Show OAF P washington D C FARM TRENDS the hearings of the special house committee investigating farm mi grancy under the chairmanship ot of Cali fornias kindly rep john tolan deserve a lot more attention than they have received leading experts have disclosed some extremely significant facts concerning agricultural trends that are affecting the lives of millions and the future of the united states yet tolan aan 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 S taylor of the uni erdity 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 s solution for their goal of independent p e nd e n t w working 0 r k in g far farmers m er s secure on the t h e land 1 a n d in i n the t h e land la d reform r f rm clauses of the homestead act today the march of mechanization on and ol 01 ther other economic forces have produced dependence pen dence 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 midwestern cities are holding weekly farmer luncheons to hear talks by farm management experts according to taylor the business men take up farming partly as a substitute for golf and party ly as a safe place to invest funds DEFENSE HOUSING defense commissioner Commissio rier william knudsens Knud sens frank admission of lagging plane 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 for new workers in the defense industries not one shovel of dirt has yet been turned on a single project housing for civilian workers on army and navy reservation an and dar arsenals is progressing satisfactorily several projects begun last summer by the U S housing authority jo for r 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 0 a a 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 keepin 9 books beyond the two weeks period the wordy texan withdrew they shall not want and 1 I went to pitt college and the library h had ad a very difficult time getting the books back after repeated re requests quests dies finally returned them but he refused to pay t the he small fine imposed at the rate of two cents a day for his tardiness making no exception to its rules the library thereupon there upon placed him on its blacki blacklist st until he pays up 0 a 0 ON THE DISTAFF SIDE sen hattie caraway has received a letter from a man back in arkansas which says dear miss hattie I 1 want to be in in i the secret service please s send end me guri gun badge and handcuffs by return mail I 1 know something mrs caraway is an expert in making white fudge with walnuts mrs mary norton of new jersey drives hr around washington ston in a car with new jersey license number 13 her chauffeur is lucile mcdonagh who is niece clerk and chauffeur 0 CAPITAL CHAFF F na navy vy bras often are peeved at the views of independent minded rep melvin maas war flier and ranking ing member of the house naval affairs r committee but his disability ability when the navy they respect wanted a 10 congressional expert pa to make an inspect inspection io n tour of its aviation ing stai stations train trai ons maas was picked |