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Show UTAH FARM BUREAU Page 2 June 1968 NEWS AM F.B. PROPOSAL THAT WOULD TAKE THE CCC OUT OF MAIN MARKETING.... Guest Editorial A From Wall Street Journal Surplus of Farm Lobbyists Goodness knows enough politics is mixed up in farm policies and programs without adding any more. All the same, more is being added in the form of a new outfit calling itself the of Farmer National Association Elected Committeemen. Robert J. Hoffman, the associations president, told the Senate Agriculture Committee the other day that the group now is organized in 22 states and has about 30,000 members. Its obis to promote, jective, he said, and improve the farmer-electe- d strengthen committee system for local administration of farm programs. And if that were all the association has in mind, there would be nothing wrong with it. However, Mr. Hoffman went on to say that his association and members of Congress are the only elected groups that speak for farmers, and he then told the Senate committee what legislation the farmers need. Now the members of the National Association are past and present elected county and community Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service committeemen. They are elected by farmers and help to carry out the Agriculture Departments price support, marketing quota, acreage allotment, conservation, Commod ity Credit Corporation and other Federal farm programs. These county and local committeemen do not work for free. According to a compilation by the Farm Journal, in 1967 the 9,000 county committeemen were paid $7 million by the Government for official business at an average rate of $18.75 per day. The 74,000 local committeemen were paid $3 million, or an average of $15.88 per day. Since they are being paid to help carry out the Governments farm programs it is pretty unlikely that they are going to urge on Congress any farm legislation that would result in restricting or eliminating their jobs. Moreover, the committeemen who have to familiarize themselves with all the complexities of the farm programs are elected to give impartial advice and counsel to farmers. They are not elected to speak in the farmers' behalf. Already the ASCS committeemen are under heavy Agriculture Department pressure to sell Government farm programs to farmers. The new association of committeemen presents to department policy makers another ready-mad- e group not only susceptible to such pressure but eager to exert pressures of its own. Surely there are enough surpluses on the farm without producing a surplus of lobbyists as -- well. DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME By Lloyd B. Petersen a plan called savin time That runs from May 'til October, Im sure the fools that planned it all Were nearer drunk than sober. We have I know folks who looked to summer To cut their cost in power. Then daylight savin comes along And their lights are on another hour. To upset our balance and thinking Our officials take money and time; Instead of giving values worthwhile They divert our attention with slime. As I ponder our world situations Im appalled by the things that we do I anger and deplore the injustice Of the masses enslaved for a few. For folks who Cant afford Some families like an evening out And a show at some drive in, But its not dark til ten oclock So the familys tired before the show begins. Some folks like to fishing go And for them that sure is fine, But its too damn hot to hit the road Till its nigh evening time. Schools, we know, will soon be out And students in gay delight Will have some extra leisure time To plot the things to do at night Office folks will catch hell too From sleepless nights, their eyes bloodshot, Theyll tread real slow from vented rooms To face the day in its hottest hot. Little business too, will feel the knife As it struggles to make a dime; For longer days make more demands So its extra help and overtime. Papas and mamas tempers will flare. No one, it will seem, can take it; I dont give a damn how early you start At home, theres