Wickard Is Made Target
Of Farm Policy Critics i
Attack on Agriculture Chief Seen as a Continu
ation of Farm Bureau Assault on Farm
Security Administration.
By BAUKHAGE
Newt Analyst and Commentator.
WND Service, Union Trut BcMiifi
Washington, D. C.
You wiil read in your favorite
newspaper that congress is out to
"get" Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard. The reason being offered
^?oing to be a food
tage and he's responsible." That
isn't* the half of it
In the first place, the folks who
have been leaning back with their
feet on the Washington cracker-bar
rel and watching administrations,
wars and panics come and go, aren't
taking Uiese fiery debates, these
charges and counter-charges too se
riously.
The fight in congress today on the
surface as the.farm bureau, the big
farmer (who isn't so big in many
cases) versus Wickard. One layer
below the surface, you'll hear it
called the fight of the extension
services against the Farm Security
administration. Back in the crack
er-barrel corner it's just the fight
against the administration and
what's left of -the Hew Deal.
Criticiam 'PotiticaV
One of these oM timers shifted
his stogie, took down his feet and
said to me: "This is just politics.
The idea is that 1944 is coming up
and if you are an honest 'out' you've
got to do all you can to discredit the
'ins.' I think Wickard will weather
the storm. The Farm bureau peo
ple have nothing against him except
as a symbol of the administration.
He's an old farm bureau man him
self."
"But." I interjected, "what about
the waf effort, what about hiking
up the farm prices and smashing
the price ceilings? You can't give
the farmers higher prices without
having to boost wages."
My friend caressed his stogie and
smiled. "Don't worry," he said,
"nobody is going to do anything in
the long run that will interfere with
war plans. But in-a political fight,
everybody leans as far out of the
tree as he can without falling. Ev
erybody says the other fellow is
playing politics ? but everybody
plays the game just the same."
What is this "extension service"
versus Farm Security fight? Well,
ii goes back a long way.
In the old days, the extension
service, the idea of the "county
agents" was started by commercial
organizations which wanted to im
prove (arm prosperity so they could
sell more city goods. Later, the
system was financed by the states
with the help of federal grants. But
the states dominated. Then the
American Farm Bureau federation
was formed, officially in 1920.
I The organization pushed certain
ideas for attacking surpluses not
vfi-y different from what the AAA
developed later. As the farm prob
lem grew worse, a farm conference
was called in Washington in 1932.
This group prepared a bill contain
ing many features similar to those
finally incorporated into the Agri
cultural Adjustment act.
Then came the first friction be
tween the farm bureau and the ad
ministration. There was a good deal
of politics in that, too. It was a
struggle between the AAA repre
sentatives in the field and the state
set-ups
Former*' Union Formed
Later, the Farmers Union came
into the picture It was started
among the tow income farmers in
Texas. It was the left wing of Ag
riculture and to the other farm
groups, it was "pink." It had the
strong backing of Mrs. Roosevelt;
its policies were reflected by the
Farm Security administration, a ri
val of the more conservative Farm
Credit administration which minis
tered to the financial ills of the big
ger farmers. The friction has never
ceased.
A blow-up came when Wickard
started his food administration. As
an old-farm bureau man, be always
leaned oyer backward in an effort
net-to be prejudiced against Farm
Security. Also, as a cabinet mem
ber, be couldn't stray too far from
White House preachments. So he
named Parisius, a Farm Security
man, to head up his food conserva
tion machinery and immediately a
neat of hornets was loose. There
was no choice. It was a question
of making a left turn against traf
fic. Parisius had to go.
Wickard was accused of turnin*
right by one group but that didn't
gave him from the wrath of thoee
opposed to the administration. Nor
did his incentive payment policy
which would not help the Demo
crat cotton raisers in the South nor
the Republican wheat raisers in the
north since what we don't need to
feed America today is more wheat
or more cotton.
So the storm rages. Farm Se
curity will probably be the burnt of
fering as anything with even a faint
ly pink complexion is a red Sag to
congress.
