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Show SIMM IDS ELECTIOMS j. ''Mexican, Prisoner of MVar Camps Planned Three new directors were elect-and elect-and six were re-elected Sat-:'dav Sat-:'dav at the annual meeting of ,'e Cache county farm labor as-r'ciation, as-r'ciation, according to A. W. cambers, president, who re. tcd" that the committee unani-, unani-, ously agreed to do every thing "ssible to provide necessary ricultural labor for Cache coun. tliis year. Mr. Chambers was re-elected Resident, D. E. Smith of Lewis-; Lewis-; a district manager, Amalgamat-! Amalgamat-! Sugar company, vice president, d Ben Ravsten, secretary -treas--er. Mew directors are Hyrum Gib-ns, Gib-ns, representing the Cache cent-potato cent-potato growers association; J. s Larsen of Newton, dry and :Meat farmers, and Cyril Munk, r che valley beet growers associ--on. ije-elected directors are Lloyd gan, of Lewiston, tomato grow-i grow-i association; Cash Smith, West :die Farmers co-operative, and :;yd Hunsaker, county agent. (Mr. Ravsten, in his annual re--rt, revealed that the labor nmittee made more than 17,-1) 17,-1) placements of the more than I 000 requests made during 1944- ! e association's financial condi-' a was termed excellent and the i -mt accepted. The committee made prelimin. y plans to secure two Mexican 1 one prisoner of war camps for : county. This would provide Lgood supply of supplemental jor. Mr. Chambers said. Plans j o are underway to provide a ' er iaoor camp program, which il be more satisfactory to farm-! farm-! who must depend on the im. rted workers. Surveys will be launched im-idiately im-idiately by different groups to :ate houses for sharecroppers, )stly Japanese, who are ex-, cted to be contracted into the unty. Lyman Roberts, office of labor Jresentative, outlined procedures securing Mexican Nationals, d 0. O. Jorgensen, Utah Ex-lsibn Ex-lsibn service labor representa-e, representa-e, attended the meeting. |