6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 1,1965
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bIU; and “No." when asked if
he though it could be passed
without a suitable provision
for cotton.
These questions and others
were vigorously debated by
Rep. Paul Findley, R-111. and
Sen. George McGovern, D—
SO., before a gathering of
Newspaper Farm Editors of
America.
Senator McGovern speaking
in support of the bill said he
had heard no consumer
oriented reaction to the of
ten-cited “bread tax” aspects
of the wheat bill. He said,
“there is a growing aware
ness in cities that city prob
lems are influenced by rural
area problems.” He cited the
city employment problems re
sulting from farmers migrat
ing to the cities.
He maintained that all sec
tions of the farm program
must ,be presented as one
package to pass. “We can’t
ask urban representatives to
vote for agricultural appropri
ations five or six times with
out getting them into diffi
culty back 'home ” But, he be-
Merves they will support the
legislation if they only have
to vote for one bill. He was
also quite firm about the need
to include a cotton plan in
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the omnibus bill to maintain
the southern-mldwcstern coali
tion of legislators.
Congressmen Findley, on
the other hand, felt the gen
eral farm bill could not pass
WITH the cotton legislation.
"The cotton bit! is such a
mess that without a major
shift in the current cotton
program, it would be more of
a handicap than an asset to
the omnibus bill,” he said.
Findley went on to say that
one often-overlooked item in
the proposed farm bill is that
the right of a fanner to grow
a commodity will itself be-
come a commodity (ed. He
was referring to the section
which deals with the buying
and selling of allotment quo
tas by farmers.) ‘‘This will
lead to the day when farmers
will have to buy up a federal
franchise to produce anything
of consequence.”
Findley claimed that the
main resistance to the farm
bill is coming from taxpay
ers. USiDA expenditures con
tinue to increase, he said, and
the taxpayers want to cur
tail this spending. “The soon
er we get back to a market
place commodity system the
better off we’ll be,” the Con
gressman Said. He told the
group, that he had submitted
a biU to relate crop loans to
market prices. Also, that he
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become habit forming.”
McGovern said that farm
ers will always need’ some
form of compensation, -wheth
er direct 'payment or other
wise. “If we reduce support
to farm communities it will
work an extrem'e hardship on
the entire economic commun
ity.”
Tn response to this, Find
ley cited a study he had m'ade
by an outstanding economist
at the University of Illinois.
It concluded that farm prices
are so heavily effected toy
foreign trade that the influ
ence of government programs
had no effect in the long run.
“I ran for reflection oft this
thesis in a farming district,
and received more votes than
I had in the previous election
and this in the face of
the Democratic landslide,”
Findley concluded.
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111., addressed the farm edi
tors.
From his prepared talk, the
Secretary commented on the
inequity of incomes of skilled
workers and farmers saying
that of the 3.5 million farmers
only 400,000 have incomes com
parable to those of skilled la
borers. “And yet the average
American family spends a less
er percentage of their take
home pay for food than fami
lies in any other nation.”
But, he stated, if we are to
continue to enjoy low cost
food, and if the farmer is to
receive a recent reward for his
efforts, then farm commodity
programs must be continued
and strengthened. Without such
programs, net farm income
would drop in half, Freeman
maintained.
In discussing the loan money
available t o communities
through the Office of Econo
mics Opportunities (OEO),
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5 percent of it is going to
rural areas. "Rural areas arc
at a disadvantage both in not
being well-informed and be
cause they are in many small
units each of which must ap
ply separately for loans. A
large city, In comparison, can
initiate action on a large loan
with a single phone call.”
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Farm Bureau Bldg., Diller
ville Rd., Lancaster.
May 3 and 6; Poultry
Products Short Course at
Penn State.
May 6 2 p,m, Dedication' of
new Pa. Dapt. of Agricul
ture Bldg, toy Governor
Steranton at Harrisburg.
May 7 2 p.m. County fIFA
Milk Products Contest at
Bphrata High School,
May 8 40th Annual Dairy
Exposition at Penn State
University, at 'the new
dairy barns.
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