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Garden* Nothing New;
They Were Old Treat
You've heard the expression: "he
ain't what he usta be and what's
more, he never wuz."
In a number of ways, these United
States of ours ain't what they used
to be?but they WUZ!
Take these victory gardens.
My goodness! It was long after
we moved into town (population 20,
000) that I had my real private
gardening experience. Back on
Spruce street, of course, there was
a whole orchard and the garden was
so big, it was ploughed. But big or
little, the backyard could produce
plenty for mother to "put up" (we
never called it "canning"), every
thing from tomatoes and corn and
those cucumbers?'what memories
the name conjures up'?to those
wonderful watermelon pickles.
I was talking with another old
timer, and he isn't so old either,
about his little Kansas town. He
said he couldn't remember anybody
who didn't have a garden; or had
milk delivered to the doorstep ei
ther.
When the onions and the radishes
stuck their sprouts up, I used to
watch them with an eagle eye hoping
I would be able to deliver a luscious
bunch of them before the corner
grocer had his somewhat wilted
product to display. Of course, I
never could beat him by much and
by the time the fat tomatoes were
asking for a piece of lath to keep
their chins out of the dirt, all the
neighbors had them too. But that
didn't matter. Came the day when
the kitchen was redolent with en
trancing odors and the womenfolk's
aprons were stained red as a vic
torious banner, and when evening
fell, the mason jars were cooling in
the pantry before they were stored
in the cool cellar.
in tnose days, aDout the only time
? can opener was used was when
somebody broached a Sunday eve
ning can of sardines as a special
treat to go along with the fudge
(made in a chafing dish if you were
a little doggy) and flavored with
songs around the piano to mandolin
obligato.
And what about the dry throats?
No ice cubes. No cocktail shakers.
Perhaps a bottle of raspberry shrub
from the top shelf from the pre
serves closet?a rich purple liquid
which had been squeezed through a
cheese cloth bag with strong and
loving hands, the fat berries inside
plucked from those sprawling bushes
along the back fence.
What good things came out of
the backyard garden by way of the
fruit jars and the jelly glasses! Can
you forget the quinces, smooth and
shiny and hard that hung on the
gnarled tree, harsh fruit that mys
teriously turned into a delightful I
pink delicacy, which spread over a
crisp cracker like a benediction.
Drill Congrettmen
, On Tuesday, March 2, 1943, there
appeared for the first time in the
history of America, the following
item in the Congressional Record,
the journal of day to day happen
ings of congress:
RECESS
THE SPEAKER. Pursuant to the
inherent power lodged in the Pre
siding Officer in case of emergency,
the Chair declares this House in re
cess subject to the call of the Chair
for the purpose of participating in
a practice air-raid drill. The alarm
has sounded. Members will leave
i the Chamber as rapidly as possible,
i and the galleries will be cleared.
Accordingly (at 2 o'clock and 10
minutes p. m.) the House stood in
: recess, subject to the call of the
i Speaker.
I AFTER RECESS
At S o'clock and 4 minutes p. m.,
the House was called to order by the
[ Speaker.
BRIEFS ...6y Baukhag?
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Japanese officials have decided to
establish aia snare training centers
U meet present demands for 80.000
brides for Jap colonists in occu
pied Manchuria. As recorded by the
foreign broadcast intelligence serv
ice of the United States, the Tokyo
radio said current plana call tor
190,000 "colonists" and that "about
80,000 brides to go to the continent
are desired."
The treasury's cache of gold now
amounts to $22,743,000,000.
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The German people, who are get
ting about an ounce of fata a day on
their present ration cards, began to
get less butter and more margarine
during the present ration period
which began March 8, according to
a D.N.B. dispatch transmitted from
Berlin.
Kathleen Norris Says:
Age Gap in Marriage
B?U Syndicate?WNU Features.
"To think of M argot married to a man twenty years older than I am actually
sickens me." ?
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
CURIOUSLY enough, my
mail this week contained
two letters, one from
Portland, Oregon, and one from
Cleveland, Ohio, and both ask
ing the same question: is a dif
ference in age a serious thing in
marriage?
The Portland girl is 30 years
old, her young man is only 24.
