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PAGE SIX THE GETTYSBURG TIMES, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, LEADERS VOW FARM UNIONS WILL CONTROL FOOD SUPPLIES EDITOR'S NOTE--One of the questions raised in a recent sur-ljf vey by The Associated Press' nation's farm workers carry ua ion cards today. The only union bloc in the field claims 12.000 members of the nation 3.7 million farm workers. Union officials estimate tha close to a million farm worker" could eventually be organized leaving out such groups as families of farm operators an part-time help. STEADY EFFORTS The effort continues steadih slowlv despite among farmer grouDS Editors Association sometimes violent clashes with of what readers are talMn; eboat Whai is the status cf farm operators, The farm workers union is atempt to unionize farm work-j her if going" to stev herelml Here is the answer. notM ng is ever going to knock i TMTM.

foff the track." says William KANSAS Cm' (AP) CatoaJKireher, director of the AFL- StFiKei i organization department labels on watermelons? pickets in the com field? The American Farm Bureau That day hasn't arrived yet I Federation insists that "compul in fact, isn't even ois the "horizon. But union officials ai'a- ing to organize farm workers vow the time will come when organized labor will swing weight on the farm as well as in the factory. A comparative handful of the See Our Display sory collective bargaining by unions of farm workers woulc not result in equalization of bargaining power but rather the submission of farmers to labor leaders." IMPETUS IN CALIF. Charles Schuman. president Better Homes and Gardens Show March 21, 22,23,1968 SCHOTTIES BANQUET HALL Featuring Cus'om-Buill Ridge Homes Del-Mar Builders ABBOTTSTOWN B.

1, PA. Phone (717) 624-8418 of the federation, said the group opposes bringing farm workers under the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board. The farm union movement, which has been around in one form or another for many years, got its greatest impetus two years ago from walkouts at vineyards in California. That state and, to a lesser extent, Texas have been the focus of most of the recent activity. Key figure in the movement is Cesar Chavez, a 32-year-old Arizonan who formed the National Farm Workers Association in 1962 with $1,200 of his own aion ey.

That group, with Chavez still the leader, was merged with the AFL-CIO Agricultural tVorkers Organizing Commitee to form the United Farm Work ers Organizing Commitee. Membership varies with the growing seasons, but the nerged commitee's last mem bership claim was 12,000. Most vork in California grape fields or Grins that run the wineries. But the group is not entirely alone. It has made peace with the Teamsters Union after a urisdictional fight.

The com mittee gets the right to repre- ent field workers and the 'ea rosters get such places as anneries, creameries, process- ng plants and warehouses. The Jnited Packinghouse Workers sis some 10,000 members in 'alifornia vegetable and fruit aeking sheds. These unions and others fur- ler along the processing and elivery line have joined in an ttempt to form a united bar- aining front to cover Califor- S4-biIlion agricultural EX-SENATOR BACKS LBJ ON TWO FRONTS By JACK MILLER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Former Sen. Paul H. Douglas, once a liberal thorn in the side of then-Senate Democratic Leader "rev-cut wh te hair sai(L as administration officials in in terpreting this year's massive coordinated attack; on South Vietnamese cities Douglas told a reporter: ADORED BY LIBERALS "3Iy own view is that the Communists failed in their objective in that they did not any appreciable support from the people of the cities." Explaining in an interview his support for the Vietnam war the tall, plain-featured man with m- the field to the ma's ustry from marketplace.

"This is not an attempt to set any superunion structure," aid Chavez. "It's just an effort to explore how we can help each ther through cooperation." To date, however, his union as been limited to picking off a ew grape growers at a time. WASHINGTON (AP) The pper Delaware River would be included in a national scenic vers system under a pronosal the chairman of the Tocks National Advisory Coim- iL The eventual inclusion of the pper Delaware in a national cenic rivers system is the best otential inetihod for preserving and protecting the upper Dela- are," chairman J. uick toid a House Interior subcommittee Monday. Visit Us at the Better Homes and Gardens Show SCHOTTIES BANQUET EALL UTTLESTOWN, PA.

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Still hard-working and healthy as he approaches his 76th birthday on March 26. Douglas heads the President's National Corn- happen to believe in colieetiv security. I believed in it agains Hirler, and Korea, and think this (Vietnam) is part the same family. In the Senate, the Illinois Democrat earned the adoration of liberals for his leadership on domestic reforms. mission on Urban Problems andj During an 18-year Senate ca- is founder and co-chairman of a reer that ended in 1956 when he commitee of prominent Americans backing the war effort- Douglas has led urban com mission hearings in IS cities around the country seeking ways to revitalize the depressed cities.

