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Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Congress Fights Truman Proposals; High Crop Goals Set, Wheat Cut; Atomic Tests Assure New Power By BAUKHAGE By Bill Schoentgen, WNU Stafl Writer- EDITOR'S NOTE : When opinion. are expressed In these columns, the? are those of Westers Newspaper Union's news analysts and not neeessarlly of this newspaper.) WASHINGTON. I have just had an interesting conversa tion with R. E. McArdle of the forest service of the depart ment of agriculture, and I have discovered that I'm one of the people that the United States of America has to look to for its future lumber supply. My father took up some of the last of the government forest land that was available in the Southwest. That little plot, along with the privately-owne- timberland straggling over the map of the of all the timber there is in the of our forests are public property. d U. S., makes up country. Only three-quarte- rs one-four- th s And of this three- fourths is composed of small wood lots which average 60 to 70 Furtheracres. more much of it is not part of a three-fourth- farm being worked by an experience d trees to allow the healthy ones room for more rapid growth; how to make seed beds grow tree seed lings. In the second week, the lads were put through more training in advanced principles with emphasis on actual work in the forest. They fought a fire to learn the correct procedure. They marked trees in a plot, esti mated the board footage in a standing tree, cut it down, sawed it into lumber, and measured the lumber as a check against their previous estimates. They were taught how to chip trees in gum farming and how to market the gum. They were even put through a law en forcement course which stressed fighting the incendiarist In the woods. They were shown how to detect clues for purposely set fires, what evidence to collect and their rights under the law. Health and recreation are not neglected in these camps, and at the end of the two week period the boys go home enthusiastic, ready to practice on their own woodlands. They take the message to their parents, of course, and make a re port to the organizations to which they belong. Briefly they have gained a fundamental knowledge of the value of trees and how they can be grown for profit. During the time Florida has run this camp, they have averaged 100 boys a year which means some 1,300 bave been indoctrinated in the fundamentals of forestry. Today many of these graduates are leading citizens of their communities and many are growing trees for .' profit. farmer. A great deal is owned bv $ people who don't live on the wood lot or near it (like me), and , many of whom 5,"'-iiif.fiit.iitfiSfr SI (also like mp) wouldn't be able Baukhage to tell a tooth pick from' a telephone pole if it weren't for their size. Worse still, many farmers owning woodlots with valuable stands of timber on them don't know how to get their money's worth from that land or how to keep the wooded jcres contributing to their livelihood as the rest of their farmland does. In other words, growing timber In this country has become to a large extent a side issue. I am glad to report, after telling you all this bad news, that both the government and the lumber industry are trying to do something about this for the general, as well as for the individual, good. For example, in 1937, the Crossett Lumber company gave the government 1,680 acres of typical second in southeastern growth stands Arkansas. I can't go into the program of experimental work that has been done there, but there is one- item that affects our story. R. R. Reynolds of the forestry service went to work on 40 acres Program Extends of this aroa. He did the things To Other States any farmer can learn to do to a Nor is Florida the only state taksimilar woodlot. ing an interest in this new thinkLast year Reynolds reported ing regarding trees and youth. eight annual cuts which averaged Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louia marketable value of more than siana, North Carolina, and Virginia $580 a year, and he had as much staged similar camps this year. volume as when he started! club members were FFA or Of course, everybody hasn't Rey-- 1 the lucky youngsters, depending on noias know-now- , but the govern- which group the state forestry ment is helping to spread that agency is with at the know-hothrough its representa- time. tives or through state organizaThe purpose, of course, is not to tions. So is private enterprise. turn out foresters. That would be But impossible in two weeks. Florida Teaches Youth camps can build up an effective inForestry Fundamentals terest in growing a cash crop by Thirteen years ago, Florida for growing trees. a example, began This year more than 600 youths forestry training camp for her Future Farmers of from the seven states attended America members. On August 1 these camps, with all expenses paid of this year, some 200 members by the forest industries. of the FFA attended a two week is This where private industry camp at Camp O'Leno, about 60 has stepped into the picture. On miles west of Jacksonville, where the modern theory that our future they were taught, in the forest, th timber supply must come from fundamentals of good forest prac- what we grow, not as in the past tices. from what we found on the land, The first