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THE NEW ULM ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13,1947
Gema of Thought
VOUR mind 1* your own pri-
1 vate enclosure, into which
nothing harmful or degrading
can enter without your permte-
aion.
The notion which givti Hi boot-
bits! -iliten «• ffwl c ho nee with
rvrry other trriw ii rich io oppor-
tunitirt for all People.
Life is too short to remember
unpleasant things.
Standing on your dignity won’t
lift you very high.
We have no more right to con-
sume happiness without produc-
ing it than to consume wealth
without producing it. — George
Bernard Shaw.
New Legislative Setup Is Effective
BUSINESS & INVEST. OPPOR.
Baukhage
NEWS REVIEW
FARM MACHINERY S EQUIP.
Experts To Advise Solons
INSTRUCTION
inring the ad-
den ball trick on them.
MISCELLANEOUS
__SEEDS. PLANTS. ETC.
you^JuluhtL^Buif.
ouiiminns
More Reforms Recommended
WNU—P
07—47
BIGGER BURGERS
Increase Seen in Meat Output
wa; .«> MMM
BACK ACHE
TORTURE?
probably will continue rela-
high, reflecting seasonally
supplies.
department said hog prices
it proposes to hold hearings
shortly to see if it cannot do
exactly that — ent the tariff
and encourage buying.
The new Republican senators
are already mi
News
Behin
ishes it is a a detailed recom-
mendation for buying foreign
minerals, and lowering or abol-
ishing the tariffs on them to
Probably the most important
change yet to be made is to provide
additional help for members. That
is, providing additional experts to
advise committee chairmen and
committeemen. I recently heard it
remarked that: “Senator Taft usual-
ly knows what he is talking about
when he takes the floor. You may
not agree with his policies but when
it comes to facts he seldom makes
erroneous or misleading statements.
This is largely because Taft has the
best staff of advisers in congress
—he hires and pays for them out of
his own pocket.”
It is impossible to expect that
more than a few members of either
house can devote enough time to
any single subject to become expert
on it It is true that we have had
some outstanding examples of men
and women who have been able to
specialize and still carry on their
other duties. For example: Senator
George on finance and Mrs. Rogers
on veterans’ affairs, to name two
widely different fields.
It is natural that most congress-
men got into politics by way of the
legal profession, which is a good
basic training, but today, when
many of the most important issues
are economic "rather than political,
no professional training is in itself
broad enough.
cap and fondling milo
eleaned up $40,000—
for himself and $20,000
father—on 240 aeres of
The staffing, however, that has
been done is invaluable. Now for
the first time there will be experts
instead of a new inexperienced set
brought in with each chairman.
More are needed.
Some phases of the reorganiza-
tion plan probably will prove im-
practical. One of its objectives was
to reduce the number of measures
passed by unanimous consent. This
was recommended because frequent-
ly important legislation was adopted
in this manner with only a small
number of senators on the floor.
The roll is not called — merely
“no objections.” Various steps were
taken to check this custom but
there is a human element involved
that has to be taken into considera-
tion.
One thing which helps attendance
considerably is the reduction of the
number of committees upon which
a senator serves. This gives him
time to participate in debate.
It is not improbable that the fili-
buster will be curtailed, perhaps
this session, if not entirely ruled out.
But there never will be "a limit to
debate” and “debate” easily can
become largely a monologue when
addressed to few hearers except a
patient visitor or two in the gal-
lery.
FEAR OF EXHAUSTING ORES
UNFOUNDED. EXPERTS STATE
WASHINGTON. — The most star-
tling advice which Mr. Truman
gave congress in his annual mes-
sage was that “We are rapidly be-
coming a ‘have-not’ nation as to
many of our minerals." He did not
explain what is running short, but
just said we should do something
about it A rather abstract pic-
ture thus was thrust forward for
the commentators to ponder in gen-
eralities. A rather dismal non-ob-
jectivist picture was drawn that
we are losing our world superiority
for any coming international trade
contests, and we had better get
busy also for national defense.
What this picture will tarn out
Tea Can build Caterpillar type Garden
tractor. It's powerful -comp ict. Inslruc.
in 1947 may set a new record and
is likely to be Urge in 1948 and
possibly 1949. But lamb and mutton,
which usually account for less than
5 per cent of total meat supplies,
are likely to be smaller this year
than last year.
Pork production will not be great-
ly different from last year, the de-
partment said. It predicted, how-
ever, an increase in the 12-month
period beginning October 1.
