OCR Text |
Show October 1975 Utah Farm Bureau News Page 2 Farm tour draws media, leaders Write congressmen on important issues Federal budget for 1976. Packer bonding. Beef checkoff. Increasing federal estate tax exemption. Export controls. Fuel and energy. National health insurance. Pesticide control act. Consumer protection agency. Grain inspection. These are only a few of the issues of importance to agriculture and the nation that Congress will be considering in committees andor on the floors of the House and Senate in the next few months. It is extremely important that you let your U.S. representatives or senators know your views on these key issues. If you didnt talk to them during the recent Congressional recess in August, write to them in Washington. On this page is a directory, listing the Washington, D.C., addresses and local offices of Utahs Congressional delegation. In writing to your representative and senators, here are some guidelines that may be helpful so that you can be as effective as possible: Identify your subject clearly. State the name of the legislation you are writing about. Give the House or Senate bill number if you know it. (Your county or state Farm Bureau office can provide this bill number if it hasnt already appeared in the Farm Bureau News). State your reason for writing. Your own personal experience is your best supporting evidence. Explain how the proposal would affect you, your family and your farming operation or how it would affect your community or state. Express your own thoughts in your own words. Congressmen tend to discount messages that give the appearance of form letters. Be reasonable but firm. Don't ask for the impossible. Dont threaten. But do ask your legislator to state his position on the issue in his reply. Consider the factor of liming. Try to write on a bill as soon as you know the details about it or when it is in committee. Your congressman can usually be more responsive and influential on your appeal and the proposal when it is still in committee. However, this' is not always the case. Sometimes a legislator may reserve until he sees the final details of the bill or until and his vote judgment he analyzes the sentiment of his constituency. Thank your legislator if he pleases you with his vote on an issue. Everybody and remembers it. And also let him know appreciates a complimentary letter when you are displeased with his vote. . .he will remember that too. There are important issues at stake in Congress this fall.' And you should let your U.S. senators and representative know how you feel. Adapted from Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman n Demonstrating that farm tours are an excellent way to gain the understanding of community leaders and media, the state Farm Bureau womens committee conducted such a tour in Salt Lake county during September. TOP: Mrs. Elmo (LaRue) Hamilton, wife of the UFBF president, explains the costs and returns of producing wheat, sheep, sugar beets and other crops to the tour group. Showing stacks of hay and bins of wheat, she reassured consumer representatives that this nation has ample stores of food. CENTER LEFT: A newspaper photographer shoots the action at Chester Fassios egg processing plant CENTER RIGHT: Steve StefanofT (back to camera) explains vegetable crop production and the mounting cost of farm equipment such as the combine in the background. BOTTOM: Wayne Bateman answers questions about g turnstile milking and other efficiencies that have enabled farmers to stay in business during an e squeeze. . Senator Frank E. Moss Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 1 15 202-224-52- Federal Building Provo, Utah 84601 B-- 4 374-29- 29 51 labor-savin- District offices: 5430 Federal Building 125 S. State St. Salt Lake City, Utah 84138 524-593- 5 1416 Federal Building 324-25t- h St. Ogden, Utah 84401 Representative Gunn McKay 1427 Longworth Building Washington, D.C. 20515 202-225-04- 53 District Offices: 1424 Federal Building 324-25t- St. h Ogdei. Utah 84401 399-681- 6 399-613- 7 209 Federal Building Provo. Utah 84601 374-727- 1 373-415- 0 Senator Jake (arn 4203 Dirksen Building Washington, D.C. 20510 202-224-54- Suite 213 92 N. University Provo, Utah 84601 44 Representative Allen T. Howe 1525 Longworth Building Washington, D.C. 20515 202-225-3- 01 1 District offices: 4227 Federal Building 125 S. State 231 Federal Building 125 S. State St. Salt Lake Citv, Utah 84138 Salt Lake Citv. Utah 84138 33 St. 83 porting Farm Bureau in this way. Then plan to patronize those advertisers in whose products youre interested. And dont forget to mention the Farm Bureau News when you contact them. send Form 3579 to Utah Farm Bureau, 5300 South 360 West, Salt - Published each month by the Utah Farm Bureau Federation at Salt Lake City, Utah. Editorial and Business Office, 5300 South 360 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84107. Subscription price of fifty cents per year to members is included in membership fee. subscription One dollar per year. price: Non-memb- er Second Class postage paid at Salt Lake City, Utah Suite 399-620- 8 5X6-605- 10 N. 9 OFFICIALS Elmo W. Hamilton, Riverton ief2,dUinns?.n Wallentme President Vice President Executive Vice President Editor -- B Ogden, Utah 84401 1 UTAH FARM BUREAU FEDERATION Elwood Shaffer Main St. Cedar Citv. Utah 84720 h As you read through this issue of the Utah Farm Bureau News, please take time to scan the advertisements to see which companies are sup- 1 524-55- 1416 Federal Building 324-25l- ng Support the advertisers who support Farm Bureau POSTMASTER: Please Lake City, Utah 84107. District offices: 524-59- ever-tighteni- cost-pric- ' DIRECTORS: Frank Nishiguchi, Garland; William Holmes, Ogden; Jack Brown, Grants-villEdward Boyer, Springville; John Lewis, Monticello; Stuart Johnson, Aurora; Kenneth R. Ashby, Delta; Mrs. Paul Turner, Morgan; Robert Johnson, Randolph. e; |