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Many Questions Asked Government
Concerning 1861 Feed Grain Program

Editors Note: The following ques-
tons and answers present the gen.
eral provisions of the Feed Grain
Program. More information that will
help guide farmers in making their
decisions and further details of the
program will be given as soon as
they are worked out.)
What is the purpose of the
new feed grain program?-Con-
gress had these detectives in
mind when it passed the new
Feed Grain Law: % stop build
up in stocks, (2) provide mod
est increase in ia rm income,
(3) reduce government costs,
(4) stabilize feed costs, and (5)
alleviate tight storage.
Must every farmer partici-
pate?-No. the program is vol
untary. Each farmers decides
whether or not he wants to
participate.
How long does the program
last, and what crops are involv-
ed?-The law passed by Con-
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Normal production on a farm
is the yield established for the
farm by the county committee
multiplied by the number of
acres planted. He will also be
eligible for supports on other
feed grains as follows: oats,
barley, and rye.
How much land can a farmer
divert out of corn and receive
payment?-The minimum acre
age a farmer can divert under
the program is 20 percent of
his feed grain base. The max
imum is 20 acres plus 20 per-
cent of the base, or 40 percent
of his feed grain base, which
ever is larger. He can divert
any number of acres between
the minimum and the maxi
mum.
What payment will he re-
ceive for the land taken out of
corn and put into an acceptable
conservation use PIP a y m e n
rates will vary from farm to
farm depending upon the aver
age corn yield of the county in
which the farmer lives. In New
Castle Courty average yield is
60.9 bushels; Kent County, 57.8
bushels; Sussex County, $50
bushels. Also influencing the
payment will be the productiv-
ity index assigned to each farm
and the number of acres di-
verted. Every farmer that pro-
duced corn in Delaware in 1859
1860 will be notified as to his
feed grain base and the pay
ment rates per acre.
Will the payments be larger
if more than 20 percent of the
feed grain base is retired?-
Yes, the payment rate for the
second 20 percent retired is at
a higher rate than the first 20
percent. Payment rate on the
first 20 percent of the acres re-
tired is figured this way: Fifty
percent of the county average
yield, times your productivity
index, times the support price
of $1.31.
The second 20 percent of the
feed grain base is determined
as follows: Sixty percent of the
county average yield, times your
productivity index, times the
support price.
Payment for permitted acres
above 40 percent is at the so
percent level.
How will payments be made?
County ASC offices will is
sue negotiable certificates to
participating farmers. These
can be exchanged for CCC
grain or for cash. When a farm.
er exchanges his certificates fol
cash, he authorizes the Com
modify Credit Corporation tc
act as his marketing agent tc
sell a specified amount of grair
on the open market. If he de
cides to take grain instead o.
cash, the amount he receive.
will be figured on the basis o.
local market price.
Advance payments-If farm
er desires, he can receive up tt
SO percent of his expected to
tai payment in advance. These
advance payments can be made
as soon as a farmer agrees tt
cooperate in the program al,
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can be used to meet current |
production expenses.
What must a farmer do with !
the acreage that he diverts out
of corn?-This land must be
handled in one of these ways:
I'D permanent type, or rotation
cover of grasses or legumes;
(2) temporary cover of grasses,
legumes or small grains;
(3) ponds or other water stor-
age;
(4) wildlife food or habitat
paintings; (5) trees or shrubs;
or (6) under certain conditions,
the. land may be left to take
volunteer natural cover or
summer fallow" if the county
committee so determin e S.
Weeds, ins sects and rodents
must also be controlled as de-
termined by the county COM
mittee.
In establishing a seeding, it
is permissible to use a nurse
crop, such as oats, and clip it.
Or it can just be left to fall
