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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, January 19, 1973
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Washington Report
-By-
CONGRESSMAN WALTER E. JONES
Last week the House ended its
first full week of the 93rd
Congress. A Democratic
Caucus was scheduled for
Wednesday, January 10 .when
we were supposed to have
considered congressional
reforms, committee chair
manships, closed meetings, etc.
But for reasons not statM, this
was postponed until a later
date.
With the committees not
announced, little or no
Congressional action took
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place. According to custom the
President always delivers his
State of the Union Message to a
Joint session of the Congress.
Usually this Message is
deliverki in person, but the
President in a surprising an
nouncement, stated that he
would not appear but would
transmit the Message to be read
by the Clerk of the House.
Many of you have expressed
concern about the termination
of certain agricultural
programs which have been
announced within the last few
weeks and I can assure you that
Members of Ontgress are just
as concerned.
As a residt we had an almost
dayJong session of the House
Apiculture Committee with
Secretary of Agriculture, Earl
Butz, being the principal wit
ness.
Some of the changes in
programs are as follows: the
termination of the disaster
emergency loan funds which
will be transferred to Farmers
Home Administration; several
changes in interest rates and
establishing other criteria.
Another change is in
the Agriculture Ifopartment’s
plan of financing REA projects
and the total elhnination of Uie
Rural Environmental
Assistance Program, known as
REAP.
During the hearing several
interesting facts were brought
to light. Most startlii.g was the
fact that the Agriculture
Department had an ap
propriation for fiscal *73 of
approximately $4 billion.
Of this amount the Ad
ministration insisted that they
reduce it by $1 billion or 25
percent.
Those of us who are con
cerned about the future of
agriculture could readily un-
dertsand this if indeed all
Departments including the
White House staff were teeated
likewise.
During the hearing, Secretary
Butz stated that the Depart
ment how had in Washington
and throughout the nation
approximately 82,000 employes.
Of this number, 12,000 are in
Washington.
The Secretary further an
nounced reductions in personnel
between now and June 30 of
approximately 1,500. Some of
these are going to be in Soil
Conservation as a result of the
termination of the REAP
program.
With all crops and com
modities in 1970 there were
approximately 302 million acres
planted. In 1971 this increased
to 316 millimi and in 1972 this
was reduced to 307 million, but
with the change in allotments
by the Department for the *73
crons, this will increase to 319
million. Many of us are con
cerned that this drastic in
crease might reflect in lower
prices for farmers produce in
He that would be angry and
sin not, must not be angiw with
anything but sin.—William
Se^er.
It is by trying to reach the top
at a single leap, that so much
misery is caused in the world.—
William Cobbett.
High aims form high
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The ablest men in all walks of
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Most of them have much more
faith than they themselves
realize.—Bruce Barton.
Every person is responsible
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of his abilities, and for no more,
and none can tell whose sphere
is the largest.—Gail Hampton.
The musician, the painter, the
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greater artists than the man of
commerce.—W. S. Maverick.
the coming year.
Secretary Butz said, » the
other hand, that in his opinion
such would not be the case. The
Department is expecting to
continue massive expwte to
Russia and other foreign
nations.
In essence, the entire hearing
resolved into a test of power
between the President and the
Executive and the Congress
itself. At the moment, this
seems to be the underlying
concern of most members of
both the House and Senate.
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unh^piest of all mortals are
those who have more of either
than they know how to use.—
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However degraded or
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be, he is still a member of our
common species.—Seneca.
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Richard Bentley.
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