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Show February, 1966 UTAH FARM Utah BUREAU FB Page 7 NEWS Staff Assignments Reviewed Following the announcement of the appointment of V. Allen Olsen as Executive Secretary of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation, some adjustments were made in the staff structure. Ken Rice was named Information Director- and Editor of the Utah The reFarm Bureau News. - sponsibility for research formerly carried by Mr. Olsen, will be shared by Ken Rice and LeGrande Jarman with assistance and direction from Mr. Olsen. LeGrande Jarman will continue as director of Field Services and Representative for Legislative state affairs. Mr. Jarman will assume staff responsibility for supervision of the Utah Farm-Bure- au Women and the Farm Bureau Young People. Staff asstwo activities istance for these was formely handled by Ken Rice. Ed Thomas continues as Dir- ector of Commodity Services, an area of expanding emphasis. Purchasing arrangements for fertilizers, twine and other products are being made to augment the tire purchasing program. Mr. Thomas has recently been appointed fulltime manager of the UtahAgrlcul-tur- al Marketing Association. Jacob Fuhriman and Neil Sumsion continue asfieldmen,with the additional responsibility of as- sistance of the insurance service companies. ED THOMAS: Young Peoples1 Leadership Training Conference Held in SLC Jerry Cordrey, Assistant ector, Program Development dirDiv- ision, AFBF, was the featured vis- itor for the annual Young Peoples Leadership Training School held January 27, 28 and 29th at the Ramada Inn in Salt Lake City. Nearly seventy five young people from thirteen countries participated at the school. Also on the program were LaMar Buckner, former national president of the Junior Chamber Dr. Vearl R. of Commerce, agriculture. Directs eepandEng marketing program. Something Fishy (?) in Wheat Deai with Egypt Provisions of the Foreign Aid Act for this year gave the President the authority to give wheat to Egypt only if he could classify the KEN RICE Smith, Dean of the college of Agriculture, U.S.U., Lloyd Clement, Farm Management Specialist, U.S.U., W.Eugene Hansen, Salt Lake Attorney, LeGrande Jarman, Director of Field Services, Utah Farm Bureau and some of our own young people. Ken Ashby, Delta, Ivan Hunt, former Arizona Farm Bureau Young Peoples Chairman, and Elva Munns presented short talks concerning young people and Now Information Director, Editor of Farm Bureau Nows. deal in the national interest. The President was instructed to formally notify Congress of any such determinations. The Act also limited such sales to Nassers Egypt to one year. The late President Kennedy approved a three year agreement of around $500 million. Although facts are very difficult to find, we do have reports of the (1) $150 million of following: surplus wheat and other commodities are being sold to Nasser under Title I of Public Law 480 that is, for his own currency, which will be added to. the Immense accumulation of such counterpart funds that the United States already has in Egypt. (2) While the agreement is for one year the maximum permitted by Congress Nasser initially will get a six months supply of food. If no hitch has developed after the expiration of that period, the remaining half will be shipped. Senator Ernest Gruening from Alaska, who is Chairman of the Subcommittee On Foreign Aid Expenditures, made a comprehensive report several months ago which charged wheat sold toEgypthas not been used to Increase the food supply of that country, but rather to free rice, which otherwise would be consumed within Egypt for sale and barter to Communist coun- tries. Egyptian rice exports in uncovered by Gruening from official sources are as follows: Russia - 131,000 metric tons; Cuba - 62,000; Czechoslovakia -Red China - 20,000; 24,000; Poland - 16,000; Rumania -- 17,000; - 16,000; East Yogoslavia 13,000; Germany Hungary --Indonesia 6,000; Bulgaria 4,000; -Lebanon 52,000; Syria 20,000; and 13,000; Iraq 4,000. This report declared that Egypt exported more than 455, 000 metric tons of rice in 1964. The the Gruening report declared wheat that we ship to Egypt has been substituted for rice. The Food For Peace Program which is paid for by American taxpayers is being used by Nasser to help the economies of Communist nations. The 1964 |