over without clipping. Diverted
land can be seeded to what in
the fall, but it must be pastur-
ed.
Will the farmer who chooses
to stay out of the program be
eligible for price SUPPORTS
The farmer who does not sign
up with the feed grain program
will not be eligible for support
prices on any feed grain crop.
But he will still be eligible to
get the full support price for
soybeans.
Can diverted acreage be pas
tured or cut for hay?-No. the
land that is designated on each
farm as diverted acreage can
not be pastured after June /,
nor can any hay crop be cut
from it. The Secretary of Agri-
culture can, however, in case
of drought or other emergency,
make exceptions to this rule.
Of course, other land on the
farm in cover crops, and not
designated as diverted acreage,
can be pastured or cut for hay.
How will the program be
financed?-Direct financing OF
payments and administrative
expense will be handled through
the Commodity Credit Corpor-
alton, with the $l4.5 billion bor-
rowing authority appropriated
by Congress.
Might a farmer build a larg-
er acreage base by staying out
of the 1861 program?-Farmers
who do not join the program in
1861 should not expect to build
up their acreage bases for flu
ture programs. The Department
will recommend to Congress
that any future legislation in
volving base acreages give no
advantage to producers who do
not cooperate in the 1861 pro-
gram.
If a farmer has an interest
in more than one farm, can he
sign up with the program on
one farm and not on the other?
Yes, a farmer can participate
in the program on one farm and
leave the other one out. But
on the farm (or farms) not in
the program, the corn and grain
sorghum acreage must not be
above the l959-60 base acre
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and equitable basis" in line
with existing contracts. Further
details on this question are ex-
pected later.
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they'll do the most good. You'll get super
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You save on maintenance costs. IFS lengthens
truck life and protects cargoes by soaking up as
much as 1870 of all Objectionable road shock and
vibration. Your truck keeps working for extra
thousands of miles! How in the world can you go
wrong! Especially now during truck roundup time!
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How will payments be divid-
ed between landlord and ten.
ant?-The law provides that
payments be divided on a ''fair
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age. Also. he will not be able,
to get price support on the feed
grains produced on any farm,
not in the program.
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Short Hills, N. J. especially
for the party. Their other
guests included Vice Admiral
and Mrs. E. B. Taylor, Adj
miral and Mrs Pearson and
Mr.. and Mrs, Samuel H.
Kaufman.
Former Secretary Of the
Navy and Mrs. william B,
FRANKIE came down from
their Rutland, Vermont home
for the ball. They were the
guests Of former Assistant
Navy Secretary and Mrs.
Cecil Milne who gathered to-
gether their old friends for
"the occasion we can't miss"
Also at the Mines table
were former Assistant De-
Tense Secretary and Mrs. Per-
kins MCGUIRE, former Navy
Undersecretary and Mrs.
Fred Bantz and Mr.. and Mrs.
Dick Paget Of New York.
p Other ringside table hosts
included the UnderSecretary
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Of the Navy and Mrs. Paul
B. Fay. jr., Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy and Mrs.
James H. Wakelin, jr., who
was a co-chairman of the
ball; Vice Chief of Naval
Operations James S. Russell,
Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy and Mrs. Kenneth
Belieu, and the Deputy Chief
of Naval Operations for Air
and Mrs. Robert B. Pirie.
Rear Admiral Thomas H.
Robbins, jr.. commandment of
the Potomac River Naval
Command who acted as
emcee during the formal part
of the evenings ceremonies
when Admiral Anderson
greeted the guests, was host
at another table with Mrs.
Robbins. Among their guests
was the Commanding Cen
eral Of the Military District
Of Washington and Mrs. Paul
A. Gavan.
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VIPs Linger at Navy Ball