The commission's report isn't due until year's end. But most of Douglas' recommendations to date have followed Johnson policies. And Douglas praised the recent presidential message on he cities to Congress. NOT PROMPTED Douglas says he formed the Vietnam citizens commitee without prompting from Johnon. The one-time economics pro- essor, who enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1943 as a 50-year- ild private, drew to the new group such distinguished retired military leaders and as former Presidents Harry S.

Truman and Dwight D. Eisen- lower and General of the Army Omar Bradley. Avoiding the stance of either all-out opponents of the war or uiose calling for military esca- atton, the committee in its ini- ual statement last Oct. ffi generally endorsed he President's war poBcy, saving: "We favor a ensible road between capitula- ion and the indiscriminate use of raw power." Usins almost the same words was beaten by Republican Charls H. Percy, Douglas led the drive for much of the land mark social of the last generation: Minimum wages, medicare, federal aid to education and--especially--civil rights.

PRICE BATTLE ISSUE Civil rights once was a battle issue between Johnson and Douglas. As one who was close to both men recalls it, Douglas constantly refused to budge from his principles to make way for a Johnsonian Fuming, Johnson used to repeat over and over to friends that is the art of the possible." The associate recalls that "Johnson greatly disliked Douglas, and Douglas had no great affection for Johnson." There is no indication today Jiaf the relationship--despite Douglas' support of key Johnson M'leies--has flowered into friendship. Douglas said his current activities haven't drawn any words of gratitude from Johnson. And while Douglas occasionally attends a White House function, he said he has purposely avoided personal contact with the President to avoid implications the citizens group stand on Vietnam is influenced sy Johnson. HOCK HUDSON 1UYS $474,000 3 A I FARM By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD (AP) centlv $474,000 Rock for a Hudson Repaid sugar beet farm he had never seen.

Why? Because like most high earning a tax stars he needed umbrella. Hudson's property is in the lit tie farming community of Per ris in nearby Riverside County and it's possible that he may lever see it The acreage was eased back to its previous owners, Bonnie and Clyde Smith. Such deals are common with he big movie and television stars. A good portion of Dean ilartin's $5-million annual earn- ngs is pumped into real estate. Job Hope has become one of the biggest land owners in Southern 'alifornia.

There is a legend that while driving on the freeway through an undeveloped area, he told an aide: "That's a nice-looking mountain over there. Buy it" The land-hungry stars are acting under the direction of their usiness advisers, who know iat high salaries must be in- ested in special ways to avoid aying a huge percentage to the overnment in taxes. Some of advisers favor cattle ranch- or working farms, some re- ommend oil ventures. Such in- estments offer generous deduc- ons on the income tax forms. The purchase of land appears the most popular with the Holly- ood investors.

Psychologically appeals to the acting breed, who are subject to the nomadic life; they seem to enjoy owner ship of the good earth. The financial aspects are sound. Beverly Hills realtor Mike Silverman, 48, whose office ban died the Rock Hudson deal, 'A movie star has a difficult financial problem: he can earn big money, but very often that happens only for a brief period of years. He never knows how kmg the career is going to last; meanwhile he is earning very taxable income. In the day before businss managrs, stars made few provisions for their future.

"Real estate offers an excel- WILT PLEASED KANSAS WON By KEN RAPPOPORT PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Wilt Chamberlain's thought! were 90 miles away. But he sUE had one cf his finest hours in pro basketball-- 53 points, 32 reboucds acd 14 assists. After the 7-foot-l Chamberlain led the Philadelnhia TSers to stunning 158-128 National Bsu- Association victorv owr Los Angeles Monday night, aH could say was: 'Tm jurt i ient chance for saving tax doi-j napp that Kansas beat ars. If the conditions are right the purchaser can lay out most of Ms purchase price in interest hat is prepaid for the following Ive years. All of that interest is tax deductible.

"Thus be is using 'soft' dol- ars--money that would go to if not invested--to bay property. The investment of "hard' dollars--capital savings --can quite small. A half-million-dollar purchase might no more than Suf.OOO to $20,000 in dollars." Silverman cautioned that the conditions have to be right for such an investment: the sellers must have owned the land for a jeriod of ime; the property bould offer a chance for development or other increase va. in alue. After the five-year period, the owner must begin payments on the principal, and that involves taxable "hard" dollars.

"The right kind of property is not easy to find," said Silverman. "I have a waiting list of tovie people who are willing to invest whenever I can locate the land." ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES Chamberlain went to school at the University of Kansas, so it was natural that be should be concerned about his alma outer, playing in the National uirl- tationa! Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York. When a voice said over the loudspeaker that Kansas had beaten Villanova, 55-49, time was called and Chamberlain did a brief strut in the third quarter. It was a real crowd-pleaser. "I just felt good," said Chamberlain, "very happy." NBA Playoffs To Begin On Friday NEW YORK (AP) The National Basketball Association playoffs begin Friday with Philadelphia playing New York in the Eastern Division and St.

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