The department said prices of fed
beef cattle, especially top grades,
are expected to decline somewhat
from early January levels. On the
CLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT
tend the life of these two "specials”
—and they won.
But so much attention was direct^
ed toward the issue that Senator
Taft hastened to make it clear
later that creation of further spe-
cial committees would be a very
difficult job. Net result of the whole
discussion was to strengthen rather
than weaken the reorganization.
One of the most important steps
toward increasing efficiency of con-
gress was elimination of overlap-
ping committees but, like attempt-
ing to abolish the seniority rule, it
just couldn’t be accomplished. As a
matter of fact, when the bill
finally was passed, the house reject-
ed the senate-approved provision
which did away entirely with spe-
cial committees. It was admitted at
the time the reorganization act
was passed that it fell considerably
short of the original recommenda-
tions by the various bodies which
had made unofficial studies of the
situation. Indeed, the act did not
carry out all the recommendations
of the report of the joint congres-
sional committee created to ex-
amine various recommendations
and then to make its own.
PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT — Movie
supplies. Termr. free catalog. Film rentals.
Daytea Film, ttfl Hepbarn, Daytea. Obla.
Gideon E. Mettler, wearing a
fatigue
maize,
$20,000
for his
irrigated land near MeFarland,
Calif., in his first year out of the
army.
THEzNEy
By Paul Mallon
other hand, prices of lower-grade
fed cattle and stockcr and feeder
cattle
tively
small
The
are expected to remain near present
high levels in the spring and sum-
mer, as marketings will decline
more than seasonally.
Meat purchases by the armed
forces and other war agencies last
year were estimated at about 870,-
000,000 pounds compared with 3,600,-
000,000 in 1945 and a peak of 4,200,-
000,000 in 1944.
FREE LITERATURE dtacrlblni many
money making plane. Albert Pearsea.
Sales Service. Bea UBS. Milwaukee 1. Wis.
SS WONDER BLACKBERRIES or Austin
Dewberries. SI. Carman Grapes. 15c.
Black Diamond or Stone Mountain Water-
melon Seed. S3 pound. Texas Resistant
Cantaloupe. 84 prepaid.
ANDY ROBERSON - Basse, Texas.
Actually this nation is short of
only two important minerals, ac-
cording to a mining engineer of
long and expert standing, who I
must confess is a Republican. These
two are tin and nickel. The tin we
have never been able to get in com-
mercial quantities, relying for our
supplies mostly upon the Orient. But
nickel is being furnished in desired
quantities by Canada, an adjoining
nation, upon which we could rely.
GASOLINE FOR 1.0M YEARS.
The actual have-not situation is
something like this: Many oil en-
gineers agree this nation could nev-
er run out of fuel for its automo-
biles. An engineer for one oil con-
cern says we have oil in the ground
in this nation for 1,000 years. An-
other says the undeveloped shale in
the Rocky Mountain states like Col-
orado, Utah and Nevada (which has
not been touched because of higher
commercial hazards than those now
tapped) is more than we have
consumed to date. Possibly no ex-
pert could estimate completely the
amount of oil in the ground, but it
is certain the administration will get
a big argument in any attempt to
prove a shortage of this primarily
necessary natural resource.
By and large, the condition of
importable minerals is some-
what like that of tungsten. We
did not mine much before the
war, bnt when we needed it (if
Japan had ent onr supplies from
China she might have come
closer to winning the war), we
built up a domestic supply of
45 per cent of our total produe-
FOLLOW OLD ADAGE . . . Believing in the old adage about the way
to a man’s heart, 16 Chicago war brides are learning to eook “the
American way” in a Red Cross nutrition class. Their No. 1 request
is to learn to bake apple pie. War brides from Scotland, England and
Egypt are shown above with a Red Cross instructor.
FOR SALE—BROADRREASTED bronu
breeding toms 815.00 each f. o. b. Bren-
ham from Dr. Thompson—A A M strain,
tube tested, nollorum clean first test Write
DeML'TH A MAST
CONGRESS:
Retain Luxury Levies
Bent on trimming income taxes,
the Republican congress moved to
preserve other sources of revenue to
carry the huge 1947-48 budget and
reduce debt by extending wartime
rates on luxury items.
As a result, taxes on liquor were
scheduled to remain at $9 a proof
gallon; 20 per cent on furs, luggage,
jewelry and toilet preparations; 1
cent for each 5 cents charged on
theater admissions; $8 a parrel on
beer; 25 per cent on long distance
telephone calls and 15 per cent on
local service; 15 per cent on trans-
portation, and 20 per cent on light
bulbs and tubes.
