OF
this weeks column, let me urge
real estate statesmen to educate
their prospects as to the most
suitable seasons to buy real estate.
Instead of going on vacations dur
ing the "off season., they should
advertise that the "off seasons" are
the best times to get bargains. They
would also stabilize what is now
a hazardous occupation, dependent
on business conditions, on seasons
of the year, and upon rain, snow.
fog, drought, insects, gales, and
almost every other uncertainty.
Milford chronicle., 1958-02-14

as well as to stocks and bonds. 1t
means that the shrewd buyer buys
during periods of badZweather and
bad news. This, moreover, applies
to all sections of the country as
some section is always suffering
from long rains, or long droughts,
or long cold spells, or long hot
spells. These, however, are the
periods when it is best to buy real
estate.
Swampy Land Should Become
More Valuable
Up to the present time, pasture
land or raw land that is swampy
has sold at very low price,-prob-
ably only one-quarter of what we'll
located pasture land would bring.
Wet land cannot successfully grow
orchards of fruit trees. Cattle like
ponds in their pasture; but they
must have dry land to feed upon.
Rice and cranberries are about
the only commercial crops which
can use wet land.
Statistics show, however, that the
water table of most states is. grad
ually but seriously falling. Most
states now have commissions which
are engaged in studying the water
table. This decline in the supply of
water is due to various causes; one
owner will drain his property and
forget that he is also draining his
neighbors' property which needs
more water Every state is endeav-
oring to get some industries, and
yet most industries are large con-
sumers of water This means that
water will become of great value
some day. Cheap swamp land
should. therefore, constantly become