Greg Landis Meets With Secretary of Agriculture Butz
Greg Landis, Vice-President of
the Pennsylvania FFA
Association was one of 85 FFA
officers who met with Secretary
of Agriculture Earl L. Butz. The
hour-long meeting was a
highlight of a week-long State
FFA President’s Conference in
the Nation’s Capital. The con
ference was sponsored by
General Motors Corporation as a
special project of the National
FFA Foundation, Inc.
Greg is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jay E. Landis of Lancaster RD6.
He was elected Vice-President of
the Pennsylvania FFA
at the State Con
vention held at Penn State in
June.
In his remarks Secretary Butz
congratulated State and National
FFA officers for their “great job
of carrying to every nook and
cranny, the story of American
agriculture, agribusiness, and
the American food industry.” He
further challenged them by
saying'that “taking the story of
America to the world is a much
broader responsibility and one
that all citizens must share.”
Citing the important role of U.
S. agriculture in world trade,
Butz told the young men and
women preparing for careers in
agriculture, that abundant farm
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production played an extremely
important role in recent efforts to
establish peaceful relationships
with other nations. “If anyone
thought that President Nixon
didn’t use the American foodstuff
and our capacity to produce as a
persuasive bargaining
tool....they haven’t read their tea
leaves right,” Butz said.
Butz pointed out that General
Motors’ sponsorship of the State
President’s Conference was an
investment by the corporation.
“General Motors expects a
return on their investment,” the
Secretary declared, “a return in
leadership, m community
building, and in spreading the
American philosophy.
“This nation has one resource
that cannot be exhausted,” he
told the FFA leaders. “This
inexhaustible resource is the
human mind and the human
personality. It multiplies when
you use it-it only wastes when
you don’t use it. The more you
share the more there is to share,”
he concluded, challenging his
audience to use their leadership
skill as a tool for the im
provement of the human mind
and personality.
The visit to the U.S.D.A. and
discussion with Secretary Butz
were only part of an action
Greg Landis, Vice-President of the
Pennsylvania FFA Association, is greeted
by Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz
(center) and Wallace E. Wilson, Vice
President of General Motors. Greg met
packed week for FFA officers.
Earlier in the day they hosted
nearly 200 Senators and
Congressional representatives at
a breakfast in the Rayburn
Building. Senators and
Congressmen from every state
were welcomed to the program
by National FFA President
Dwight Seegmiller of Decorah,
lowa, who pointed out that this
was the sixth annual State
President’s Conference in
Washington, D. C., and the
second FFA Conference to be
sponsored by General Motors
Corporation through the National
FFA Foundation, Inc. G.M. Vice
President Wallace E. Wilson, was
also on hand to greet the FFA
members and congressional
guests. “General Motors is proud
to provide this opportunity for
young leaders to visit the
Nation’s Capital and be exposed
to the governmental process,” he
told FFA members and guests.
“We have great confidence in
these youth and in their role for
the future of production
agriculture and agribusiness,”
he said. “In recent months the
public has become increasingly
with Secretary Butz during the State
President’s Conference held in
Washington, D.C., under the sponsorship of
General Motors. Greg is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jay E. Landis.
aware of the important role of General Motors provided travel
agriculture. That concern is one and conference expenses for
reason why General Motors is State FFA Presidents attending
especially pleased to be part of the conference.)
this program which is preparing The purpose of the State
young people for careers in this President’s Conference program
vital industry.” (As sponsors of was to inform state officers of
the week-long conference national FFA programs and
stressing the development of * services, provide an opportunity
leadership and citizenship, (Continued On Page 19)
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