Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1946 — Page 38

THE

Record Yields

Revision of Parity Payments Studied

within the next three years supporting farm prices at high levels and thus keeping up food costs to the city consumers? The answer is yes, if the present providing for government sup-| - of most farm commodities at 90 per cent of parity remains un-

changed. Whether to chance it is one of the major problems facing the incoming Republican congress. The problem is not pressing at the moment because of the high prices. But it is likely to be paramount in 1947 as a result of declining farm prices. Already, the government has lost $80 million this years supporting potato prices at about 2 cents a pound, and 20 million bushel of potatoes are rotting in the ground. The government foresees the nepessity of making loans to farmers of $1.15 a bushel on a good share of this year’s bumper carn ¢rop. Without the pegged price; corn undoubtedly would drop lower with a resulting decline in cost of corm products. Potato Planting ‘Restricted’ And the government may have to go into ‘the egg-buying business soon, paying Midwest poultrymen about 35 cents a dozen for their eggs. Purchases of dried eggs for Britain is the chief factor supporting the egg market now. The crux of the price-support problem is that the 90-per-cent-of-parity law provides such high support prices that it encourages production of many farm commodities and so the government may find itself with huge unsalable surpluses. Agriculture Secretary Anderson is worried about the prospect. He

INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

FRIDAY, DEC. 20, 1046

Grocers Launch Co-op Membership

Second Warehouse Planned by Group

The Associated Grocers, Inc., today launched an intensive campaign to induct new members into their unit. Organized last August with a total of 27

charter entrants, the group now

cating of a new co-operative warehouse, The present warehouse and offices are at 235-39 BE. W. W. Woolen

Maryland st.

has asked the senate and house agricultural committees to confer Jointly as soon as possible, For next year, the department has announced it will allot potato] acreage and that only those growers who stay within the prescribed | limits will be eligible to receive| government price support.

general policy. Capper Urges Revision

the law must be supported at J0 pe

duction of 35,068,000 bushels. Parity is the price which a farme must receive for a commodity to it as he was in the 1909-14 period. Republican farm leaders in the in coming congress say that the entir viewed. None of them has yet mad

its solution.

prevent “unsalable surpluses.”

an fight to keep and strengthe

the farmer's protection.

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Farm commodities which under

cent of parity for two years after the formal declaration of the end of the war are: Wheat, corn, tobacco, peanuts, rice, hogs, eggs,|: milk, flaxseed for oil, soybeans for oil, dry beans, dry peas, butterfat, chickens (over 3% lbs.) turkeys, potatoes, sweet potatoes and Ameri-| can-Egyptian long staple cotton. The regular American cotton must be supported at 89% per cent of parity. In Indiana, 1,594,000 acres of winter wheat was reported planted to give the state an estimated pro-

day to be able to buy as much with

price support problem will be reany specific recommendations for

Senator Arthur Capper (R. Kas), who will be chairman of the senate .agriculture committee, said he believed the 90 per cent support pro- | gram would need some revision to

Senator Richard Russell (D. Ga.), & leader of the farm bloe, said he

the legislation now on the books for

The Christian Business Men" committee will be in charge of the Volunteers of America services at 7:45 p. m, today in the chapel 320 N. Illinois st. Col. K. Grace Cran

c The group was organized to en-

BUSINESS LEADERS—Current officers of the Associated Grocers, Inc., are (left | to right) Ae LaGrotte, Joseph F. Teipen, Ralph M. Cox and Earl C. Wiseman.

Congress to Get New Strike Bill

Measure Would Affect Public: Utilities

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (U. PJ. ~Rep Howard W. Smith (D. Va.)

tries and also would outlaw Freon labor-management negotiations on

Hogs Regain $1 to $1.50; $22.75 Top Paid Here

climbed back $1 to $1.50 at the Indianapolis stockyards today

an industry-wide scale. Mr. Smith revealed details of proposed bill a day after the White House where he discussed labor legislation with President

Business

The claims money.

their cases and force collection. Officials of major steel companies here have held . conferences over us. | the legal and legislative strategy to use in attempts to nullify effects

Back-Pay Suits Throw Scare Into Industrialists

If Workers Win Case Many Plant Operators Fear They Will Be Wiped Out of Business

By ROBERT LEWIN Times Special Writer PITTSBURGH, Dec. 20.—Industry in the Pittsburgh ising to fight the lawsuits of thousands of O. 1. O. workers for portal-to-port Jay they they claim is due under a recent U. 8. supreme court decision. being prepared for filing involve astronomical sums of

Many plant operators fear they may

es Heavy Spen ding To Keep Farm Prices Pegged’

area is mobil-

be wiped out if workers win

today that the portal-to-portal pay claims constitute their No. 1 problem. They look to the federal district court in Michigan for some help in their dilemma and hope the federal judge decides that most of the travel and job preparation activities are too trivial to be used in the computation.

