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Show Director Reviews Labor fiahs Peterson Returns From Washington Conflab ;' . Everyone who eats food should gi'e serious consideration to the " firm labor problem, Director Wil-iam Wil-iam Peterson of the Utah State Agricultural college extension service ser-vice declared upon his return from attending a special conference on extension organization and policy held last week in Washington, D. C. . "While the outlook for adequate farm labor is encouraging because I of the program of the United States Department of Agriculture, :j each of us should understand that it is no some other person's, responsibility re-sponsibility to supply labor to the farmers," Director IPeterson continued. con-tinued. "We should feel that we are not doing out part unless we contribute in some way to the production pro-duction of food. Certain foods are getting scarce, in southern Illinois, Illin-ois, for instance, I found potatoes selling for 10 cents a pound. No food should go to waste on account of labor shortages or lack of machinery. ma-chinery. The federal government is determined to provide ample machinery for the harvesting of profitable crops." In defining the responsibilities of the extension service in the new farm labor program, Director Peterson Pe-terson said that the supervision of extension and the food administrator administra-tor in the Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture would recruit or arrange for recruitment of fall inter-state labor. la-bor. 'It is not the function of the extension service to replace or re-'' re-'' Plant the activities of other agencies," agen-cies," Director Peterson pointed Out. "Under Jaw and by an act of congress, we are given the respon-. respon-. sibility of supplying farm labor within the state, but we need the cooperation of other agencies who have had experience in meeting labor problems." Director OPeterson then said that a bill has just passed the house of representatives approving an appropriation of $2,500,000 for training non-farm labor and 4-H clubs in cities and towns. If the senate follows the action of , the house, city boys and girls will be organized into 4-H clubs and taught to do farm work, under the present law, 4-H clubs have been confined to rural young people. |