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Show NEWS REVIEW New Farm Plan Studied; Fruit Crop Favorable FARM CONTROLS: 4 Opposition Groivs American Farm Bureau federation, federa-tion, powerful farm group which sponsored most of the agricultural legislation now in force, is considering consid-ering recommendations for total abandonment of all farm price and crop controls by the government. Edward A. O'Neal, president of the federation, said the board is not satisfied with the I"" -T"-' old AAA, estab-f estab-f ) lished during Pres- f '4j ident Roosevelt's tfifJ first term. He re- I --4. vealed that a bet- y; ter a g r i cultural program than the I t&p r . one the farmers I. s , now have is being LAAlU sought- The A authorizes pay-O'Neal pay-O'Neal ments to farmers for reducing acreages acre-ages in the basic crops of wheat, corn, cotton, rice, tobacco and peanuts. pea-nuts. Farmers from the North and Northwest have consistently apposed ap-posed federal subsidies, and sentiment 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's economists econo-mists predicted at least a 10-year period of good prices for farmers at levels slightly below those prevailing prevail-ing now. FRUITED PLAINS: Apple Outlook Rosy Despite a late spring and some frost damage in eastern fruit areas, prospects continue generally favorable favor-able for this year's crop of apples and other deciduous fruits, a department de-partment of agriculture report has disclosed. The 1947 strawberry crop is estimated esti-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 29,000 tons is 15 per cent smaller than last year, but still 16 per cent larger than the 1938-44 average. av-erage. California's 92,000-ton plum crop is slightly below 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, it will attempt to have a report prepared pre-pared for congress when it convenes con-venes again. Decision of the senate group was reached as the Very Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, a member of President Truman's universal military training train-ing commission, told a house committee com-mittee that "the Dolitburo in Mos- cow is not going to adjourn for the summer as its forces creep across Europe." Father Walsh said that America is definitely on the Soviet agenda of conquest, and Russia will be ready to start her "shooting war" as soon as her atom bombs are in produc tion. , tit"- D '' I - t 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 given giv-en the house ways and means committee com-mittee studies of four plans to equalize equal-ize federal income taxes on married couples in all 48 states. One of the proposals would save 4,900,000 couples three-quarters of a billion dollars annually by giving those living in 38 states the same "income splitting" rights now enjoyed en-joyed by couples living in 10 states which have community property laws. Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder has indicated that the administration ad-ministration considers the proposed plans to be among the "right kind" of changes in the tax setup. FARM ROYALTY . . . This dimpled, dim-pled, smiling beauty is Vicky Os- 1 trowski, 19 - year - old farmer's daughter, who was chosen "Dairy-land "Dairy-land Queen" at the annual Dairy-land Dairy-land Festival in Watertown, N. Y. A real farm girl, she drives a ! tractor, milks the cows and helps I with other farm chores. - |