Meanwhile, Republican ranks were
split on the proposal of Chairman
Knutson (Rep., Minn.) of the house
ways and means committee to re-
duce income taxes 20 per cent on
earnings up to $300,000. Increasing
favor was shown for the suggestion
of Representative Engel (Rep.,
Mich.) that exemptions be increased
to cut the taxes of low income
groups rather than offering broad re-
lief which might chiefly benefit the
upper brackets.
Declaring there are nearly 86
million people dependent on individ-
ual or family income of $2,500 or
less a year, Engel said that Knut-
son's bill would result in a tax cut
of only 72 cents a week for a man
earning that much or less. On the
other hand, a person drawing $300,-
000 a year would gain $942 a week.
“If the Knutson bill is passed,” En-
gel said, “it will place into the hands
of the Democratic party the most ef-
fective campaign argument any par-
ty can have; an argument which will
appeal to 86 million people in the
low income group . . .”
FREIGHT:
Want More Cars
For the fifth time in three years.
Senator Reed (Rep., Kas.) acted to
alleviate the shortage of box cars
in the West caused by the reten-
tion of rolling stock in the East by
seaboard railroads.
As elevators and millers clamored
for cars to move grain stacked in
the West, Reed threatened to draw
up permanent legislation to relieve
what has developed into a perennial
problem in recent years. On pre-
vious occasions, the railroads shift-
ed cars west upon Reed's demands.
The shortage of rolling stock re-
sulting from inadequate additions
during the war years has figured in
the scramble for cars between East
and West. Once edrs roll in from
the West with agricultural products,
eastern railroads have sought to
hold onto them as long as possible
for shipment of industrial goods to
seaboard points. Because the rail-
roads also are loath to send the cars
back empty, valuable time is lost
by shunting them westward with
short loads.
WASHINGTON.—Meat production
this year will approximate 23 billion
pounds, providing 150 pounds for
each civilian after allowing for mili-
tary requirements and exports, ac-
cording to a department of agricul-
ture prediction.
The estimate compares with a
1946 production of 21.900,000,000
pounds, or a per capita civilian sup-
ply of 145 pounds. Average output
for the 1937-41 period was 18 billion
pounds while highest production on
record was set in 1944 with 24,700,-
000.000 pounds.
The department aaid beef output
LABOR:
Pay Equality
Announcement by the department
of labor that a special commission
had simplified job classifications
and ironed out rate inequities in
the Big Five packing plants pointed
up the growing acceptance of the
principle of equal pay for equal work
in U. S. industry.
Consisting of representatives of
the public, government, industry and
labor, the commission cleaned up
differences between Swift, Wilson,
Cudahy, Armour and Morrell and
the AFL, CIO and independent un-
ions over rate inequalities. The com-
panies and unions had agreed on
conditions for 90,000 jobs in collec-
tive bargaining procedure, and the
commission acted on the remaining
10,000 jobs.
The number of labor grades car-
rying varying pay rates was cut
from 250 to 25 under the negotiations
and wage boosts averaging 1.8 cents
an hour were awarded to approxi-
mately 75,000 workers to iron out
inequalities. In general, packing
house employees doing the work in
the same geographical area now
draw equal pay.
Previously, the CIO-United Steel
Workers and U. S. Steel corporation
had ironed out wage inequalities for
175,000 employees. Retroactive to
January 4, 1944, the cost of readjust-
ment was estimated at 30 million
dollars, with many workers receiv-
ing the equivalent of a IK cent an
hour wage increase.
CHINA:
U. S. Out
Diplomatic eyes turned anxiously
to the Orient following the U. S. de-
cision to abandon its peace-making
in China and withdraw most of the
12,000 marines on duty there.
Concern was expressed lest U. S.
withdrawal would invite Russian in-
tervention in China on behalf of the
Chinese Communists. While Sec-
retary of State Marshall had dili-
gently sought to bring the National-
ists and Reds together during his
special peace mission, the U. S. had
proceeded on the assumption that
the Nationalists constituted the legal
government. In supporting the Na-
tionalists, the U. S. has advanced an
estimated IK to 3 billion dollars of
lend-lease, and also provided tech-
nicians for training their military
forces.
Since the U. S. pulled out of China
without making any strategic ar-
rangements, the Russians maintain
a distinct advantage in view of their
half-interest in the Manchurian rail-
road and their joint control of Port
Arthur and Dairen. Russia's stra-
tegic position thus leaves Moscow in
a key position if it wishes to sup-
ply Chinese Communists entrenched
in the north or actually intervene
on the pretext of stabilizing condi-
tions in the Orient.
