Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1942, Page 6

Wickard's Farm Price Views Disappoint Senate Group Secretary Indicates Growers Won't Receive As Much as They Want (Continued From Pirst Page.) down the price of corn, so that it would be fed to hogs and other live- stock. In this way it would be pos- sible to expand the production of pork, beef, chickens, eggs, milk and butter. Indeed, it was said that steps al- ready had been taken which, the Senators contended, had been aimed to break the corn market through sale by the Government of millions of bushels of corn. Some of this corn had been sold to speculators at prices lower than the market and they had reaped the benefit. It was explained that this had been stopped, however, and fu- ture sales would be made only to those who intended to use the corn for feed, for the manufacture of industrial alcohol for munitions or to make meal feed for industrial pale. Cotton Plan Deplored. The Senators also were distressed to learn that there was a plan on foot to turn over a million or more bales of Government held cotton to | the mills which would be made into | cloth and relayed to the Army for use in uniforms, etc. Just when the Senators from the agricultural States had believed that they had won a victory for the farmers and that prices for meirg commodities would assuredly reach | 110 per cent of parity, or more if the 1919-1929 price level were higher, the Administration has apparently pulled the carpet from under their feet. They said it was clear the Ad- ministration had determined to keep down the prices of foodstuffs, and | that the Secretary of Agriculture was to be the instrument through whom this would be done. The | Senators expressed considerable re- gret that this should be the case. | Moreover, they contended that pro- visions of the price control act re- lating to the sale of Government- | owned corn, wheat and cotton, were being violated. Under these provi- sions, such sales were not to be used | to beat down the market pricea.‘ they said. Smith Gives His Views. At the conclusion of the hearing, Chairman Smith of the committee said: “I think we have got the situation “o a point where the farmers won't suffer any greater loss than they 1 have already.” He was asked if the commlthee' would s°ek any further legislation. | “No,” he replied, “what we want is a proper interpretation of the law. as it stands. We understand its now under study of the legal lights of the New Deal.” MIAMI, FLA.—WELLES REPORTS PAN-AMERICAN UNITY— Back from the conference of American Foreign Ministers at Rio de Janeiro, Undersecretary Welles is pictured as he told inter- viewing newsmen that he was “entirely satisfied” with the Rio meeting at which the “greatest unity” had been achieved. 'Quisling to Be Elevated in Rank At Colorful Oslo Rites Today By the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 31—Foreboding | tension was reported mounung | throughout Norway tonight on the | eve of the delayed ceremony ele- THE SUNDAY S8TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, —A. P. Wirephoto. | court-marital. The Legation said | one of the men was accused of | “activity injurious to the interests of the German occupational forces,” one with distributing literature * o!‘ demoralizing oontent” among Ger-‘ vating Vidkun Quisling to the | man soldiers, one with espionage, | German-designated title of “prime | minister of state.” ‘While 8,000 Quislingists moved on Oslo for the panoplied ceremony, dispatches from the continent nidlhfld been arrests, ‘‘indicating the Norwegian patriots were watching | the proceedings in cold and silent ury. The formal ceremony putting | Quisling in power was scheduled | yesterday, but was postponed until | tomorrow. said last-minute discord among| Quisling party leaders themselves caused the delay. Adding to the | of weapons, Stockholm dhputches‘ mando raids in Western Norway.” | with deportation to Russia, where! discontent of | they. will be added to another with possessing illegal stores | and others with at- tempted escape to England. The Legation also asserted there Germans are continuing their round- up of friends and assoclates of the Norwegian royal family—an action admittedly taken in reprisal for | the recent British-Norwegian Com- | All of those arrested, the Lega- | tion said, “are being threatened | ‘labor bat- Pedestrian Standing In Safety Zone ls Injured by Aufo Driver of Car Arrested; Baby Unhurt When Carriage Is Struck D.C. Traffic Toll Killed in same period 0( 1941 13 Toll for all of 1941 Mrs. Elsie D. Behrens, 53, of Crest- view, Md., last night suffered head injuries when struck by an auto- mobile in the 4100 block of Wis- consin avenue N.W. She was standing in a safety zone at the time, according to police, who arrested Louls E. Gonyea, 57, of Merrifield, Va., said to be the driver of the automobile, and charged him with running through a safety zone. Mrs. Behrens was taken to Georgetown tal, where her condition was said to be not serious. A 17-month-old baby, Kathleen Jenkins, escaped injury last night when her baby carriage was struck and overturned by an automobile whose driver failed to stop, police sald. Hit by Rear End of Auto. The child’s mother, Mrs. Marga- ret Jenkins, 100 block of Twelfth street N.E, had just wheeled the carriage from the curb at Twelfth and E streets N.E,, it was said, when the rear end of the automobile, which was making a turn, struck the carrigae. The child was taken to Casualty Hospital, where exam- ination failed to disclose any in- Jjury, it was reported. Yesterday afternoon a coroner’s jury returned verdicts of accidental death in inquests held at the Dis- trict Morgue in connection with the District’s ninth and tenth traffic fa- talities of this year. ’ Two Drivers Exonerated. One of the verdicts exonerated Mrs. Mildred A. Van Glahn, 27, of the 2900 block of Carlton avenue N.E., who police said was the driver of the automobile which collided with a motorcycle Tuesday at Third and E streets S.W., fatally injuring James R. Norfolk, jr. 23, of the 1300 block of Massachusetts avenue SE. Mr. Norfolk died two days after the accident. The other verdict exonerated Alex J. Ziady, 23. of Smithfield, N. C., driver of an automobile which struck and fatally injured Walter J. Hatton, 42, colored, of the 700 block of Smiths row N.W., Thurs- day. The latter accident was at Second street and Massachusetts avenue N.W. This is a total war. Half way won't win. Go all the way