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MO COMMENT" U a report oi
Incidents on the national seen*
and does not necessarily railed
MAM policy or position.
Washington, D. C. Plans
definitely are under way in
Washington to give professional
representatives of consumers a
status in the Federal Govern
ment which would enable them
to take action which many think
would result in the unwise har
rassment of industry.
Opponents of proposals under
serious consideration contend
that, if carried out, they would
place the consumers’ representa
tives in a position to influence —
unjustly and dangerously the
public’s attitude toward -the
price and quality of manufactur
ed products and toward other j
aspects of business operations, i
Such a far-reaching expansion!
of federal intervention in the!
conduct of business is looked
upon with grave apprehension
by opponents, of Big Govern- j
ment and by supporters of the
Private Enterprise System.
This step, it is pointed out.
would inevitably create another
huge Federal Bureaucracy to in
terfere with the millions of busi
ness decisions made daily by
manufacturers and retailers.
Many business operations, it is
explained, already are being reg
ulated by a number of fedei l
agencies—-all of which are ex
ceedingly zealous (too much so,
in many cases) in looking out lor
the interests of consumers.
Not to be overlooked also is
the high degree of competition
which now protects purchasers
against prices that are too higii
and quality which is too low.
What assuredly is not needed,
it is contended, is a group of
Government Bureaucrats in
Washington telling consumers
that they should purchase a cer
tain suit, or a certain automo
bile, or a certain lipstick, made
by certain manufacturers. I
This idea of appointing Gov
ernment officials to specifically
represent consumers has been
advocated fpr many years by
New Dealers—and was tried out]
on a . limited scale during the!
early Roosevelt administration.
Now, a group of 24 Senators,
—headed by Kefauver (D.-Tenn.)]
—are campaigning vigorously fo\
the establishment of a Depart-!
ment of Consumers—with Cubi-I
net status.
Their effort has been stimu'at !
ed by President-elect Kennedy’s
announcement during the po '
litieal campaign that he definite !
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ly intended to appoint a Con
sumer Counsel in the Office of
the President “to represent the
interest of the American con
sumer in all the activities of
Government.”
Mr. Kennedy’s staff is now
making a study to determine
whether his plan should be ex
panded to include a new Gov
ernment Department with Cabi
net rank.
The Senators advocating such
a step introduced a bill on
March 26, 1959. Hearings were
held by the Senate Government
Operations Committee, during
which the legislation was ard
ently supported by labor union
spokesmen and opposed by rep
resentatives of business and by
the Bureau of the Budget.
The vast potentialities of the
proposal are pointed up by the
fact that the new Government
Department would be . directed
to investigate; , • .j
“1. The productive capacity
'for, and the production of, goods
I affecting consumers within' the
1 United States.
“2. The systems and mecha
nisms in use for the distribution
of such goods, and the effects
thereof.
“3. The /level of prices for
goods and services affecting con
sumers, the factors entering in
to their establishment, and their j
reasonableness.
“4. The quality and suitabili-1
tv of goods affecting consumers, \
and the factors influencing the j
quality and suitability of such
goods.
“5. The degree to which the
trade and commerce of the Unit
ed States succeeds in satisfying
consumer needs for goods and
services.” _
Manufacturers would be re
quired to provide information
requested by the Department.
The Department then would be
free to wage a propaganda cam
paign to brainwash the public
along whatever lines seemed at
tractive to the Government
Bureaucrats at the time.
It seems obvious to oppon
ents that giving Bureaucrats
such vast power—over produc
tion, distribution, prices, quality
and service—could be exceed
ingly detrimental to the efficient
operation of business, and would
tend to remove or reduce in
centives for turning out products
of higher quality at lower prices.
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Unfortunately, many shooters
take their shotgunning too seri
ously. When this happens it al
most ceases to be an amusement
or pastime for the sportsman
and he begins to relate it too
closely to the game that goes
into the bag. We should not
forget that shooting is really a
game and should be played for
fun.
Jack Denton Scott, Roving
Editor of Sports Afield Maga
zine, tells us how to enjoy
shooting games, combining them
.with sound wing-shooting prac
tice. His suggestions are prac
tical and inexpensive, and will
extend the short bird seasons
into year-around shotgunning
sport.
First of all, get a trap to toss
clay pigeons. A hand trap will
do nicely, though second-hand
spring-powered traps are avail
able and cheap. Now try this
game for a start:
Set up shooting stations in a
semicircle before the trap, sort
of similar to skeet, pacing off
20 yards between stations. Three
shots are fired at each station,
four at the last, and the shoot
er must hold his gun as he
would in the field as if, say, he
were hunting pheasants. Then
when he says “pull” he can
mount the gun quickly and try
to smash the target. It’s more
difficult. By moving the clay
bird to different positions on the
arm you can simulate the flight
of a duck, a pass shot, a rising
quail, or a grouse. It rises al
most straight up in a tricky,
wobbling flight, not unlike the
timberdoodle.
That last station is placed 35
yards out, directly in front of
the trap, and the shooter stands
with his back to it. It’s a blind
shot, and it is from this posi
tion that the last four shells are
fired. You can place the clay
bird on the trap so it skims low
over the ground, almost like a
bouncing cottontail; or raise it
slightly and get ruffled grouse!
booming up.
Ralph Sturges of New York
has invented a complex arrange-
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The nearly four million projects completed by
1300,000 4-H Club boys and girls In a single year
is further proof that the “learn by doing” system
is keeping young minds and hands busy. As a
matter of fact, youth specialists say that the
hundred or so categories of 4-H projects are the
very backbone of the organisation which has
grown steadily for more than a half century.
