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Show PJIA Election Coming Up . During November 10 to December Decem-ber 10, farmer-committee elections will be held in 175 farm communities commun-ities in Utah, J. Vern Hopkin, chairman of the state PMA committee, com-mittee, announced today. The committeemen elected, the chairman explains, will help to administer 1951 Production and Market ing Administration programs, pro-grams, price supports, acreage allotments, al-lotments, marketing quotas, the sugar program, and Federal Crop In each community 'farmers participating par-ticipating in any of the indicated programs will elect three regular and two alternate committeemen and elect delegates to the county convention who will elect the coun ty committee for 1951. Mr. Hopkin said that although community committeemen officially offici-ally serve only a few days each year, they are available through-ou through-ou the year to assist in PMA program pro-gram operations. They represent local farmers in presenting recommended recom-mended changes in the Agricultural Agricultur-al Conservation Program and they are the connecting link to their farmer neighbors in bringing information in-formation which will help them in their participation in all the activities for which PMA is responsible. res-ponsible. In the opinion of the chairman, the elected farmer-committee method me-thod of administering farm programs pro-grams is one of the most democra- uc ana most enective steps in agricultural ag-ricultural program development and operation "It recognizes and uses the basic principles of democracy demo-cracy allowing people concerned to run their own show." He urges all farmers who are eligible el-igible to keep the date in mind and to get out and vote when e-lections e-lections are held in their communities. commun-ities. "Only by the participation of farmers are these eleotions really democratic. The more farmers who come out to vote, the more representative repre-sentative will be the committeemen committee-men who are elected and the more effectively they will be in carrying carry-ing out their responsibilities." Mr. Hopkin defines an eligible voter as any owner, operator, tenant ten-ant or sharecropper on a farm which is in any program admini-steed admini-steed by the County PMA committee. |