The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-05-27
Rep. Leroy Anderson
Reports To You From
The Nations CapiioI

the world, is the collapse of the Sum
NIT meeting-to the accompaniment
of Khrushchev's vituperation. 1t was
evident that the Communist dictator
was using the U-2 flight as an ex-
cuse to break UP the Summit meet
ing and at the same time humiliate
the United States in the eyes of the
world.
We Americans are thankful that
during his public humiliation, the
President was able to hold his tenn
per in check, and equally thankful
that he did not yield to demands that
he lessen himself with further apollo
gies.
On the other hand, it is evident
that many plumbers were made. by
those in charge. Many answers per-
haps cannot be made public at this
time. Congress is going to want to
know why we made so many false
and contradictory statements con-
corning the incident. Congress will
want to know, too, why the Admin
istration said we would continue
manned flights over Russia and then
few hours later reversed itself and
said we would not.
Our prestige and integrity in the
eyes of the world has been badly
shaken, not by the observation flight
so much as by the inept, clumsy, and
untruthful way in which it was ham
died. To use the Oriental term, we
have '1ost face. If we were an
Oriental country, the individuals re-
sponsible for the national humiliation
or loss of face-would commit
hara-kari (Oriental suicide). When
we find out who is responsible for
this debacle, we'll probably give him
a gold medal and ticker-tape parade.
Farm Legislation Approximately
ing the Family Farm Act started last
fall. We introduced the bill February
10th. After extended hearings, re-
Tised version was introduced April
18th. This was a general farm bill
for all commodities. In order to get
The votes to get it out of committee, |
We finally had to limit its application
20 wheat and feed grains.
This bill has now been reported |
,ut and we are working on our city |
friends to get enough votes to pass
t. The President may sign it because
We have added a wheat option that |
S going to be hard for him to veto.
The wheat section includes two
wheat plans with the farmers to make
choice between them in a referen-
um before July 25, 1860. Option A /
viii return the farmer little more
ncome than the 80 per cent of parity
i'll the President vetoed last year.
t provides for 85 per cent of parity II
25 per cent cut in allot-
lent and 55 per cent of normal
ield payment-in-kind for the acres
AIKEN out of production. A wheat
income under Option A will
e somewhat higher than under the
resent program. There will be no
lrplus production and government
1rplus stocks will be eliminated in
n orderly fashion in ten years.
The farmers will vote on whether
ley want the foregoing Option A,
r whether they want Option B, which
essentially the Benson-Farm Blu
Eau plan. Under Option B there
ould be no allotments or quotas and
heat would be supported at feed
rain levels. Under this proposal,
heat would be $1.27 per bushel in
,6I and SLID per bushei or less in
,62.
We welcome this opportunity to let
e farmers decide whether they want
llimited production and constantly
'opping prices, or if they want to
hieve fair prices by bringing pro-
lction into line with demand.
For many years politicians have
en telling the world what the farm
wants. 1t would be a fine move to
the farmer decide for himself!
Medical Care For the Aged-Medi-
care plans for elderly American
liens remained deadlocked in the
,use Ways and Means Committee
this week began. The impasse is
speculation here that
eaker Rayburn will have to step
to produce agreement. Just what
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