Welfare reform in California repeals costly aid amendment
California voters repealed a prior aid amendment for the aged and blind after a high stakes battle led by the California Council for the Blind. Supporters framed repeal as restoring responsible standards and state control to welfare while preserving aid for those in need. The move signals a shift toward moderation and fiscal restraint in welfare policy nationwide.
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California
California Department of Welfare
California Council For the Band
Proper land use and the case for soil conservation
Kent Leavitt, president of the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts, argues that farmers must conserve soil or face federal regulation. He cites 500000 acres lost yearly to erosion, urges trusteeship of land, science in land use, and applying proper land use without government restructuring.
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Kent Leavitt
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Federal Price Supports Lead To Growing Farm Surpluses
The piece argues that wartime level farm price supports have spurred massive crop production, pushing the government to own over 2 billion in food and cotton valued at cost. It warns surpluses will escalate geometrically, with outlays rising to 4, 6, then more billions unless policy changes occur.
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Congress
Europe Needs Less Food Imports The Smallest Slice
A 1940s economic column argues who benefits from oil profits and taxes, noting owners, workers, and government take shares. It cites dividends, salaries, and taxes, then critiques unemployment funds and holiday spending, then shifts to agricultural trade with Europe. It ends by predicting higher price supports and rising farm subsidies.
Farm policy shifts back toward production limits and higher supports
The trend favors higher price supports with the Gore and Anderson bills likely extending fixed supports. Farm technology advances steady gains while bumper grain crops widen supplies of poultry dairy pork and beef. Acreage limits and marketing quotas may return under new laws and restrained production becomes policy.
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Department of Agriculture
Europe
Congress
Gore
Hoyes
Anderson
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
The American Way and the Seed Bed of Free Enterprise
DeWitt Emery argues that despite mass production the U S economy rests on small firms. He notes 97 percent of U S business establishments employ under 100 people and many are one man operations supported by spouses. The piece urges individuals to become their own bosses, stressing the value of private enterprise and the pioneering spirit revived after World War II.
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DeWitt Emery
United States
Nature
Real Roses in the Check a Westchester Tale of Love and War
In Rit. Kisco a writer recalls meeting Jane and Fred Newell, a blind husband and his wife, who moved by wartime sacrifice. Jane reflects that Fred’s blindness does not dull their bond and beauty remains in memory as she awaits a future with him.
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Eleanor
Rit
Kisco
Westchester
Olen
Jane
Fred
Billy Rose
Penn Station
Boys' America directs effort to steer youths toward right paths
Armstrong, national director, says Boys' America with over 300,000 members aims to curb juvenile misbehavior by promoting positive activities. He recalls his own hard early days and notes energy in boys must be channeled through constructive programs rather than dwelling on faults.
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David W. Armstrong
Boys’ America
Armstrong
Trong
University of Hard Knocks
Large University
Cl Movement
Jokes From The Soda Jerk About Transfers And Rides
A soda fountain punchline has the soda jerk advising a customer who lives six miles away and rides the street car to grab a handful of transfers. The exchange captures frontier humor in a short, breezy quip.
Mortimer and Otis Chat on South Sea Island Manners
A playful dialogue between Mortimer and Otis about primitive life ends with Otis noting that children there would not wear pants. Mortimer wishes to live on a South Sea Island where mothers wear no slippers.
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Mortimer
Otis
South Sea Island
South Sea
Otig
Insect Damage Tops 1949 U.S. Cotton Crop Woes
The Preliminary National Cotton Council reports that insect damage to the 1949 U.S. cotton crop is the worst in 22 years, signaling serious agricultural impact for farmers.
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National Cotton Council
U. S
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