20—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 25, 1967
S WASHINGTON REPORT
Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman
The job of Representative in
Hie United States Congress
may be divided into two pri
mary areas. There is, of
course, the work in Washing
ton. This part of the job takes
in all of the legislative tasks,
the committee work, and the
dealing with the administra
tion. The other aspect of the
job involves “homework," or
in other words the contact
with constituents and the hand
ling of their problems.
I have already begun weekly
trips back to my home dis
trict. Each week when the vot
ing sessions are over ar my
Washington office work is up
to date, I return to the Iflih
District. First, I want to spend
as much time as possible with
my family, who are continu
ing to live in Lancaster. Sec
ond, I am operating two of
fices with equal responsibili
ties, and it is important that
I am in each of those offices
each week. Third, only by re
turning home can I talk per
sonally to my constituents
about their problems with the
federal government. For that
purpose, I have been holding
regular office hours in Leb
anon, Lancaster, and Middle
town so I may be as conveni
ent to see as possible.
Tne “homework” has already
shown surprising results, and
I am hopeful that it will con
tinue to do so Miany people
have stopped in to see me dur
ing my scheduled office tune
at home and they have
bi ought with them a variety
of problems While I’m not
certain o f my exact “batting
average” on problems solved
thus far, I feel that this work
has been, stimulating because
it provides me with informa
tion about you that I could
not receive in any other way
I can not guarantee satisfac
tion m all cases that you bring
to me, but my staff and my
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self will always try to the best
of our collective ability.
One intended action of the
federal government, particular
ly relevant to our district, has
been receiving an increasingly
greater amount of my atten
tion. The President has called
for a reduction in tariff on
jeweled watches, and I am
fearful that such a reduction
will eventually cause the elim
ination of jobs for some of the
district’s most highly skilled
workers. I wrote to file Presi
dent and requested informa
tion on the proposed tariff
change, and I was told that
the experts feel that the do
mestic watch industry can
presently withstand the com
petition of the cheaper for
eign watches. The explanation
centers around the amount of
work being given to the watch
factories by the government,
primarly in the form of de
fense contracts.
I do not wholly agree with
that justification, however. To
day, over ninety percent of the
jeweled watches sold in this
country are made abroad. To
provide further incentives to
the foreign producers would
seem to sound the death knell
for our own watch makers.
While the government con
tracts might fill the void cre
ated at present, I am con
cerned about the industrial
situation if and when the gov
ernment fails to provide con
tracts in the future. If the
watch making capacity in this
country has been abandoned
because it couldn’t compete,
many skilled workers wall be
left without proper jobs. It
seems to me that we will not
be drastically affecting our pos
ition in world trade by not
lowering the watch tariff, and
we will be doing a great deal
to protect what is left of the
watch making industry in this
country.
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S.E. District DHIA
Directors' Conf. Set
The annual Southeast Dis
trict Dairy Herd Improvement
Assn, directors’ conference will
be held on Thursday, March
2, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
according to an announcement
this week by associate county
agent Victor Plastow.
The Blue Ball Fire Hall will
be the site for the meeting,
Plastow said, adding that lunch
will be available at $2.50 per
person.
All directors are urged to
attend so they may become
more familiar with their res
ponsibilities, and obtain infor
mation directly from the state
DHIA level, Plastow said. He
noted that confirmation cards
should be returned to the ex
tension office no later than
February 23.
Egg Production Facts
Updated By USDA
A statistical bulletin updat
ing earlier estimates for egg
production and layers, 1960-64,
was released recently by the
U. S Department of Agricul
ture.
The bulletin, published every
five years by USDA’s Statisti
cal Reporting Service, shows
adjustments made in earlier
estimates, using as references
the 1964 Federal Census )f
Agriculture and other data
sources such as State Agricul
ture Census, marketing and
utilization information, and
SRS surveys.
The revised bulletin provides
an historical record of latest
official estimates, by states, on
egg production and layers for
the 1830-64 period -
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Plastow also announced that held on Monday, Februti;
the next meeting of the Red at the Lancaster Farm
Rose DHIA directors will be Bldg., at 8 p.m.
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