Show washington NEWS LETTER GERMANYS SURRENDER BRINGS CHANGES SURPLUS PRIORITY farmers and rural areas generally have just been assured equal opportunity unity to supply their needs out of surplus property as it becomes available procedures have just been act up 1 I for channeling critically needed trucks machinery and equipment into agricultural uses the surplus property act of 1944 contains social recognition of american agriculture the act provides that arrangements range ments shall be mads f fsr r the sale of surplus property in rund localities cali ties and in such a manner as to assure farmers and farmers farmer cooperatives era tives equal opportunity to buy disposal agencies designated by the board are directed to cause appropriate prop quantities of surplus prop erty to be sold or channeled into rural areas so that farmers and anc farmers cooperative associations will be given opportunity to buy the trucks machinery and equipment thus channeled into rural areas will be sold to regular retail dealers and to to farmers cooperative associations continued on last page washington NEWS LETTER continued from page 1 i that are dealers provided they agree that they will sell the PP erty purchased only to farmers or farmers cooperative associations 1 bated in the areas specified in the orders in the case of trucks tw the agreement must be that sales w be made only to farmers or ners cooperative associations who are 10 nd d bated in the specified areas a who hold certificates essl issued ed by the agricultural adjustment agen adew d |