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Show -- SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World Reds Agree to Discuss THE READER'S DATE BOOK- - Farm Safety Week Is Spurred By High Accident Death Rate Cease-Fir-e; Congress Extends Price Controls This home town and every one like it in the nation has a tangible reasons for participation in National Farm Safety Week which For it is agriculture upon whic.i the will be observed July their economic structure. Every built have home towns of America merchant on Main Street in this community depends upon agriculture to keep the doors of his business open and the goods flowing across his counters. The death of a farm worker, the 22-2- 8. PEACE IS POSSIBL- E- Events of the last few days have created a belief throughout the world that there is a possibility of peace in Korea. The first move for possible peace talks was made by Jacob Malik, Soviet representative at the UN. U.S. Ambassador Alan Kirk later called upon Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in an attempt to get clarified version of Maliks bid. Kirk reported that Gromyko suggested that in the first stage negotiations for a truce should be conducted by military representatives in the field, with political and territorial questions left for second stage dis- destruction of a barn by fire, the loss of farm machinery through accident has a direct influence upon this towns economy. Anything that reduces the nations position. FOXHOLE FORTY . . . Taking advantage of lull during the assault hill position in on a Red-hel- d Korea, this GI is shown snatching 40 winks in his foxhole as UN troops continue to drive northward. This boy temporarily forgets that a war is going on. agricultural production program will B. Then, acting on instructions from Washington, Gen. Matthew Ridgway, commander of the allied armed forces, broadcast proposals to the Reds for a meeting aboard the Danish hospital ship Jutlandia in Wonsan harbor in North Korea. After 29 hours of waiting, the Communists answered the broadcasts with a proposal for a meeting at Kaesong, just below the old Korean boundary on the 38th parallel. They suggested the meeting be held between July 10 and 15. No official reaction to the Communist proposal was immediately available. Most observers, however, believed the delay as proposed by the Reds was a face saving device, so important In the Orient. But the Communist reply was an indication that the Chinese and North Koreans desire peace. The 10 day delay will also permit the Chinese and North Korean leaders to seek further contact with Moscow. As expected, the Communists made propaganda use of Gen. Ridgways proposed peace talks. Communist broadcasts began to pound away at the line that the allies asked for peace talks because the armed aggression of the United Nations forces has ended in failure. There was one other indication that the talks may not be fruitless. The Communists failed to mention their repeated demands of admission to the United Nations and control of Formosa as a price of peace. A sincere desire for peace remains uppermost in the minds of every American, from home town to the largest city. Whatever the results of the peace talks, it must be an honorable peace before it will be acceptable to the American people. And it must be made clear to every American that a Korean settlement will not justify a slowdown in this nations defense program. be felt in this communitys economl cal and social struc- ture. This does not take account the into seriousness of farm accidents from the standpoint of suffering and sorrow they bring to families and friends. Realizing these facts, many rural communities have planned farm safety campaigns in cooperation with the national observance. Merchants have found that incorporation of farm safety features in their advertising creates good will among the farm folks. Civic groups and newspapers have planned cooperaand promotion tive advertising to impress upon their campaigns farmer neighbors the importance they play in the community and the vital necessity of farm safety today. The national campaign is sponsored by the National Safety Couna as- action in economic controls cil, Congressional HERE AM . . . Most picturesque last week caused considerable comment in the home towns of the nation. sociation. arrival at Idlewild airport for some The importance of safety on According to the average Americans concept of government, the time was Mrs. Pauline Wilsdorf, the farm has added significance of the United States is supposed to reflect the will and desire of said to be 105 years old. The Polish congress this the people. With this basic principle in mind, plus the fact that congress year. The bureau of agriwidow will settle near Buffalo with cultural economics rushed through a bill extending the nations economic controls for 31 days, a son, daughter-in-la1,200,000 fewer farm workers but slapping an absolute ban on price rollbacks and most new price ceiland their adopted child. today than 10 years ago during ings, it began to look like the average man on Main Street approved the which time farm mechanization high prices that prevail today. has more than doubled. Due to Two main facts caused most of the nations reporters and analysts to the need of increased farm this conclusion: (1) The cost of living for the average family is higher production in this time of natoday than ever before, 8.9 per cent above that of June 