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Show November 1971 UTAH FARM BUREAU Page r looking Ahead ALL UTAH RURAL URBAN LUNCHEON By 12:00 Noon Chairman Invocation Reservation Only .... .... Bonneville-Florentin- Dr. George S. Benson ...Elmo W. Hamilton Entertainment Address e Barbara Whitbeck . .. President Virginia Smith Chairman AFBF Women's Committee NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM Searcy, Arkansas i GENERAL SESSION 1:45 p.m. Crystal Room S. Elmo W. President s Report Entertainment Mdress CHALLENGING THE Jay Child In a western city last month, the school system, the civic clubs and the Farm Bureau Federation sponsored a Youth Citizenship Seminar, one of a series in 11 states which we helped establish some years ago and all of which continue to be held annually. At the beginning of this seminar about 25 of the approximately 350 high school youngsters attending did nearly all the question-askin- g (we have question and answer periods after every seminar talk, film or other presentation). They were glib, and gave every evidence of having only a superficial understanding of the American system. They were critical of it, made derogatory statements about American industry, and challenged nearly every fact presented in the RECOGNITION AND AWARDS :30p.m Bonneville Room Chairman Jerold Johnson County Awards Awards FFA Awards 4-- H Young Farmer .and Rancher Award Distinguished Service Awards ENTERTAINMENT Thursday November 18 1971 VOTING DELEGATE BREAKFAST 7:00a.m.. .Bonnevilje Room Elmo W.hamilton Chairman seminar. One of the speakers sought to make the point with one of the agitated young persons that if his formula for correcting a fault in the system" were followed it might cause the downfall of the American government. A youth, tall and stockily-buil- t, got up and said: The American government has never done anything for ' me. I dont see why I should be concerned about what happens to it." This brought only a feeble challenge from the 350 youngsters who floor were either incapable of arguing for the American system or were intimidated by the verbosity of the small group of MEETING OF VOTING DELEGATES 8:00 a. m Chairman Consideration of Resolutions Amendment Proposed by-La- Florentine Room Elmo W. Hamilton w YOUNG FARMERS AND RANCHERS LUNCHEON 12:00 Noon Chairman Stuart Johnson GENERAL SESSION 1:45 p.m Crystal Room Elmo W. Hamilton Conducting V. Allen Olsen Secretary's Report M.E. Carroll Insurance Report Executive Vice President, Farm Bureau Insurance Services Entertainment Address Salt Lake County Meet DISSIDENTS" Hamilton Rodney Maxfield Dr. Max Wallentine Assistant Dean College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, BYU Salt Lake County meeting airs policy issues. From left to right, Leonard Johnson, Lynn Adair, Arion Erekson, Quentin Erekson, Don Freed, Steve Gilmore, Roy Staley, Wes Aagard and D. A. Osguthorpe. can system, much more respect for its basic structure. (In all my educational work during the last 45 years, I have taught that the structure of freedom has three basic pillars: Faith in God, Constitutional Government, a Private Ownership economic sysBible tem.) In the Belt" I found this summer more adherence to the basic structure than in most parts of America. This is significant. Human behavior must be controlled by discipline. If a societys discipline is inspired by the Bibles admonition to so-call- ed . right, very little police power is necessary for the protection of freedom. Our Governmental Constitutional a system, Republic controlled by a peoples electorate, has its foundation in Biblical teachings. Private Ownership of property, and the preeminence of the individual, are certainly Godly precepts. People, young and old, who read the Bible understand and accept these facts. Your Enlistment Needed do Our nation, our society has, to use a trite expression, arrived at a cross-roaIf our people generally continue to be apathetic, continue to be preoccupied with their personal affairs at the cost of their citizenship responsibilities, the road ahead will be downhill easy for those who resist-no- t, horrible for those who have a dedication to improving the lot of mankind. The biggest challenge for the adult population of the U.S.A. has now become our young people and whats happening to them. The easy thing to do about this problem is to ignore it, forget it ,or reject its existence. The starting place for constructive action for those who will make the sacrifice and fight, is the education of your young people on the and your neighbors values built into the American system and the utter dishonesty in the claims of the Communists, Socialists, and d. their fellow-traveler- The s. time is short and, for the fighters, the going tough. But the reward can be freedom, instead of slavery, for our present confused generation of youth. dissidents." Dissent" Widespread . . . Dr. Doyle Matthews of Dean, College Agriculture, U.S.U. ANNUAL BANQUET This is going on all over America. I witnessed some of it in all of the summer seminars. I feel strongly that the American public needs to know about this situation. It is frightening. We were- able in the seminars by each weekend to prepare many of the youngsters to rise up when the basic principles of the American system are challenged. By week-en- d the small groups of dissidents were either converted or on the run. But we were reaching throughout the summer only 7,000 youngsters. There are 25 million like them who arent getting the ammunition to resist the radicals and revolutionaries. The majority of teen-ag- e youngsters in America are confused concerning the controversy over the system" or The Establishment. They do not have the facts about the American system and other systems. Our public school system has defaulted on this responsibility. Most teen-agehave had very little American history or comparative economics; theyve listened to no defense of the American system; but thev have listened to a great deal of criticism of the system and its institutions. - 6:30 p.m Terrace Ballroom Elmo W. Hamilton Conducting Talent Finalists Address Allan Grant President California Farm Bureau Friday November 19, 1971 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 8:00 a.m .Farm Bureau Office FARM BUREAU SERVICE COMPANY BOARD MEETING 10:00 Farm Bureau Office a.m UTAH AGRICULTURAL AAARKETING ASSOCIATION MEETING 11: 00 a.m Farm Bureau Office - rs CONVENTION COMMITTEES GENERAL COMMITTEE ElmoW. Hamilton S. Stuart Johnson Jerold Johnson A. 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