Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 107, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1958 — Page 6

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Republicans To Name Officers Saturday The reorganization meeting of the Republican central committee will start with a dinner for committee members at noon Saturday,

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at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Harry ‘‘Peck Essex, chairman, announced today. The reorganization meeting, at • which a county chairman will.be ! elected, will be held at 1 n.m. following the dinner.

Agriculture Is Now ■ In Third Revolution Future Predicted By Purdue's Dean Editor’s Note: What lies ahead for America’s farmers? Here are some predictions about their future, by a leading agricultural ' economist who has returned to academic life after serving as an i assistant secretary of agriculture in the Eisenhower administration. By EARL L- BUTZ Dean of Agriculture Purdue University Written for United Press Agricultural technology and farm belt politicians have squared off for a major tug of war. Many farm politicians direct their energies essentially toward maintenance of the status quo. The math effect of many governmental programs irt agriculture also is to slow down adjustment to-ehange. Agriculture is now in the midst of its third great revolution. It is I changing from away of living to la way of making a living. It is ; changing from a business of arts ! and crafts to a business underf girded with large amounts of ■ science and techndlogy. Productiv- ' ity per worker on our commercial farms is increasing phenomenally. Still greater increases lie ahead, as we substitute more capital and technology fog. labor. ThreatXo Tradition Will the people who man the farms of America be permitted to i share fully in the benefits growing out of- modern science and . technology, or must they live with I a ceiling over opportunity imposed jby governmental programs signed to maintain small, inefficient. often peasant-type production and living units on the land? The present agricultural resolution, resting on basic science and closely allied with the widespread advance of automation in both production and distribution, is threatening the traditional pattern of—owner-manager-operator —alii wrapped up in a single •person. This is the very basis for much of today’s and political unrest in agriculture. ._ Capital requirements have now grown tp the .extent that it is becoming increasingly difficult for an individual, during his productive years, to accumulate a sufficient amount to finance an economically sized operating unit. This will become increasingly true in the decades ahead The trend- toward larger and fewer commercial .farm units Will continue. Machines will continue to displace men. We will produce more with Jewer farms and witt fewer workers. Shares of Ownership This is not a new trend. It has been 1 going on for decades. It has only been accelerated in the present decade. It will accelerate still more in the decade ahead. All th power of government can t stop it. Nor should it. It can only confuse the issue. The point is that economices that inevitably come from specialized, well-financed and well - managed farm units,of this kind will make it increasingly difficult for the under - sized, under - capitalized, under - managed, quasi-self-suffi-cieht farm unit to survive in the competitive struggle. Industry has met the problem by having divisible shares of ownership which in many cases are not even remotely related to management or' to operationThere is pressure in this direction in commercial agriculture. This does not necessarily mean the growth of corporate farms. This may be accomplished in a number of way?. We shall seb the growth of family shares of ownership of the family farm, instead of placing the farm in an estate to be sold as a unit. The family shares will be transferable, so that one of the heirs, wishing to convert his inheritance to some other form of property, may sell his share to a third party who may be entirely outside of the family. Profits Depend on Volume We will continue to develop a management group in agriculture. This won’t necessarily be at the leVe of the general professional farm manager. The big growth will be in enterprise managers. After all, integration generally involves single enterprises—now whole farms. These changes may alter the traditional entrepreneurial, risktaking function of the individual farmer. It may even move him in the drection of a quasi-riskless. semi-guaranteed wage earner. But this is not necessarily bad, per se He may bp. and frequently is, better off this way than he was before. The commercial farm will increasingly assume the characteristics of a , manufacturing establishment. The gross margin per dollar of receipts will become narrower, and profits will depend increasingly on growing volume. This will place still more pressure on the smaller and less productive farm units. Our countryside will be “rurbanized.” Our modern science and technology have made it possible for farm and city folk to live alongside each other in our newly “rurbanized” communities. The effect of the resulting in termingMhg has been that there is no longer ’ a clearly defined farm population and industrial population, especially within 40 or 50 miles driving distance of our big

