Scott Believes Benson
To Resien Cabinet Post
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í| By 9ENAT0R W. KERR 8COTT
Ratelgfc—Within tbc past two «r
tkiw nrfa I km beeome eon
rlaced that Secreta rjr of Agricul
tura Benaon wlH reaign in the
rery near tature from Preaident
RMwMr'i cabtnel
Recently there ha« beafl quite a
bit of ulk ta Waafcingtcn that at
long lut ka Ih bm itrwaM
he fe a definíto detrireent to a
f«alible farra prtfnm and to the
Etaenhower Adminiatration
Juit bafurt leavln/ a fe* weeka
asa oo a trtp «round the world to
reriqw foreign market conditiona.
Secretar* Benson mide an exten
(iva grm roota tour into mut of
tha fanal n* «rea* of the United
State*. la Uii tour at boma ha
aought out opinioo «bout hia Idea»
of putttag more OexlbUHy Into hli
airead y flexible príce «upport
programa.
Tita reactioa ar«* varjr unfavor
•bla, botb from farmeri and from
tha ganeral public. He found that
farmen faal atrongly that ehaaper
pricea—which would certainly re
ault wtth «tlll lower prlce supporta
—are not the «nawer to the ills of
agricultura. He alao found aour
reaponae among non-farm peopla
to hl« efforta to blame increaaed
conaumer food cotia on the farol
era.
Jutt «a importan! aa the bad
reaction from farmeri and the
general public wa« the re«ction
among member* of C'ongreaa In
hla own party. The Serretary
found himaelf a bout u far out on
• llmb i* he could get wlth hia
propoaala fhat he be glven author
Ity to «et «II prlce «upporta any
where be chooae* from «ero to 90
per cent of parlty. I do not know
of • «Ingle member of Congresa—
•f either polltical party—who haa
endonad iuch a proponition
Wlth thia «tring of eventi in
the pa«t few montha. It appeara
certain that theie to no doubt
about Secretary Benson lraving
the Cabinet
Sume raports lo Washington u>
that high lava! Republicana havc
cunvlnccd Praidnt ÜÍMnhowtr
that it will be impoaaiMo lar the
Party ta sell Benson's poflctea i»
neM ynr'i OUffi artaaal elae
tion*. Politteally. it ti oaay lo ua
dcnund that many Influentlal
peopt* in Iba Rapakliaan Party
feel that Banaon muit go before
Congres» recondenes in January
I think that Secretary Bensoo
will rcaign ahortly altor he returna
(rom hia world tour, and that ha
will not make a formal presenta
tion of hia propoaals for lower
price supporU before Coagres*
Hia departure will ba graceful.
I am certain that the Preaident
willagree to keep him in Wash
ingtón, probably aa a "apecial as
siatant," and adviaor, on world
agricultural problema or «orne
•uch thing (ñatead of actual)y
firing him. the Prasident will pro
bably "promote" him to a non
active poaition where he doesnl
have to come into contact with the
puhiie, etpeciaily firmen
CANCER ANO DKINKING
Or. Ernest L. Wynder oí the
Sloan-Ketteripg Institute (or Ca»
car Reaaarch. ipeaking at the «n
nual meeting oí the Inatitute'i
scientiflc aympoaium, d * e I a r e d
that heavy drinking added to
heavy smoking tends to increasa
l man's risk oí deveioping cáncer
oí the mouth and larynx. Cigar
and pipe amokera alto run a reía
tively greater risk of cáncer of tha
inaide of the mouth and upper
throat than do cigarette amokera,
although the latter run the great
er riak of lung cáncer, the acien
tist said.
GIVE TO THE UNITED FUÑO
Open Fire !•
Comfort Aid
Nothing ia more "homey" and
delightful oa • wínter eveoing
than a fire ta aa opea lirepUc.
Tka know-how d modera brick
inaaona aad buildera have iargely
rlimiaatad the mraa and bpther
connected with an «pan ftr»
There are endleaa kioda oí flre
place equipment te add pleaaure
to fire buildiag. New typea oí
damper* on the market do away
with the draft uaually aaaoeiated
with a fireplace wfaaa it ia not in
uae. Modero fire aeree na aad morr
effieieat fire áog* raaka it much
aafer to have an open fireplace in
your borne
A firipiaca. evea when not in
uae. la aa attractive addition to
any boma. During the auminer it
will look cool and loveijr filiad
with growing houae planta or cut
greena. H will provida a center of
intereat for an otherwiae dull
room.
Large, Early ■ American type
fireplace* are popular for a den
or kitchen theae daya. They have
a double uae, provldlng a perfect
chareoal cooker during the winter
montha
A wood fire ta by íar the moat
attractive kind of flre to have.
Hardwooda maka the baat flre
wood becauao they burn longer
and hotter. It la a good idea to
have a aheltered placa to keep
aome loga dry. Theae dry loga will
catch quickly and in turn keep the
greener wood boniing.
Slightly green wood huma more
aiowly and aftar It catcbea, will
make a fire that laata a long time.
