Show b. b o o 5 r f t Victory Volunteers' Volunteers Are l s Satisfactory Hands Hands Farm r f S J S rr i Most of YoU Young g People Made Good Quick Quickly Y Learning Agricultural Skills Skills Skills' y I r. r 1 t. t And Working Hard and Long it 1 1 By BA BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator f Service Union Trust Building Washington D. D C. C r World War II has taught the world that it is one thing to raise an army r f and another thing to feed teed it feed it-feed feed its mouths and feed teed its guns i It didn't take the United States long after Pearl Harbor to realize that it was easy enough to find enough sailors and soldiers if you 1 didn't have bave to worry about finding the civilians to take care of them At present 10 men out of every pO are deferred from military servIce servIce service ice because industry needs them S s 18 out of every because the farmers have bave to have them Thirty- Thirty six out of every men now in the armed forces were working in shops or factories in 1940 1944 Twenty-three Twenty out of every were on farms three years ago I f Industry has charged that congress congress congress con con- gress has been kindlier to the farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers when it came to deferring their help than it has bas been to them However However However How How- ever that may be you wont won't hear I having having hayIng hav hay any farmers complaining about ing too much help One thing however however however how- how ever according to the reports that have come into the department of ot agriculture the farmers are not notI I complaining on one score that a lot lotof lotof lotof of them thought they were going to have to complain about that about that is is the help belp the they get from the Victory Farm Volunteers of the U. U S. S Crop corps Many farmers who came to scoff remained to pray for more of the tame lame I Not all of the young folks who worked on farms this summer were estimated that there i perfect It is may have bave been some of these young people half balf were provided through the Federal Extension servIce service service ice of the War Food administration BS es many more probably found jobs for themselves Under the leader- leader i f ship of the State Extension service and with the active support of the schools the youth serving agencies civic organizations and farm leaders leaders leaders lead- lead ers these Victory Farm Volunteers 5 were assembled Most r. r of of them made good I Their story makes an Interesting chapter In the history of American t youth A A. Huge Task It was no little Job to launch the project three Forty-three state farm la labar labor labor la- la bor bar supervisors and some county farm labor assistants under 5 the guidance of the county extension extensions s agents worked out the plans and procedure re based on the local needs They worked with state county and oj often local labor committees Of Of course training was necessary The boys and girls were carefully 4 selected and many specially trained and supervised and the farmers themselves le learned that they could t train better if ii they had a little trainIng training train- train 5 Ing lag in hi the art of teaching themselves This was provided Most of the young workers lived ai at ahome home and were transported to toI the farms arms This was done in school I buses trucks or cars Teachers I ministers youth leaders acting as supervisors often accompanied the workers right into the fields t. t In some places boys lived In 4 camps but boys and girls T lived right tight with the families where they worked and many soon became a part of the family joining its activIties activities church grange meetings I dances picnics Some liked the e life EO so well wen especially those from the big cities that they stayed right l- l through the winter attending the local local local lo lo- lo- lo cal schools Of course it was natural that the farmers were skeptical at first at atthe atthe atthe the Idea of letting these strange kids overrun their places But the majority changed chanced their minds when they found how well the experiment worked The young folks couldn't rival a trained farm worker but some Borne were able to do much of the work as well weH and in some cases even better Many farmers arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ranged to keep the same workers i the next year r. r I talked to one farmer fanner who took ts' ts t on an utterly green city boy It was Jf late summer when I saw them both They were going to part and I can cantell cantell canten tell ten you both were pretty blue School time had come and the boys boy's parents thought he better come home He told me that he be was going to be a farmer fanner when he grew up and I believe believe be be- lieve nothing will stop him I saw a letter from a Crop corps corp city girl eirl very able at expressing her her- self I want to quote one paragraph I have felt she wrote unutterable unutterable able satisfaction pervade this new me as I squeezed pulled and cajoled cajoled cajoled ca ca- the last squirt of rich white milk from a reluctant mountain of ofa a Guernsey cow I am nm learning to love this new life lite and am surer than ever that I have chosen well in deciding to make it m my own The Misfits One of the great troubles of ot the world are the misfits the folks who are in the wrong job There Ther are area a lot of newspaper men who ought to be barbers and a lot of barbers who might have been better sailors a lot of farmers who ought to be in business There are arc many people who have an nn inborn love of the country country country coun coun- try that never gets a chance to come out they out they dont don't even recognize recognize recognize nize they have it This summer many of these young folks discovered discovered discovered ered themselves themselves realized realized that the country was where they belonged I II I can well understand the remark of one of these volunteers who probably probably probably ably in his normal lifetime would never have had a chance to acquire the self confidence behind a desk or at a bench that he felt when he learned to drive a team of horses I felt feIt that I was the most capable person in the world he said when I could finally drive a tedder through the hay It will be hard to keep him and a alot alot alot lot of his Ilk down doom at the shop after hes he's seen the farm S Winter Traffic Hazards The war department is concerned over the annual December peak in auto accidents and Robert P. P Patterson Patterson Patterson Pat Pat- terson undersecretary of war and Robert E E. E Raleigh director of the International Association of Chiefs of Police have teamed up to try to stop them Seven valuable tips based on National National National Na Na- Safety council research on how to escape traffic skid skid- wrecks lost time and road blockades blockades blockades block block- ades have been offered 1 Reduce speeds on snow and andice lee ice ce It takes 3 to 11 times normal distance to stop on snow or Ice Repair old tire chains 2 Protect v visibility Check defroster defroster de- de froster roster windshield wipers headlights headlights head- head lights and keep windshield clean You must see a hazard to avoid it 3 Use skid anti chains Tire chains reduce braking distances 40 to o 50 per cent and provide traction on snow or ice I 4 Dont Don't crowd traffic When roads are slippery allow three to six car lengths for tor every 10 mph because snow and Ice increase braking braking brak- brak ing ng distances 3 to 11 times over those required on dry pavement Slipperiness ness varies glare ice at thawing temperatures being twice as slippery slippery slippery slip slip- pery as dry Ice near zero 5 Anticipate mistakes Drive so that you are prepared for any emergency emergency emer- emer gency ency under prevailing conditions Anticipate mistakes of pedestrians and other drivers 6 Signal your intentions In turnIng turnIng turning turn- turn Ing or stopping on packed hard snow or ice remember other drivers need needmore needmore needmore more time and distance to adjust themselves to your moves Give them a chance Some may have neglected chains and have insufficient traction 7 Mechanics are scarce and your vehicle may have to last for the duration Essential transportation is vital to victory An ounce of prevention prevention pre pre- I is now worth ten pounds of cure Better Rural Roads The National Highway Users conference conference con con- ference calls my attention to a bill to create within the Federal Works agency a Rural Local Roads administration administration ad ad- ministration Independent of the Public Public Pub Pub- lic Roads administration to cooperate cooperate cooperate op co erate with the states and their local subdivisions in the construction of rural local roads It is proposed In S. S 1498 1493 by Senator Stewart of ot Tennessee The bill would authorize appropriations appropriations appropriations of by the federal government to be made available at atthe atthe atthe the rate of a year for tor each of the three years immediately following the end of the war for tor construction construction construction con con- of weather all rural local roads |