She says that she is young for
her years, and that he has
been developed by responsi
bilities and hard times to seem
much older than he is. He was
a worker at 14, took care of an
invalid mother and little sister un
til the mother died and the little
sister married, and Alma says that
while he is full of fun and con
fidence and eagerness, he is really
a serious man in many ways.
Alma has had a hard time, too.
She has been the main support of a
family of older persons, faithfully
moving between home and office for
almost 12 years. But for all that
she is young in spirit, she writes
me of a tiny week-end cottage near
the sea where she has sometimes
crowded in as many as a dozen
friends, of her cat, her window gar
dens, her love for cooking, and the
tiny niece that her brother some
times lends her for a visit. And her
picture shows a small, charming
person, beaming under a wide
brimmed hat.
So my advice to Alma was to mar
ry her Tom at once, and enjoy her
rightful share of happiness as wife,
home-maker, and someday mother.
Pleasant Tears Predicted.
There is no generalizing about
marriage, but it is true that mar
riage in which the wile is somewhat
the older of the two, do generally
turn out happily. Alma is going
into this marriage with a real de
termination to make it a success,
and something tells me that it will
be one.
The other case is that of a girl
named Margot, who is 17. She is
the only child of a divorced mother;
it is the mother who writes me.
"I was only 18 when Margot was
born," says her letter, "so that we
really are more like sisters than
mother and daughter. She has been
my one and sole consideration for
every moment of her life. We trav
eled in Europe every summer; I
helped her with all her lessons; we
had a plan for every Saturday and
Sunday. My husband was 14 years
older than I; it was his family, and
his first wife's family, who made
our marriage impossible; Margot
was only a few months old when I
left her father, and I have not seen
him since.
"Like an uncle to Margaret has
always been the family doctor; he
was on the stall of the hospital where
she was born, later became a nerve
specialist and moved into our neigh
borhood. He is now 54. When he
began to call constantly at our house
it was natural for me to feel that he
was interested in me; 1 have always
liked him, without ever giving any
deeper feeling so much as a thought.
Some weeks ago I said half-seriously
to Margot that I wished John, to
call him that, would ask me to marry
him and have it over, as the sus
pense created by his calls, gifts, sig
nificant speeches, notes, was getting
on my nerves.
Daughter's Confession.
"Her answer was a burst of tears,
and n hysterical statement that if
it had not been for her tear that I
loved John, and that it would break
my heart to lose him, she would
have told me long before that she
was madly in love with him. I was
stupefied. Margot to me is still the
dear happy dancing child who hps
been my companion all these years;
to think of her as married, and
married to a man almost 20 years
older than I am, actually sickens
me. I have not been well in soul,
mind or body since this thunderbolt
fell upon me. John is about three
times her age, a well-groomed, suc
cessful man who has many friends,
a fine practice, and who is extremely
youthful in his tastes. He takes her
to dances, plays tennis, associates
much with younger people, but all
that doesn't change the facts. Worse,
he was married long before Margot
was born, and has two daughters
older than Margot. One of these is
married; the other lives at home
as his housekeeper, and as the estab
lishment includes his paralyzed old
mother, two servants, a nurse for
the mother and an office nurse, with
a chauffeur and gardener as well,
everyone seems to feel that Margot
would be lucky to keep this daughter
in the family as manager. Margot
stands a little in awe of Helen, who
is about 24, and says she would like
this arrangement. But to think of
my adored baby in that big house,
with a husband older than her own
father is, and all those complicated
relationships to adjust, frightens me.
I could prevent this marriage until
she is 18, perhaps, but she could go
to her father for permission, and
as he has never had the slightest re
sponsibility for her, or interest in
her, he would probably give his
consent.
"What argument can I use with
her to convince her that she is
throwing away youth, good times,
the prospect of falling normally in
love with someone of a suitable age?
For certainly what she feels for this
man isn't love."
Situation Beyond Control.
The answer is, you can do nothing.
And for your consolation let it be
said that Margot is now playing a
part, and it is a happy and popular
part.