each pay- day. Buy United States savings bonds and stamps! Tolan Group fo Consider Women in War Work Pederal officlals this week will turn their attention to the role of woman in defense production. The Tolan Committee on Defense Migration will open hearings Tues- day on means for the fullest war- time employment of women. Miss Thelms McKelvey, head of the Labor Supply Section, Labor Relations Branch, War Produttion FEBRUARY 1, 1942. Board, and Miss Mary Anderson, director of the Women's Bureau, Labor Department, will testify be- and what the possibllities are for their wider employment. fore the committee Wednesday. Chairman Tolan said the hear- ings were predicated on the un- precedented demand for labor and said that the committee wanted “to see this tremendous labor reserve (of women) put into production.” The committee will review ex- perience of America in the last war and Britain in this war with women workers and seek to discover to what extent women are being used Lost and Foun(! Lost Ads ond Death Notices may be placed in The Stor up to 12 noon—Lost and Found Ads are on page 3 every doy. KODAKS ||20% oft Movie Films. INC. 1424 N.Y. Ave. _NA. 0619 LEARN TO SPEAK EFFECTIVELY.... before Government and business conferences, sales- meetings, boards, clubs, and audiences of all kinds MR. CHAIRMAN, — MAY | MAKE A SUGGESTION ? WHICH OF THESE THREE ARE YOU? Here are three men who are thinkers. . . Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma said that the purpose of the committee was to bring to light the exact policy of the Administra- tion so that the farmers would know precisely where they stood. “If we can do that, so much the better,” he said. Commenting on plans for the dis- position of Government-owned cot- ton, Senator Thomas said the mere talk by Government officials had already lowered the price $525 a | bale. On 13,000,000 bales, he said, this meant a loss of about $70,- 000.000. | He claimed the farmers were “un- | organized” and had no “picket lines.” but warned, however, that on | election day the farmers might have something to say. Russell Voices Alarm. Senator Russell, Democrat, of Georgia, expressed a fear that the new price control law might be 80 | administered that farm prices would | not get above parity, and very likely | | might not even reach parity. He. said he believed the Agricultura De- | partment’s policy would be to dump large quantities of cotton and other commodities on the market, Senator Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama, on the other hand, said he believed the department’s atti- tude was misunderstood and that it would be guided by the provisions of the price control bill. Senator Bankhead was author of the Bank- head amendment. The opinion also was expressed in some quarters that back of the efforts of the department to keep | down farm prices was the desire not to have the farmers reach an economic position when they would | not have to rely on the Federal | Government for aid. If such a con- | dition were reached, it was asserted, that the farmers would be inclined | to say to the department, “We are through with your rules and regu- lations.” That in turn would mean the dismemberment of a large part | of the department with its present Huge personnel. If the farm prices can be kept below the “ceiling” provided in the 1919-1929 price level or 110 per cent of parity, there will be no occasion for the price administrator ever to act on farm prices, nor will there | ever be any necessity of referring decistons on farm prices to the Secretary of Agriculture. This, it | was said, would be the result of the present policy, whether it was in- ténded or not. ‘Aides Explain Wickard's Policies. At the Agriculture Department, eides said Secretary Wickard ex- plained price policies as follows: Cotton, wheat and tobacco, the major surplus crops, will be stabil- ized at parity. | Corn and other feed crops, includ- ing wheat cracked for feed, will be | stabilized at around 85 per cent of parity. This policy is designed to hold feed prices at levels which| ‘would encourage farmers to produce more livestock, dairy and poultry products. These commodities are | needed in larger quantities than are now available. Livestock, dairy and poultry prod- | ucts, such vegetable oil-bearing crops as peanuts and soybeans, and some truck crops will be permitted to go above parity so as to en- eourage greater production of them. Corn farmers, it was said, will be given Government benefit payments sufficient to bring their return to full parity. iExperiments have been made in 9aho and California with dried po- patriotic Norwegians were new re- | talions’ serving behind the German strictions placed on the populatien. Among these was an order by occu- pation authorities banning civilian traffic from additional coastal areas. After Quisling’s official investiture at midday tomorrow in the ancient fortress of Oslo, it was learned there would be a typical demonstration of Nazi fanfare with stormtroopers and youth organizations—amply | guarded by Quisling police—march- ing through the Norwegian capital. | The German radio announced to- | night Quisling’s portrait will adorn two new stamps to be issued in con- nection with his elevation from his | | present post as political leader of the Naz&-established “commissxon state.” These, it said, would be sold at & | hiked fee, the surcharge to be used by the National Samling political organization he heads. New Wave of Executions In Norway Reported ‘The Norweglan Legation said yes- terday that “a new wave of Ger-‘ man executions in Norway has| brought death to at least 10 Nor- wegian patriots during the past four days.” All were sentenced by German | lines.” Italian industry owes its develop- ment primarily to abundance of la- bor, some of it highly skilled, accord- ing to the Department of Commerce. MONEY LOANED At Lowest Interest Rates Diamonds @ Jewelry ® Watches Gold and Silverware Musical Instruments, etc. Accepted os Security NO ADVANCE ARRANGEMENTS NECESSARY All Pledges Stored in Our Burglar - Fireproof Vault ROSSLYN LOAN CO. ROSSLYN, VA. CH. 2800 Next to Arlington Trust Co. Bank Wit b Sloane-designed L OVE S EAT Such good lines . . . and so comfortable-looking. It's one of our best-selling designs . . . made by Sloane’s own Com- pany of Mastercraftsmen. Made, of course, to our strict specifications . . . which means the very finest materials and construction. 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