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Show 1 ! ' I ; "i 1 ! fU ATTEND CONFERENCE. Representatives for the Farm Bureau in southern Utah in attendance at re- ; cent conference were, back row, left to right: Jerold Johnson, Aurora; Hugh King, Teasdale, and Olaf George, Kanosh. Seated left is Lloyd Johnson, Auro- ra and right is Dick Nelson, Cedar City. American Farm Bureau pians research project to support needed legislation Returning from the Natural Resources Conference Dick .nelson of Iron County adviseu public land users i"" a Research Re-search Project is planned to obtain valuable data in order to support legislation in the next session of Congress that would protect the rights of stockmen using puiblic ranges. Funds in support of the project pro-ject locally, are being received receiv-ed by Nelson, Enoch; Cleo Wood, Cedar City, and Hal Mitchell, Parowan. Fleming was complimentary that the PLRC report recognized recog-nized that the Congress ratn-er ratn-er than the Executive Branch of Government should determine deter-mine the guidelines to be followed fol-lowed in the administration of public land policy. Fleming also briefly reviewed review-ed latest developments on farm program legislation in Washington and outlined the s of a general farm organ i zation in tne puuiiC lands area. in attendance at the Conference Confer-ence were Lloyd and Gerold Johnson, Aurora; Olaf George, Kanab and Hugh King, Teas-dale. Teas-dale. Nelson also indicated that the long awaited report on the Public Land Law Review Commission, Com-mission, six years in the making mak-ing was termed "not the end, but the beginning of full scale discussion throughout the Country" by one of the top officials of-ficials of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF). Roger Fleming, secretary-treasurer secretary-treasurer of AFBF and director I of the organization's Washington, Washing-ton, D. C. office, addressed a special meeting here of Farm Bureau delegates from 17 j western states. The two-day Session was called to give leaders in public land states n opportunity to study the public Land Review Commission Commis-sion (PLRC) report and make recommendation for policy consideration by Farm Bureau members at county, state and national meetings this Fall. "Now that the PLRC report is completed, it is necessary that we have full scale, in depth discussions within com- , munities, counties and states to determine the implications of its recommendation," Flem-ing Flem-ing said. "It is imperative that farmers and ranchers develop understanding and support for policies that deserve public acceptance. The Farm Bureau has a big job to do to discharge dis-charge its responsibilities in this regard." |