That will be Margot's role, and
she will love it. Presently the maids,
chauffeur, step-daughters, the help
less old mother, the nurses, will all
be in love with lovely little Mrs.
John. Sometimes girls keep up that
attitude all their lives; I knew one
handsome old woman who still liked
to remember that when at 16 she
married a rich man of 55, he insisted
that she go on with her schooling.
And when he went to the Philippines
during the Spanish war, he put her
into boarding school. She had four
stepsons, all much taller and older
than she, and two boys of her own,
and, while it wasn't marriage as
' most men and women know it, mar
riage with its young cares and re
sponsibilities, its mutual dependence
and financial worries, it was a hap
py life for her.
TWO ANSWERS
This week Kathleen Norris an
swers two letters asking whether
or not it is essential to a happy
marriage for the husband and
wife to be the same, or nearly
the same age. In each of these
two ctues the answer is "no," al
though the circumstances vary
considerably. On the one hand,
a girl of 30 wants to marry a
young man 24; and on the other,
a girl of 17 is madly in love with
a middle-aged man about three
times her age. Be sure to read
this wise and tolerant discussion
of a problem that has troubled
many women.
R?tas?l by VNUin Newspaper Uska.
TUBERCULOSIS
Some years age while visiting a
tuberculosis sanitarium, I cams
across a patient, an amateur heavy
weight boxer, who calmly informed
me that he expected
^?1^ a L_
to siay xwo years m
order to allow his
lung to become com
pletely healed. At
that time the pneu
mothorax method, in
which gas pressure
is used to cause the
infected lung to rest,
was used mostly in
advanced cases.
More recently, oth
er methods of rest
ing the lung by caus
Dr. Barton
ing it to collapse have come into
use, such as cutting the nerve that
controls the lung and removing a
portion of several ribs.
As many patients are naturally
anxious to get "cured" quickly, the
question naturally arises as to why
shouldn't these short methods of
resting the lung be always used in
stead of the long months and years
of bed rest only.
In order to answer this question
satisfactorily, Drs. A. L. Kruger,
B. P. Potter and A. E. Jaffin, Jer
sey City, N. J., analyzed 185 cases
of early tuberculosis seen in the
Hudson County Tuberculosis hospi
tal and clinics between 1930 and 1939.
From their findings, these physi
cians agree with those physicians
who advise early collapse treatment
with "advanced" tuberculosis.
What about the use of collapse
treatment in the beginning or early
cases? In early tuberculosis they
believe that rest, rest in bed, is the
treatment most needed to bring
about recovery. The disease was
stopped or arrested ip 78 per cent
of these early cases by bed rest
Treatment by collapse?gas pres
sure, perve cutting, removal of ribs
?should be used in cases only when
the disease gets worse, tubercle
germs are found in the sputum,
where there is no improvement after
a long period of bed rest, or when
hemorrhages occur.
As there are many patients who
think bed rest treatment is too slow,
and perhaps members of the family
who think that treatment at home or
the outdoor clinic is as effective as
hospital or sanitarium treatment, I
think the findings of these research
physicians should be made known.
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Treatment for
Ringing of Ears
A few years ago when an individu
al had tinnitis?ringing in the ears?
it was felt that, as there was often
some deafness present, the deafness
was the cause of the tinnitis. Ac
cordingly, the ear specialist treated
the ear for any condition that might
be causing the deafness, and when
improvement in hearing resulted
there was often some decrease in
the tinnitis.
Among the causes of tinnitis and
partial loss of hearing are (a) wax
or cerumen in the outer ear lying
against the eardrum,, (b) partial
blocking of the eustachian tube
which carries the air from the back
of the throat to the middle ear
against inner side of eardrum, and
(c) too much liquid in the tissues
adjoining the balancing canals of the
ears. This latter condition also
causes dizziness, nausea and vomit
ing, and partial loss of hearing; it
is called Meniere's disease.
The treatment for these three con
ditions causing tinnitis is:
1. The removal of the wax by
placing olive oil or half strength
1 hydrogen peroxide in the ear, al
lowing it to remain for a few min
utes, and then driving out the soft
ened wax with a hot baking soda
solution, using a powerful syringe.
