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Show Was!- '- ' Volume XV W I , i C&JL'gT.a. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH No. 8 County Presidents whose counties achieved quota were awarded golden vests by Elmo W. Hamilton, UFB President. Those present to receive vests were from left: Jack Brown, Tooele County and UFB Board member; Lowell Henrie, Garfield County; Thurman Moody, Millard County; Alfred Bohman, representing Morgan County; Drannan Seeley, Emery County; Pearl Lewis, representing San Juan County; Ellen Clark, representing Iron County; Lewis Patterson; Hugh King, Wayne LEADERS RECEIVE GOLDEN VESTS. August 1969 County; Lee Barton, Sanpete County; Arlond Hawkins, Washington County; Ken Brasher, UFB Board; Elmo W. Hamilton, UFB President and Salt Lake County President; Bill Holmes, UFB Board member; Carl Fowers, Weber County; S. Jay Child, UFB Vice President and UFB Board member; Edis Taggart, representing Cache County; Eldon Money, Utah County; Rulon Smoot, South Box Elder; Frank Nishiguchi, North Box Elder. Board members received gold neckties. 195 REGISTER FOR FISH LAKE' MEETING The largest group to ever attend a Utah Farm Bureau Summer Conference filled the Fish Lake Lodge near Richfield, for the fourth annual Utah Farm Bureau Summer Conference,, July 14th and 15. Registration figures showed that 195 Farm Bureau men and women signed up for the meeting, but according to LeGrand Jarman, UFB Field Services Director, there were probably some who came in late and didnt bother, to register. One of the high points of the meeting was a special evening session where attending county presidents who had achieved quota for membership, were presented gold vests, commemorating the American Farm Bureaus 50th an- niversary. A gold 7-1- Senator Bennett Senator Dirksen Senator Ribicoff Nineteen Prominent Senators Introduce Agricultural Adjustment Act Of 1969 Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen (R.) of Illinois, and Charles Mathias (R.) of Maryland headed a lisf&f 19 members of the Senate who introduced the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1969 (S. 2524). Joining them in sponsoring the Farm Bureau backed proposal were Senators Jack Miller (R.) of Iowa, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Caleb Boggs (R.) of Delaware, a " former member of that Commit tee. Others were Abraham Ribicoff (D.) of Connecticut, Wallace ; Bennett (R.) of Utah, Edward Brooke (R.) of Massachusetts, Clifford Case (R.) of New Jersey, Norris Cotton (R.) of New Hampshire, Peter Dominick (R.) of Colorado, Paul Fannin (R.) of Arizona, Robert Griffin (R.) of Michigan, Clifford Hansen (R.) For several years a Joint comof Wyoming, Len Jordan (R.) of mittee of landowners, sportsmen Idaho, George Murphy (R.) of and the division of fish and game (2) Availability of landowners perresimits free of charge to unit California, Charles Percy (R.) of strived to revise the Posted Hunthuntfor Reimbursement in (3) as contained Unit Law dents; Illinois, William Saxbe (R.) of ing unit from 23-5- -3 caused er funds; and of Fish the damages Section Ohio, Hugh Scott (R.) of Pennenforcement and (4) effort Simplified of Utah. This Game Laws sylvania, and John Williams (R.) the rewas finally rewarded by passage provisions eliminating of Delaware. of a new, revised law governing quirement to operate checking staSimilar legislation had been obposted 'hunting units during the tions. This last point proved recent legislative session. jectionable to many units in the previously introduced by fifteen members of the House of Repdeempast. Revision of this law was of difference main The resentatives. points ed necessary to eliminate portions between the new and old laws are of the old law which proved unThe introduction of the Agdesirable or unworkable over the summarized below. ricultural Adjustment Act of Revised Law: years and to incorporate new pro1969 in the Semite has improved $3.00 maximum price for visions intended to make the law (1) the outlook for favorable action more efficient and equitable to all permits. on Farm Bureaus recommendaOLD LAW concerned. tions for government farm pro-(1) $1.00 set fee Those changes of particular inRevised Law terest to landowners Include: (1) gram legislation. Increased fees for permits (up to (2) Two types of permits, land- The current situation is sum-$3.00 compared to the former set (Contlnued on Page 6) Senator Brooke med up iii the following article, prepared by W. E. Hamilton, director of AFBFs research and commodity activities division: A couple of years or so ago, the Johnson Administration was bragging that the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 had provided government with the necessary to adjust management tools demand. farm production to In February, 1967, Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman said: We what can . determine domestic demand, commercial export requirements, and food aid needs will be . . . and gear our production accordingly. . . . Now, for the first time, we are able to establish an authentic food budget. The Johnson Administration called for increased 1967 wheat and feed grain production to meet world demand and promised farmers good prices for what they produced. IT TURNED OUT, however, that the government had made a wrong guess, and record production of grains sent market prices tumbling. a Freeman in Secretary speech on October 22, 1967, in Syracuse, New York admitted his error, but said: No one not myself, nor the Congress, nor the scientists and economists had 4he second sight to predict this. jacket was pre- sented to Elmo Hamilton, UFB president recognizing the states quota achievement. All leaders were encouraged to wear these distinctive pieces of clothing to the Washington, D. C. convention of the American Farm Bureau, out December , Rounding the evening's program was entertainment from the 1968 Talent Find winners, Gerl Lyn Sorenson and Carolyn Long, and from the Rivertones, a male quartet from Riverton. Featured speaker for the Conference was O. R. Long, AFBF Field Services Director, who spoke on making Farm Bureau more effective. Mr. Long pointed out that no farm organization can be successful for long without active participation from the members at the county level. He also noted that Farm Bureaus commercial affiliates should be closely tied to the organization with the board members of the affiliates coming from the Farm Bureau board. Other activities included meetings of the UFB Women and of the 1.. UFB Young Farmers and Ranchers, the natural resources committee, a meeting of the voting delegates and a joint meeting of the UFB Board and the county presi- dents. The UFB Womens Committee in their meeting, decided to make gold corsages to wear at the AFBF meeting in Washington. M o U3 00 t- - Oi X gp 3 3 S3 rn OT O Q Cj M- cf W c; x c o ij tr tr .2 o O tf 03 ip-- sa MO C3 a CD t- ia H z o -J O cf & Os N VO a pr a 4 so |