25, 1950 (see story tional crisis, it is likely that below); and (2) the refusal of congress to pass a bill to hold back this many more women and unrising spiral in fact, specifically forbidding rollbacks and new price skilled workers will have to opceilings. erate tractors, farm trucks, and The administration charged that the congress had allowed itself to be other machines. Added safety intimidated by special interests, pointing to the activities of the beef and precautions must be taken for textile industries, the national association of manufacturers, and the real-estathe protection ot these unskilled lobby in recent weeks. workers. Michael DiSalle, OPS administrator, put it like this: Enemies of price Farm workers had an accidental control magnify errors and twist facts. They urge business-as-usuin unrate of more than twice that death usual times. They deliberately confuse free enterprise with irresponsible inof workers in license. They misconstrue and misstate OPS action to the point of outdustries in 1950. The death rate was right dishonesty. 57 per 100,000 workers, while in Presenting the other side of the picture, Senator Taft of Ohio, said: industries the avThere is no reason for rationing businessmen outside the defense pro- erage death rate was 22. gram," and price rollbacks are dangerous economically because they Farmers and their families can upset all normal business relations. They are a step toward socialism . help in the safety program by adoptThe next month will be one of bitter debate on price, wage and rent ing safe practices to eliminate inlegislation. What form it will finally take is anyones guess at the moment. dividual carelessness or thoughtlessLENSMENS LADY OF 51 . . . But it is a fantastic supposition that says the average American favors the ness, which is one of the greatest causes of accidents. Lovely Roberta Richards, repre- high prices of today. The following pictures illustrate Press Photograsenting Chicago COST OF LIVING The fact that this country has already taken the a number was of farm safety rules: chosen first dangerous step on the ladder of inflation was indicated again the phers Association, by Miss National Press Photogralatest cost of living index. pher of 1951" at the fifth annual governments m The index of the bureau of labor statistics rose to 185.4 per cent of the ' s ? S ;W v convention of the camera boys held l935-3- 9 9 is cent This above figure nearly per average. June, 1950, when the at Atlantic City. Korean war began and sets a new record high. As a result, because of escalator clauses in work contracts, well over a million workers in the railroad industry received hourly wage increases The increase in cost of living was noted in apparel, house furnishings, rent, and miscellaneous goods and services. Food was the only item that showed a slight decline. A MONTH TO ARGUE 1 non-profi- t, non-commerc- KEEP MACHINES IN GOOD RE- PAIR: Make sure your equipment is in safe working condition. This farmer is sharpening his mower sickle on the grindstone. Other safe practices to adopt in keeping machines in good repair include being sure all guards and safety devices are in place. Stop machines before unclogging, oiling or adjusting. Dont wear loose, floppy clothes around machinery. reports w te al non-agricultu- al THE FUTURE Assistant Budget Director Elmer B. Staats predic federal spending will level off in 1955 at $65,000,-000,00- 0 tion that defense-swolle- n a year and remain there indefinitely is an indication of things to come for the home towner. It was an indication that defense spending wil continue at a record peak for years and high taxes are almost a cer tainty. Staats reported government spending during 1952 fiscal year, which began July 1, will run about $68,400,000,000. His forecast of a peak of between $80 and $90 billion in 1953 was startling. Meanwhile, the treasury reported it closed its books July 1 about $6,000,000,000 better off than it had expected. It had been estimated by the experts that the government would run more than $2,700,000,000 in the red during the past fiscal year. Actually, the government had the second largest budget surplus in history more BROMBERG BALKS . . . House than $3,000,000,000 in the black. Red hunters questioned Hollywood Government tax receipts totaled approximately $48 billion between character actor J. Edward Brom 1, 1950, and July 1, 1951, the most money ever collected July during a berg, shown on the witness stand single year, outstripping the peak war-ta- x of 1944 when revenue year in an attempt to wind up the Wash totaled $44,700,000,000. ington phase of their investigatio of Communist activity. USE THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB: Make sure your tools are in good, safe condition. Keep them in a safe place. Keep things systematic in your home and on your farm. Have a place for everything and keep everything in its place. WATCH YOUR STEP TO PRE- VENT FALLS: Keep walkways and steps in good repair, unobstructed and well lighted.. This farm boy might fall for an accident! The stairway has no handrails, grain and hay are scattered on the steps and the bottom step is broken. Our young farmer is only one step from trouble. SPEAK TO ANIMALS WHEN APPROACHING THEM: Keep them calm by acting with calm self as surance yourself. Mishandling of horses, hogs and cows cause many injuries each year. And another thing: Theres never a safe bull! (Relented by WNU Fentnret.) |