Mrs. George H. Miller di-
rected the show.
Complementins the exotic
Eastern stage backdrop were
two large lanterns that hung
from the ballroom ceiling.
Ball guests marvelled when
told that the stained glass
effect had been achieved by
the hardworking decorations
committee and its chairman.
Mrs. John A. Tyree. The COM
mittee spent days fitting
multi-colore pieces Of silk to
the latticed openings IN the
five-foot high lanterns. >
Chairman Of the ball was
Mrs. william r. Smedberg
III, wife of the chief of the
Bureau Of Naval Personnel.
Among the Smedbergs' guests
at their table were Rear Adj
miral Albert G.. Mumma, for
mer chief Of the Bureau Of
Ships, and Mrs. Mumma
who came from their home in
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as far as fingerprints are
concerned here. Do you like
the color? We want to have
this because it viii match
the mahogany cabinets.
I would also like to know
about those alumni UNI
framed sliding windows. The
type I'm speaking of slide
back and forth. Is there any
difficulty involved in OPEN
ing or closing themP Do they
stick? Are there screens
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Here's How

Readers cIsGrins Heuse is con-
Quoted ENTIRELY THROUGH THE
MAIL as pubIic-ssFvies exchange
Of ideas between srsa readers, The
Star cannot accept phone coils per-
tainins to this column. An Iettsrs
must bear the writer's full nome and
address No advertising Is printed.
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available for this kind of
window?
Thank you for any and
all advice. RICH is an after
dinner must for me; I look
forward to reading it every
night.
49,
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Mrs. W. H. 3. Brtdge@Gter
Our son. q captain in the
Air Force, and his family
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READERS
CLEARING HOUSE
Moving Into First House
Mrs. c. H. r.. FaIs Church

We are moving into our first house In couple
of months and would appreciate some advice on
two points from you readers as 9
We may have copper-tone refrigerator and
stove and I'd like to know, from you who have
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are being sent to okinawa. I
would like to send them
Christmas presents. but am
not sure what would be good
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4os 10 W oSfttlsbeOhs
Do any Of you readers
have old tubes Of oil paint
which you no longer need?
I am working on 8 project
and need quite q bit Of paint.
and would be pleased TO coli
lect any that might beavail-
able.
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to send. There are three boys,
aged 8 and 8. and q baby,
What would be Appropriate
to send them?
Evening star., 1961-02-19

involving Admiral King or other
high sources"
General Marshall held his back
ground conferences in his Penta-
gon office under the same general
ground rules. There was only one
colorful accident. The General,
ordinarily a very composed man,
one day hit the ceiling in an awe
some display Of righteous indigna-
tion over the fact that the Army
had been ordered to seize" the
nations railroads to avert q
threatened strike. What General
Marshall said about the necessity
for such an order in wartime was
quite unprintable. But the way he
said it was most dramatic and he
was importuned by reporters to let
them transmit his sentiments, If
not their picturesque expression.
to the country. He gravely admon-
ished them not to do so.
One Of the reporters, back at
his office after the conference
and still under the spell Of Gen.
eral Marshall's impressive explo-
sion. described the scene to his
visiting publisher. Without con-
sulting the reporter, the publisher
telephoned an account Of the
episode to his far-away newspaper
with instructions to print it. With
in hours this account had been
picked up by The Associated
Press and distributed around the
country. There were repercusSions,
but they were not serious and the
conferences continued. For all one
knows, General Marshall. who
once gave an enlightening dis
sertation to his background con-
ferees on the strategical advan-
tages to the military Of confusing
the enemy by deliberate leakage
Of misleading information to the
press, may have wanted his views
on a wartime strike to be shared
with the American people and was
not too much upset when they
were. He never mentioned the
matter afterward.
One hazard of background con-
ferences, II they produce any SEN
sational news. is the reporter who
was not invited to the party.
To that reporter. a sudden Spate
Of unattributed news stories, all
more or less alike in content,
means that somebody has held a
background conference. 1t does
not take the reporter too long
to establish the source. Without
violating any pledge Of his own
he thus is sometimes able to write
an even more sensational story
than those produced by his col
leagues who attended the con-
ference-his own sensation being
the identity Of the person who
supplied the information.
One high official in Washington
came to grief some years ago as
the result of such circumstances.
Whether he had suggested the
background conference in order to
plant story, or whether he was
persuaded to come as the guest,
with no Interior motives and a
willingness to speak frankly, be-
came subject Of controversial
conjecture later on.
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dent and head Of NewSweek
magazines Washington bureau.
The Lindley Rule. given as a sort
Of invocation at the beginning Of
many background conferences, and
even repeated as a benediction ct
their close, follows:
"It is understood that any In
formation disclosed by the guest
at this meeting may be used only
on the responsibility Of the
reporter and not attributed to
even generalized news sources"
The hazards are not eliminated
even by strict observance Of the
Lindley Rule. For when there are
attempts to turn sometimes nebu-
lous background information. not
attributable to anybody, into the
brittle commodity known as hard
news, it is likely that trouble will
result-depending on how explo-
sive the subject matter happens
to be.
As on Opportunity
There are many newspaper
men. but not all Of them, who
think of the background confer
ence as an opportunity to learn
the point Of view Of one who Is
dealing with a particular set Of
circumstances, and why he is
thinking as he does. For this In
formation often clarifies an other
wise obscure point and the re-
porter's own comprehension Of .
situation he may wish to describe.
Such Qualification. incidentally,
may be as valuable to the man who
furnishes it as to those who re-
ceive it. The benefits Of a back
ground conference are by no
means confined to the newspaper.
men. The benefit is also enjoyed
by the individual who furnishes
helpful background, for it can
lead to better public understand
ing. -
Many background conference
hazards would be removed by mu-
tual understanding between the
guest and those who question
him that the purpose Of the dis
cussion is not to inspire spot
news. If the purpose is to in
spire spot news then that Ii
something else again. But when
unattributable background infor-
nation becomes the substance Of
straight news reporting which
does not identify the source,
something is apt to turn sour.
That Is why the background con-
ference Is often Of greater value
to those whose function is COM
ment and Interpretation than IL
is to those charged with the
toughly realistic job Of reporting
the what's. the whens, the where's
and the who's of the straight news
itself.
Hazardous or not, the back
ground conferences will continue
and so they should. They have be-
come a useful fixture in inter-
preting the news and they are
more important than the occa-
sional mishaps which, along with
the reporters. attend them.
B. M. NICK.
Evening star., 1961-02-19
Understanding Not Propaganda Should Be USA Aim

