FRIDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1960
issues 1960
Brandow Foresees
Lasting Farm Issue
(This is the third of a series "Issues 1960" on the stands of the
presidential candidates with interpretation by University professors.)
What do the positions taken on farm policy by the Pres
idential candidates mean to farmers?
,The farm problem will persist despite the Outcome of!
the election, according to George E. Brandow, professor of;
agricultural economics.
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"Basically, the rival carldidateshis surplus would not be cut in',
and their platforms agree on aithe conservation reserves.
list of actions that do not strikel Kennedy's program assumes
directly at overproduction andl that controls will be necessary
surpluses." Brandow said. indefinitely, Brandow said. His
If Kennedy were to take of- I approach to the problem is to
flee, his party would probably employ the quota system under
follow, a liberal, more ambitious which the farmer would be
program, while Nixon ?you'd be given direct payment not to
conservative and cut down on farm and a stipulation would
farm aid, Brandow said. ' be placed on the quantity he
As the party platforms stand. } did farm. •
both Nixon and Kennedy would! "Quota plans require a num-,
push hard to expand outlets forber of decisions about how they i
farm products. Each endorses•should operate and orcducers in
food-for-peace. distribution of Idifferent regions can be affected,
food to the needy at home. sAoolib y how details are worked out";
lunch and special milk uregramsißrandow said.
and research to find new uses) For example, if national milk
for farm crops. louotas were in effect and a new
Nixon's plan to deal with the dairy product reduced Pennsyl
surplus consists of two stages. ivania's price advantage over the
First, Nixon would continue to midwest, the quotas probably
support prices for not longer would slow down production
than four years, cuf some acre- ;changes that otherwise would
age allotment and have a con- take place between the two areas.
nervation reserve in which he said.
farmers could put some but not j Kennedy is optimistic about his
all of their farmland. Payments iplan, Brandow said. "But farm
for compulsory crop reduction :ers are slow to change and they
would be given to the landown- !would probably resist indefinite
ers. control."
In the second stage. controls
would be gradually lifted; the
growing population is counted
upon to increase demand so that
agriculture would be left in a
prosperous state.
"Nixon doesn't take into con
sideration the fact that there is
surplus now or that there will
always he a persistent one," Bran
dow said.
In the end, Brandow said
Nixon would probably spend mer(
money because he would find that
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Under either administration,
problems would still remain,
Brandow said.
"What about the middle-aged
farmer on a poor farm?" Brandow
asked. "He won't be helped by
either policy because both can
lidates consider mostly the fam
ily farm group which is prosper
ous, or reasonably so, now."
Competition among regions and
-ommodities is also a question
'llPt will be left unanswered, he
said.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
H. S. Students
Taken on Tour
Of University
Fifty-eight high school students
from the Harrisburg area visited
the University this week under
the college caravan program.
According to Red Ferguson. di
rector of University relations, the
trip was sponsored by the Amer
ican Association of University
Women in Harrisburg. The stu
dents were on campus from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Ferguson said, the program be
gan with the movie, "Introduc
tion to Penn State," in the Hetzel
Union assembly room. Following
the movie, there were talks by
representatives from the different
colleges and a representative from
the admissions office.
The group had lunch in the
HUB cafeteria and then took a
walking tour which included
the Library, the Mineral Indus
tries Museum and the Creamery
Sales Room. A bus tour of campus
concluded the students' day.
IFC Sing--
(Continued from page four)
haps in their pride they will
be encouraged to try harder
next time. Collegian ought to
do likewise.
Thom Riienbaugh '62
(Editor's Note: The Daily Col
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paper attempts to record facts
and, on its editorial page, com
ments on these facts. A news--
paper is not a p.sychiartist. but
it does attempt through critical
analysis to open the issue to
the public eye so that correc
tive action map be taken.)
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