—lanraster Farminp, Saturday, Ai
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Peter H. B. Norton, left, Extension
resource development agent, presented
certificates to area persons who suc
cessfully completed a 20-day study of
social and economic problems facing rural
Pennsylvania. The local graduates are:
Chris M. Lantz, 53 Logging Road, Leola,
Crop Reporting Service
Forecasts 1972 Acreages
With spring planting just
around the corner, Pennsylvania
fanners have been surveyed
again as to their intentions on
acreage devoted to principal field
crops
The only one to show a decline
is corn, according to the report
from the Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service, a joint ven
tu> e of the Pennsylvania and U S
Department of Agriculture
Projected acreage is 1,460,000,
almost one per cent below last
year but a bit more than farmers
had been planning as recently as
60 days ago Although the
Commonwealth was particularly
hard hit by the Southern corn leaf
blight last year, huge surpluses
elsewhere in the country are
reflected in the current plans
•ril 8 1972
Soybeans continue their strong
comeback in the state with 43,000
acres scheduled for planting in
1972, a 26 per cent jump over last
year and the largest acreage
allotted to this crop in 15 years
Tobacco, growers are also
taking bold steps ahead en
couraged by above-average
prices received for their 1971
harvest Anticipated acreage is
17,500, three per cent more than
last year This would be the first
increase since 1959.
Potato farmers in Penn
sylvania increased their acreage
by about four per cent last year.
They plan to stay with that total,
36,500 acres, in 1972.
Pennsylvania Secretary of
Agriculture Jim McHcde em
phasizes that these figures are
(center), and Charles H. Rohrer, Paradise
RDI (right). The program is part.of
Pennsylvania State University College of
Agriculture’s public affairs education
series supported by a W. K. Kellogg
Foundation grant Norton served as central
regional coordinator for the program.
only intentions of farmers and
are subject to change based on
weather conditions at planting
time, current price, stocks on
hand and the individual farmer’s
reaction to reading this published
report.
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GEHMAN BROS.
East Earl, R.D. 1, Pa
When AFL-CIO President
George Meany and three other
labor leaders walked away from
their responsibilities on the Pay
Board, they took with them the
hopes of many Americans.
The American people are
aware the jobs assigned the Pay
Board and the Price Board are
difficult. Every decision made
makes someone unhappy
meaning that as months go by
and the decisions become more
numerous, there are quite a few
unhappy people.
But, it has been shown that
most Americans also recognize
that stopping inflation is worth
some hardship and some
unhappiness Their hopes are for
a stable economy where their
hard-earned dollars will not be
eaten up by uncontrollable rising
prices.
Therefore, the job of the two
anti-inflation Boards is to tran
slate those hopes into reality, and
to do so in a constructive fashion.
That’s the responsiblity that the
labor leaders walked away from
and, in so doing, they did the
Nation a great disservice.
Labor took their walk because
they claimed unfair treatment on
the Pay Board. However, there is
no evidence to support the charge
that labor always came out on the
short end of the Board’s
decisions.
Prior to the labor walkout, the
Board had acted on eight major
wage cases In five of those
eight, the position of the Labor
Members prevailed.
Of the 54 votes taken by the Pay
Board on major issues, over 50
per cent were unanimous.
In those 54 votes, the Labor
Members were with the majority
36 times, in the minority 13 times,
split their votes once, and ab-
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stained on four occasions.
In other words, labor’s point of
view was being heard loud and
clear on the Board. But, ob
viously the labor leaders have
now taken the attitude that if we
can’t win all the time, we won’t
play at all. Maybe they think that
their action will in some way hurt
President Nixon. But President
Nixon is not who they may end up
having to answer to. I think its
the Amercan people who are
going to be asking some serious
questions about big labor’s latest
walkout—this one away from
responsibility.
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