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...year after the death of U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft in July 1953. his friends set up a foundation dedicated to his memory. Soon the foundation decided on a threefold program: 1) scholarships and fellowships, 2) an institute to conduct research in government, 3) a monument in Washington. Last week, after considering hundreds of suggestions, the Robert...
...Taft Memorial Foundation offered to erect a monument on the north slope of Capitol Hill-only 600 ft. from the chamber of the U.S. Senate in which Taft served for 14 years. The monument: a slim, shafted marble tower, 100 ft. high, with a carillon of 25 bells and a relief sculpture of the Senator (see cut). The cost (about $1,000,000) would be financed by public donations, and 63 Senators from both parties joined in sponsoring the enabling bill. Wrote the foundation's chairman, ex-President Herbert Hoover: the Taft monument would commemorate "the simplicity and greatness...
High price supports in recent years led to bumper crops and, eventually, an enormous surplus: 1 billion bushels of wheat, a whole year's supply (which cost the Government $2.5 billion, plus $150 million a year for storage fees). Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson cut the planted wheat acreage from 79 to 55 million, while the support price dropped from $2.24 a bushel to $2.06. To qualify for support payments, farmers had to accept quotas and acreage restrictions. They complained but complied. Result: the harvest fell from 1,300 million bushels in 1952 to 839 million this year...
...Ireland the Wagners inspected the National Stud Farm in County Kildare, dined with U.S. Ambassador William Howard Taft III, lunched with President Sean O'Kelly and admired the Dublin statue of Cú Chulainn. the legendary Irish hero. Paris provided the most unusual welcome, however. As the Wagners arrived at Orly airfield, several young girls pushed through the crowd of officials and shed their coats to welcome the mayor in skimpy red, white and blue bathing suits. "Salut, Monsieur le Maire," they screamed, then rushed to cuddle Wagner for the photographers. Mrs. Wagner quickly sized up the situation, firmly...
WHEAT SUPPORTS will drop to their lowest level since the war, whether or not farmers approve strict marketing quotas for 1956. If farmers approve the quotas, Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson will peg prices at an average 76% of parity, v. 82½% this year. If farmers kick over the quotas, the support price will automatically drop to 50%. Benson's reasoning on the 76% figure: with forecasts for the smallest wheat crop (845 million bu.) in twelve years, 1956 will be a good year to cut down the mountain of surplus farm products that the U.S. must...