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Show GARN PROTESTS REORGANIZATION OF FmHA OFFICES UJS. Sen. Jake Gam (R-, Utah) has joined in a bipartisan bi-partisan protest against a proposed central reorganization reorgan-ization and name change of the Farmers Home Administration Admin-istration (FmHA). Gam, ranking minority member of the Rural Housing Hous-ing Subcommittee of theSen-ate theSen-ate BankingCommittee,Fri-day BankingCommittee,Fri-day co -signed a strongly worded letter to UJS. Agriculture Agri-culture Secretary Bob Berg-land. Berg-land. Other signers were: Sen. . William, Proxmire (D-Wi), chairman of the banking committee; Sen. John Sparkman (D-Al), Sen. Robert Morgan (D-NC), and Sen. Edward W,, Brooke (R,- Ma). . t VI"; In the letter, the senators said the proposals "would represent a deemphasis of the vitally important role of housing at the Farmers Home Administration." "It is essential," the letter let-ter noted, "that a single individual in-dividual be responsible for the coordination of rural housing programs in the department." de-partment." The senators were also critical of the agriculture department's proposal to change the name of the FmHA 1 to the Farm and Rural De- , velopment Administration. I |