the West and from the United
States. Mr.. Khrushchev demands
that copy of the USIA monthly
magazine America, published for
Russian readers, be placed on his
desk as soon as available. In Mr..
Aliens opinion we should do our
best to satisfy their intense desire
for news and also constantly inn
prove the quality of the broad
casts dealing with American life.
However, he thinks the Voice
probably broadcasts In too many
different tongues for too short a
time and should concentrate more
on producing, If possible, eight
hour broadcasts in the most i'm
portant languages. While he ran
USIA, the Voice eliminated short
wave broadcasts in Thai because
Of the few who could receive them
in Thailand.
The Volue of Movies
In many countries with q low
literacy rate. USIA movies have
proved their value. Even in France
business, labor, student and rec
reation groups are keen on USIA
documentary films.
The Director of USIA, as well
as the generals and admirals in
the Pentagon. should watch his
public statements, Mr.. Allen be-
ieves. Describing the pitfalls of
sounding-off without careful
thought, he gave the case by the
Antarctic Treaty which, as an
experienced diplomat, he considers
one of the lasting accomplishments
of the last administration in low
ering tension with the Soviet I'm
ion. Some high Government Off
cials, smarting under the criticism
that the United States only reacted
to Soviet policy, wanted the USIA
to publiciZe the American proposal
as an outstanding example Of
United States initiative. Mr.. Allen
finally persuaded the administra-
ton that our basic objective was
to make substantive progress in
neutralizing Antarctica through
an international treaty and not
to score a propaganda victory. BY
keeping quiet, he feels the USIA
head prevented the SovietS from
retaliating in a war of words over
Antarctica that might have ended
any hope Of successful negotia-
tions.
Although many State Depart
ment hands regret 1t, diplomacy
now functions in new dimensions.
Unlike the days Of the Congress
Evening star., 1961-02-19