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U. S. Statement

New Housing Aid Is Studied

Skyscraper Apartment Believed One Solution |

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (U. P), | ~Housing officials today looked to* skyscraper apartments as one #0-" lution to the veterans housing orisis, : Deputy Housing Hxpediter Wiliam D, Flanders said federal house 8 ing administration regulations were | being amended to make city-type elevator apartments eligible for government-insured financing, Heretofore, Mr. Flanders sald, | FHA loans could be applied only | to construction of garden-type |

& month, with some apartments far above this limit provided others were lower.

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28.00 able independent grocers to buy and 2 sell at lower prices to meet compe- 3 32.00 tition. 22.50 Officers include Earl C. Wiseman, 21450 president; Angelo LaGrotte, first 1 23.00 vice president; Ralph M. Cox, sec- 18.80 ond vice president; Joseph F, Tei- 509 19.00 pen, treasurer, and W. W. Woolen, | © oo [email protected] secretary manager. 600- 800 pounds [email protected] 800-1000 POURAS + ioiseesssne [email protected] pa 600. “800 UNAS ..vvriivanes [email protected] 'Whiffing Joins 5 nn 110 1100 De easter ranen [email protected] Wayne *W. Whiting today joined | 500. ry pounds .....ceein [email protected] the Spann Co, Inc, as a member | G0-"500 pounds .......... 11.000 14.00 lot the real estate sales division. He ~ Cows (all weights) Ana Gi . ‘ » 16. | formerly was state chairman of the | Medium oe ge d : . X national committee for the con- | Sues and common ........ 8.00Q@ 9.50 Bulls (all weights) 1 Beet— i | Good (all weights) .....eeee [email protected] Sausage— Good .. ‘ 14.00@ 14.50 MSRM | vuvsnns nisnsrssinn 12.50@ 14.00 __ Cutter and common... . @l Nominal tats furnished by Indi- w anapolis securities. dealers: CALVES (375) D3 Good d choice . ... .. . 25.50: ! $1908 Bid Asked Common and medium. ... 12.5035.80 T | Agents Fin Corp com 7% | Culls (75 pounds up)....: [email protected]

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cBissiviases 34% 36% : Circle Theater com. sae ** Demand $12 Raise *Comwith Loan 4% pf vs 99 102 Consolidated a es com... 1 1%| WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (U. P.) .— Consolidated pa? Sogtries pid... 4% 4 . Cons Fin Corp pfd............ 91 The National Federation of Tele *Delt Electric on Sehenaerts iu 18 Electronic Lab © 2% 3% | phone Workers (Ind), today preFt Wayne &* ackion RR pid. 96 90 Herfl-Jones ol A pid . 18% 14% |pared to serve formal demands on Hook Drug Co AE hats ann UW . Ind Asso Tel O 2 fd... M 52 |telephone companies for a $12 a Indpls P & 1 co i! pa. 108. "201 | week generhl wage increase, im*Indpls 4% 110 L | Indianapotls Yate Pata: H % ; proved vacations, union shop, more Indpls Water cl A com. 22 |liberal pensions and six other con- = | AD) 8 allways co . Jott Nat La oa. tract gains, Kingan & Co com..... 5%| Union President Joseph Beirne Kingan & Co 84

fd “ru Lincoln Nat Life 5% oid. .... Marmon-Herrington com .r *Lincoln Loan Co i rd. “sa Mastic Asphalt .... ‘e Natl! Homes com N Ind Pub Serv 5%. . res N Ind Pub Serv com . P R Mallory com Progress Laundr,

said the demands would be presented before Jan, 1 and that the union would call its 320,000 members out in a nationwide strike if agreements were not reached before April 7. “

Pub Sarv of hd Om fd ne erv of In a % p 0M Ross Gear & Tool com eo 80 1 ’ i Bold Se hn pla ale, ua Estimated '47 Swine okely-Van Camp pfd ....... a gi Stokely-Van Camp co 3 Terre Haute Malleable arunne 63% Crop Above Average [3.3 Machine open . > in WASHINGTON; Dec. 30 (U. PJ. Union Title: COM... eee. 44 +...| =The agriculture department today BONDS estimated the 1047 spring pig crop American Loan 4%s 60...... 91 ee American Loan 413s 88 .... . 97 eer 3% 34 million head, compared with n Buhner Pertilizer hon ryia & er. | 52,574,000 .in 1046 and a 1935-44 Citizens Ind Tel ales 61 .. 103 oo. |average of 49,941,000. Columbia Club ds 85... 2 .“ The department based its estiHamilton Mtg Co 8488...) . o1 :''' | mate on farmers" reports that they T Town 5s . 9 ceen 000 Indpls Brass & Alum 8s 56 97 i would farrow about 8,626, 50S ing hs aL IV 106% 107% | next spring. This would be about s Ind Amo Tel Co J» on 5 133 |6 per cent above both 1948 and the vestors Telephon wh. 98 ” 8 Kuhner Packing Co - 54.... 99 ten- =Yeal average. N Ind b Serv 3%s 73......105% 101% | Pigs born in the spring of 1047 Pub Te Tis BE ny nm wy Teach retail markets in the amson Inc 6s 58 ........ 01 p RR 8 " orm of bacon and pork in the fall [a *Ex-dividend.

