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Show Provo insurance Open House held Nov. 6 1975 CONVENTION PROGRAM All November 1975 Utah Farm Bureau News Page 2 general meetings Salt Lake Hilton Hotel, 1 50 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, Utah All committee meetings and board meeting - Farm Bureau Center, 5300 South 360 West, Salt Lake City, Utah Headquarters and News Room - Room 1 94, Salt Lake Hilton Hotel Monday, Nov. 17 Policy Research Committee meeting Compile county recommendations Prepare report for consideration by official Resolutions Committee - Farm Bureau Center 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m, 2:1 5 p.m. Official Resolutions Committee meeting Review and modify Policy Research Committee report and propose any additional recommendations considered necessary - Farm Bureau Center Tuesday, Nov. 1 8 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. . Official Resolutions Committee meeting (continued) - Farm Bureau Center , Wednesday, Nov. 1 9 (All sessions at Salt Lake Hilton Hotel) Mutual Life office This new Utah Farm Bureau Insurance Company-Countr- y at 379 North University, (Suite 201) in Provo promises expanded service for Utah county Farm Bureau members who are insured with Farm Bureau. An Open House on Thursday, Nov. 6, 1975, introduced the facilities as well as the new agency manager, Leo Henderson. . 8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Registration - Convention Center Lobby, Salt Lake Hilton Chairman Nominating Caucuses Farm Bureau Women - Market Street Room Young Farmers & Ranchers - Weights & Measures Room 10:00 a.m. Voting Delegate Session - Seasons North Seating of Delegates Farm Bureau 10:15 a.m. District Caucuses Reflections Vacancies: State Board-Distric- ts 2, 4, 6 & Women YF&R Districts 1 , 3, 5, 7 District 1 - Market West District 2 - Market Street District 3 - Market East District 4 - Smoke House District 4 - Rap of the Gavel District 6- - Weights & Measures District 7 - Harvest 10:45 a.m. By El Shaffer, Editor Want to buy the Brooklyn Bridge? Our nation's government making deals with the Russians for grain sales reminds me a little of a hustler selling the Brooklyn Bridge. He may sign the papers, but when thats all done, the bridge still hasnt changed hands. The grain involved in that prolonged dickering with Russia was grown by farmers, not government. And the owners of the grain are either farmers or trading companies, not the government. The only way for the U.S. government to be sure the grain will be on hand for delivery to the Russians is to grow its own. And thats exactly why Russia, with 55 out of every 100 of her citizens working on farms growing food for their government, is over here buying our grain which is not being produced by our Voting Delegate Session - Seasons North Financial report Elections First reading of proposed resolutions 12:15 p.m. Luncheons Farm Bureau Women and County Presidents - Seasons South Speaker: Mrs. Wallace F. Bennett Young Farmers & Ranchers - Harvest Room 1:45 p.m. General Session - Three Seasons Presidents report Entertainment Address: "The Energy Challenge -- B. Z. Kastler, president, Mountain Fuel Supply . Kastler 6:30 p.m. Awards and Recognition program Talent Find finals Thursday, Nov. 20 Three Seasons - Seasons South 7:00 a.m. Voting Delegate breakfast 8:00 a.m. Voting Delegate session - Seasons North 12:00 noon Lunch break 1:45 p.m. General session - Three Seasons Reports: Farm Bureau Insurance Companies and Finance Services - M. E. Carroll, Executive vice president Utah Farm Bureau Federation - C. Booth Wallentine, Executive vice president Entertainment Address: "Freedom Is Not Free" Dr. Paul Harmon, Professor of Business Management, Hannon University of Utah government. A government getting into the food producing business can pretty well plan on a jump in the number of hungry people. The same thing could happen when g a government gets into the business. The profit incentive is missing. As I see it, the reason the Russians are dickering with the U.S. government for grain, instead of with the exporting companies from whom theyve bought in times past, is that they now understand any deal they make with a trading company may. very well be squelched by our government. And thats a bitterly sad commentary on the status of free trading, by farmers and other businessmen in this country. Cant you picture a government official from Russia (where the government does nearly all the buying and selling of food) over here to negotiate with our administration to buy grain, saying to himself: Hey, this is just like back home." Another note on the Russian grain sales: How do you like those longshoremen for saving face? Farm Bureau gets an injunction forcing them to load grain on ships heading for Russia, and Farm Bureau gets the National Labor Relations Board to take similar action. So the longshoremen start loading grain and say: Well, as long as the U.S. is dickering with the Soviets, wreH be big about it and load this grain." Thats like a convict saying: 1 believe Ill just change these big rocks into little ones as part of my ecology program. Government deal or not, dont hold your breath until Russia buys all the grain every year that she has agreed to. With shipping costs running at least d $3 a ton higher on the of purchased grain that she has to bring in on U.S. ships as part of the deal, transportation could cost at least $20 million a year more than if she buys the grain from Australia and elsewhere. U.S. taxpayers will contribute another $6 to $7 per ton (for millions of tons) as a subsidy to the U.S. shipping industry to make up for operating losses on the grain deal. Makes you wonder where all those subsidy-hater- s are who screamed about farm subsidies paid on foreign grain sales in 1972. food-sellin- one-thir- POSTMASTER: Please Lake City, Utah 84107. 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 subscription of fifty cents per year to members is included in membership fee. One dollar per year. price: Non-memb- t6:30 p.m. Second Class postage paid at Salt Lake City, Utah Annual Banquet - Seasons Room Entertainment ... Address: Charles B. Shuman, fefc. ia former president, AFBP UTAH FARM BUREAU FEDERATION OFFICIALS Elmo W. Hamilton, Riverton Jerold N. Johnson rj C. Booth Wallentine Elwood Shaffer Shumn Friday, Nov, 2 1 Board of Directors r.'.Geiir:q 8:00 a.m. - Farm Buri-a- er Frank Nishiguchi, Garland; William Kctmes. Cgden; Jack Brown, Grants-vlllEdward Boyer, Spring vi lie; John Lewis, Monticelio; Stuart Johnson, Aurora; Kenneth R. Ashby, Delta; Mrs. Paul Turner, Morgan; Robert Johnson. Randolph. DIRECTORS: Ctr.io- President .Vice President Executive Vice President Editor - e; |