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Show WkSHINOTOlAi What will be the effect of large, corporate farming? The Senate Small Business Committee wants to know and I has made a comparison of two farming communities in Central Valley, California, t Senator James E. Murray, of Montana, reports ominous im-plicalions im-plicalions and warns that the development of "big monopolies" monopol-ies" in the farming areas of the country, where they set up "veritable "ver-itable factories in the field" will have a terrific impact on the old-lime farmer and farm family. The report concerned two communities in California Dinuba, surrounded by small, family-operated farms and Ar-vin, Ar-vin, in an area where large-scale corporation farm organizations predominate. The report says that the communities com-munities produce about the same volume of agricultural products but Dinuba supported 62 business busi-ness establishments to Arvin's 35. Dinuba had $4,383,000 worth of retail trade in a year compared compar-ed with $2,535,000 in the large-size large-size farming community. Because the small-farm community, com-munity, in the words of the report, re-port, "is a population of middle-class middle-class persons, with a high degree of stability in income and tenure and a strong economic and social interest in their community," it is not surprising to find that the folk of Dinuba spent three times as much for household supplies and building equipment in their community as did those in the more transient labor area of Arvin. There seems to be something of an opportunity for "big monopolies" mon-opolies" to set up their factories in the field. With the advantage of greater capital, the industry is able to utilize the best machin ery and lo carry out long-range programs that are often impossible impos-sible to family-operated farms. The remedy might be a plan for the State or Federal Government Govern-ment to provide a loan fund, upon up-on relatively easy terms, to encourage en-courage farm families to buy and use labor-saving machines. The loan might also be broad enough in its scope to encourage farmers to develop long-range programs to improve their land and to broaden their agricultural effort. The welfare of millions of people, and many of our States, depends upon the maintenance of a prosperous, stable farm population. pop-ulation. After all, everybody knows that the farm is the basic source of wealth and that few nations have managed to retain prestige and power without an adequate agriculture. Lend-Lease Policy Saved American Lives Between March 11, 1941, when the United States initiated its program of Lend-Lease to the nations fighting the Axis aggressors, aggres-sors, until September 30. 1946, this country advanced $50,692,-000,000 $50,692,-000,000 for the purpose of defeating de-feating Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito. It should be thoroughly understood un-derstood by the people of the United States that the money expended ex-pended under the Lend-Lease Act was intended to protect the United States. With the world in turmoil and the victory of the Nazis in sight, it was the part of wisdom for this country to assist those defending the liberty, liber-ty, civilization and conscience of mankind. It is interesting to note, however, how-ever, that agreements in settle ment have been madeuT tions which received th; . a" of these fifty billYSs S2SSmr Under these agreemems' ments will be made to thi0 pay" try in the amount of $10? 000. Already, $1,033,000 000 Sr been paid and, during ! th , 4 under reverse' Lend ?Lease f' Government received aid I t value of $7,190,000,000 tte President Truman male point that the value t2f Lease "can never be saticft ily measured in SoStS turns." The purpose of Lease was to keep the war Jt :ng agamst the Axis, to Sakft unnecessary, if possible, for th ! country to enter the struggle3 thereby saving American and property. No system of bov keeping can measure the tihSS that the United States, a W? lion, received for the money S' oended under Lend-Lease. Every American, who has a ?ood memory recalls the crtt? cal days of the war, somS ? which bore heavily upon us af ter our belligerency and the W l lQved ones in this country about the welfare of their ffi ing men. The number of Ameri cans slain in the epochal stm?gu represented a heavy price, but it was nothing compared to th price that many experts believ VP would have to nav Thl probability is that LendLett had much to do with savinz tK hyes of Americans by shortentog the struggle with the Axis |