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Soviet grain deal is important
By John Sledge
N.C. Farm Bureau Federation
When the United States and the
Soviet Union announced a new
Q grain pact at the end of July, it
committed to paper what was pret
ty much expected -- that we will
supply the Soviets with aboui a
third of their import needs.
That's better than the 25% level
we had dropped to after the grain
embargo, but far less than the 60%
of the market we held previously.
In securing the agreement, it is
likely that the U.S. had to relieve
Soviet fears that the PIK program
would be an ongoing part of
American farm policy.
If the Soviets thought the U.S.
was banking the fires of produc
tion and exports, then they would
continue to look elsewhere to meet
their import needs.
A policy of exporting our
surplus is better not only for a
customer like the Soviet Union,
but better for American farmers.
There is no way the U.S. Treasury
can match the prosperity for
agriculture that exports bring.
The criticism of bilateral grain
agreements is that they tend to be
restrictive.
In this case, the Soviets are
limited to purchases of 12 million
tons without prior consultation.
They also inject more politics into
agricultural trade.
However, when you consider
our tenuous relationship with the
Soviet Union, this grains agree
ment, which will run for five years,
does give farmers some
reassurance that they will have this
market. And, in that sense, it's im
portant.
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Opinions
World War on minds in 1945
By Sherry Matthews
About this time 38 years ago
President Harry S. Truman was
serving his first term of office,
having taken the helm after Presi
dent Franklin Roosevelt died.
It was also during this time that
American bombers dropped the
first atomic bombs on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki during the closing of
World War II. Not quite a month
after the bombings, Japan sur
rendered unconditionally on
September 2, 1945.
The United Nations was also
launched in San Francisco during
1945.
In Hoke County, the effects of
the second world war were also be
ing felt through food and fuel
shortages.
In June 1945 The News-Journal
reported that a popular "soft
drink" was in large demand with
little supply.
" 'The supply of Coca-Cola in
Raeford definitely will be affected
by the further curtailment in the
supply for sugar after July 1,
because the manufacturer of that
popular drink will not compromise
with the use of substitutes.
" 'However, an equitable
system of rationing will be main
tained in Raeford during the shor
tage," according to G.C.
Seymour, manager of the Aber
deen Coca-Cola Bottling Com
pany.
" 'The O.P.A. announced to
day that the allotment of sugar to
industrial users would be cut to
50^o of the sugar used in the third
quarter of 1941 .
'"I am informed that this sugar
shortage is world-wide and not
merely national and is directly at
tributed to the confusion in the
production and distribution of
sugar occasioned by the war,' said
Seymour.
'"Sugar is absolutely necessary
in the manufacture of Coca-Cola.
About This Time
We cannot and will not use
sweetening substitutes and
therefore will not compromise with
the integrity of Coca-Cola, but you
can be certain that the quality of
the drink will remain unchanged.
"'My company is committed to
play fair with the government and
obey its regulations in both the let
ter and spirit; to maintain an
equitable distribution system to
serve all our customers equally,
and that we do.
"'We still have a war to win and
that comes first, but we will at
tempt still to get you all the Coca
Cola that is possible and what we
have will be available to all."'
In the same issue of The News
Journal, Editor Dougald Coxe
reported that area women were
volunteering to visit the homes of
families who had lost relatives dur
ing war action.
"A group of Hoke County
women, at least one from each
community, has been selected to
act as representatives of the War
Department to make an official
visit to each home which has sus
tained a casualty. It was stated
yesterday by Mrs. H.A. Cameron,
who has been named chairman of
the county committee.
"In that it is quite difficult for
the Army to make these visits as
quickly as should be when a family
has been notified of a casualty,
Capt. E.A. Zelnicker of the per
sonal affairs office of Camp
Mackall has requested this
cooperation so that the immediate
needs of a stricken family may be
supplied by the War Department
much quicker than if a personnel
attache were to have made the
visit.
"Mrs. Cameron stated that
notification of casualties would be
sent to the family as is now being
done, and that she would also be
notified. A member of the commit
tee is then to go to the home as a
representative of the Army for a
'condolence visit to the members
of the families of the soldiers killed
in action,' to be first contact be
tween the family and the army in
such instances."
In August of 1945, when the war
was winding to a close The News
Journal reported a victory meeting
ahd Thanksgiving service in
celebration of the "final surrender
papers being signed in Tokyo."
"At the time the final surrender
papers are being signed in Tokyo
Bay at 8 o'clock tomorrow even
ing, the people of Hoke County
are asked to assemble in the
Raeford Methodist Church for a
program of Thanksgiving, which is
sponsored by the Ellis Williamson
Post of the American Legion.
"Commander W. L. Poole, who
will preside, has asked that all
residents and especially servicemen
and families of servicemen and all
veterans of both World Wars be
present at the service."
In the same issue of the paper it
was reported that a "local" hen
had done her share for the recent
food rations.
"A little bit late for the war ef
fort, tis true, but right in the nick
of time during one of the greatest
egg shortages in Hoke County, a
local hen has shown what hens can
do to help out in an emergency.
"An egg she produced last
Saturday weighed 6 ounces, while
common varities of hen eggs usual
ly come in the 2-ounce size. Hers
measured nearly 4 inches in
diameter. When broken it was
found to contain a full size yolk,
an extra quantity of white, and
another regular size egg and a
perfectly formed egg to boot.
"The hen is owned by Mrs.
David Smith, and the egg was
displayed at the Smith Radio
Shop."
It's easy to have a closed mind
By Lucien Coleman
I once had a colleague who was
awfully backward about going for
ward. He would never support a
new idea unless it was exactly like
an old one. Whenever he had to
miss a faculty meeting, he would
send word by somebody,
"Whatever comes up, I'm against
it."
The world is full of people who
approach everything with a closed
mind. If you happen to be one of
them, this column will help you do
a better job of being contrary.
On the other hand, if you aren't
a practicing holder-backer, the
following catalog of excuses most
often used by closed-minded peo
ple will help you recognize one
when you hear one.
Things That Matter
Here are some noises most often
made by contrary committee
members, business associates, and
other wet-blanket types:
? "We've never done it that way
before."
?"It's gonna cost too much."
?"We don't have enough time."
?"We tried that before."
?"They'll never buy it."
?"It's against our policy."
?"We're not ready for that."
?"The budget won't stand it."
?"You can't teach old dogs new
tricks."
?"It's a good idea--but imprac
tical."
?"Let's give it more thought."
?"The others will never go for
it."
?"I'd understand it better if you
would put it in writing."
?"Let's put it on the back
burner for a while."
?"It might work somewhere
else, but not here."
?"What you are really trying to
say is . .
? "We would be setting a
dangerous precedent."
?"Let's look into it further
before we act."
?"Better appoint a committee to
study it."
?"Let's all sleep on it."
?"It sounds all right in princi
ple, but . .
?"It can't be done."
?"1 know someone who tried
it."
All of which goes to show that if
you're agin' it, any old excuse will
do.
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