Show it U I 1 U W washington do D 0 FARM TRENDS the hearings of the special house committee investigating farm nit ml grancy under the die chairmanship of Cali fornias kindly rep john tolan deserve a lot more attention than they have received leading experts have disclosed bed some extremely significant facts concerning agricultural trends that are affecting the lives of millions and the future of the united states yet tolan has had a tough time keeping his committee going lack of public interest due to the european war has played into the hands of elements who oppose doing anything drastic about the migrant problem among them the california chamber of commerce and the associated socia ted farmers prof paul so S taylor of the university of california told the committee of three significant trends 1 rapid enlargement of farms under a single operator in a survey last summer in the middle west he found one acre grain and live stock farm in ohio at the same time tenant farmers were unable to obtain farms 2 spread of farm management services for absentee owners such as business men already there are several professional societies of men in this field 3 wholesale elimination of farm labor through mechanization which Is rapidly changing the traditional american concept of the family sized corn belt farm our ancestors of three generations ago taylor warned found the solution for their goal 0 of independent working farmers secure on the land in the land reform clauses cla uses of the homestead act today the march of mechanization and other economic forces have produced dependence pend pen dence enco and insecurity on the land for our generation stern necessity compels us to find our way to maintain independence and security among those who work the soil note one of the most interesting trends reported by professor taylor was that the acquisition of farms Is now a rage among business men who in several ma midwestern estern cities are holding weekly farmer luncheons to hear talks by farm mana management gemen experts according to taylor the business men take up farming partly as a substitute for golf and par partly as a safe place to invest funds 0 0 0 DEFENSE HOUSING IIO tSING defense commissioner william knudsens Knud sens frank admission of lagging plane pro production the only sour situation he could have tagged another Is defense housing this Is a real muddle although congress voted five months ago to provide housing tor for new workers in the defense industries not one shovel of dirt has yet been turned on a single project housing tor for civilian workers on army and navy reservations end arsenals is progressing satisfactorily several projects begun last summer by the U S housing authority tor for defense employees in pensacola fla and montgomery ala are nearly finished several financed private undertakings also are well under way but that is all in other areas thousands of defense workers in private plants are being forced to crowd their families into unsanitary quarters pay exorbitant rents or live miles away from their jobs in tents shacks and other makeshifts meanwhile the money congress appropriated to house them Is lying unused DIES blacklisted rep martin dies who has done a lot of blacklisting has himself been put on a blacklist he has been barred from taking out any books from the washington public library because of refusal to pay a fine of 80 cents for keeping books beyond the two weeks period the wordy texan withdrew they shall not went want and 1 I went to patt college and the library had a very difficult time getting the books back after repeated requests dies finally returned them but he refused tc pay the small fine imposed at the rate of two cents a day for fo r his tardiness making no except exception lo n to its rules the library thereupon P placed laced him on its blacklist until he rays pays up ON THE DISTAFF SIDE sen hattle caraway has received a letter latter from a man back in arkansas which says dear miss hattle hattie I 1 want to be in the secret service please send me gun badge and handcuffs by return mall mail I 1 know something mrs cairaway is an expert in making white fudge wui with walnuts mrs mary norton of new jersey drives around washington in a car with new jersey license number 13 her chauffeur is luclle lucile mcdonagh who Is niece clerk and chauffeur CAPITAL CHAFF navy bras often are peeved at the views of independent minded rep hep melvln melvin mans maas war flier and ranking member of the house naval affairs committee but they respect his ability when the navy wanted a congressional expert to make an inspection tour of its aviation training station maas was picked |