no given time to quit. Now I could go on with vocations galore Ill mention our churches divine; the count will fall Because of pressures from Daylight Savin Time. But For there, Im sure, Although my typxritxr is an old modxl, it works quitx wxll xcxpt for onx of thx kxys. I havx wishxd many timxs that it workxd pxrfxctly. It is trux thxrx arx forty-thrx-x kxys that function wxll xnough, but just onx not working makxs thx diffxrxncx. Somxtimxs, it sxxms that Farm Burxau is likx this typxwritxr not all mxmbxrs arx working propxrly. You may say to yoursxlf, "Wxll, I am only onx pxr-soI won't makx or brxak this organization." But, it doxs makx a diffxrxncx, bxcausx, for an organization to bx xffxctivx, it nxxds the activx participation of xvxry n. mxmbxr. Thx challxngx wx facx in trying to gxt approval for our Grxxnbxlt Amxndmxnt is probably thx biggxst that xvxr facxd rural pxoplx in thx statx of Utah. If it doxsn't pass, agriculturx as wx know it will in thx Bxxhivx Statx. Though wx havx nxarly txn thousand mxmbxrs in thx Utah Farm Burxau, all our votxs won't stack up vxry high against the half dis-appx- -- really need diversion what daylight savers suggest. So the thing thats more in Importance Is one more hour of cool rest. So Im looking forward to election time now To a privilege I hope is still mine -Ill scratch like a tiger all Incumbent names Of the Idiots who pushed Daylight Saving Time. Lloyd B. Petersen 13400 South 2222 West Riverton, Utah YOU'RX XSPXCIALLY NXXDXD NOW! ar million or so non-farvotxrs. Wx nxxd xvxry mxmbxr to do thxir utmost to gxt the support wx nxxd. So thx nxxt timx you think you arx only onx pxr-so-n and that your xfforts arx not nxxdxd or apprxciat-xd- , rxmxmbxr this typxwritxr and say to yoursxlf, "I am an important cog, a kxy pxrson in Farm Burxau and am nxxdxd vxry much." m Also, just rxmxbxr that your loyalty and attxntion to duty will bx an inspiration to othxrs and an xxamplx of thx kind of xthics to bx found in a progrxssivx organization sxxking furthxr profxssionalism. Bxsidxs. what would wx do without you? UTAH FARM BUREAU fPINEWS Published each month by die Utah Farm Bureau Federation at Salt Lake City, Uuh. Editorial and Business Office, 629 East Fourth South. Salt Lake City-- . Utah. POSTMASTER: Please address P.O. Form 3579 to 629 East Fourth South, Salt Lake City, UtJh 84102. Subscription price of twenty-fivcents per year to members is included in membership fee. Entered as second class matter March 24, 1948 at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, Utah under act of e March 3, 1879. UTAH FARM BUREAU FEDERATION OFFICIALS Elmo VP. Hamilton, Riverton. Lt.ili President S. Jay Child, Clearfield, Utah Vice President Mrs. Willis Whitbcck, Bennion, Utah Chairman, Farm Bureau Women V. Allen Olsen Executive Secretary Kenneth J. Rice Editor DIRECTORS Mrs. Willis Whitbcck, Farm Bureau Woman; Mrs. Paul Nelson. Farm Bureau Women; Ken Ashby, Young Farmers & Ranchers; Frank Harris, Beaver. A. Alton Hoffman, Cache; Llovd Olsen, Cache; Ferris Allen, North Box Elder; William C. Dause, Carbon; S. Jay Child, Davis; Carl Van Tassell, Duchesne; Kenneth Brasher, Emery; Lowell Henric, Garfield; Richard Nelson, Iron; Roy Bowles, Juab; Gravdon Robinson. Kane; Thurman Moody, Millard; Mark Thackeray, Morgan; Ambrose Dalton, Piute; Roy Hoffman, Rich; Elmo Hamilton, Salt Lake; Arion Erekson, Salt Lake; Elmer Sanders, Salt Lake; Ashton Harris, San Juan; Lee Barton, Sanpete; Gerald Johnson, Sevier; D. O. Roberts, Summit; Jack Brown, Tooele; Roland Merklev, Uintah; Don T. Allen, Utah; Glade Gillman, Utah; Eldon Money, Utah; Emer Wilson, Wasatch; Don F. Schmutz, Washington; Hugh King. Wavne; William C. Holmes, Weber; Carl Powers, Weber; Lorin Hardy, Weber; John P. Holmgren, South Box Elder; Rev L. Allred. Utah Horticultural Society; John Roghaar, Intermountain Farmers Assn.; Virgil Peterson. Utah Sugar Beet Growers Assn.; Tom Lowe, Utah Canning Crops Assn.; Joe I. Jacobs. Producers Livestock Marketing Assn.; J. R. Garrett, Norbest Turkev Grwo-erAssn.; M. E. Carroll, Country Mutual Liie. s |