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GASTON EYFORD REPORTED
RESCUED AND BACK WITH
HIS COMPANY THIS WEEK
Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Byford
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! their son, Cpl. Marshal Byford,
J their son, Cpl. Farshal Byford,
| who was reported by this paper
j last week as missing in action,
has been found and returned to j
military control. lie is located j
in the Pacific theatre. .
“Sure, I could use a new car
as soon as the war is over.”
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not get a new car tor 2 or 3
years after victory! It’s tough,
but...”
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Mpy 11, 1945.
Dear Friends:
Sometimes legislative actions
which are in themselves rather
trivial may have far-reaching ef-
fects. I fear that we will see an
j example of this in the action of
the House on yesterday when it
voted $2,500 per year to each
member to cover such expenses
as are generally provided for
other government employees. I
voted against this appropriation
because I felt that it set an ex-
ample which could only lead to a
breakdown in our wartime wage
and price controls and ultimately
to an inflationary increase in the
cost of living.
I have, since the war began,
feared inflation. I know that it
can take away the buying power
of the wage earner, no matter
what his wages may be and that
it can rob the farmer of the fruits
of his labors, no matter how high
farm prices may go. I know
that inflation results from an ex-
cess of money seeking goods to
buy when the goods are not a-
vailable. Until the Japs are
whipped, we simply can’t pro-
duce all the goods the American
people would like to buy. We
must still devote our efforts to
supplying our boys. Therefore,
the more money we have with
which to buy the limited amount
of goods that is available, the
harder it is to hold prices down.
I If we keep making more and
j more money available we are
! either going to break all price
controls, or we are going to turn
needed war production over to
meet civilian needs. Either
course would be tragic, but sure-
ly no membe'f of the House who
voted for this extra expense
money for himself can very well
refuse an increase for any other
group of our citizens. I fear that
the action of the House yester-
day was the hole in the dike. To
say the least, the timing of this
legislation was most unfortunate.
I voted against the rule to
make the bill in order. I voted
for an amendment to strike out
all reference to this expense
money. I spoke against the bill.
I voted to re-commit it, and fin-
ally I voted against the bill on
final passage. I am not going to
vote an increase in my own in-
come at a time when I have felt
that it was undesirable to vote
t0. increase the income of other
employees of the government
who, I am sure, need an increase
more than I do.
During the week, the House
has further debated and finally
passed a resolution to amend the
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constitution so that treaties will
in the future be ratified by a
majority vote of both Houses
rather than bv a 2-3 vote of the
Senate only. There are many
good legal arguments in favor of
this method and many preced-
ents to show how dangerous it
is to let one-third of one House
block a treaty like the small
group of Senators did after the
first World War, and I voted
for the proposal, but I have no
expectation that the Senate will
approve the change.
The War Department lias an-
nounced their much talked of
“point system” of granting dis-
charges. I am sure that all of
the local papers have given the
details. I am hopeful that with-
in a month or so the number °f
points may be reduced. I realize
that this system is actually go-
ing to keep some men in the
army who we had nil expected
to get out as soon as Germany
was defeated, but it will, at
least provide a definite yard-
stick, and that will be helpful.
We are receiving so many letters
most of them presenting really
worthy cases, that it is most de-
pressing not to be able to actual-
ly get even prompt considera-
tion of these requests from the
War Department. We do gladly
present these requests to the War
Department, but the Department
simply repeats day after day
that the decision as to whether
an overseas soldier can ‘be spared
for either discharge or furlough
must be left to tlie theatre com-
mander. Many times we wish we
could tell 'the commander what
to do, but we realize, and I am
sure you realize, how necessary
it is that the man who is charted
with the responsibility for the
success of his troops should make
these decisions rather than some
layman in Washington. We are
always glad to help every par-
ent and every boy in every way
we can, but we hope that you
will . realize that if we are to
whip the Japs as we have whip-
ped the Huns that we must leave
the command of our armies in
the hands of our military men.
Beginning next Monday the
Special Cotton Study Committee
of which I am a member, will be-
gin a series of hearings continu-
ing the study that we began last
fall of the post-war prospects
for cotton. This is a most diffi-
cult question, but a most import-
ant one for Central Texas.
With best Wishes, I am
Yours for Victory,
W. 11. POAGE.
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TEXAS’ 1944 COTTON CROP
College Station.—Texas, farm-
ers produced 2,545,000 tons of
cottonseed.
These totals received by the
A. & M. College Extension Serv-
ice from the Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics, Austin,, were
determined by the Bureau of the
Census upon revised estimates of
the Crop Reporting Board, USD A
prepared after final g ini tings
for the season. The cotton acre-
age in cultivation on July 1, 1944
was estimated at 7,354,000; the
area harvested, 7,185,000 acres,
and the lint yield per harvested
acre 177 pounds, the BAE re-
port says.
The 1944 harvested acreage
compared with 7,780,000 in 1943
and was the smallest for the state
since 1899 when 6,950,000 acres
were harvested. The lint yield
per harvested acre, however, ex-
ceeded the 10-year (1934-43) av-
erage of 160 pounds. But, be-
cause of the relatively small ac-
reage the resulting total produc-
tion was much below average and
was the smallest crop produced
in the state since the drought
year of 1934, report says.
Cottonseed production in 1944
however, was 5.6 per cent be-
low that of 1943, but the value,
placed at $58,847,000 was slight-
ly more than the $58,699,000 val-
uation given the 1943 crop. The
value of lint cotton produced in
Texas in 1944 was placed at
$260,583,000 compared with
$268,766,000 for the 1943 crop.
Historically, the 1944 cotton
planting season was unfavorable
with many farmers in the central
eastern and southeastern parts
of the state unable to plant in-
tended acreage because of exces-
sive moisture. The early grow-
ing season being more favorable
permitted fields to be cleaned
and promoted satisfactory plant
growth and fruiting. But hot,
dry weather over much of the
state in July and August, while
holding insect damage in check,
caused rapid deterioration in
many acreas before the draughty
condition was relieved in ‘ late
August.
Prospects improved under more
favorable conditions in Septem-
ber, and conditions during the
fall, months were mostly favor-
able for harvest. An unusual
proportion of the late crop in the
northwest was harvested after
January 1. The BAE report ex-
plains that “much better than
average crops were produced in
the northern, northwestern and
extreme western area. But
yields were relatively low im
eastern, southeastern and sonfe
southern countries.
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