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industrial centers. A Healthy Competition Ultimately farmers will lose their vocational identity. At this point farming will no longer be a “way of life.” but will be a "way of making a living,” just the same as other business enterprises. Political leaders will resist the trend toward large, well-capital-1| ized units in agriculture. The ■ philosophy of the small, owneri operated family farm- is deeply 1 j ingrained in our social and politi--1 j cal mores. The controversy over 1 this issue is often more emotional than economic- Political pressure will continue to be on the side of maintaining small family farms even though modern technology dictates strongly that ’ family farms become larger. But we are all familiar with the fact that something over half of our farm units in the United States are so small or so inefficient that they don't yield their operators la decent standard of living. It's economically impossible for them to do so. It is not at all cold-blooded to suggest to a farmer that he seek other employment if he can’t ■ make a good living in farming. Hut it is really cold-blooded to attempt through legislative programs to keep him tied to a farm which everyone knows is inadequate to provide a decent living for himself and his family. People in other jobs and in other professions take this kind of healthy competition in their stride. And they usually improve their lot in life. Many low-income farmers can and will do the same if they are given the opportunity, and if the politicians will stay out of their hair. Heaviest Rainfall Os Spring In State Possible Frost Is Forecast Tonight By UNITED PRESS Indiana soaked up the heaviest rainfall of the sdason today, amid ’ indications that warmer weather and fair skies may return by midweek. However, forecasters said frost is possible tonight in the northern portion. Scattered showers were expected to end by this afternoon in the central and southern districts. Meanwhile, the • Indianapolis Weather Bureau said Rushville reported 2.2 inches of rain in toe 24-hour period ending at 7 a.m. c.d.t. Knightstown also measured more than 2 inches, and many s other points, including Shelbyville. : Columbus; Seymour, had more than 1.5 Inches. • Other points reporting more than an inche of precipitation were ; Muncie and Bloomington. The In- ; dianapolis area and Fort Wayne reported rain this morning. Overnight temperatures dropped to 36 at Fort Wayne and 3 Bat ' South Bend and Indianapolis. A high of 57 at Evansville apparently was tops Monday, Afternoon highs today were ex- ■ pected to range from about 50 up- ' 'state to the mid-5Qs south. The ’ lbw; tonight map dip below freezing, to around 30, in the northern ’ portion, followed by “fair and ' warmer” Wednesday and highs of about 60. i . ' Two-Year-Old Girl > Dies In Hotel Fire Three Are Hurt In Fire At Gary Hotel ‘ GARY (IP) — A two-year-old girl e was killed early today and three persons were injured when fire of 3 undetermined origin destroyed the 3 Lido Hotel. e Fire Chief John Massa estimatj ed the damage at $50,000. Firemen o fought the “delayed” three-alarm e blaze in the city's central district for several hours before bringing the flames under control. 3 The body of little Johnnie s’ Marie Williams was recovered in ' her apartment hours after the fire started. Her mother. Mrs. Bernice ' Williams; the woman's son, Roy, ' 16. and a Puerto Rican identified „ as James Cortez were injured and hospitalized. None was reported in e serious condition. Firemen said Cortez jumped to 1 the street from a second-story a window. Several residents of the 24-room t hotel in the Negro' district were :■ carried to safety by firemen. Au- - tHorities said 24 Puerto Ricans s were made homeless by the fire. ; The building, containing a tav- " ern and restaurant on the ground floor, was a total loss, Massa said. ’ The roof and the second floor ; crumbled. I Massa said apparently 11 the hotel's residents believed someone else had turned in the alarm. As 1 it happened, a passing cab driver finally called fire officials after . the blaze became apparent. i ; Three-Week Strike ' Ended At Lebanon » .■ <1 . ■ . L LEBANON — W A three-week > strike against the Stewart-Warner i Corp, plant ended Monday when • about 160 steel workers voted to > accept a five-cent hourly pay in- ! crease and a one-year contract.