week was for beginthe Southern Pulpwood ners who had had no previous for- composed of southern association, pulp and pathe second week per industry members, with the coestry background; was for those who had attended a operation of the Southern Pine asprevious camp. sociation, pioneered in financing During the first period they were these and similar camps. taught fundamentals of gum farmThe sum total of this whole projing how to secure naval stores ect adds up to this: Industry has such as turpentine and rosin from joined forces with state agencies lash and long-lea- f pines; how to to interest youth in becoming sucIdentify the commercially valuable cessful Tree Farmers of America, trees and their use; how to farm and to turn to account what has forests as they farm cotton and been up to recently a wasteful other crops; how to protect their sideline on the farms a sideline woodlots from fire; how to thin which must supply an important their stands of trees by cutting out part of America's current and futhe crooked, diseased, and other ture vital lumber needs. m n i sit-ati- - 4-- "Vk. xjfe.. -- w IV. - V '! i I ft. 11, f ' z CONGRESS: Hands in Pockets Feudin' and Fightin' Bitter recriminations resounded as the fight between President Truman and the congress moved into a new round with convening of the extra session of the 80th congress. In a dynamite-lade- n atmosphere, the President appeared before a joint session of the congress which he had labeled "one of the worst in history" to demand a sweeping economic program. The reception for both the President and his program was cool as Republicans launched their wrecking-crew tactics. Defiant GOP leaders charged Mr. Truman with playing politics and prepared to play politics of their own. The net result, it appeared, would be a short special session. Initial step in the GOP's program of obstruction was a decision that the extra session should consider only those recommendations made by Mr. Truman which could "pass a test." This test, established by the majority conference, set the qualifications for congressional action as follows: Proposed legislation must be emergency In character. It must contain a problem of national importance. It must be a program which can be processed properly within the time available to an emergency session. This available time for processing would be no longer than a period of congress which would not "interfere with the proper conduct" of the autumn campaigns. No appropriation bills were to be considered, nor would any consideration be given to confirmation of nominations which might be sent to the senate by the President. Over all hung the threat of a Dixie Democrats' filibuster against tax bill, which would the anti-powiden the rift between Mr. Truman and the southern wing of his party. There were no surprises in the recommended President's legis lative package. He proposed a of the excess profits tax. limited restoration of price controls, even more limited wage controls and enactment of the Taft- Ellender-Wagne- r housing bill. GOP-controll- anti-inflati- &tf6i " rift," e area. It Might Have Been MB. -J- WWM"" St' "J ,IH JUL JB, New Force veil of secrecy which has shrouded most of the post-wa- r atomic energy experiments was lifted, a tiny bit at least, for the American public in the fourth semiannual report of the atomic energy commission and an accompanying statement by President Truman. Justifying the secrecy, the President contended that until controls are established on the international level to prevent use of atomic energy for military purposes "we cannot, as a nation, afford to disclose these secrets which make this new force the most deadly form of military weapon." With that statement, the American peo ple, anxiously eyeing war clouds on the horizon, are inclined to ' agree. Some measure of reassurance was contained in both reports, stressing the fact that the nation has gained new power in atomic weapons. Both disclosed that the secret tests of new type bombs at the proving grounds on Eniwetok island early this year were highly successful. The commission's report, the fourth summary to congress as provided by law, indicated there were three bombs used at Eniwetok in the spring project known as "Operation Sandstone." Principal study was "on the generation of nuclear explosion itself" rather than "on the effects of the nuclear explosion," as was the case in the earlier Bikini tests. The developreport stressed ments of atomic energy research in medicine, agriculture, metallurgy, other sciences and industry. Radioactive materials have been given 229 institutions and commercial agencies for experimentation. The WHEAT: Goal Cut clogged elevators and en forced embargoes once again mark the nation's harvest of another bumper wheat crop, the department of agriculture recommends a cut of 8 per cent in wheat acreage in its preliminary recommendations for the 1949 crop year. Although continued high produc tion of other major grain commodities is recommended, a slight decrease is suggested for wheat acreage, which has increased sharply in recent years in response to war and relief needs. Looking forward in a move to con serve the country's soil resources. the department points out that "a better balance between crops will ing and actually assure higher productivity over a longer period of years." Farmers also are