—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 11, 1972
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1972 Annual P.A.F.C. Meeting
Resolutions dealing with
pollution, farm labor, farm
safety, and dairy promotion were
adopted at the 1972 Annual
Meeting of the Pennsylvania
Association of Farmer
Cooperatives held recently at the
Pennsylvania State University.
Among other actions, P.A.F.C.
members re-elected to direc
torships: Floyd Mams, Ship
pensburg, Cumberland Valley
Cooperative; Joseph Scott,
Butler , Agway, Inc.; Jay
Hauger, Berlin, Milk, Inc.;
Vincent Landis, East Greenville,
Producers Pride, Inc. Newly
elected to the Board to fill
unexpired terms are Daniel
Martin, Manheim, Inter-State
Milk Producers and Robert
Pardoe, Milton, Federal Land
Bank of Lewisburg
The business session on
Thursday morning included
reports by president David
Yoder, Atlantic Breeders,
Lancaster, secretary treasurer
William Schaefer, Northeastern
Breeders Association,
Tunkhannock, vice president
Lester Shughart, Agway, Inc.,
Harrisburg, budget committee
chairman Dale Detweiler,
Northampton Farm Bureau,
Tatamy, and educational ser
vices director Hal Doran of Penn
State
John Gauss, PSU farm
economist, read 10 resolutions for
approval by Association mem
bers Key proposals affecting
state farmers include one calling
for constant evaluation of
standards used to determine the
existence and seventy of farm
related charges that farm
pollution is damaging to the
environment
Members supported legislation
which would establish an
-Agricultural Labor Relations
Board to deal with the efforts of
farm workers to form unions If
enacted, it would function similar
to the National Labor Relations
Board
Another key resolution seeks
changes in the Farm Safety Act
so farm employers are not
“burdened with excessive time
consuming work in bookkeeping
and related detail” which is now
required P A F C members also
agreed to continue their support
of milk promotion programs for
the benefit of dairy farmers.
Reporting on activities for the
past year, President Yoder
reviewed PA F C’s purposes as
including education, inter
cooperative understanding,
legislative interest, public
relations, and recognition. He
cautioned, however, that the
organization may need a new set
of priorities for the future
Vice-president Shughart
assured members that the youth
program conducted by P.A F.C.
is the strongest of its kind in the
nation, but broader activities are
needed Among these he listed
work with young farmer groups,
cooperative employees, directors
of member boards, and the
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David Yoder (right), manager of Atlantic Breeders
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State College and was involved in the American institute of
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