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Facers Union Protests Cuts
In The Agriculture Budget
The farmers union protested eri that each federal dollar cut
cuts m the agriculture budget f>°Jb the farm program budget
and urfct-d subcommittees of the loses farmers $ 2 in net return
House and Senate Appropna- Pm, th 6^ th l de -, each federal
dollar added to the farm program
tions Committee to lestore—and budget gains farmers approxi
iucreas-e—funds in order to im- mately $2 m net return.
“ e Appearances McDonald noted that although
nfnrto *'l,.<mM bCO K lin K t tS S tbe new budget recommends no
I \ both D NFU cut for REA funds below the
a p irector , Reub . en $345 million suggested by the
1r « u S fi Ca T C ? Dlre ? t ?l previous Administration, a sup-
Angus McDonald Johnson told vey shows that REA co . ops need
the suicommittees that maxi- at least $6OO mi i llon McDonald
mum levels (of price supports) proposed $200 .000 cut in funds
that Congress has set are being £or the Packers and stockyards
ignoreu He said these are 90 Admin istration. and urged that
percen 4 of parity for all major lt be increa sed by about $1 mil
commoa ties, except wheat, llon , He praised p& SA Admin .
which .i 100 percent Actual sup- istrator Don Campbell for doing
pdt levels, Johnson said, range an excellent job “with extreme
fiom 4c percent for wheat to 83 ly hmited funds »
percent :or manufacturing milk.
He saiU “$5% billion in gross The proposed budget cuts for
£arm mrome could be added if agriculture total $177 5 million,
the neected funds were available. The largest cut recommended
Numerous studies have mdicat- was elimination of the $lOO mil-
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lion ACP program. The Farmers
Home Administration would be
cut $24 million for rural water
and waste disposal grants, as well
as another $l6 million in various
rural renewal and housing pro
grams ($6 6 million of which
would be a reduction in loans for
very low income housing repair
and rental housing loans) In all
the recommendation represents
a reduction of $345 million below
recommendations oi the previous
Administration
In other testimony this week,
the farmers union urged protec
tion of farm workers under the
National Labor Relations Act,
extension of the Great Plains
Conseivation Program, and legis
lation to let potato growers es
tablish research and promotion
programs NFU Legislative Di
rector Reuben Johnson said
Farmers Union, which suppoits
commodity bargaining for fann
ers, in the same spirit supports
bargaining for farm workers
NFU Research Director Angus
McDonald said the Great Plains
Conservation Program should be
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