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the sharp decline yesterday. Top price was $22.75. broad revisions of the Wagner|M w 20 (0. P.)—Gov- VA Oracks Down Cattle and vealer trade ruled steady to weak while fat lambs were |), relations act “to Clemens, Mich, Were > u slighie SI a 25a toon) ne. 18 come| Wesley Pearce, housing offices | steady. equality between unions and indus- eullact t on company property. pa 3 Jour ago: Last year |1OT the Veterans of Foreign Wars, GOOD TO CHOICE HOGS (4875) try and protect the general public.” Pittsburgh’ area industrialists, | Receints Hide et hy 260.085 Pregiciet 8 Wouls te hie Butehers uy, Seumda re 1480QIT80| Although Mr. Smith's bill pre- against whom many of the C. I 0. Deficit... 0. 69.4%4.974 17.982.817480| 0 afford none but the low-priced 120- 140 pounds 500- 800 POUNAS s.versvaians [email protected] | scribes no criminal penalties, labor lawsuits haye been talking about Sash val. "aay ns: 3 0 oy antl smaller units, probably eff 140. J pounds 00-1058 POUNAS .eevssvarss. [email protected]| unions violating any of its pro- starting & new portal-to-portal case Gold reserve ~20.477,167.171 20.008.012. 543 |Clency apartments without bed 180- 300 pounds . 500-1000 POUDAS ..veneereses [email protected] | visions would lose their right to rooms, 0 30- Bo bound in the hope that the supreme court| INDIANAPOLIS CLEARING HOUSE H the i - 320 pounds Common bargain for employees under the ter its decisl IS cxveeaseistinensss ss 8 ® sald average it 3%. uo pounds 500- 900 pounds ............ 100001380 | vo cvier act. will alter its on. Debits... i. i i ainaeass $3,907,000 couldn't pay more than a 30 300 bounds SHEEP (13M) It also would withdraw from vio- Turn to Congress Ww. Wh month rent. ; 300- 330 pounds ... Lambe lators their exemption from injumo-| They also are urging senators and | VV AIGON eat Meantime, the veterans acdminiyM8: "30 pounds a oe LL PS Gag go | tions under the Norris-La Guardia|representetives to introduce bills at disnap ow tration down on “oblige” : PT kis Sew Medium and good............ ied and Clayton acts and would make|the 80th congress to curb present) vaiors paving $3.33 pe "bus foe Mo: roal estate appraisers who, one ¥ S008 Bo Sock... [email protected] - a hora. i “7 | unions responsible in uniget for Se X future lawsuits over portal-to- EL 5 Woah hile a per cla! Sa, looked at price tags hay 300- 330 pounds ve 1TB0GIBO0| 0 oy nies... nssis 5.50@ 1.00 | Preach of contract, any other pay claims. gee Ty CA Ubds or butler. tting “reasonable value” “ fothds oa SL Common and medium -....... 5.00@ 5.50 ' individual or corporation, ™ Industrialists here said frankly'is per cent m 2a houses for sals to G. 1's. 400- 480 POUNDS ......neer or [email protected]

- Plilipine Shipment

More than 3000 re ready for shi] village near Mani pines. They will {library completel; the American driv Collected by me | dianapolis Service quest of Col. Ro and Mayor Tyndal 38th division, the 2600 students of school in additio dents, Ceaserio Bandor the Pasig schoc ly commended by 38th for his unde durlng the battle. home for use by 38th division. Paul Denny of Paper Container bled and packed tI seas shipment,

Recount Hoffmann

Judge-elect Jose of juvenile court i have increased hi votes in a recount Nov. 5 election co Joseph T. Mazel] missioner said tl tabulation shows tl lead has increased his opponent, Rhoads, Republic total showed Judg fcated by a major The commissior machines were cot ing 248 of 413 in recounted to date.

Seoul Brass Will Play (

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apolis Boy Scout k Riley, will play CI downtown points tc The group will Y.W.C. A,9:15a Star, 9:30 a. in; a st., office of C. C cent of the locs 9:45 <a. m,; Lem Community Fund t 10:30 a. m. play in the Wn L. Strauss & Co, Indianapolis News anapolis Power & offices of Wallace Scout commission The group then Circle at the Mc mediately thereaf ‘Wasson Co., whe! lunch.

Wired Musi Monument

Some of the n ernanating from Christmas display direct broadcast from the studios sic Co. Wired Music C« 224 N. Meridian utlet of World subsidiary of Dec The company p industrial. and | and currently can rograms simulta:

hy? Radio ¢ Contest Ani

The Young Mer jation today ann pnnual radio scriy ward of $500. designed to stimul desire to pron peace. Rules are avail epartment of th >. A. council, 347 1 ork City.” The midnight, Jan. 31. be announced in 1

Robbery Su Bond Set o

A $1500 bond udge John Nibla pelle, paroled cont pect in the $7000 obbery of Mrs. eek.

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