Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 249, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1953 — Page 6

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Ag Secretary Beiison Says He Won't Quit

WASHINGTON, IT 4 “I didn't 'want thH job, but I’m not going to quit so long as the President wants me here,” agriculture secretary Ezra Taft Benson toll the United Press in ah exclusive interview shortly before Mr. Eisenhower gave him a 100 percent en-

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dorsement. The President blessed Benson Wednesday in his news conference. A great many farmers do not feel that way about the secretary. He is in real political trouble. ■ “I certainly am not going to resign,” he told this reporter. Ben-

son said he would stay on the job even if congress refuses to accept the farm program which he now is attempting to de visa. He acknowledged congress’ right to accept or reject his recommendations “because congress writes the laws.” “If congress decides our recommendations are not politically expedient and changes them,” Benson said, “I’m not going off in a corner antT sulk. I’ll administer the program Congress enacts to

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the best of my ability, so long as the President wants me to do that.” If BensonM recommendations would much change or in any way diminish present farm subsidies, congress is very likely to reject them. The house agriculture, committee has just completed a series of hearings in various parts of the country. The word from the grass roots was: Fire Benson ;and don’t do

much tinkering with the farm program, unless it be to extend and improve it. Not everyone wanted to fire Benson. But many did, including Republicans. The secretary said he had hoped to do the farm job without getting involved' in politics, but agreed that would be next to impossible “in the coming year.” The administration should make eome progress this week toward a farm program. The Rational agri-

cultural advisory commission was I set up to fulfill campaign promts-1 es that farmers would have a real part in policy decisions. It is meeting here today and Friday with Benson. The committee will see the President Saturday. Benson, a Utah Republican, has been on the cabinet hot seat for months. Drought, over-production and sagging prices plague the farmers. Their woes were translated into anti-administration votes in Wisconsin’s recent special election, in which a Democrat won a house sUat long claimed by the ' GOP. ‘ ; The secretary does not like the ; high and rigid support system of protectiDk Hhe farmer. He explained his position on that in an interview in his office. “Did you recently call high and rigid price supports morally and economically unsound?” Benson was asked. \ “I did not say morally unsound,” he replied. “But high, rigid supports as now authorized by law will require acreage ' controls if surpluses are to be avoided. High price supports are likely to price some commodities out of the market. Butter is being priced out now. If the dairy industry had tried to help a competing product, it could not have done a better job than has been done by the existing butter support program. “We’ve been trying for 30 years to get a farm program which would work right. The high and rigid support system has been made to appear to work because of inflation and two wars. i “The program has appeared to accomplish things which actually were accomplished by w’ar conditions." • Benson said he is looking for a program which will work fairly for everyone without the stimulus of war or inflation. He doesn’t have it yet Neither, said Benson, is he ready to scrap all of the existing program of 90 ppreent parity support for pix basic crops: wheat, corn, peanuts, cotton, tobacco and rice. Benson is dead against drawnout farm relief involving purchase of perishable commodities, like live cattle, butter of potatoes. He started put last winter to sell a program of government farm aid as “disaster insurance” only. Most of Benson’s troubles date from that proposal made in a St. Paul speech last February. He had to abandon that idea. SQUABBLE OVER (Coatiaaed From Page Qne> tax cut also scheduled to become effective Jan. 1. Simpson, who doubles as chairman of the Republican congressional campaign cotnmittee, is particularly conscious of the possible political effect of a tax increase of any kind. Democrats generally maintain that the increase is necessary to keep the old age insurance system on a sound financial bpsis. BLUE SUNOCO High Test Gasoline, 25.9 c per gallon. Come Out and Fill Up. Engle & Irwin Motors, Winchester at 27. It

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Youth For Christ B Uy The Rev'. Reinheld A. Barth will speak at a county-wide Youth tor Christ rally at the First Mennonite church in Berne at 7:30 p. m. Friday. Oct. 30. Rev. Barth spent three years in Germany as a Youth for Christ international representative, preaching in dozens of cities and towns. Accompanying Rev. Barth will be Helen MeAlerney Barth, favorite recording artist and radio singer of gospel songs, who teamed with her husband for. missionary service in Germany. Pictures of unusual interest will be shown during the evening. The public is invited.

Railways, Unions Plan Bargaining Conference Will Open November 3 WASHINGTON UP —The national mediation board today arranged for national bargaining conferences between the railroads and 15 non-operating unions to open Nov. 3 in Chicago. Board Chairman Francis A. O’Neill, Jr., said he merely arranged for the talks and that federal mediators will: not participate at the beginning. The mediation board will intervene later if negotiations become deadlocked, O’Neill said. The non-operating unions represent about one - million workers. They are demanding a new health and welfare plan, extra pav for Sunday work, liberal pass allowfor rail travel, holidays with pay and more liberal paid-vacation plans. The Nov. 3 date for opening negotiations was first proposed by the railroads last week. Union leaders had demanded a meeting last Tuesday. When carrier representatives failed to show up at that time, a strike vote was ordered among clerks, telegraphers and other non-operating employes. G. E. Leighty, chairman of the union’s negotiating committee, said today “We are definitely going ahea’d with the vote.” Deadline for return of strike ballots was set for Dec. 1. -\ .. V.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1953

Too Much Training Expected Os Army Begin Training In Homes And Schools WASHINGTON UP —Maj. Gen. William F. Dean said today the ■ army too often is expected to educate young men overnight in their responsibilities to America. . Dean said; the training must begin in homes and schools, it is asking too much of the military to "straighten out ?n 18-year-old overnight, but that seems to be what is expected of us,” he said. Dean’s views came out at a news conference where he was questioned about President Eisenhower’S remarks Wednesday that he sometimes wondered that more American prisoners in Korea did not fall for Communist propaganda. Dean, former commander of the 24th division in Korea and a Communist prisoner of war for more than three years, said he is “Very proud” of the “outstanding” record U. S.. captives made in resisting Red pxopagandists. Twenty three Americans refused repatriation when the shooting stopped, but one of them changed his min i and returned to U. S. control this week. > _ Dean disclosed that during Lis breakfast meeting with Mr. Eisenhower Wednesday h® stressed that “we must and instill ir. our youth the knowledge that every American on .foreign soil is an ambassador of, the United States.” He said he also told the President that as a prisoner he came in contact with some renegade South Korean officers. Dean said all citede examples of bad American conduct as, the reason for their joining the Communist side.'

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