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Show Utah Farmers Union Charts 6th Convention More than 250 Utah farm leaders lead-ers are expected to attend the Sixth Annual Convention of the Utah Farmers Union, Feb. 13 and 14, at the Utah State University Student Union Building, Logan. Prominent agricultur a 1 i s t s from Utah and across the country are slated to take part on the two-day program. Douglas T. Simpson, Kamas, president of the state farm organization, organ-ization, said today the convention conven-tion "would present an important opportunity for Utah farmers and others interested in the farm situation to get together, discuss agricultural problems, recommend recom-mend solutions and adopt the state Farmers Union program." Gov. George D. Clyde, USU President Daryl Chase, AFL-CIO President LaMar Gulbransen, and W. B. Robins, general manager man-ager of the Utah Cooperative Assn. are slated as guest speakers during the Saturday afternoon session. Banquet speaker that evening will be Tony T. Dechant, executive exe-cutive secretary of the Farmers Educational Foundation, and vice president of the National Farmers Farm-ers Union Insurance and Service Companies. Two panels will highlight afternoon sessions. John Ekland, director of education for the National Na-tional Farmers Union will moderate. mod-erate. The panels will discuss "Need for cooperation between a general farm organization and commodity farm groups," and "Need for cooperation between a general farm organization and livestock associations." Other prominent Utahns slated to appear on the program include W. H. Bennett, acting director of the USU College of Agriculture; Agricul-ture; Douglas A. Bergeson, Cornish, Cor-nish, vice president, Utah Farmers Far-mers Union; T. Earl Hunsaker, mayor of Logan; Carl A. Larson, secretary, Utah Farmers Union; Jesse S. Tuttle, Castle Dale, former for-mer president, Utah Farmers Union; Howard Clegg, first vice president, Utah Wool Growers Assn.; and W. Wallace Holman, president, Utah Cooperative Assn. |