2. The eustachian tube is opened
by means of an air syringe which
, not only blows the tube open but i
removes to some extent the moisture
which is sticking the lining surfaces ;
j of the tube together.
3. The treatment of Meniere's dis
ease is by cutting down on all liquids
, and table salt and avoiding or cut
ting down on salty foods. Foods
to be avoided are bread, salted but
ter, crackers, eggs, all corned,
pickled, smoked or salted foods.
Foods that are low in salt and can
be eaten are apples, asparagus, cab
bage, lettuce, grapes, lemons, or
anges, honey, jelly, unsalted bread
| and butter.
That eystrain could cause tinnitis i
will come as a surprise to many ol
us, but Dr. J. R. Noyes, Brockton, i
Mass., in "Laryngoscope" states
that he has relieved several patients
of annoying symptoms by correcting
eyestrain due to short-sightedness,
and astigmatism.
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QUESTION BOX
Q?Is there any cure for osteo
1 arthritis?
A. ? The process ? arthritis ? is
sometimes stepped by ase of a diet
lew la starches.
Q.?Can you recommend a cure
for Pott's disease?
A.?Your physician eaa refer you
to aa orthopedic specialist who will
give asaal treatment. Pott's disease
is usually dae to taberealesis and Is
eared by rest, piaster east, some
times surgery.
pnimit
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Crisp, Cool Salads
Bid Spring Welcome
Use a lemon Juice dressing for
these orange slices, salad greens
and tomatoes, thus saying oil for
other household uses.
Outdoors it may be little tufts of
green grass and tender shoots on
the trees that let you know spring is
on the wing, but indoors you can do
the trick by bringing fresh vegeta
ble plates and crispy salads to your
table.
Salads and vegetable plates are
truly the first harbingers of spring
_ when it comes to
menu ? making.
Oh, yes, I know
you've been serv
ing salads and
vegetables during
winter, but with
spring you have
many more
_ 1 i ? J
cnuices anu ncaii
colors from which to choose.
Several attractive combinations of
vegetables on a single platter?or
salads?can tide you over many
meatless days. Then, too, they'll
bring life-quickening vitamins and
minerals to your diet to help get
rid of whatever winter's cobwebs
you may have accumulated in your
system!
Speaking of salads brings up the
problem of dressings, and with that
the scarcity of fats for salad oils.
There are several alternatives, the
first of which is lemon juice either
alone or with a bit of sugar as
dressing for fruit salads.
Many of you perhaps like simple
vinegar dressing with just a touch
of salt and pepper. This perks up
flavors in vegetables, inexpensively,
too!
Your french dressing of course can
be made with mineral oil in the ab
sence of other oils. Long used in
reduction diets, mineral oil makes a
nice dressing for light spring salads.
It is not absorbed by the body, so if
you're trying to gain weight, be sure
to include other fats for body use.
If it's mayonnaise you like, here's
a recipe which requires only a half
cup of oil and a single egg yolk;
Cooked Mayonnaise.
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons flour
Yi cup water
H teaspoon salt
% teaspoon pepper
% teaspoon mustard
Yi teaspoon paprika
1 egg yolk
W cup salad oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Melt butter, blend in flour. Add
water slowly and cook until thick
ened. Cool, then add salt, mustard,
pepper, paprika. Beat in egg yolk,
then add oil slowly, beating all the
while. Last add lemon juice.
Vegetable Plate.
Stuff tomato with cottage cheese
and chives and place in center of
platter. On either
side place a
mound of crisp
carrot strips and
asparagus, cooked /
or canned, with a k
ring of lemon
rind. Potato salad ->
and crisp cole slaw complete the
plate.
Cole Slaw Dressing.
(For tVi caps cabbage)
% teaspoon salt
H teaspoon pepper
ltt tablespoons sngar
? i
? tablespoons cream
1 tablespoons lemon Juieo
Combine ingredients in order giv
en and mix thoroughly with coin
slaw.