There are chemical producía on
the market that ean be thrown
into the flamea to giva many dif
ferent colored lighta to a fire.
Pine conea alao maka intereating
flre patterna.
FARM PRICE8 DROP
Pricea received by farmara de
clined 2 per cent between mid
September and mid-October, ac
cording to the Agriculture Depart
ment. However, the farm price
level in mid-Octobar waa 2H per
cent above that of a year ago but
about 13.4 par cent below the re
cord reached in February, 1991.
Pricea paid by farmera for gooda
and aervicea uaed in produetion
and ln family living were unchang
ed during tha month, at a record
firat aet laat April. Theae pricea
were about 2.7 above thoae of a
year ago.
Syria officiala recen ti y aigned a
twelve-year economic and teehni
cal aaaiatance agreement with the
Soviet Union that wu aald to
hava "no atrinca."
Murray Gives Painting
Jo Valle Crucis School
Tba Valí* Crueu School «rúkaa , Uín*
lo thank Mr. Howard Murry for
the beautíful handpainted píeture
that be p«i ta our tchool We «re
verjr grateful to hlm '
Htadenta A borní
We have had several of our atu
denta abeent (rom achool Olla
week wilh the flu
Mrt HorUin'» Thlrd Grade
We have thirty aix cliiidren to
our claaa thia year. Moat of ua had
• perfect attendance record untll
the flu epedemic atarted. Only
ten have eaeaped flu ao tar.
Sixteeo pare uta have vialted our
room thia fall. The thlrd gradea
had the moat parenta preaent at
the September and October P. T.
A meetinga. We were awarded a
new library book each month.
We are enjoying our aocial
atudiea uoit, "Living To-gether
Now and Long Ago." The flrat
part waa how people llved to
gether on farma, In villajes and
in eitiea.
The aecond part la about Amer
ican Indiana. We have a diaplay of
Cherokee Indian made baaketa,
mccaaaina beada. Alao aomé books
and picture» of the Cherokee*.
We are making books about In
diana. We plan to make aome In
dian pottery and paint Indian de
signa on them.
Our atiente unita have been in
tereating and helpful. Our firat
unit waa a atudy of insecta. We
mounted some motha and butter
fliea and found a number of co
coona
Our moat interesting unit waa
about reptilea. Wc had in our
room, «pee i man snakes and a Uve
inake that Ka te Brine brought.
We read a lot of booka about aliga
tora, crocodilea, lizzarda and
snakea. We studied poiaonous
anakea and non poianoua onea. We
learned that the black anake la
helpful to the faremr. He eata
mice and rata in the fielda and
bama. Rattle anakea and copper
heada are found in Watauga moun
Mr». Muy Brinc carne to our
room and told about bn trip ta
Eagiand and the royal famiiy. She
liked our bultetin board with ao
.11111 y pretty pictures of Queen
Elizabeth and Prince Fhillip Our
bulletin board wat filled with
ciippings ot the royal famlly.
Mr*. Taylor"» Second Grade
We would llke to thank Mar
sha'» mother, Mr» Joe Fox, for
the Dice candy party she gave 14»
for Halloween.
Our main theme ia "Living To
gether in Our Community." We
have learned that community 1» a
neighborhood with hornea, church
e», and - business places: We are
finding out how community work
ers belp us and how we can help
them.
It waa fun making our large
community map. On this map we
showed our bornea, cburchet, stor
es, achool, roada, signs, road num
bers and buaaes. We know how to
tell peo pie where we live.
We are now working on "Trans
portation" in connection with our
community helper unit. We want
to find out how people in a com
munity work together with the
help of transportation.
On our work table ia a model
viiiage complete with easy to
make trucka, which waa aent to
us by the Nortta Carolina Motor
Carriers Association.
Mr. Triplett's Eighth Grade
In science we have been study
BARCAINS
Used and Like New. Furniture,
Appliancet, House Fnrnlshing»
LOW, LOW PRICES
Only Fraction of Golag Ratea
FURNITURE DEPT.
Germán Motor Co.
Located on N. Main Extensiva
GRANITE FALL8, N. C.
i ag about the ltvei oí the paopte
«rito eiüUd 100 yeara ago We
bava abo basa rturijrim about tha
diapuaal oí aawage. ■*
Oa Na»nabar lavaath «a taok
• field trip. We (««lid out abwtft
our water luppiy and how a» dia
poaa •( tha achooi garbage
We «aot to Ibaok Mr». Ward
and Mri. Love far our wondarfu]
lunrhea tbey have beao aarving
this yaar.
THE N8 8AVANNAH
Tha eountry'i firrt atomic-pow
erad merchant ahip wlll carry tha
deiignation NS (lor nuclear ahip
¡ñatead of tha familiar SS (lor
iteamahip). according to Jame» C.
Hagerty, who alfo annouoced that
the firrt ahip would be ñamad tha
N8 Savannah Tha SS fiarannah
waa the firrt abíp' to croa* tha
ocean under «team power—acroaa
the AUantic from Savannah. Ga„
to Liverpool, England, in 1810, re
quiring 22 daya.