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Show Page 4 1 WOMEN S88 THE AW Pilings Spark I Farm Bureau 1 AV y.-- . S88f Freeze on America Downgrading are at Editors Note: Speech given the Utah Farm Bureau Convention deliberately manufacturing a American Bureau Farm Federation womens committee and chairman of the presidents advisory committee on rural additional youth program for generation gap of which Americas November 17, 1971 Hotel Newhouse youth will be the ultimate victim? Salt Lake .City, Utah by Mrs. .Wouldnt it be great if we would Haven Smith, Chairman of the rededicate ourselves to build an development. Well, its always great to talk to a outstanding young people to build more like those who appeared on your program tonight? I could talk about naughty books, nography, drugs, permissiveness, some TV shows. I could talk about dirty movies that last year took in 70 million dollars, but Im going to talk about music. Our young people are being subjected and exposed to a constant barrage of music which promotes ideals and attitudes, which, if you and I understood their message, would blow our brains. so-call- ed ed - citizens. Wouldnt it be great if we would start today to put the FREEZE on those elements of our society that Businessman? And lets not forget that every farmer is a businessman along with the businessmen on the main streets of Chicago - - down-gradin- down-gradin- - - so-call- ed g dements that are radio and juke boxes across our sodety. How great it would be America. You may not know much if we would rebuild the Spirit of 76. about a young fellow named Bob Its all a part of the same job. Dylan, who Look Magazine says is 125 years ago Count Detoteville unchallenged as the teen and observed that the printipal. college crowds absolute hipster. characteristic of Americans was And who the Saturday Evening their boundless optimism. No Post has referred to as the most better way to destroy a nation can influential voice in contemporary be found, he said, than to attack its music. Over 10 million of his indominatable spirit. You and I records have been sold. That would know that it is not fear that brings be one in every 500 Americans. progress and achievement It is How is that for creating a faith faith in oursdves, faith in generation gap? And then there our God, faith in our country, faith are the female revolutionary in our fellowmen. singers, like Judy Collins, an acNot long ago I read Dr. Margaret tivist in civil rights and peace Mortimer Adlers new book The demonstrations. Did you ever hear Time of Our Lives. Dr. Adler a song called Moritz Saudy, and did points out that a culture is better you know that this is nothing but a only as it makes the good life contemporary demand for a available for more of its citizens. repitition of the French revolution And she adds that never in the past right here in our own country? has any sodety offered so much There is no end to these songs, opportunity for so many of its what about the one called Mr. AFBF Convention - por- FB audience, were not afraid to say just how things are. Today Today everybody is talking about the FREEZE. A cartoon in the Chicago paper last week said wouldnt it be nice if we could put the freeze on and then it gave a list of things the cartoonist would like to have frozen. And I thought-woul- dnt Rock Song Influence it be great if we put the g FREEZE on our What kind of influence do todays on a country, rock songs bring to manufacturing between and us our generation gap Americas youth? Sidney on children, described by the Finkelstein, emotionalism, on political answers House Committee on UnAmerican to economic questions, on apathy Activities as the cultural and procrastination? Then I turned spokesman of the communist the page and saw where President conspiracy, says in his book how Nixon has renamed his music expresses ideas. The proper Presidential Jet the Spirit of 1776. sort of music can be used to sell a The President said, speaking to the revolutionary message in the same Congress on Sept. 9, in this new way thet a singing commercial era we must find our national sells soap. Repeated again and greatness once again. He says again, and again and youth will that a strong and healthy spirit believe it. The Beatles album means a willingness to work, a published by Capital Records willingness to sacrifice. It means contains the fastest selling record having a sense of destiny. in the music record industry - The Our own President Kuhfuss in fastest selling record in the inthe Nations Agriculture quotes a dustry is titled Bade in the USSR. stateman who said Our defense is The fastest selling record in the in the spirit which prizes liberty record industry, and the song on and the heritage of all men. the other side is titled Revolution. Destroy this spirit and you have It makes it clear that the Beatles planted the seeds of despotism at are on the side and working for And Im sure revolution and that they believe it your door. will be interested will come soot. Theres a group here everybody in knowing that the FB women called the Lovin