urged to pro vide for sufficient summer fallow and, in marginal areas, to plant grass seed on land which is not suitable for sustained production of crops. Also considered In arriving at the wheat goal were this year's in creased carry-oveprospects that the 1948 crop will be second largest in history and possibility of smaller demand because of improved crops in importing countries. recommended The department wheat plantings for 1949 of 71.5 million acres which, with an average yield of 15 bushels an acre, would mean production of nearly 1.1 billion bushels. July estimate of 1948 wheat production was bushels. In setting another farm goal, the department recommended a beef cattle breeding herd of 15.5 million cows next January 1, a decrease of about 500,000 head. Better management, improved feeding practices and thorough culling, it was suggested, will "put the cattle industry in better position to supply the meat requirements of the increased population." are subThe recommendations mitted to state agricultural councils for consideration. State goals and final national goals are determined on the basts of state review and recommendations. As semi-annu- r, ' hiA 1 s Uad there been no World War II, no abdication of the late King Victor Emmanuel and no dissolution of the House of Savoy by vote (taking the crown away from Humbert), then Victor Emmanuel, pictured here, third of the line, might have been fated one day to sit on the throne of Italy. Seemingly the least nnhappy about the turn of affairs is handsome, blond Victor Emmanuel, now at Geneva, Switzerland. ex-Ki- GERMANY: Explosive four-pow- Soviet-sponsore- d Headliners ... 9 J J terly-foujrh- -- Storage Chest Solves Extra Space Problem J The Big Town at Sunset: Winchellebrities: James Farley studying five shiny new FDR dimes that a waitress innocently handed him in making change on a railroad diner. . . . Morton Downey, whose real first name is Sean. . . John Payne (of the Magic Lanterns) supping solo in the Cub room. Leading men don't seem natural without a lady in the scene. . . . Henry Fonda dodging clawtographers congesting the "Mr. Roberts" stage door by making a clean getaway via the front entrance. The Wild West Is gone! Bingham Canyon (Utah) recently became the last town in the Far West to pass a law making It sinful to tote a gat without it being registered. Times Square Ticker: Marion Davies' former beach mansion at Santa Monica now is run by Joe Drown, owner of swanky Bel Air (Beverly Hills), as an exclusive beach rendezvous. The rates are merely $70 a day. Filled to capacity, however. . . . The revived George M. Cohan's "45 Minutes to Broadway" will introduce several Cohan lilts the family found in old trunks. . . . From Elsa's col'm: "I lunched at the house of commons in London. I love lunching there. It's become sort of a habit." Yes, dear, and blimey hif hit hisn't beginnin' to show! Mid town Vignette: They assure you it happened the other day . . . The personnel manager of a large advertising firm was interrupted by an office boy who asked if he could have the following day off so be could attend a meeting . . . "What kind of meeting?" sniffed the office mgr. "A union meeting?". . . "No," said the office boy, "a meeting of the General Motors board of directors. I'm one of the larger stockholders!" . . . The agency is Federal Advertising, and the office is named William Dayton FF YOU have a problem storing extra bed linen, clothing, or just about one hundred other articles everyone collects and doesn't know where to d storage put, this chest should be of interest to you. While the pattern offered suggests building a chest approximately 30" wide, 42" long by 6" deep, it can be built to any length reunder-the-be- quired. One of the big features of this chest, beside ample storage facilities, is its utilization of unused space. 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As the titantic East-Westruggle for Berlin continues, reports were current that talks would be resumed in an attempt to settle the crisis there as well as to scan the entire European situation. The rumors circulated after top diplomats of the U. S., Britain and France were closeted in a series of conferences. In the biggest air lift In history, U. S. and British planes continued to transport food and fuel to the LIVING COSTS: beleaguered city. The big planes Hit Peak averaged 4,500 tons of essential They changed the name from goods daily in their effort to break cost of living index to consumers the Russian blockade. Violence broke out in the Rusprice index but they still can't change the trend upward and ever sian sector of the capital city as thousands of Germans Jammed upward banks to exchange their money for e In fact, the index struck an currency. high on June 15, with food new levAlthough she looks like a prim prices reaching record-sbattreels, the bureau of labor statistics schoolmarm, Berlin's woman mayor. Socialist Louise Schroeder, reports. courageously defied Russia's order The index, which represents retail prircs of goods and services to dismiss the bought by moderate income fam- deputy police chief. ilies in large cities, registered av171.7 per cent of the 1935-3erage. Further increases are Inevitable, ANN APOLIS I An 18 year e too. for wholesale prices hit an old plebe at the U.S. naval academy ended week high during the shouldered a heavy burden when July 17 and it takes about a month he took his oath. The plebe Is John for their impact to be recorded In Paul Jones of Piqua, Ohio, no retail prices. descendant of his famous namesake. The new consumers price index IN FORT WAYNE . . . Joseph is 9.3 per cent higher than year NeaL 48, survived by a nose when ago; 28 8 per cent above June, 1946, he was buried for 20 minutes in a when price controls generally were collapse of a sewer trench. A fel abandoned, and 74.1 per cent above low worker tore away some of the the August. 