HB 767
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referendum on the program to
determine whether or not it should
be continued.
Of these changes, the one
causing most of the commotion is
the elimination of block voting by a
cooperative presently a co-op
can vote for its members if in
dividual farmers choose not to cast
their ballots. Testifying agamst
HB 767 were representatives of the
major milk cooperatives, in
cluding Milk Marketing, Inc.,
Inter-State, Lehigh Valley, and
NEDCO. The other cooperative
coming out in opposition of HB 767
is the Pa. Cooperative Potato
Growers, Inc.
Also testifying against HB 767
was Deputy Secretary of
Agriculture Luther Snyder,
representing the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture. He
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stated the -Department’s feelings
and said “the present procedure is
adequate to carry out a" marketing
program.” The present law allows
block voting and requires a
majority of the individuals voting
-and 50 percent ot the volume tor
passage.
Snyder remarked that changing
the length of time from five to
three years would increase costs ol
a marketing program for the
farmer the present system
allows the Secretary of Agriculture
to see whether a marketing
program is effective during the
period of appointment.
The Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association and the State Grange
also went on record opposing HB
767, stating they were satisfied
with the present system.
When questioned about why non
co-op farmers don’t vote on
referendums, Mervm Myers, a
dairyman representing PFA,
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stated “apathy ” He added that
having concise information
presented to the fanner con
cerning the referendum might help
“if they (farmers) bother to read
the information provided, and if
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hearing Previously, two milk
referendums have been voted
down by the state’s dairy
producers (of whom 80 percent are
represented by milk cooperatives,
it was said) even though block
voting was in effect during the
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Support for HB 767 came from
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Franklin County dairy farmer,
Barbara Woods.
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PFU’s Carl Kaufman remarked
that the block voting system is
“one step removed from dic
tatorship.” He commented PFU is
for preserving the family farm and
the American way one person,
one vote. He referred to results of
the 1973 milk referendum
which showed that cooperative’s
block votes were cast exactly
opposite those individually cast by
dairy farmers.
Shelhamer echoed Kaufman’s
sentiments saying, “I don’t believe
if Pennsylvania farmers un
derstood block voting that it would
he the policy of PFA or the Grange
to support it.
Others who sent letters to
Chairman Gneco’s office in
support of HB 767 included: Robert
Hoyer, Easton; Valley Haven
Farms, Howard Pysher and Sons,
Bangor; Margaret Edwards,
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