Farm Bureau chief opposes dual parity formula
Allan B. Kline, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, told the Senate agriculture committee that there should be one parity formula. He proposed a new formula with authority for the Agriculture Secretary to correct inequities for certain commodities, opposing a dual parity now under study. Parity ties farm prices to costs of goods bought by farmers and underpins government price supports.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Allan B. Kline
Federation
Senate Agriculture Committee
Mr. Kline
Secretary of Agriculture
Kline
Senator Aiken
Ver
Parity reform proposals urged by subcommittee chair
The chairman of a subcommittee urged adopting a 10 year moving average to determine parity prices and argued for broader authority for the Agriculture Secretary to adjust parity when out of line. He criticized a bill restricting price supports to six crops and proposed referendums on production restrictions for corn, wheat, and rice under certain supply and price conditions.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Kline
Commodity Credit Corporation
Texas State Government Costs Hit 445 Million
Texas state government outlays for the year ending Aug 31 total about 445 million dollars, up from 320 million the previous year. Budget planners foresee restraint for the next biennium with recommended increases no higher than 10 percent to match possible reduced income.
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Austin
Texas
George H. Sheppard
Hall H. Logan
Site Board of Control
Board of Control
Texas school busses travel 54 million miles in 1946 47
In 1946 47 Texas public schools used 6 074 buses to transport 346 051 pupils over 54 000 000 miles. About 5 750 drivers earned roughly 3 million dollars. State aid totaled 9 702 040 dollars while 238 821 pupils received state supplemental support and 107 230 districts received none.
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Austin
Texas
Charles H. Tennyson
Texas State Teachers Association
Tennyson
Dentist Questions Worth in Diet of Pasteurized Milk
Dr. Royal Lee a Milwaukee dentist argues pasteurized milk and colored foods worsen American diet. He cites studies by Dr. Francis M. Pottenger showing long term pasteurized milk harms cats and condemns pasteurization as protecting against undulant fever. He links butter yellow dye to cancer and notes halted use in butter and cheese.
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San Francisco
Calif
Royal Lee
Milwaukee
Lee
American Academy of Applied Nutrition
Francis M. Pottenger
California
Meat shortage unlikely says institute head
Wesley Harden Bergh, president of the American Meat Institute, said predictions of a severe spring shortage do not seem likely. He noted meat production stayed strong despite a partial strike, with March output only nine percent below last year.
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Cleveland
Wesley Hardenbergh
American Meat Institute
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