Spoonful. The theme for our 1972 program of spoon refers to the spoon used to work is tuned and turned to the mix heroin before shooting it into the arm. Well, here is one of their spirit of America. How great it would be if we songs that our children can hear would put the FREEZE on those thousands of times a day on rock January 1972 out. were wiped practically typhus It is estimated that a hundred million people are alive today who those glorifying sexual would have died if it had not been songs, union between teenagers. I wont for DDT. Then a group of quote them I would be to em- emotional people, overzealous barrassed to stand up here and from reading this book, people who by Elda Hillyard had neither gotten all the facts, nor quote those songs. To attend a National Farm But what can we do about it? studied put Bureau Convention and mingle alternatives, First we can know what is going pressure upon our Government, states is a on. We can arouse the concern of and the United States, followed by with people from other I enjoyed the others. We can mold and form other nations, moved toward rare opportunity. Convention this year. public opinion, we can become banning DDT. And the result of Chicago To get in tune for the convention more aware of the types of music this! Already there is resurgence that are played on the radio of malaria; food production is there is always a Vesper Service stations and on the TVs in our own down in many areas of the world; held on Sunday afternoon. area. We can concern ourselves and the gypsy moth is again Presiding was our National about the juke boxes in the cafes all munching away at American Womans chairman Mrs. Haven around us. And we can raise our forests. Eight hundred thousand Smith. Music was furnished by The voices. When Gordon McClenland acres of prime timber in the Masters Men of Lincoln Christian over in Texas, the owner of 13 radio Northeast, and sixty thousand College. The Rev. David J. Quill, stations, determined that he was areas in Yellowstone National Pastor, St. Marks Lutheran no longer going to use any songs to Park were destroyed last year. In Church gave the invocation, that some countries the return of in- message and benediction. promote promiscuity, The beautiful Candle Lighting such is promote alienation between sects producing was by the National Service their that that and laws children, parents devastating result Mrs. Smith was Board. Womans or glorify drug addiction, promote against DDT are being amended. candles were lit The narrator. social revolution, he was laughed the at. But he raised a national symbolizing courage, gratitude, question and as a result of his inprayer, strength of the individual, and faith. Mrs. Smith closed by fluence, songs that promote drug Spirit of 1776 addiction have had some bans May this hour be a saying, if be it Wouldnt everyone great All on the lighting and rethem. of my life, Ive placed symbol two the of two million the men, been watching parents guard so lighting of our dedication, our of our million all and women, determination, that this nation, closely what goes into their little childrens mouth, the most pure young people, would determine under God, shall not perish, and food and water and then as they that we are really going to work to that we, with the wide vision of God grow up we try to keep Church and rebuild the spirit of 1776 to work and our forefathers, may live and home ties close. We try to keep love with our, heads as well as with our work for a brighter future for our in the family, and then our children hands. land and for all mankind. The people in this audience are It was very inspirational. go out into an atmosphere that may be far more serious and far workers you are that kind of Sunday evening a dinner be or at this wouldnt people than the you environmental reaching meeting was held for National to And I can convention. you, so say much discussion under pollution workers, all State Chairmen, State as a person who has spent her life, Presidents and today. delegates. After a working, that work brings hapdelicious dinner each state Consumer Protection piness, work brings a sense of chairman gave a one minute report worth, work brings on some activity in her On every side we hear the social personal fulfillment. Success is qot an state. outstanding Many ideas were gained to gospelers spreading the movement escalator it is a ladder that we with programs. help to discredit business to create the climb. The only place in the world The Talent Program was outidea that profit is a dirty word -i- where success comes ahead of We were so proud of Miss gnoring the role that business has work is in the dictionary. Even standing. from Provo who played and must play in the future the owes his success to Evelyn Payne Utah with her of this Nation. A survey made this the woodpecker fact that he used his head and represented beautiful singing. year by Socal Research of Illinois keeps pecking away until he morning in the general shows that 46 percent of consumers finishes the Monday he starts. Recently session job Pres. William J. Kuhfuss