6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 11,1971
WASHINGTON REPORT
Congressman Edwin D. Eshfeman iHH
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That contention ignores some
very basic facts. No one can say
that the Vietnamese brand of
democracy is all that it should
be or all that we would like it to
be—and Thieu’s tinkering with
it is a prime example of its
faults—but neither can it be said
that the experiment with demo
cracy in Vietnam is a complete
failure.
Consider for a moment the
other election wljich took place
in South Vietnam in August
That was the election which
many liberals have conveniently
ignored It was the election in
which the Vietnamese people
chose their representatives to a
national assembly which is com
parable to our Congress.
And, preliminary indications
are that the August election was
a pretty fair—not perfect, but
pretty fair—example of demo
cracy at work Not only did near
ly 80 per cent of eligible Viet
namese voters cast ballots, but
they did so in a contest open
enough that President Thieu’s
margin of support in the assem
bly was cut rathei significantly
Of course, our American way
of thinking makes it difficult to
equate a congressional election
with a piesidential election But,
anyone who is familiar with the
Vietnamese knows that they
don’t necessarily think like
Americans In fact, they regaid
a vote for localized candidates as
far more significant than a vote
for president Why ? Because
the concept of a nation and theie
fore of a president is new and
sliange for them, but the concept
ot voting for someone in their
village is a matter of tradition
going back 2,500 years
Many experts will tell you that
the way most Vietnamese assess
whethei or not all is well in
their country is by asking, “Are
they voting an the villages’” If
the answer is yes, all is well.
What I’m trying to point out is
that the August election deserves
some attention as a sign that our
years of sacrifice an Vietnam are
pioductmg some results Presi
dent Thieu may be giving demo
cracy m South Vietnam a tem
porary black eye, but the fact
remains that significant voting is
taking place m the villages of his
country
- And,if you don’t believe that
this fact has some meaning for
fi ee men everywhere, you might
consider this question Aie they
voting in the villages in North
Vietnam’
The subject of elections in
Vietnam has been focused pri
marily on the presidential race
Much has been said and written
about President Thaeu’s willing
ness and intention, as this column
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is written, to run for re-election
unopposed. The situation has
been called a farce, which is
mostly true, and called a be
trayal of democracy, which is
only partly true
I think that Thieu legitimately
can be criticized for consciously
rttempting to turn the South
Vietnamese presidential contest
into a one-man show. In so
doing, he has provided his op
ponents and his critics with
plenty of ammunition, specifically
an opportunity to charge him
with running his country like a
dictator.
But if Thieu’s strong-armed
tactics have been wrong, so have
some of the more irresponsible
claims of his crutics. Their con
tention is that democracy has
been betrayed completely in
South Vietnam, thereby render
ing American sacrifices in that
nation meaningless.
We’ll give you
ten pounds of FuroxiO
to prove it’s the best
scours preventive you’ve ever tried
Here’s what you do:
Buy a 50-lb. sack of Furox 10 from
your participating dealer. He will give
you a 10-lb. sack to go with it. Lay the
50-pounder asi.de and use the ten
pounds as directed. If you aren’t con
vinced that Furox does what we say,
return the unopened 50-Ib. sack to
your dealer and get your money back.
Ten pounds of Furox 10 is enough
to treat three sows and their litters un
til the pigs are five weeks old. Or it
can take eight feeder pigs through the
stress of being moved.
Furox fits your operation 4 ways
I.' Fed to sows daily, starting one week
before farrowing until two weeks
Make Manure an Asset,
Don’t knock the poultry
manure problem until you ve
looked at the way you can turn
it into an assets, says Professor
Charles E. Ostrander.
The Cornell University expert
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“I know 1 speak for the
entire staff when I say we’re
delighted to have your ac
count and we look forward
to working with you in all
your money problems in the
days and years to come.”
after, Furox helps break the sow-to
pigs infection cycle.
2. Included m the starter rations dur
ing the first five weeks, Furox helps
prevent scours outbreaks triggered
by E. coli.
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on poultry waste disposal, back
from analyzing disposal tech
mques in England, Scotland, and
Holland, will tell delegates to
the 40th anniversary convention
of the Northeastern Poultry Pro
ducers Council (NEPPCO) at
the famed Concord Hotel at
Kiamesha Lake, N.Y “How We
Might Capitalize on Our 4-Letter
Asset ”
He shares the rostrum with a
dozen experts gathered from
throughout the East to make the
anniversary show a sparkling
three-day anthology of up-to-date
industry data, September 22
through 24.
if
A new commercial exposition
format designed to show the
nation’s most advanced industry
products, equipment and serv
ices to best advantage will be co
featured with ah exceptional edu
cational program It is offered
in a special stay-at-the-Concord
package at minimum off-season
rates NEPPCO leaders expect
1500 participants to take advan
tage of the special mix-busmess
with-pleasure bargain package at
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Speaker Says
the magnificent Catskill Moun
tain resort.
Professor Ostrander has been
intensively engaged for a dozen
years, m finding solutions to the
waste disposal problem. Granted
long leaves from his instructional
duties at Cornell to research the
latest in disposal techniques in
California and in England, the
well-known expert in the field is
convinced that poultry manure is
a “4-letter asset” upon which in
dustrymen can capitalize.
Other experts from a dozen
slates'will converge at the Con
cord Hotel to update delegates
on the latest in the areas of dis
ease control, new management
techniques, marketing ideas and
the political and economic out
looks.
Reduced-price registration (un
til September 8), and early order
reservations at the Concord are
still available and should be
made through the NEPPCO of
fice at 322 Oxford Valley Road,
Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
19030. Details can be secured by
writing or by calling 215/547-
0190.
3. When you bring in feeders, start
them immediately on feed medi
cated with Furox to combat stress
triggered infections.
4. If scours should break out, feed
Furox at the treatment level. Dose
baby pigs with Furox Suspension,
Furox works because it is a specif
ic against E. coli and Salmonella, and
bacteria do not appear to build upj'e
sistance to the nitrofurans, as they do
with general-purpose antibiotics.
See your participating dealer today
and get your free Furox while supplies
last. Try it as suggested. The only way
you can lose is by not trying it. -
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