48 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Jan 22. 1977 Shirley By JOYCE BUPP HONOLULU, Hawaii - Shirley Temple Black, U. S. Chief of Protocal and former ambassador to Ghana, and Ambassador Frederick B. Dent, special representative for trade negotiations, were the keynote speakers during the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 58th Annual Con vention m Honolulu held January 9 through 12. Mrs. Black, America’s child movie sweetheart of the depression, was appointed Chief of Protocol to serve as the govern ment’s official greeter to foreign am bassadors and visiting dignitaries. Her address during the convention session focused on the responsibility of American farmers to help feed the world. “Food shortages, famine and death are our lot, pessimistic experts predict,” warned Mrs. Black. “Some say there is only a 27-day grain reserve m the world.” “There is a growing awarement of 100 million hungry people in the Third World. Our American farmer superstars will be called upon again to help alleviate world hunger," she added. Turning toward solutions to the mounting problem of world hunger, the Chief of Protocol emphasized a growing dependency on food from under water, citing the unlimited possibilities of what she termed “mariculture or aquaculture.” Former child movie star, Shirley Temple Black, was one of the keynote speakers at the Farm Bureau's Annual Convention. Still a charmer, Mrs. Black serves as U. S. Chief of Protocol, based in Washington, D.C. She described her job as “getting things done so it looks easy, with no goofs, no flaws." READ LANCASTER FARMING FOR FULL MARKET REPORTS CLICK'S Distributor tor ROOFING & SPOUTING BAKED ENAMEL TIN ROOFS Colors: Turquoise, Red, White (only) FULL SERVICE DEALER SALES & INSTALLATION SAMUEL B. CLICK R.D.I, Kinzer, PA Ph.(717)442-4921 Please call before 7AM or after 6 P.M. Temple addresses Farm Bureau “China has farmed fish for many years; they have over 400,000 acres of catfish farming,” explained Mrs. Black. Catfish raising is becoming increasingly popular in US. southern states. En thusiastic growers cite high protein output from relatively small areas, averaging 30,000 pounds of ready-to-eat fish per acre every 18 months. Other “underwater feedlots” suggested by Mrs. Black may include more exotic crawfish, salmon which are born in pens and then return to their place of birth at maturity by natural instinct, and super-fast growing grass carp, which grow from a three-inch fmgerlmg to a two-pound har vest-size fish in three months. Also offering possibilities as water-grown protein is the silver carp, an “environmentalist fish,” which cleans up polluted waters while growing at quite rapid speeds. Mrs. Black told a news conference that she hopes to serve the Carter Ad ministration m some capacity in dealing with problems of Third World nations. Mrs. Black said she had served eight U.S. presidents in one capacity or another, and that she felt her background in Republican Politics had no negative bearing on her ability to serve the new Democratic Ad ministration in the area of international affairs. Earlier, Mrs. Black told an audience of 8500 farm people that a prune national commitment must be to “alleviate the pain of global hunger,” much of which she said she had seen as a former ambassador to Ghana. She said its solution must come from a partnership of goals among nations; Africa with its vast store of minerals and petroleum: the US. with its great technological proficiency, and unparalleled production of food and other needed farm products. “Irrevocable economic sinews bind us together m a dance of harmony,” she said, “either we swoop around the dance floor in relative harmony, or we will surely wind up stepping all over each other’s toes.” Ambassador Dent, the speaker to follow Mrs. Black, represents the United States in multilateral trade negotiations in Geneva Switzerland. His job is to work with other We’re ready when you are. Unipel You can’t save your way to high yields and profits You have to invest your way to them. 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