consider big business dangerous to J. C. the most Penney, probably gave a talk. He also presented our the American way of life. in businessman respected Of course we know some past Pres. Charles B. Shumon with America, died at the age of 95. Mr. an award for his service while on regulations are necessary, but it is Penney said, I dont believe in the AFBF Board. no service to this Country when a luck, but put a p in front if it and Earl L. Butz, Sec. of Agriculture, wave of emotionalism' about make it and you have was introduced pluck and he talked on consumer protection degenerates Hard work, not how he feels toward the everything. into a busybodyism that makes it cleverness, is the key to success. impossible for the competitive The former Miss America, Marilyn Agriculture situation. There are enterprise system to operate. VanDerbur, said, To smell real problems facing agriculture, When economic freedom is success, must first work up a they include inadequate income, you farm costs, over production, farm destroyed, political freedom soon sweat. out the You window. I labor, the use of farm chemicals, and goes know that the profit and loss revitalizing our rural communities, maintaining family system provides the most powerful Principles Unchanged built-i- n farms and access to foreign protection in this world for markets for U.S. farm products. the consumer. Roger Fleming Many years ago, I graduated He wants to bring pride in our the emotional current wave says, school The other day I of farming. of consumerism carries more from high from a yellowed, torn occupation reread, The Womans afternoon: for its political appeal promoters Monday the clipping, newspaper than it does real protection for meeting is always very interesting. valedictory message that I, a The 1972 program of work was consumers. d 15 year old, wrote Da Haflich, from Kansas, calls trembling-kneegiven. The theme is Tuned In and for commencement. Tuned and gave d most On to the Spirit of the pollution do not change. The word in our language. Dr. Tom Principles We America. by help words are just as true now as they y our organization, of were then. I am Cowden, strengthening going to close with Agriculture, says we are on an lines which I closed building consumer understanding, my brief talk environmental binge. William working for better government, D. Ruckleshaus, administrator of that day. The worlds great giving leadership in the the federal governments En- people have always been those who development of Rural America, are willing to work. The very vironmental Protection Agency, programs, youth friction which retards a train on initating speaks of the real danger of the track and which counteracts a promoting international unoverplaying environmental fourth of the engines power, is derstanding. Other speakers at the meetings problems and there by un- essential to its locomotion. Grease were C. H. Becker who said Dr. dermining credibility. the tracks, and the wheels revolve, Norman Borlaug, giving the Today the voice of farm people but the train moves not an inch. keynote address at the FAO The rings out loud and clear, keep it people who have moved this Conference in Rome, denounced world forward did not seek soft ringing for the mountains of today environmentalist. will become the mole hills of hysterical smooth surfaces where there was Of course we must dean up our tomorrow. environment but lets study, least resistance, but they cut their B. F. Sisk, congressman from way through difficulties. They analyze, weight alternatives and California spoke on the Marketing not descend into blind zealotry in have grown as the mahogany, and Barganing Act He is in favor with knots and contortions and the name of ecology. of the farmer doing his own convlutions of grain. But that is the best timber. Whatever we do in marketing instead of it being More on DDT forced on him. life, the accomplishment will Roger Flemming and Florence You all know the story of DDT. depend on the price we are willing Thomas gave reports on the acto pay. In our own sdves lies During World War II, this cheap, tivities out during the past carried potent, safe insecticide was triumph or defeat. He who will pay developed. Almost immediately, the price of hard work, of unselfish year. I really enjoyed the Convention. I marshlands became habitable; service, of altruism in the task found the grain fields, formerly ravaged by before him, will find his life a are the problems we face in Utah same as in the other States. insects, began producing bumper success. The world is waiting for With the membership we have of crops, with the result that famines, men and women willing to take up once frequent, became rdativdy its burdens, and will give in return 2,057,665 farm families if we all rare; and the scourges of malaria, satisfaction, happiness, a great stick together and work toward the same goal, Im sure we can lick our yellow fever, encephalitis and nation, and a better world. Utah Farm Bureau News our home towns. And then there is a whole different category of . over-worke- Under-Secretar- - problems. |