Hopes To Reconcile Marriage To Church Bing Crosby Silent About Ceremonies LAS VEGAS, Nev. <UP»— Dennis 23, one of crooner Bing Crosby's twin sons, today hoped to reconcile his marriage to showgirl Pat Sheehan with the' Roman Catholic church. Young Crosby and the statuesque Miss Sheehan, 26, mother of a 6-year-old son by her first marriage, were wed between shows Sunday night at toe Gretna Green wedding chapel by a Protestant minister. The dancer, clad in shorts topped by a trench coat, rushed back to the Tropicana after the ceremony to appear in the second show. They decided to get married while dining at a Mexican restaurant next to toe wedding chapel. It was not until toe next day that the couple discovered they had been married by the Rev James A. Herndon, pastor of toe Church of the Nazarene, and not by a justice of the peace. Dennis, a Roman Catholic like his father, Bing, and three brothers, issued a joint statement with his bride Monday declaring they felt "terrible” about the “mistake.” ""We assumed we were being married by a local justice of toe peace,” they said. “The arrangements were made by our friend, Dottie Harmony, as we were having dinner at ElCholo." • They denied, however, there was a possibility of an annulment. Dennis said his father’s blessing of the wedding depended on the way it would affect his standing in the church. • “I know how it will affect my standing in the church,” said young Crosby Monday night. “I think.you can figure that out.” He said -he would see if he could reconcile toe marriage with the church and marry in toe church if pos s ible. . When the showgirl announced - hfcr impending marriage to Cros- ■ by last February, the -Rt. Rev John J. Ryan of St. Anne’s Catholic Church said that the wedding. Could not be approved unless}: "Through investigation, it is found that the former marriage of Miss Sheehan was not a valid

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Christian marriage contract.” The showgirl was divorced from I George Douglas, an Actol's Guild irepresentative, in 1953 after three! years of marriage. She is an Episcopalian. Bing was publicly silent about the wedding. Denies Eisenhower Planning To Resign Butler's Statement Is Termed Nonsense WASHINGTON (UP) — Republican National Chairman Meade Alcorn says a statement by his Democratic codhterpart that President Eisenhower will resign this year is “undiluted nonsense.” Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler said Monday night there appeared to be “some basis” for a forecast the President toll step down after the congressional elections to be! succeeded by Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Alcorn called Butler’s prediction “an odd and, in a sense, amusing political performance.” The White House declined comment. In La Paz, Bolivia, Vice President Richard M. Nixon said Monday it was too early for him to comment on speculation about whether he will be named Republican Presidential candidate in the 1960 elections. Butler's forecast of Eisenhower’s resignation developed during questioning on the Mutual Broadcasting System radio program “Reporters’ Roundup.” “The President, himself, shows no particular zest for the respon- i : sibilities of the office of the Presidency,” the Democratic chairman said. Minor Damage Done In Ohio Accident Minor damage occurred in Ce-; lina, 0., Friday night in an accident involving a car driven by. William C. Smitley, 29, of Berne. ■ and Charles W. Faulkner, 47, of j Grove City. Faulkner stopped his car for a red light, and Smitley's car rammed into toe rear. Damage was I very slight, with the rear bumper. and license plate of Faulkner's car btot- • !

Report Flemming , In Ike's Cabinet Ohio*Wesleyan U. Prexy To Be Named COLUMBUS, Ohio — (W — Dr. Arthur S. Fleming, president of Ohio Wesleyan University in nearby Delaware, will be named secretary of health and welfare in President Eisenhower’s Cabinet Wednesday a university source told the United Press today. Fleming would succeed Marion B. Folsom who will resign. A university spokesman told the United Press that announcement of Fleming’s appointment would be made by President Eisenhower on Wednesday. Ftetning was in Washington during the weekend. He was due back on the Ohio Wesleyan campus this afternoon. Trade in a good town — Decrtur

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Plan Reroofing At Pleasant Mills School ' » Bids will be accepted until May 16 on a reroofing job at the Pleasant Mills gym and three adjoining ing classrooms. --.™ The roof resurfacing job is necessary because of leaks which have developed recently, culminating with the interruptions that occurred during the recent Pleasant Mills graduation. A hard rain started during the exercises, and rain poured through the gym roof. It was necessary to move the students back about three feet to keep them from getting wet, and manjcof the audience did get wet. TOMORROW TOT’S DAY AT Edward’s Studio