’ROUND—Natur* seemsto draw rings around man when it comes to design, as
shown by this circle of floating ice on the Katekaskia River near Venedy, ILL The
30-foot diameter circle, which may have been formed by a whirlpool, remains in same spot.
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Legislative action slowed down to
routine business during the tradi
tional Lincoln Day recess. However,
a routine day in the Senate saw
17 bills and one resolution intro
duced, two judicial nominations
confirmed, and a bill to abolish
mandatory death sentences in cer
tain cases in the Llistrict of Colum
bia debated.
A number of important Congres
sional hearings are under way. The
Senate Cctmmittee on Government
Operations has been holding hear
ings on the proposal to create a
Department of Urban Affairs and
Housing.
The Senate's Special Preparedness
Subcommittee continues its hear
ings on military cold war education
and censorship of military speeches.
The Committee of Foreign Re
lations is holding hearings on S.
2768 which authorizes the United
States to purchase United Nations
bonds and the appropriation of
funds therefor. ,
The Senate Post Office and Civil
Service Committee has begun its
hearings on postal rate increases.
The Symington Special Subcom
mittee will soon be conducting
hearings on stockpiling materials
for national defense.
Hearings are under way by the
Constitutional Rights Subcommitte
on the rights of military personnel.
Postal Revenue Bill
Postal rates on mail for many
years have been subsidized by the
taxpayers who have been paying
for large postal deficits. The House
has approved a bill which provides
for increases in postal revenues to
meet this annual deficit.
I believe it is imperative for Con
gress to take action in this field
at this session. I think that the
Senate Post Office and Civil Ser
vice Committee will bring to the
Senate a bill at this session which
will attempt to equitably distribute
necessary postal rate increases.
U. N. Bond Proposal
The task of making a decision on
whether I should vote for the Unit
ed States purchase of United Na
tions bonds to the extend of $100
million has not been an. easy one.
When the proposal was first made,
I was tempted to oppose it in or
der to express my disapproval of
some of the actions of the United
Nations.
Since that time, however, I have
given most serious consideration to
the proposal and have reached the
conclusion the responsible action on
my part obliges me to vote for it.
The United Nations is the only
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association of nations pledged to
the task of preserving peace. We
cannot afford to permit it to die
for lack of financial sustenance.
The President, who has access to
sources of information far Seyond
those available to most of us, has
expressed the opinion that there is
a grave possibility that the United
Nations will cease to exist if the
United States does not purchase its
bonds and thus encourage other
nations to do likewise.
Despite its imperfections, it is
conceivable that the United Na
tions may eventijally prove itself to
be the road to a peaceful world. I
am not willing to block a possible
route to mankind's most cherished
hope.
N. C. Poultryman
Challenges Newsmen
A leading North Carolina poultry
man challenged the state's news
men “to influence the thinking of
folks on the farm" to produce more
food for processing last weekend.
The speaker was Atwell Alexan
der of Stony Point, one of the top
egg producers in the state. He ad
dressed the Tenth Annual Farm
Press, Radio and Television Insti
USD A. to Survey Rural
Family Purchases
tute at North Carolina State Col
lege.
“The Southeast produces as much
food as it eats," said Alexander,
“but North Carolina production is
only 60 percent of consumption."
Alexander said bankers, business
men and development association
leaders can get the people think
ing in the right channels. “When
people suffer, sometimes they get
moving,” he added referring to the
plight of some of the state’s poultry
producers.'
He noted that national produc
tion of fresh food has come steadily
down in the past few years, while
that of processed food has risen
steadily. These trends will continue,
he added.
“We’re supplying our needs in
poultry, but not in processed foods,”
he said.
Alexander noted that “Georgia
has passed us in eggs and broilers...
they believe in and preach poultry
down there.”
A nation-wide survey to learn
what things rural families buy and
how much they spend is now being
conducted by the Statistical Re
porting Service.
The survey is being conducted in
cooperation with the U. S. Depart
ment of Labor, which is making
similar studies in metropolitan
areas.. It has been 20 years since a
survey was made covering purchas
es of all families throughout the
United States.
Counties in North Carolina which
will be included in the survey of
consumer expenditures include
Ashe, Cherokee, Cleveland, Duplin.
Martin, Pitt, Richmond and Stokes.
About 4,000 families on farms and
in townsj of less than 41,500 popula
tion, in 126 counties in 41 states,
make up the scientifically chosen
sample which represents rural fam
ilies of the nation.
In each state, the survey will be
supervised by the State’s agricul
tural Statistician, who is a USDA
staff member.
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