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Show ;-flineTiTh'n'1 About Selection Of J p;jA Committeemen, Hopkin Says fo v, P M A committee- 'Tuons are three or four ' men eleeuonf a egrly t,; wonths 8W"'ki g about the se-' se-' to W ' mes to administer 1? Agricultural Conserva- lhe ,nd other Production and mJt ne administration pro- Market Jvs J- Vern Hopkin, 5 rafman of the Utah State K JSfSUlttee. , rhairman Hopkin holds that " J Division for farmers to h' . i heir neighbors as commit-L' commit-L' eleC'Sid to be elected as teemeemen - to administer V f Sams is one of the h &mt Scant and progressive k ' ? iopments in agriculture He V, S Cwever, that "unless aor! eive careful considerate considera-te farm S the selections of commit-$ commit-$ n and participate in elec-f elec-f tecnf the administration of the "j term program is not truly demo-E demo-E atic nor representative. ki- we calls attention to the fact H ttot many administrative posi-sfc posi-sfc "r' ; the nations agricultural !' Zni from state committee- . In to the Under-Secretary of e Vre have been filled ; from committeemen ranks, mch-iJ mch-iJ Sine the important place the Pes1 "atively new farmer-adminis- ) rative system has attained. fi aj representatives of the iet; farmers in their community, the K Airman points out, community l1- mmitteemen are called into Snsultation to discuss and nA make recommendations on pro- Ti vi ions of the various PMA pro- r. 1 rams as well as to help carry 21 cut the resulting programs in n?. their communities. County committeemen, he ex- e k plains, are largely elected from live, J the ranks of the community whe, committeemen, and these farm- lerict ers administer PMA programs n its-- on a county level. state committeemen, although J appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture, usually are selected let4 from the county committee WE 5 1 ranks. State committees administer admin-ister PMA programs at the state level and have a voice in formulating formu-lating and administering national nation-al programs. Mr. Hopkins say,s he is sure that if farmers realized the importance im-portance of the "committee way of administering farm programs" pro-grams" and what it means to ihe farmers of Utah to have these programs administered by farmers they have had a voice in selecting, "there would be no need to encourage greater attention and more participation participa-tion in committee elections. Every Ev-ery thinking farmer would be eager to carry his share of the responsibility." |