12—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June 14.196!>
WASHINGTON REPORT
Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman HHI
14th Dlslr>c?-P«nnsylvanl«
The calendar ve.u of Januaiy
thiouch Decembei is only one
tvpe of twelve month peuod so
f.a as the Fedeial Gov eminent
is concerned In fact the calen
dai year piobably is less pi emin
ent in governmental consideia
tions than is the fiscal year which
runs from July thiough June—
eg, the fiscal year 1969 is the
twelve months ending June 30
1969 This is the peuod duung
which each budget opeiates. and
si the end of the fiscal yeai. ac
counts aie balanced (hopefully 1 )
and leceipts and disbursements
checked
Much of the present business
of Congress is centeied upon
budge'ary matters, since we aie
rapidly approaching the start of
fiscal yeai 1970 Appropriation
bills, which when lumped togeth
er make up the total budget for
the coming year, are the subject
of discussion and debate in the
House at the moment. Many of
us have adopted as a major goal
in these considerations the ac
complishment of leal fiscal le
straint in the year ahead We
aie encouraged by the fact that
the Administration also seems to
have lecognized the importance
of such a goal
Immediately after taking office
in January, President Nixon di
rected his depaitment and agen
cy heads to undertake a complete
review of the budget requests
sent to Congress by the prior ad
ministration The President
made his objections quite deal
•to make spending cuts that
aie a necessaiy part of our
efforts to bung Federal outlaws
under control and combat infla
tion, and
• to begin i edirectmg ongoing
Federal programs toward his
new goals and objectives
I think a good stait has been
made toward meeting these stat
ed objectives The Administra
tion has recommended the fol
lowing parts of a campaign to
control government spending
• Reduce outlays by $4 billion
from the corrected January bud
get
♦ Cut the budget authouty by
$5 5 billion
Almost 859 c of the recom
mended decreases requite ap
pioval b\ Congress The remain
ing 159 c will result from ad
ministi ative actions. I am hope
ful that the House and Senate
will see fit to suppoit the Ad
mmisti ation’s spending cut cam
paign For that matter, I be
lieve that it would be proper
for us to investigate opportuni
ties for further reductions
As the President said, while
the officials of this Administra
tion have worked long and haid
“.MISTRESS MARY’S - ’ gaulen is
giowing quite 'well thank you.
She wateis her “silver hells and
cockle ‘'hells’’ daily. Maiy is an
old fncnd of the nm ‘-eiy set. Her
adoiable poitiait ought to hang
above cteiy cub. It is painted in
filet nochct. Pick a baby pastel
foi the pit tine and piount it on
coiiti..'ling felt The ciocheted
panel infamies 12 x 10 inches.
I’k? r nin t.ons ne available
In wm’.'m a self-, dd l emed,
£tain]i< d el le’ope tf T 1 e Needie
st i! Edujc of t'b newstjaper
al. ng v ith vour reqicst for
on the pioposed budget the
vvoik is not tinished Conditions
affecting the Fedeial budget
will change constantly A leal
effoit must be eveited to bung
spending under conti ol
Present economic conditions
make fiscal lestiamt impera
tive Cutting back Fedeial ex
penditures is the essential fac
tor in slowing down inflation
Control over budget totals can
occui only if individual pro
grams aie reduced. There will
not always be agreement on
which progiams to cut, but
clearly cuts must be made. The
cooperation of the Congress and
the Administration is essential
if we are to accomplish our goal
of fiscal restraint
Pesticide Drift
Pesticide drift is a general
pioblem during the growing sea
son and all spray applicators
should be on the alert to keep
drift to a minimum There are
two kinds of drift that causes
trouble Spray or dust particles
blow away at the time of the
application and land on other
plants, and the vapor drift caus
ed by pesticide fumes from the
application site as the chemical
evaporates: these fumes aie also
carried by air movement Pesti
cide drift can harm sensitive
ciops and shiubs as much as a
mile away To help prevent drift
damage spray operators are ad
vised to use low volatile mater
ials, lower pressuies on their
tanks, avoid spraying when it is
windy, and do not spray when
air temperatures aie over 90
degrees F Pesticide safety and
the following of label instruc
tions are very important
At least 14 different 3-cent
stamps have been issued, all us
ing Washington’s pictuie
70 percent of the weight of the
a”erage plane is aluminum
Farm Women
SOCIETY 14
Fa - nr Womens Society £l4
entei tamed membeia of Society
£l7 and seveial Countj officers
at a buffet luncheon in the West
Willow Fne Hall on Wed after
noon at 12 30
Devotions weie conducted by
Mis Chas Leaman. and many
membeis paid tnbutes to then
fathers as a special feature.
Mis C Parker Wrrght showed
sltdes and spoke about the primi
tive rndians of Mexico
The Weber Duo presented an
orrgrnal skrt, ‘"Talking it over”.
Hostesses for the event were -
Mis Robert Esbenshade, Mrs
Mervin Denhnger, Mrs J. Paul
Hostetler, Mrs Raymond Barge,
Mrs Chailes Meloy, Mrs. John
Hershey, Mrs Charles Leaman
and Miss Elsie Metzler.
The next meeting will be the
annual Family Picnic to be held
(hopefully) at the Wm. S. Tin
ney Memorial Pavilion in Stras
burg It will be a buffet supper
at 6 30 p m July 16.
Mr Donald Cairns will enter
tain the group with “Family
Fun Unlimited”
Trousers were originally rough
pull-over pants, in the days of
formal breeches and silk hose,
for protection or waimth, when
on horseback.
Mj Neighbor^
m
“Guess you’ll just have to
face it, dad—l’m no child
prodigy..
STUDENT SOIL CONSERVATION TRAINEE, John
George, studies a soil profile. George is working this sum-'
mer with the local Soil Conservation Service. L. F. Photo
Local Student
Serves With
Soil Service
A local student at Delaware
Valley College is spending his
summer as a Soil Conservation
trainee with the Lancaster Coun
ty Soil Conservation Service He
is John George, Columbia Rl.
Not new to Soil Conservation
work, John spent last summer
working with the service out of
Wellsboro. He is majoring in
Agronomy at Delaware Valley
and will be a senior in the fall
He is vice-president of the stu
dent chapter of the Soil Con
servation Society and belongs to
the Delta Tau Alpha, an honor
ary Agriculture Club.
George is a graduate of Hemp
field High School class of 196®.
His favorite hobby is hunting.
Before coins and bills became
commonly used in U S„ land, an
imals, cowbells, salt, merchan
dise of all kinds, including whis
key and tobacco, were commonly
used as money.
The American Amy officially
abolished flogging on August 5,
1861
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