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Show August, 1967 Page 5 UTAH FARM BUREAU NEWS Secretary of Agriculture Charged With Political Perversion of Scholarship Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Free mam was recently charged with political perversion of agricultural scholarship" and his director of agricultural econom- ics, Dr. Walter W. Wilcox, with poor scholarship" by U.S. Rep -resentative Paul Findley (Rill) The charges were set forth in a letter to Dr. Wilcox and were based on personal correspondence Findley said he had Just completed with agricultural economists in nine universities. In it he said: My correspondence and study . . . reveal what I consider to be extensive misrepresentation of for which facts, conclusions assumptions and computations could not be furnished, and - -worst of all . . a shocking abuse and misuse of scholarship as symbolized in the highly respected term - land grant universities. It is clear thatSecretaryFree- - man in testimony April 3 before the Senate Subcommittee on Agricultural Appropriations, and in speeches April 19 in Hutchinson, Kansas and Ames, Iowa, and on April 20 in Decatur, Indiana stooped to political perversion of agricultural scholarship . . . In his testimony and speeches. Freeman had contended that the scholars agreed with his prediction that legislation (H. R. 8001) proposed by Findley and 19 other Congressmen would cut form income by one third. Findley said: Detailed computations to support (the prediction) did not ex- onomists to whom you privately showed a copy of the (prediction) study at the Iowa State University luncheon meeting February 1 in Chicago. From our correspondence and communication with your office it is obvious that this event formed the principal if not the entire basis for comments made subsequently and erroneously by Mr. Freeman to the effect that agricultural economists from 9 land grant unihad endorsed versities' the indicated several study. Although even in this general support, selected carefully group, the exand ceptions sharp reservations . ist were notable . . . ' The conclusions were not preThe 'no program policy prosented generally to agricultural posal which you and Mr. Freeeconomists at land grant universman said would cut farm income ities for review, and therefore genone third was actually a non exeral endorsement by them did not istent 'straw man.' No legislatoccur. ion is now before the Con"The conclusions were not even gress which could reasonably be endorsed by the agricultural ec called a 'no program' approach." ... Elmo Hamilton, UFB president and a director of Valley State Bank, is shon with the Salt Lake County Fair Grand Champion steer purchased by the bank. Vaughn Clark who raised the steer as a 4H project received 53 cents a pound for his 1130 lb. animal. The bank has been actively encouraging youngsters with agricultural projects by sponsoring calves and purchasing prize animals. Pictured are Elmo Hamilton left, Vaughn Clark and Mrs. Hamilton. Bennett Asks For Delay In WildernessAct Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, asked the Forest Service to delay any action on the High Uinta's Wilderness area until Central Utah R-Ut- ah, Project reports are completed. His request was made in a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman. Sen. Bennett pointed out that the establishment of the proposed High Uinta's Wilderness in the Ashley and Wasatch National Forests could encompass areas which may be essential for the location of reservoir sites for the Ute Indian Unit of the Central Utah Project." The Utahn also supported a resolution by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District requesting a delay in the establishment of the area. Sen. Bennett said, During the preliminary studies of the Ute Indian Unit, difficulty has been encountered in locating adequate reservoir sites outside of the proposed wilderness area and at a sufficient elevation to permit conveyance of the water into the Bonneville Basin. This difficulty is due primarily to topographic and geologic limitations." He pointed out that within the Wilderness Act there exist reservoir restrictions which will make it extremely difficult to obtain future authorization for development, and could place in jeopardy physically as well as financially the Ute Indian Unit of the Central In A Ten Gallon Utah Project. Hat or Grey Flannel Suit Bureau of Reclamation officals told Sen. Bennett that field work at the high elevations involved in the Ute Indian Unit is limited to Your Agent Understands Your Problems rather brief summer periods. Studies will not have reached a point where a decision can be made regarding the need for storage in the wilderness area until about 1969," Reclamation officials reported. The Utah Senior Senator stated that the Ute Indian Unit is essential to the development of Utah's remaining portion of the Colorado River Water since it provides for aqueduct ami water lines directly from Flaming Gorge. Under fuU planning, this unit possibly can develop more than 700,000 acre feet of water, making it equal to the BonnevUle Unit in magnitude and importance to Utah." Tokyo, Japan - (IFAP)- - Japan's imports of U.S. soybeans last year ranked first in value among farm products imported from the United States. Soybean import value was $272 million. man equally at home on the high grazing country understands or fighting the freeway traffic. 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