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...cave in Kansas City, Kans. Below ground, workers descend upon the boxcars and begin unloading the crated cargo. The tight security suggests an underground nuclear test facility, or maybe a toxic waste storage dump. In fact, the site is actually the U.S. Government's largest warehouse for surplus butter...
Into that frigid cavern, and 328 smaller warehouses and depositories around the country, the Department of Agriculture each week deposits 45 million lbs. of unwanted butter, cheese and nonfat dry milk. The accumulating hoard, which now totals 800,000 tons, or enough to fill a fleet of supertankers, is the result of the U.S. Government's 32-year-old dairy-price-support program. How to keep the stockpile from swelling even larger is now giving the Reagan Administration something approaching collective indigestion...
...dairy supports began for sound reasons. Because cows give more milk in spring than in winter, dairy farmers have always had trouble tailoring milk supplies to fit demand. In 1949 Congress passed a law obligating the Government to buy all surplus milk, which it does in the form of butter, cheese and dry milk. The idea was to keep the goods in storage during peak production periods, and then sell them back to distributors later in the year when production dropped off. The program gave farmers a steadier income while stabilizing the year-round milk supply for consumers...
...Agriculture Department is required to pay for surplus dairy goods from 75% of parity to 80%. The amendment further requires the Government to readjust support prices twice a year to keep pace with inflation. Result: even at 80% of parity, the U.S. now pays $1.50 per Ib. for butter, 50? more than the world wholesale price...
...Superman," whispers the little kid sitting next to you as popcorn butter drips from his chin to his dungarees. But on the screen, the Man of Steel is neither stopping a runaway train, nor punching out bank robbers. He's in bed with a gorgeous woman, worrying about things that have nothing to do with truth, justice, or the American way. Superman II is more than just another adventure for our favorite hero. In addition to saving the planet, and perhaps the universe, he confronts his own past, throws a dinner party for two at his North Pole bungalow...