—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 30. 1968 22 Farmers Union Re-Elects Its Top Leaders Delegates at the 66th national convention of Farmers Union re-elected without opposition the two top officers who have serv ed since 1966. President Tony T. Dechant of Denver, Colorado, and Vice President Edwin H. Christian son of St. Paul. Minnesota, were re-elected to two-year terms. President Dechant had served is national secretary-treasurer r or 20 years before being elevat ed to the presidency upon re crement of the long-time head of the "family farm” organiza tion. James G Patton In his annual report to the con vention, Dechant had reviewed progress of many of the “tar get issues” which had been set forth by the 1966 and 1967 con ventions. Among the accomplishments he listed influencing of the 1968 administrative decisions on feed grains and wheat programs, restoration of advance payments in the feed grains program, im provement of the cotton pro gram, and substantial gams in both fluid and manufacturing milk prices. Other legislation adopted with the support of Farmers Union included extension of the special milk program, strengthening of commodity exchange authority to regulate futures trading, and extension and expansion of the food-stamp plan Social legislation, strongly backed by Farmers Union, in cluded the Social Security bene fit increase, Truth-m-Lending, and aid tp education. Vice President Christianson has been president of the Min nesota unit of the Farmers Un ion since 1950 and has served on the national executive commit ‘ee since 1956, being chairman from 1962 to 1965. Since 1966, Christianson has been delegated by President De PENB Announces May Egg Festival “It will take more than 21 days of incubation—more near ly a 9-month gestation period, but the SPRINGTIME EGG FESTIVAL will burst forth on May 1,” declared Earl Hess, Ephrata, Pa , Chairman of the Poultry & Egg National Board He said that in keeping with the purpose of PENB “to cre ate a climate for egg sales” and -o "stimulate the consumer to buy and use more eggs” this oromotion will be aimed at the -onsumer through the press, ra lio and television ~. and also through the retailer The retailer approach is a new and different one for PENB and s possible through the excellent vorkmg relationship developed uth the Food Trades section. °lentiful Foods Division of the Consumer and Marketing Serv ice, U S Department of Agri culture The SPRINGTIME EGG FES TIVAL, Hess revealed, envisions some 40 to 50 Egg Retail Clinics held in some of the Top 100 Food Markets of the U S The ‘'clinic plan” calls for attend ance to be limited to 100 people. Some 75-80 of this group will be store or dairy case managers, plus 10-15 egg distributors actu ally delivering eggs to the stores. The balance will be pack ers, producers. State Depart ment promotion people and egg and poultry association person nel The local Food Trades staff members, who routinely call on food retailers, are taking the lead in develo ping the local meetings. Area associations and CLEANING UP AFTER A BARN FIRE at the late Saturday night and voluntary workmen w orked Clarence Shultz Farm located just off Route 324 south Sunday to bury the animals and clean up the debris, of Marticville. The barn and livestock were destroyed - L. F. Photo chant to coordinate the program of Farmers Union “legislative Fly-Ins” to Washington, D.C. This is a program, launched in 1965. in' which tours are ar ranged so that farm men and women can fly to the national capitol to speak for themselves on farm and economic matters to members of Congress and ad ministration officials. “This new dimension in lob bying has proved effective in several instances in obtaining the few additional votes in com mittee or on the floor of Con gress to get needed legislation approved,” Christianson said. He announced that two such national legislative Fly-Ins will be held this spring and perhaps more trips in summer as legis lative efforts of farm bills come to a head. local promotion-minded produc ers and packers will be enlisted to assist “This is the greatest egg pro motion ever conceived on a Na tional basis,” declared William “Bill” Owens, Dahlonega, Ge orgia, PENB Ist Vice Chairman. "We have the opportunity of en listing the direct help of 150 highly skilled C&MS workers — plus many other talents avail able in C&MS.” Christianson said that a Young Farmers Fly-In for men 18 to 40 years will take place March 31 to April 3, with representation from several states Besides the major agricultural priorities, such as extension of the 1965 ag ricultural act, adoption of a na tional grain reserve and action for farm bargaining, the Young Farmers contingent will also stress provision of special cred it program to assist young men to finance and develop adequate farming units, and a revision of the G I Education bill of 1967 to make it possible for veterans to use their educational eligibil ity in farm training. ( “A Ladies Fly-In will take place May 5-8 and is expected to bring as many as 500 women from more than 12 states to the capitol,” Christianson said “The timing is also import ant! The egg producer and the egg packer really needs the help after Easter This promises to be one of the best examples of Gov ernment-Industry coopera tion of the century,” he said. Owens added that this type of a promotion could only be done by a strongly state-supported National organization like PENS —and there would be plenty of work for everyone. DAIRY SUPPLY STORE CHRISTIANA MILK PRODUCTS CO. -•M > ' Christiana, Pa. Largest Dairy Supply Store in the East. , • 20 different brands and sizes of filtering materials • 25 different brands and sizes of detergents • 20 sizes and shapes of brushes for milk house bulk tanks or pipe lines. INFLATIONS For Surge - $2.95 set For DeLaval & others '53.45 set FRONT OPENING MILK CAN COOLING CABINETS BRAND NEW AND FULLY WARRANTED Hundreds of items for milk house ond form, metalware, paints, etc. CHRISTIANA MILK PRODUCTS CO. (If you have in-place cleaning problems, we will be glad to test your wafer and suggest a sound cleaning program) Jim Mimm
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