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majority for passage could insure
rule by a minority.
The three existing boards under
this act, the Apple Marketing
Board, the Red Cherry Marketing
Board, and the Potato Research
Board, are all opposed to a
provision which would change the
formula to require a two-thirds
majority for passage
The current act also provides for
termination or suspension of
marketing programs under the act
when requested in writing by one
third of affected producers who
market more than fifty percent of
the volume of commodities
produced under the program.
Amendments in HB 767 would
eliminate this provision, which is,
effectively a means of review. This
language was put into the act to
allow suspension of a marketing
program under extreme cir
cumstances, and has the same
effect as a review referendum
Under the current act, the
Secretary of Agriculture must call
a review referendum of affected
producers every five years, to
determine whether or not the
marketing program will continue
The amendments to the act in
cluded in HB 767 would change the
five-year review period to a three
year period. •
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Marketing Boards and the Potato
Research Board are in opposition
to this proposed amendment, in
light of the additional costs of
holding the review referendums.
Existing language in section seven
concerning suspension or ter
mination of a program would cover
the continguency that a program
would lose the support of its af
fected producers within the five
year period prior to a review
referendum.
The Department of Agriculture
is satisfied with the programs now
supported by the Pennsylvania
Agricultural Commodities
Marketing Act of 1968, and is
convinced that the existing law is
working satisfactorily. We
respectfully recommend that the
existing law continue to function as
is
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Remaining testimonies will be
published in next week’s issue. All
reader’s opinions are welcomed
and will be printed if signed.
Pa. Potato Groupers
On July 22, 1961, tile Board ot
Directors ot Pennsylvania Co
operative Potato Growers, Inc.
voted unanimously to oppose any
change to the Pennsylvania
Agricultural Commodities
Marketing Act ot 1968.
The Pennsylvania Co-operative
Potato Growers represents the
majority ot the potato growers m
our state and is the only state
organization representing the
potato grower. The Pennsylvania
Co-operative Potato Growers is
opposed to House Bill 767 and the
amendments it proposes.
We support the concept ot
moditied bloc voting by co
operatives. We believe that
removing this provision would
make passage ot reterendums tor
the purpose ot sales promotion,
research and service programs
unnecessarily difficult.
Howard L. Featherman,
General Manager
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