ClO—Lancaster Farming, Thursday, December 24,1981 Brunner is FmHA assoc, administrator WASHINGTON, D.C, - Michael E. Brunner, U. S. Department of Agriculture legislative officer and former congressional aide, last Monday was appointed associate administrator of the Fanners Home Administration by Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block. USDA packer with P&S NEW YORK, N.Y. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has charged ITT Continental Baking Co., Rye, N.Y., with violating fair trade requirements of the Packers and Stockyards Act through the operations of the Gwaltney meat packing division in 1978, 1979 and 1980. ITT no longer owns the Gwaltney meat packing operation, according to B.H. Jones, administrator of USDA’s Packers and Stockyards Administration. Gwaltney is a major meat packer in the Eastern seaboard marketing area. In 1979, it was among the four largest firms that accounted for 40 percent of the total hog slaughter in Eastern seaboard states, and over 75 percent in the areas of Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. Jones said USDA has charged ITT Continental, through the operation of Gwaltney, with engaging in unfair trade practices during 1978,1979 and 1980 by: Paying for various “customer outings” to vacation and sporting sites for selected retail food chain store employees who were responsible for buying meat for their firms; ~ Making discriminatory “distribution” or “stocking FRANKLIN H. KREIDER 2400 Dairy Road Lancaster, Pa. 17601 717-898-0129 30% LIQUID NITROGEN" ★ Check Our Fall Fill-Up Price ★ Call Us For Your Fall Fertilizer And Limestone Needs I.GuuL > TIME pnu SAL TESTING ft T, FmHA is the rural credit agency of USDA that provides credit assistance to rural residents unable to obtain commercial credit. As associate administrator, Brunner will help direct the ac tivities of about 8,500 full-time charges allowance” payments to four separate retail food store chains, while not making similar payments available on propor tionately equal terms to all of its retail food store customers which competed with the four chains; Conducting a cooperative advertising program with some of its retail food store chains, while not offering similar programs to all competing customers on a proportionately equal basis; Making payments to certain food store chains on the basis of a flat amount for advertising Gwaltney meat products rather than for the actual cost of the advertising; and Making advertising payments to certain food store chains which ezceded the actual cost of the adertising. “Filing of the complaint doesn’t prove ITT Continental has violated the Packers and Stockyards Act through Gwalt ney’s operations,” Jones said. “The firm has a right to a hearing to determine >if the evidence supports the charges. “If the charges are proven, the firm would be placed under a cease and desist order,” he said. “It could also be ordered to pay a rivil penalty. t I employees in the national offkc m Washington, D.C., and in 344 state and district offices and more than 1,950 county offices. As a USDA legislative officer, Brunner specialized in marketing and inspection services for seven agencies under Assistant Secretary C. W. McMillan. Eastern violations The Packers and Stockyards Act is a fair trade practices law. It is designed to promote fair and open competition in the marketing of livestock, poultry and meat. PHONE XX LEBANON 7 1 7-274-34M^S / \>s. pa. Ay vX im SWINE SYSTEMS New & Used Silos New & Used Extensions Tear down & Rebuilt Gunite silo relining & repairs Repiastering, roofs, permanent pipe & distributors Oxygen Limiting Silos above and below ground Jamesway Unloaders Bam Equipment DETWEILER SILO REPAIR Before joining USDA in April 1981, he was director of congressional relations for the American Meat Institute in Washington. Previously, he served as legislative assistant to Rep. Garry Brown (R.-Mich.) from 1975 to 1977, and to Rep. Orval Hansen (R.-Idaho) from 1973 to 1975. In 1972 and 1973, Brunner was assistant director of ad ministrative services for the Education Commission of the States, Denver, Colo., and served on the audit staff of the CPA firm of Ernst and Ernst in Denver from 1970 to 1972, As an army captain, he was detachment commander of a preventative medicine unit in Korat, Thailand, from 1968 to 1969. manure storage Write or Call Rd 2 Box 267-D Newville, PA 17241 717-423-6791 717-776-7533 ' 717-776-3288 He also was an accounting In structor on the faculties of the University of Indiana and Bowling Green State University. Brunner, 38, is a graduate of Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, where he received his bachelor of science and master of business ad ministration degrees. He also earned a master of public ad ministration degree at George Washington University, Washington, O. C. He and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Arlington, Va., with their 11- year-old twin sons, Alan and Jeff. Brunner is active in comfnunity activities, serving as deacon of the Little Falls Presbyterian Church and as a member of the Arlington County School Board. CUSTOM MADE FEED BINS Made of 14 Gauge Steel Longer Taper for Easier Flow All welded seams which make It water proof and rodent proof Can be Installed inside or outside building Most installations can be made without augei WILL DELIVER AND INSTALL ANYWHERE FOR FREE ESTIMATE CALL BETZ’S WELDING SERVICE 717-345-4854 Home: 717-345-3212 We Sell, Service & Install Bucket Elevators, Grain Angers, M-C Grain Dryers, Distributors, Pipes & Accessories.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers