Show aa 0 FARM MORTGAGES baldish ed oneal president of the american farm bureau federation has lot let the cat out of the bag on the real reason tor for his opposition to the hotl hotly y debated reorganization of the farm credit administration it came out during a man to man talk with secretary henry wallace oneal Is one of the loudest critics of wallaces sweeping refo reforms W which h I 1 eh are are aimed at stopping the alarming increase of forello sure a oneal fought the appointment of A C black strong new dealer as new head of the agency and explains that wallaces policies will vill r result e sult in loose and unsound credit but in his private talk with wallace oneal gave an entirely different reason ed said wallace bod you cant get me to believe that you are sincerely opposed to liberalization ot of the you know as well as I 1 do that it was absolutely necessary we simply had to do something to k ED ONEAL wr secretary I 1 was forced to oppose you stop those farm foreclosures fore closures As the representative of many destitute farmers in the south and west how can you consistently protest against this relief tor for them well mr secretary replied oneal with a grin 1 I was forced to oppose you you see several hundred of my members have good jobs in the and they were afraid they would be fixed fired in the reorganization this man black has them scared hes a tough guy note the new york farm bureau strongest state unit in organization threatened to withdraw if he support the G gillette I 1 bin bill to take the out of wallaces control and restore the 0 old id pound of 0 flesh mortgage policies which previously prevailed passport F fingerprints ger prints the war in europe has put a bandage on the thumb of a certain state department official in washington twenty times a day he removes the bandage and uses that valuable thumb in the departments official business james E mckenna of the passport division validates every passport issued for travel to europe by p pressing his right thumb on an ink pad then stamping the fingerprint in two places on the passport one print on the picture of the applicant and one on the facing page his fingerprint is on file in every U S consulate abroad and through it U S consuls can establish the validity of every passport the application must first be passed upon by the division chief mrs ruth B shipley but mrs shipley who is a neat and comely young widow prefers not to press her finger on the ink pads to insure a clear print on every passport mckenna keeps the thumb protected with a rubber bandage he removes it only when there is imperative necessity this is the phrase governing issuance of passports to europe since the war began americans have been forbidden to travel to europe tor for any ordinary purposes passports were called in and are not reissued unless mrs shipley gives the nod of approval and mr mckenna gives the stamp it was not a nod but a negative shake of the head which mrs shipley gave to an american dowager recently who wanted to go to france theroman the woman had lived in fr france ance and had cabled servants to ship her belongings belong togs to this country so she came to the state department and requested a passport to france for or the imperative necessity of bringing back her pet dog the passport was not approved and mr mckenna did nut not remove the bandage from his bis thumb 0 american royalty jay newlin is a worker on secretary henry wallaces pioneer hi bred farm near grimes iowa and when grand duke otto von kaps hapsburg visited the place recently newlin acted as his guide afterwards friends asked newlin what whal he thought of the royal guest who had been visiting at the farm oh I 1 guess hes a nice young fellow said newlin but the only royalty that cuts any tee ice with me Is in cattle and corn |