Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-13 | Page 15 | Defense Program Eggs Utah Chickens On

Defense Program Pr gram P Eggs Eggs' Jr Utah Chickens On OnBy I IBy By BUFORD SOMMERS The egg Is ready to do its bit for national defense And national d defense if things g f r enough may do quite a bit for the egg Clyde C. C Edmonds manager of the Utah Poultry Producers' Producers Cooperative association cracked the subject at the second and final final day session of the associations association's eighteenth annual con convention v e n t ion Thursday at the Hotel Utah Defense to Boost Use The army procurement program will mean heavier consumption of eggs a new and valuable outlet he told the moro more than mem mem- bersI bersI bers I believe this will act as a market stabilizer and probably will willbe willbe willbe be an influence to give us even higher prices Mr Edmonds warned against trade barriers especially Utah which he said exports most of its products He spoke highly of the benefits to egg producers from the surplus marketing administration program program He estimated these benefits at Founder Cites Gains Frank Evans who organized the association in for several years was its general counsel counsel- pointed to th the rise in popular esteem achieved by c cooperatives operatives regarding which hardly a kind word was hea heard d 20 years ago he said The meeting under charge of H. H W. W Ballard Jr Smithfield first vice president and possible candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date for president heard a report by Albert American Fork association president At the afternoon session Byron Alder poultry department department- Utah State Agricultural college discussed discussed discussed dis dis- dis- dis cussed means of reducing production production production tion and marketing losses losses- in fowls and eggs Other speakers were Dr John A. A WIdtsoe agricultural expert expert expert ex ex- ex- ex pert Flo Floyd d Harmer manager of the associations association's Payson branch J. J E. E Rees flees Morgan association di director director dl- dl rector and Samuel Leviten association association asso asso- elation sales representative in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City Election was scheduled for late afternoon the convention closing with a dinner-dance dinner at p. p m. m A large number of resolutions were submitted and were to be acted upon during the closing hours of the convention They include opposition to unjustifiable unjustifiable un un- un- un justifiable use by labor of force intimidation blackmail boycott and coercion by labor unions and request of the state legislature to enact laws making labor organIzations organizations responsible for their acts A women's auxiliary to the as association association as- as was perfected Thursday