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...rotten harvest from the decision to recall General MacArthur is now being reaped: a signal victory for Communism, because of our ineptitude in foreign affairs. GEORGE S. WOOD JR. Alexandria...
...California's Edenlike Central Valley, rich earth and baking sun combine to produce lush crops of fruits and nuts. But to the men who harvest the crops-the state's 250,000 farm laborers-the great valley is no paradise. A mixed and restless lot, most of them live in rural slums that blight the countryside, are out of work a third of the time, make an average of $1,700 a year, are not covered by most federal employment laws. All this makes the valley, once the scene of bitter strikes by the Okies and Arkies...
...break from an unexpected quarter: a wealthy Republican rancher named Fred Van Dyke. While running unsuccessfully for Congress in 1958, Van Dyke was shocked by what he found out about the life of the farm workers. He made an unwritten deal with Smith's new union to harvest his grape crop for $1.25 an hour plus fringe benefits. In the valley, where hourly rates are around $1, this was high pay. Van Dyke believes that only when confronted by a strong union will farmers themselves organize into a body capable of restricting overproduction and making market agreements. Says...
Last week Radio Moscow admitted that moisture conditions in the Caucasus and southern Ukraine were the worst since 1928, conceded that in places a third of the winter wheat was destroyed and would need to be replanted for even a partial harvest. Western agricultural intelligence sources estimated that even with excellent weather conditions for the rest of the year, Russia's 1960 grain harvest is unlikely to exceed last year's 124,800,000 tons (which was down from 1958's record 141,200,000), and might go as low as no million tons...
...William Green (1873-1952) was a Midwestern Baptist, a president of the A.F.L. His window, dedicated to agriculture and the sea, shows Ruth gleaning in the fields, Peter the fisherman, the harvest in Naboth's vineyard, and Joseph as a shepherd...