The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-28
FRIDAY, OCTOBER %, 1860
Another Hundred DAYS

CENATOR Jack Kennedy is a young
man of considerable ability, win
some personality, alert mind and an OBJ
session that he has a rendezvous with
destiny. Franklin D. Roosevelt, obvious
ly is his hero, and he is a hero worship
per.
Senator Jack Kennedy is an astute
politician = the kind of politician who
moves in his own way regardless of the
consequences, roughshod an head
strong.
Senator Jack Kennedy advocates solv-
ing all of the domestic issues through
strong federal governmental action. In
every field of domestic problems he adj
vocates solution by federal controls,
federal spending
l. FARM AID - Kennedy's Demo-
cratic farm aid program would be de-
scribed as supply management" to
boost farm prices. A complicated form
ula which would establish total invest
ment for average individual farms, fix
ing what the government will decide as
fair rate of return" on the farmers
investment, what he should have for his
labor, with an allowance for his man
agement cost, add these individual in
comes together to obtain total national
income for each commodity. Then by
Legislation force prices to consumers up
by cutting down on supply so that the
resulting price would give the farmers
the income planned for them.
Now, there you have it - socialized
agriculture, close akin to communistic
agriculture. Agriculture is too complex
to be put into a federal controlled eco
nomic program
An economist with a slide-rule NAV
theorize thus, but dirt farmers know
we'll there is nothing practical about it.
The tobacco program today is acknowl-
edged to be the best devised, yet reduc-
ton OF acreage has made tobacco almost
uneconomical to produce, and practical
ly all foreign trade has been lost due
to the high cost. Cotton is in a similar
position. American farm products are
not in position to compete on world
markets because of high prices, and
governmentally held SURPRISES which
depress the domestic market.
2. SCHOOL AID - Kennedy would
provide billion over period of four
years for school building construction
or teachers salaries or both, based upon
the number Of pupils in a State. No
funds would be available for private or
parochial schools.
These funds we presume would come
from the general budget which is peren-
nlally out of balance. Certainly it would
require higher taxes to provide the
federal grants, and invariably construc-
ton costs on such projects are increased
by third due to federal regulations
and restrictions. School construction
and education are state and local re-
sponsibilities not federal responsible
ties
5. MEDICAL AID = Kennedy favors
medical care to the aged financed bv an
increase in the Social Security tax on
payrolls Thus the employed would have
more deducted from their paycheck.
which would make necessary salary
raises to be reflected in the price of
commodities, and the wheel of initiation
Will spin one more turn
4. DEPRESSED AREAS - Kenne-
dy's program advocates broad pro-
gram of grants and loans amounting to
$3.50 million for areas where unemplov-
ment is persistent, especially in the in
dustrial centers and areas.
5. LABOR = Senator Kennedy advo-
Gates repeal of the right-to-work laws
through federal legislation. He has a
record of 100 per cent in voting for leg
lslatlon sponsored by labor. He is sup
ported by labor leaders, and is general
ly known as protege Of Walter Reuth
er, AFL-CIO boss. He favors minimum
rate of $1.25 an hour and would add
several million workers to those COW
cred by minimum wage law. There is no
doubt but that Kennedy's policies would
further strengthen the power of labor