| Show n I FEELING FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF a i Most ost of ofIS us IS at some time or another feel a little sorry for lor ourselves We Wc feel fecI that were we're butting against walls doing but getting nowhere and most of 01 all all we were all were we're rc not appreciate for our efforts That's That'll probably a normal reaction if it doesn't occur too often Next time me lee we get set to f feeling cling sorry for for ourselves es we should ho ld consider the the base case of Ezra Taft Benson the Secretary Agriculture If gri Utah's pride and joy If any anyone one has a aBright aright right Bright to feel unwanted dJ disliked un unappreciated unappreciated that ted that man mani i is Mr rr Benson Denson Probably never in Americas America's m ricas rica's history has bas ione J one e good tood man mn trie so hard t to do something for the country and met with such a supreme lack of appreciation Hardly a 8 week passes that he isn't urged to quit his job Ezra Go 00 Home is the standard greeting But ut if if harsh arSh criticism gets under his skin he sho shows s no td t fl sign of of i it Tb The doughty Mormon just goes right along aloag doing wha what he thinks is best 0 U vi i. rhe s i- i Re Record rd has printed more than speeches s by congressmen demanding that Benson resign At least a dozen de delegations delegations' from Congress have faced the Sec Secretary and in insisted sted that l t he get out Recently one such snob delegation told him that if he didn't I h he would cause cause 25 to 30 d Republican b i an anc c congressmen to be def defeated in November Benson Denson told them in effect that he didn't believe it Some of oI those most active in the dump dump Benson campaign campaign cam cam- m- m claim that Vice-President Vice Nixon is one of their lead lead- ers era Nixon however has neither confirmed nor nor- denied the reports Benson says t they y are not true frue In the Senate and House Agriculture Committees Committee where farm legislation must must originate Republican and D Democratic I members have hav be been n almost equally critical of Benson and hi his farm policies T yve made life miserable for him in the hope that he would quit The a attitude t u e of the farm organization n leaders in Wash Vash Washington Washington ington has ranged from lukewarm to openly hostile Generally Gener Generally Gen- Gen er lly the Farm Bureau has been less critical than the others Benson Denson on the other hand is not without staunch supporters rs Most imp important of those hose is P wight D. D Eisenhower He lIe not only refuses to to ask Benson to resign but publicly endorses his farm policies and insists that he stay t tr I The enigma o oZ it all is that that Benson is generally well liked per personally lIe He is respected for his unshakable devotion to his convictions A Ji deeply religious man he simply turns the other cheek to his is assailants He lIe has said repeatedly that he lie does not seek personal p popularity The fact that his program does not appeal to many mall farmers or to Congress do does s not discourage him Only one olle thing g counts His lIis firm conviction that what he stands for is right and in the time long-time best interest of farmers a and d |