FARM-ALL <• rubber, busterg. two row
tractor drawn cultivator. Emerson one
row riding planter, one row McCormick-
Dee ring riding disc and shovel cultivator.
8 miles north of Addicks. Kt. 8. Bos AM.
Beesten, Tea.. Phene Barker BFI1.
W. H. ORISBEE
George B. Galloway, staff direc-
tor of the Monroney - LaFollette
congressional committee which drew
up the reorganization legislation, re-
cently proposed seven new fields of
congressional reform:
1. Avoid legislation deadlocks
and promote better teamwork
between congress and the Pres-
ident.
2. Create unified, dearly lo-
cated, responsible leadership in
congress for the legislative pro-
gram.
3. Reduce the non-leglslatlve
work load on congress so as to
free congressmen from errand
running and permit them to con-
centrate upon their legislative
duties.
4. Choose committee chair-
men other than on the basis of
seniority.
5. Eliminate the filibuster In
the senate.
6. Solve the problem of the
powers and procedure of the
house committee on rules.
7. Establish adequate safe-
guards against extension of the
patronage system to the new
professional committee staffs.
It will be a long time before all
these suggestions are adopted.
Meanwhile some of those already
in the law will be modified slightly
in use, just as an automobile or ship
“shakes down” after a certain
amount of mileage has been
achieved.
One thing that simply won’t work
now and probably never will in the
senate, at least, is the printing of
the schedule of the next day's work
in advance. There is too much free-
dom of action, too much deeply in-
rooted senatorial courtesy to pre-
vent a senator from obtaining
“unanimous consent” to lay aside
what was planned and introduce an
entirely different matter.
But this is a small point. It is
agreed that the advantages out-
weigh the minor disadvantages.
The staffing alone even though not
carried out to the full is a tre-
mendous gain. Expert guidance of
specialists who know their jobs
and are not subject to political in-
terference is invaluable.
Now tungsten is protected by
a 50-cent tariff. Mr. Truman
eould rapidly make us a have-
not nation on tungsten by lower-
ing or abolishing that tariff, and
his administration may be do-
ing so now by the rather harsh
disdain of his Securities Ex-
change commission for mining
ventures.
In general. Interior Secretaries
Krug and formerly Ickes have built
up the notion that we are mineral-
ly becoming have-nots. (Although
Idles once wrote an article claim-
ing we were all Croesus or better
because of our wealth share in our
mineral deposits.) They somewhat
perplexingly hew to both sides of
the question, but lean most heavily
toward free trade, purchasing
abroad and stockpiling from foreign
sources rather than trying to build
up or protect domestic activity. Per-
haps free trade might be a wise ulti-
mate goal, and perhaps the eco-
nomically backward nations do
need our purchases, but certainly
domestic mining should be main-
tained first in lines where it can
be encouraged.
SEN. MALONE’S VIEW.
The first Republican answer to all
this is likely to be the appointment
of a new Nevada senator, George
Malone, a promoter of a Rocky
Mountain improvement organization
called “The Industrial West.” as
chairman of a public lands subcom-
mittee to look into the matter.
He favors such things as renewal
of the old forgotten flexible tariff
provision by which the President
today could call the commission
and require it to establish the differ-
ence in cost of production of tung-
sten between China and the United
States, and establish that differen-
tial as the tariff rate. He also wants
the SEC to take a straighter out-
look on mining ventures, treating
mining as speculative business rath-
er than an investment enterprise,
and a cessation of disdainful regu-
ations which would — if done, he
claims—loosen uo venture capital
always relieve sore throat
coughs —aching muscles of
CHESTCOLDS
ST IU Ml HO p —'’
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By BAUKHAGE
Newt Analyst eteei Commentator.
mineral poverty. Indeed, the
state department is known al-
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WASHINGTON. — The 80th con-
gress has been operating long
enough under the new reorganiza-
tion plan to note some of the lat-
ter’s virtues and
shortcomings.
The first hotly
debated issue in
the senate had a
fortunate effect
on the plan. I
refer to the fight
over retention of
two of the stand-
ing committees
— the commit-
tees on war in-
vestigation and
small business.
Despite the fact
that the 80th con-
gress had ex-
pressed the intention to abide by the
reorganization plan accepted by the
79th congress, and that one of the
purposes of this plan was to elim-
inate the special committee, the sen-
ate Republicans fought hard to ex-
Packers Equalize Wages;
U.S. Withdraws China Aid
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