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Show SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS pfMain Street and the World 1 Agriculture Department Considers U few Program for the Small Farmer I Ut NEW FARM PLAN As a result of a recent survey into th v,, XMfi 0( the small American farmer, the Truman adminisIration prbIems mH th a new farm program in the near future , ay come up 'J gn Plan and which could become of the maTo? it f952 presidential campaign. 01 XRe maJr sues in the , ? The survey was conducted with the idea nf i. i A f3Znt could do to help the small farmed who WS? i A ecause of inadequate land, machinery, livestock "gtdlfflcu'es Lusands of meetings have been held in the home towns "aToss the Wt,0n PnCe SUPPrt' fa l0ans other sma! Hrf (arm proDiems. . iW i As a result, a major question has develoDed- 5hij u V w up land, redivide it into ''economic" or Tffic en' K8!,6"! Ljt 1 ?tT .ow-income farmers? Also, should present cfoTltrT MES Brannan beUeves that if productivity of "siihstanH,, , 5 ceased many agriculture problems tend Tod s'ap l STtte dher hand many farm leaders have remained aloof and have not taken part in the meetings, enhcizmg Brannan's methods more than his lilffl ' objectives. JM Two possible legislative proposals may come from the survey (1) A (l technical assistance program for the less efficient farms and farmers JP and (2) a farm-loan program designed to help such farmers acquireTand Jg?, machinery, equipment, livestock and the know how to operate efficient U jarms. Whatever the final form, any new farm plan, whether it incorporates tbe government buying and redlvision of land or not, is bound to become s major campaign issue. Much of the opposition will come from toe T farm bureaus who have long resented Brannan as trying to usurp the roles jH of the private farm organizations and regimenting agriculture u Poor ' , ? - s -i , , iriMers d Meeting Place ' few Panmunom, is the proposed ste for new Korea cease-fire talks oiuili. Meanwhile, figbtmg continues on tbe central front with Allied forces pSi making limited advances. BOYLE RESIGNS The big question in political circles since William ghS M. Boyle, Jr., close friend of President Truman resigned as chairman of oughs c- Democratlc National Committee, is whether or not Guy Gabrielson roi c' G0P natlonaI chalrman, will be the next to go? testis Byle and Gabrielson have been under fire as having used their srseenc;.. Psltlons to influence the Reconstruction Finance Corporation into okiosas sranlng loan to companies they represented or were connected with And although Gabrielson insists : he will stay on, political observers Duroclei belleve hls number is up, too. it topda In his letter of resignation Boyle gave health as lus reason, insisting (m he had at all times conducted himself with "honor and propriety." He Thil'm did admit m testimony during the congressional hearing that he accepted ie neil il eight law cases involving government agencies, at fees totaling approxi- flNU mately $158,000, while serving as chairman of the national committee for lit It (id,!, LESS CIVILIAN GOODS Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson pacilk announced a cut m civilian goods production, effective January 1, that j H will be felt in the home towns across the nation. thelEr. back in civilian production, 10 per cent for washing machines '; snd stoves and even more in the automobile industry, will provide steel -' for the armament program which will hit full stride during the first ants L11 "lree months of 1952- erirJr The hme t0Wn that has a scho1 or hospital under construction will souii? etenough materials to finish the project, but there will not be materials lands ib" SVaUable t0 start new ones- As for 'arm machinery, so vital to agricul- ,,, ture and home town economy, there will be enough to support production "at a healthy and adequate level." MIDDLE EAST BLOWUP There is shaping up in the Middle East jers! t' an explosion that could be felt in the smallest American community. The noAi-j situation has developed as Egypt has increased pressure in recent weeks to remove the British from the Sudan and strategic Suez. SeptcV As a compromise, the United States, Britain, France and Turkey ptaEi have asked Egypt to become the center of an alliance in the area against loon jn communism, but the proposal was received cooly by King Farouk's e puraci lovernment. h This dispute is important to home town Americans because of the I X, b nation's interest in Suez, which if placed under Egyptian protection, piaa S would be a prize the Russians could take with little difficulty. The British, genE? under present treaties with Egypt, have the legal right to maintain o J. fe: troops in the canal zone which is her economic life-line. She will not by Pi back down in her determination to remain in the zone. Thus, if the iir bit Esyptian government attempts to remove them by force the British will resist, if the Russians should decide to step in at this point, the world b(!tS would become involved in World War III. torp There is a chance that Egypt may accept the west's proposal of Buterc Joint defense of the area, but only because she is not in a position to Ma defend horif jWii:; eclarii' NEW DECLARATION In a major speech last week President luman aSain declared American foreign policy is "based upon the hope oodsfcs ?at 11 W1U be possible to bve, without a war, in the same world as the hey Vlet Union if the free nations have adequate defenses." And he again i offered to "sit down with the Soviet Union" and other nations to work out tijt: aSreements to relieve mankind of "the horror of another 'world war" and Ufii: prov"le the basis for "a durable peace." spiff? I e President pointed out the central theme of America's present eailM )reiSn pokey and defense program: "So long as one country has the setit: JOWer an the force to overwhelm others and so long as that country 'as aggressive intentions real peace is unattainable. The stronger we . ecome, the more possible it will be to work out solid and lasting i arrangements that will prevent war. Our strength will make for peace." 01' IRAN'S OIL Mohammed Mossadegh, premier of Iran, who has iTTJ 'aken the British-Iranian oil dispute to the United Nations Security 33 UmcI1, told UN diplomats to keep their hands off the dispute and I amed "we will not be coerced." In presenting the Iranian point of view he said there are only two jWestions open to negotiations: (1) Compensation for British investments fK toe now nationalized Anglo-Iranian OH company, and (2) possible sale I " on to Britain. He then made his strongest point: "We will not take action and will ' ) T0t en2age in negotiations affecting our internal affairs under pressure. 0 do so would not only constitute an admission that we are not a ''ereign and equal nation, but would eventually be fatal to our dependence." The question remains who will operate the huge Anglo-Iranian Oil "Wpany refineries. The Iranians do not have the technical know-how a!Jd the British experts have already been sent home. How can Iran sell tu when it can't produce it? ' |