more books than all the other 90
libraries in that city put together.
In Manila college students jam
the USIA library but scarcely use
the one in their own university.
In Vienna there are 26 municipal
Libraries but the USAI library with
$4,000 volumes lends more books
than all the others combined-in
part because in Europe it's more
difficult to take a book out than
1t is under American library pro-
cedure.
In 10 countries the USIA oper-
ates 164 libraries, 90 reading
rooms and 110 bi-national CEN
ters where books, periodicals and
publications are available. The Ii
brarieS alone stock 2a million
books, Of which one-third are in
the local language with q COM
bined circulation of 8 million
copies. Less than one-fourth of
the USIA budget is devoted to
this entire book activity.
The Voice of America should
avoid giving the Russians a valid
excuse to jam it even though it is
technically possible to penetrate
the jamming. Mr.. Allen re-
marked that the USIA, through
the United States Embassy in
Moscow, had ample evidence that
leaders Of the Soviet government,
as well as others in the opinion
forming groups in the Soviet
Union, were hungry for news from
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BY GEORGE w. OAKES
ContributfnR Writer

Experience directing the United
States Information Agency left
George v. Allen with a distinct
feeling about its aims:
It should be directed toward
building greater international un.
derstanding rather than toward
merely trying to sell America
abroad.
Mr.. Allen, a career foreign serv-
ice officer, retired last December
after three years as USIA director.
Since then he's had time to reflect
on what might be the best policy.
During his term Mr.. Allen tried
to accent the agency's cultural
activities-especially It's libraries,
exchange of persons, book and
magazine programs-to develop q
long-range consistent operation
appealing to opinion forming
groups. He learned, after q life
time in the foreign service (serving
since the war as Ambassador In
such sensitive posts as India, Iran
and Greece that foreign peoples,
especially those who influence
opinion, are not nearly so receptive
to a hard-hitting attack as they
are to an indirect approach.
The United States has to combat
throughout the world q built-in
resistance to American propaganda
and therefore must concentrate on
establishing in the minds of
foreigners sense Of credibility in
what we are trying to say. They
must be convinced that our aims
are not Just to get this country
liked but to get its policy and
people better understood. In es-
sense, it is a far-reaching educa-
tional job that has to be done and,
to accomplish this, educational
methods rather than q clever sales
angle are the ones that will pro-
sense, 1t is a far-reaching educa-
this way Americas message will
be meaningful for people who are
more interested in how American
experience, both material and cul-
tural, can help them than in how
great people we are.
librories Effective
Mr.. Allen, who now heads the
Tobacco Institute, mentioned the
effectiveness Of the American IL
braries overseas as an illustration
Of popular though relatively in
expensive operation. For example,
in India the Calcutta library lends
Evening star., 1961-02-19
BY GERALD WARING
Contributing Writer

OTTAWA.-Prime Minister John
Diefenbaker, whose vote appeal
has fallen so sharply as to alarm
his supporters, may be hoping to
snatch a political ride on the
Kennedy coat tails.
On Monday he will fly to Wash
ington for talks with the Presi-
dent. AS he took pains to point
out to reporters here last week.
he hoped to be the first head of
a foreign government to meet
with Mr.. Kennedy since the lat-
ter's Inauguration.
The invitation did not come
about by chance. Two months
ago Mr.. Diefenbaker told reporters
he hoped to hold informal talks
with Senator Kennedy, but
nothing came of it. On February 2,
after it became known that Prime
Minister r. G. Menzies Of Aus
tralia would be calling at the
White House this month while en-
route to the Commonwealth Prime
Ministers Conference in London,
Mr.. Diefenbaker tried again.
"It would be beneficial to the
prime ministers conference If it
were possible for me to consult
with the President Of the United
States before the conference" Mr..
Diefenbaker told the House Of
Commons in what was surely a
hint to the United States Embassy
and the State Department to
rustic up an invitation. AS a
result of such a meeting, Mr..
Diefenbaker explained. 1.-The views
of the United States might be
available to the members Of the
Commonwealth as we meet to-
gether to discuss not only Com