During the past three decades the number of
girls enrolled in 4-H has topped the boys in
Just about the same proportion, according to
figures supplied by the TJSDA. There are Pres
ently some 300,000 more girls than boya in club
Work. Ages range from 10 to 21 years.
Originally planned to help farm youngsters, the
voluntary educational program now claims nearly
half its membership from city and non-farm rural
homes. Apparently “pride of accomplishment is
a key factor in the success of this particular
brand of youth organization.
Right from the very beginning of 4-H, interested
parties have donated awards in recognition of
top performance in citizenship, leadership and
project achievement. This fall more than a thou
sand expense-paid trips to the National 4-H Club
Congress in Chicago will be given to state, sec
tional and national 4-H award winners. In addi
tion about 200 teenagers will receive college
ment of towers and seven traps
and eight shooting stations. This
course requires 100 shells and
simulates perfectly all types of
wild bird shooting, with double
traps mounted in 15-and 40-foot
towers. Another devotee. George
Baekeland of Connecticut, got
help in re-enforcing and gearing
a trap that will hurl a bird 150
yards.
One arms representative
dreamed up something he calls
the Hunter’s Special, designed
more or less for the new shoot
er. It goes like this: A single
semi-automatic trap or even a
hand trap and several strong
scholarships, and one out of IS members will win
medals in local eompetition.
Six persons now’ engaged in Extension work
and who are former 4-H’ers will share SIB,OOO in
educational grants to be need in graduate study.
Business firms that aponaor program* and
awards include: Ford Motors, achievement; Olin
Mathleson Chemical, alumni recognition: E. I.
dn Pont de Nemours, beet; Standard Brands,
bread demonstration; Oliver, dairy; Carnation,
dairy food* demonstration; Simplicity Pattern,
dresa review; Heresies Powder, entomology;
Arcadian Product* Dept, of Allied Chemical,
field crops; Betty Crocker of General Mills, food
preparation.
Also, American Forest Products Industries,
forestry; Whirlpool, frosen foods; Eli Lilly,
health; John Deere, recreation; Moorman Mfg..
swine; Singer Sewing Machine, clothing leader
training; Wm. Wrlgley Jr., community relations;
Ralston Purina, dog care and training; Pure Oil,
public speaking; Chicago Board of Trade, grain
marketing.
College scholarships and fellowships in
amounts from SBOO to SBOOO each are provided
by: California Spray-Chemical, Homellte Divi
sion of Textron, Sperry and Hutchinson, Massey-
Ferguson and the Netional 4-H Bervlc* Com
mittee.
backs are enough, and no ex
j tensive organization is necessary.
Start with five-man teams made
up from the employee rolls of
various business houses in the
community. The shoot should
be limited to 50 targets, and in
order to hold the team cost
down, can be just as successful
if confined to 25 targets. The
idea is to get as mhny field
shooters out with their guns fori
the enjoyment of what to them
is an unusual session of sport I
with their favorite artillery. The |
total score of the team deter- i
mines its standing in the shoot.
| Here’s another variation, six 1
shooters draw partners’ names
from a hat and shoot as two
man teams, the non-shooters us
ing the hand trap. The idea is
to try to break 25 birds at 30
yards, with partners alternating
after every fifth target. The
second man is the backup shot
and fires only after his partner
misses.
Actually, though, you don’t
have to originate your own
games. Most of the arms com
panies have shooting promotion
departments that are glad to
help you put more fun and va
riety in your shotgunning.
If you feel you want to be
guided by the professionals, the i
Sportsmen’s Service Bureau, 2501
East 43rd Street, New York City, j
has information which will help!
shotgunners and gun clubs set;
up trap games that are different
and fun.
Survey Points Out
Use Os Insecticides
How wary is the Tar Heel
home gardner of bugs in his pea
patch?
M. H. 'Farrier and A. L. Fink
ner of N. C. State College made
a survey of 42 homes in a rural
area of Wayne County. Os these,
84.1 per cent had vegetable gar
dens.
The surveyors found jhat 81
per cent of the gardeners had
used an insecticide by mid-June.
Nearly half used rotenone. Fif
teen per cent used sabadilla.
[Other insecticides on hand:
Malathion. DDT, todaphene, end
. rin and lead arsenate.
Seagrams
Croton ,&L
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SUCUM-OISTIUEIS COHftXY. HE* YORK CITY. BIEKDED WHISKEY. 86 PROOf. 65% <!R»IH KttITSAL SWIM.
Why was rotenone so popu
lar? “I’ve been using it fop
years,” was the standard'reply#
I know it’s not quite as ettec- ,
live as some other insecticides,
but it’s safe, and I know how
to use it.”
Mcfe than three-fourths of the
home gardeners stored their In
secticides in an old refrigerator
(with the lock still on> behind
the house. _ |
The survey disclosed the tep
most popular vegetables: Cab
bage, tomato, bush snap
bush lima bean, field pea, col
lards, Irish potato, onion, Cu
cumber and okra.
Gardens averaged 21,127 tg.
feet—almost half an acre. 'To
tal garden acreage for the couij
;ty this year was about 2,69$
acres. ■ '•
He is happy whose circum
stances suit his teniper; but
is more excellent who. cgn suit
his temper to %ny circum
stances. —David Hume. 5 -