Show THE II III I I IN WASHINGTON l' l On the Farm arm Front D DESPITE ESPITE the fact that hat the economy drive of the congress was made largely at atthe atthe atthe the expense of the farmers and the consumers in iii the country country country coun coun- try there was ample evidence inthe Inthe in inthe the closing days that a a new leadership leadership leader leader- ship in behalf behall of th the farmers of the he nation was evolving from the struggle struggle struggle gle for economic survival insofar as government cooperation with agriculture agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture is concerned Actually although some million mil lion dollars was slashed from the agriculture appropriation bill and an out all fight was made against farm credit and farm cooperatives throughout the session agriculture leaders won at nt least a moral victory victory vic vic- tory 1 by reducing the GOP cuts cutsin I GROGGY JUT STILL ON Ord HIS FEET y r rf f o ouR uR RiG I ILEA A LEA OER 11 in agriculture appropriations It from om 40 per cent to 18 per cent 2 by keeping farm arm credit banks on an independent basis and 3 by again staving off oft the attempts to impose various forms of taxation of farm cooperatives While the brunt of the battle against submerging agriculture was vas borne by such senators as Russell of or Georgia and Hill of Alabama and by such congressmen congress congress- men as Flanagan of Virginia Cooley of North Carolina andRees and Rees of Kansas several new figures have emerged as farm champions Aiken of Vermont always has been considered a B friend of the farmers New names which have forged to the front are Young of North Dakota Dakota Da Da- Da kota Bushfield of South Dakota Dworshak of Idaho and Thye of Minnesota Same Old Cycle Partners Farmers according to reports arc ara withholding wheat from market in n the hope of 0 higher and higher prices although although although al al- though the Price today Is s at al an all time high Reports are that the growers arc ara piling up the new wheat crop throughout through out the West and Southwest In n backyards backyards back back- yards ards on empty lots on streets In empty empty emp emp- ty buildings wherever possible This Is reminiscent of 0 the meat meal situation jut about a II year ago Whatever advantage advantage ad ad- vantage van the farmer gained by withholding withholding with with- holding his meat meal from market was lost lostIn lostin In subsequent higher price of 0 living The same thing will be true In withholding withholding with with- holding bolding wheat from the market markel The big money lobbyists absent absent absent ab ab- ab- ab sent in force for the past 10 or 15 years cars had both feet In the door at the end of the first session of ot the congress When the second second sec sea ond and session starts on January 6 1948 1018 the predictions are arc that they will nm move all the tho way in for forthe forthe forthe the kill kiJI If this happens we will see seo a reversion to the tho governmental governmental governmental govern govern- mental policies of the Menace to Rights THE HE hysteria evident in the JL congress over communism has led to a state of affairs even to Introduction introduction in In- of bills such as the Rees bill hIlI w which hie hare are arc reminiscent of the infamous alien aUen and sedition laws of 8 yea years r s ago The alien and sedition laws passed in the wake of the I Revolutionary Revo war sent 1 thousands of good American citizens to jail and even to death for saying what they thought under the constitutional right of ot free speech Newspaper publishers likewise were sailed Jailed under these laws This hysteria or obsession in congress had driven men out of ot the government service and branded them as disloyal for no reason save they had Independent or unconventional ideas The Rees bill passed by thc the house although ough not by the senate senate sen sea ate would even deny men charged with disloyalty tho age old right to cOl confront their accusers accusers accusers ac ac- ac- ac and answer specific charges It substitutes tho the whIspers whispers whispers whis whIs- pers of stool pigeons for evidence evidence evi evl dence admissible in 10 court Test Case Due The Taft Hartley labor bill already al- al already al ready faces a severe test in the advance ad nd- van vance e c notice given by several unions un un- un ions among United Automobile Workers that they will strike to obtain ob ob- obtain tain guarantees In their contract against provisions of the new act These are the same guarantees that John L. L Lewis wrote out in his contract con con- tract with coal and steel industries If It it can be bc done legally In coal conI and and steel why not In other Industries say union heads |