Show nef NEWS WS REVIEW new farm plan studied fruit ILAL 0 crop favorable FARM CONTROLS opposition grows american farm bureau federa tion powerful farm group which sponsored most of the agricultural legislation now in force is consid ering recommendations tor for total abandonment of all farm price and crop controls by the government edward A 9 0 neal president of the federation said the board is not satisfied with the old AAA e s t a b dished during pres ident roosevelt a first term he re healed that a bet ter a g r I 1 cultural program than the one the farmers now have is being sought the AAA authorizes p pay a y 0 oneal neal ments to farmers for reducing acre ages in the basic crops of wheat corn cotton rice tobacco and pea nuts farmers from the north and northwest have consistently ap posed federal subsidies and senti ment was reported to be growing among the producers for letting farm products seek their own price level as a permanent policy in the south however cotton and tobacco growers are known to be satisfied with the situation as it stands favoring tight controls if prices start to slip one of the federation federations s acono mists predicted at least a 10 year period of good prices tor for farmers at levels slightly below those prevail ing mg now FARM ROYALTY this dim pled smiling beauty is vicky Os 01 browski 19 year old farmer s daughter who was chosen dairy land queen at the annual dairy land festival in watertown N Y A real farm girl she drives a tractor milks the cows and helps with other farm chores FRUITED PLAINS apple outlook rosy despite a late spring and some frost damage in eastern fruit areas prospects continue generally favor able tor for this year a crop of apples and other deciduous fruits a de apartment part ment of agriculture report has disclosed the 1947 strawberry crop Is esti estl mated to be nearly a fourth larger than the 1946 crop but still a tenth below average however the peach crop in 10 early southern states Is expected to set a new record of more than 25 million bushels this year the third successive large crop from those states in california the sweet cherry crop of 29 tons is 15 per cent smaller than last year but still 1 16 per cent larger than the 1938 44 av california s 92 ton plum crop is slightly below 1948 1946 TRAINING hearings begin although congress is scheduled to adjourn july 28 the senate armed services committee has voted to proceed with hearings on universal military training but in a formal statement the committee added that if a report cannot be made ready by july 28 23 it will attempt to have a report pre pared tor for congress when it con venes again decision of the senate group was reached as the very kev rev edmund A walsh a member of president truman a universal military train ing commission told a house corn cittee that the politburo in mos cow is not going to adjourn tor for the summer as its forces creep across europe father walsh said that america is definitely on the soviet agenda ol 01 conquest and russia will be ready to start her shooting war as soon as her atom bombs are in prodie tion TAX PLANS to think over congress has been presented with four tax revision plans to think over until it gets ready to have another go at the income tax problem the treasury department has div en the house ways and means corn cittee studies of four plans to equal ize federal income taxes on married couples in all 48 43 states one of the proposals would save 4 couples three quarters ol 01 a billion dollars annually by giving those living in 38 33 states the same income splitting rights now en joyed by couples living in 10 states which have community property laws secretary of the treasury john snyder has ind bated that the ad ministration considers the proposed plans to be among the right kind of changes in the tax setup |