—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. January 29, 1972
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PFA Charges McHale’s Programs Are Destroying Pa. Agriculture
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sonal invitation to Secretary
McHale to attend. To date, Mr.
McHale has not seen fit to attend,
or communicate with the group.
Welfare Programs—ltem No. 6
Secretary McHale has ap
proved thousands of dollars of
agricultural research funds for
training of those Rural Advisory
Councils, and for a welfare health
project in Northern Penn
sylvania. PFA believes the first
project completely worthless,
and believes the second project
could have been handled better
by other government agencies
equipped for this type of
program.
Marketing Bureau No. 7
Secretary McHale wanted a
base from which to operate his
consumer programs. He
dissolved the Marketing Bureau
within the Department, and
created another one. The
Marketing Bureau was
established by the Pennsylvania
General Assembly; but Mr.
McHale did not deem it
necessary to even check with the
General Assembly leadership
before dismantling it.
Meat Inspection—ltem No. 8
PFA fought long and hard to
make certain that the Penn
sylvania Meat Inspection law
met the requirements of the
Federal Meat Inspection Act
therby assuring Pennsylvanians
that we would have control of our
own inspection program.
Since Secretary McHale came
into office, many small butchers
have met with harrassment al
the hands of state inspectors.
Finally, the inspection program
started to show some progress,
but funds and top-notch ad
ministration people were
removed from the program.
Secretary McHale has assumed
the administrative responsibility.
The program is now un-
manageable.
Farmers Come First—
Item No. 9
Secretary McHale has stated
time and again that he is for the
farmer making a better income.
PFA agrees with this objective,
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but what has Mr. McHale
proposed to achieve this feat.
Absolutely nothing.
Yes, he has written letter after
letter to Washington, D.C.
requesting more federal funds oi
federal action; but, he has
proposed absolutely nothing here
at home.
Key personnel in the Depart
ment of Agriculture are suffering
from great insecurity. Depart
ment morale is extremely low
with professional people seeking
other employment. The official
attitude is change or be fired.
Change to what? Nobody knows.
The college of Agriculture,
Pennsylvania State University, is
a suspect. It can’t do anything
without drawing the suspicion of
Secretary McHale. It is treated
with open disrespect.
Milk Marketing—ltem No. 12
Governor Shapp has announced
his opposition to the Milk
Marketing Law and has done
everything within his power to
kill it. And, what he hasn’t done,
Mr. McHale has volunteered to
do for him.
Governor Shapp has tried to
discredit the Milk Marketing
Law, Milk Marketing Board and
its former chairman. Secretary
McHale led a caravan of Penn
sylvanians into New Jersey to
demonstrate the so-called high
cost of milk in Pennsylvania.
Farm Show Preview —
Item No. 13
Secretary McHale ignored the
Farm Show Commission and
killed one of the best agricultural
public relations programs the
annual Farm Show preview.
Each year more than 10,000
Pennsylvanians attend the farm
Show Preview, but Secretary
McHale cancelled it.
Farm Show Commission—
The 1972 Farm Show was a
great success. Records of all
types tumbled. The manager of
the Farm Show was fired on the
last day of the show. Again,
Secretary McHale ignored the
Farm Show Commission in his
campaign to make it a paper
organization only. In the past, the
Agriculture Secretary hired and
fired the Farm Show manager
with the advice and consent of the
Commission.
Dairy Referendum—ltem No. 15
The committee, which was
appointed by Secretary McHale
to advise him on the Milk
Marketing and Dairy Research
Program, recommended to him
that a referendum be held for
dairymen to either enact or
reject the program. To date,
Secretary McHale has not made
his intentions know.
Because of recent activities of
Mr. McHale in the area of milk
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Department Morale—
Item No. 10
College of Agriculture-
Item No. 11
Item No. 14
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marketing, producer interest is
not high on the referendum.
Mr. McHale informed the dairy
industry people that he was going
to request a letter from dairy
cooperatives which would; (1)
Announce their position on the
call of the referendum; and (2) If
they favored a call, how many
“bloc” votes will the
cooperatives deliver.
First, let us explain that the
majority of the dairy
cooperatives have announced
their intentions at a public
hearing; and secondly, dairy
cooperatives should not be forced
to guarantee, even if they could,
passage of the dairy referendum.
Mr. McHale should understand
that the reason for holding the
referendum is for individual
dairymen to express their con
victions concerning the program
through the ballot box.
Mr. McHale is establishing the
cooperatives as a potential
scapegoat if the program shoulc
be put to the vote and fail.
Reasoning Is Out—ltem No. 16
Because the Pennsylvania
Farmers’ Association has
disagreed with Secretary
McHale, we do not have access to
the Secretary’s office or the
Secretary. It’s almost impossible
to reason with a man, when he
refuses to meet with you. It
doesn’t matter who you are... if
you disagree with the Secretary
on any issue, you have no further
opportunities to confer with him.
These are the areas of major
concern to the Pennsylvania
Farmers’ Association. We
hesitated in bringing such items
to public attention. We were
hopeful that Secretary McHale
would take the necessary steps to
curb present trends withing the
Department of Agriculture.
It was a difficult decision for us
to air these problems in public;
but, representing more than
14,000 farm families compelled us
to take this route when Secretary
McHale refused to discuss these
issues with us.
Agriculture can’t afford to be
splintered and divided; but
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neither can it afford the present
situation of questions and
suspicion. We can’t assume the
attitude of “principles be dam
ned”.
Reasonable men discuss their
problems. Reasonable men seek
solutions to their problems. No
person or organization has all of
the solutions, and it takes strong
leadership to glean the wheat
from the chaff.
We are gravely concerned
about the future of agriculture in
the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania and the role of the
Department of Agriculture.
We are being led down a path of
self-destruction. Change brought
about by arrogance and
destruction of current programs
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does not constitute enduring
progress.
At the present rate, the
Department of Agriculture could
be the next victim on the list for
the wrecking crew.
We are hopeful that Mr.
McHale will reconsider the ap
parent self-centered, destructive
pattern that he has adopted as the
“game plan” for his ad
ministration. The Secretary of
Agriculture should be the
representative of Pennsylvania
Agriculture.
We plead with Secretary
McHale to join with others in
agriculture to form a positive
force to meet the present and
future needs of the agricultural
community in Pennsylvania.
ALUS'CHALMERS
L. H. Brubaker
Lancaster, Pa.
JOHN Z. MARTIN
New Holland RDI
Phone 717-354-5848