If hot slaw is your favorite dish,
here is the ideal dressing for it:
Hot SUtw.
2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
14 cup vinegar
34 cnp cold water
1 tablespoon batter
1 tablespoon sugar
M teaspoon salt '
3 cups shredded cabbage
Combine egg yolks, water and
vinegar. Add butter, sugar and salt.
Cook on low heat until thickened,
stirring constantly. Add cabbage
and reheat.
With the absence of pineapple of
ten these days, we like something to
use to give tartness to salads. In
the following recipe you can use
grapefruit to good advantage:
Grapefruit and Carrot Salad.
(Serves 8)
1 package lemon-flavored gelatin ^
1 cup hot water
34 eup grapefruit Juice
34 eup vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
134 cups grated carrots
34 cup chopped grapefruit
Add hot water to gelatin and stir
until dissolved. Add fruit juice and
vinegar. - Chill until slightly thick
ened. Add carrots, grapefruit and
salt. Pour into mold which has
been rinsed with cold water. Chill
until firm. Serve on lettuce with
mayonnaise or french dressing.
A heavy dinner calls for a green
leafy salad with loads of crunchi
ness:
Lettuce-Spinach Salad.
(Serves 6 to 8)
1 bead lettuce
34 pound spinach
1 teaspoon salt
34 teaspoon pepper
2 hard-cooked eggs
1 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons vinegar
Chill and chop spinach and let
tuce. Add salt, pepper, vinegar and
chopped hard-cooked eggs to 34 cup
of the sour cream. Just before serv
ing, add to spinach, lettuce and re
maining sour cream.
This vegetable plate tastes as de
lightful as it looks and adds plenty
of spring color to your table. Stalled
tomato, carrot strips, asparagos,
cole slaw and potato salad are used.
The cottage cheese in this salad
contributes calcium to the diet, the
apples and celery give vitamins and
peanuts are a surprise in flavor and
in their contribution to nutrition:
Apple-in-Cottage-Cheese Salad.
3 apples, coarsely diced
1 cnp diced celery
M cup diced encumber
Vx cap sharp french dressing
Lettuce
1 pint cottage cheese
W cap chopped, salted peanuts
Mayonnaise
Wash and dice unpeeled apples.
Toss apples, diced celery, cucum
ber in french dressing, until well
coated. On each salad plate place
crisp lettuce, and then with a spoon
shape % cup cottage cheese into ?
ring. Fill ring with apple mixture,
and sprinkle with peanuts. Top with
mayonnaise or a fluffy salad dress
ing.
Carrot, Cabbage, Peanut Salad
(Serves K)
4 cups carrots, shredded
3 cups cabbage, shredded
3 cups diced, un peeled apples
t cups peanuts
Cooked salad dressing
Have all ingredients cold. Com
bine in order given and add just
enough salad dressing to combine
lightly together. Garnish with sprigs
of parsley and chopped peanuts.
Lynn Chambm welcomes yea to submit
your household queries to her problem
clinic. Send your letters to her at West
ern Newspaper Union, 210 Sooth Des
planus Street, Chicago, Illinois. Don't
forget to enciote e stomped, tclf tdrfrrtifrf
envelope for your reply.
Bttoiwd bj Western Newspaper Union*
Lynn Says:
Vitamins Plus or Minus? It all
depends upon how you handle
them. To retain maximum
amounts of vitamins in cooked
foods, use as little water as pos
sible?just enough to prevent
from sticking.
Get on your mark, start quick
ly. Not a track race, but a vita
min race. You start with boiling
water for cooking, and cook rap
idly?thus cutting cooking time to
a minimum and saving precious
food values.
Covered utensils without stir
ring are prescribed. Stirring and
uncovered utensils put air into
foods and destroy vitamins.
Avoid violent, furious boiling.
This is modern, streamlined, pro
tective cookery?to preserve val
uable vttamtns.
This Week'i Meaa
Vegetable Platter: Tomato
Stuffed with Cottage Cheese,
Carrot Strips, Asparagus,
Cole Slaw, Potato Salad
Hot Biscuits Hooey
Cherry Pie Beverage