1939. level On Day dirt to expose the tip of Neat's nose. in 1945 the same Index was 129.3 per Later, firemen and police dug the cent of the 1935-3average. rest of him out. IN 8AI.LISAW, OK LA. . . E. W. Floyd, grocery clerk and brother of the onetime Public Enemy No. 1, Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd, was elected sheriff In a bit t contest. security arising from death, old IN CHARLESTOWN . . . Fsrmei age, accident, sickness, disability, Eben Trussell drove his new caf unemployment snd other condi- home, parked It In the barn lot tions. There a bull calf saw his reflectior middle weitern. In the windshield, totjk a runninj Northeastern, and Pacific coast states have the leap, crashed through the glass ant largest measure of protection, bounced back on the hood. A vet both in total amounts snd in per erinarian stitched the bull togethei capita payments, the study and a mechanic did the same tm the car. Americans Seek Economic Security Florida teaches the rnixfamenlals of good forestry U FFA youth at annual summer camps. Trammel Green, ntrrsorymao for the Florida forest service, is shown here Instructing two boys la prpparsHon of a seed bed. Here they are spreading pine straw ever the freshly planted seed M a protective measure. 1 Face to face with the congress he had labeled "worst, save one," In history, President Truman was greeted by one of the coolest congressional receptions ever accorded a chief executive when he appeared before the special session. Only polite applause came occasionally from the galleries and from administration followers; Republicans kept their hands in their pockets. ll Increasingly aware of the need for economic security for themselves and their families, Americans will expend approximately 15 billion dollars for that purpose in 1948, the Research Council for Economic Security estimates. The estimate covers payments made under private or government organized plans to meet In- - ' 'i. In an endeavor to make the upd coming draftee as happy as a lark, the army is removing its "petty annoyances" as it completes plans to process men inducted under the first peacetime draft in history. On orders of Gen. Omar Bradley, chief of staff, to remove "the petty annoyances that sent many World War II veterans away hating the army," training officers prepared to greet the recruit like an old friend of the family. Only the finest officers and non-cowill handle the draftee, training officers promised. The recruit will even be given a $5 advance on his $75 a month pay the first day In camp so he won't be broke. He won't even have to wait to "tell it to the chaplain," as he'll be taken to the chaplain during his orientation days and urged "to let his hair down." All of this will take place at eight major training centers which have been set up to receive the draftees and give them their basic training. They are Fort Knox and Camp Breckenridge, Ky.; Fort Riley, Kans.; Camp Chaffee, Ark.; Camp Pickett, Va.; Fort Ord, Calif.; Fort Jackson, S. C, and Fort Dix, N. J. The standard army training course has been condensed into eight "tough" weeks. Later draftees will be selected for specialist training or sent directly to duty. About naif of the draftees will see overseas duty, probably in Korea, Japan, Germany, Alaska, the Canal Zone, Hawaii or Caribbean defense khaki-colore- -- New$ Analyst and Commentator. IP DRAFTEES: Old Pah Small Woodlots Hold Key To Future Timber Supply other Thursday, Angust 12, 1948 THE TIMES- - NEWS, NEPHI, UTAH PAGE TWO Broadway Piffle: One of the B'way 10 per centers is making a fortune booking nothing but professional "amateur" shows. . . . Gi-Durston (the Stork club canary) says when they bill you as a "Society Singer" people think it means you can't sing. . . . That lovely thing at Steeplechase (who tests all the daredevil rides) is Daphne Dunbar, a Barbizon cover gal. Does it on the side for the thrill of it makes plenty modeling. . . . Passersby do double-take- s at the sign in a used-ca- r window near 54th and B'way. 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On behalf of 250.000 gold stars this is to tell traitor Beat that a short trip from Main street to Arlington Is better than the long and dirty road from Nuremburg to Alcatraz. 1 ... ... It would looks like Eisenhower rather be remembered as a mii wbs did se much to make America safe for democracynot one who made Wasa-m- e safe far the Democrats. I. H 11 VVNU W 3243 PILES TROUBLE? For Quick Relief noiT v0w, torm.li yea ran at home te relieve dlaireaslns; ef paln- Itch Irrltallen due to plleo. Tetxle to tea end shrink swelling. Dae this pre. nf. en wtr"s formula. Tnu'll he ame1 at Ha speed? a- -! relief. Ak yanr 1nirir!t a Mlnnr'a Itertal o,nt-m- " '""'r' tm Thornten nrrmstlwtea. lahel In evacuee, fa aeie at rMnw aU Drug stores. nruT ingeri ae |