Vol. 40, No. 8 40th Year

THREE PRESIDENTS CONFERPINPOINTING HIS FARM - in Bay county.

is Victor Lutz (right). president of the MichiganAssociation of Future Farmers of America. He isjoined by president Walter Wightman. (left) ofthe Michigan Farm Bureau. and by Marten Garn,president of Farm Bureau Services and chairmanof the Michigan Association of Farmer Cooper-atives.

Earlier. Lutz. whose parents. Mr. and Mrs.Rudolph Lutz. are active in the Bay County FarmBureau. (-brother Don served on the State FarmBureau Young People's Committee) had introduc-ed the 13 young-farmer members of the stateFF A Executive Committee. The occasion was a.joint meeting at Farm Bureau Center. Lansing. ofofficers and members of the Michigan Associationof Farmer Cooperatives and of the FF A officers

and ad visors.Purpose of the meeting was to acquaint Co-

operative Leaders with the Future Farmer pro-gram. and provide an opportunity for the youngfarmers to tell of Association activities.

Besides Lutz as president. the 1962-63 officersof the Michigan FF A Association and their Chap-ters include: Vice presidents Larry Bean. Plain-well: Karl Schmidt. Springport: James Nunn.Croswell-Lexington: William Byrum. Leslie: LeoMulholland. Lakeview: James Shoup. Mason Co.rJohn Willford. Gladwin and Roger Blomquist.Felch.

Other officers include Wilfred Smith. Ovid.Secretary: Gary Benjamin. Williamston, Treasur-er: Thomas Kempf. Fremont. Reporter: andRobert Barr. Yale. Sentinel.

Sept. 7

Foreign Trade Tour,••Workshop Planned

Port Co mi ion xt nd InvitationAn invitation to participate in a day-long "Foreign

Trade Tour" and workshop has been extended to theMichigan Farm Bureau by the Detroit-Wayne CountyPort Commission.

The invitation has been accepted, according toClarence E. Prentice, Secretary - Manager of theMichigan Farm Bureau, with the date of September7 set for examination of foreign trade activities andpossibilities originating in the Detroit Port area.

Coordinating arrangements is Noel Stuckman of. the Market - Development Division of the MichiganFarm Bureau.

Besides members of the board of directors and otherofficials representing the Michigan Farm: Bureau, theworkshop group is expected to include top Detroitcity and Port Commission officials, their staffs andrepresentatives of the press.

Farm Bureau officials feel that the tour is furtherevidence of farmers' growing prominence in the fieldsof foreign trade and recognition of the farm impacton world markets.

A tentative tour agenda includes a two-hour boattour of the Detroit Harbor riverfront to view har-bor and dock facilities, and a possible tour of one ofthe terminals. •

Charcoal-Broiled ·ChickellTHE MICHIGAN ALLIED

POULTRY INDUSTRIES willserve charcoal-broiled chickenduring the last four days of theIonia Free Fair. August 8-9-10-11.

Fairgoers are invited to lookfor the serving stand in a loca-

tion just east of the FloralBuilding. Volunteer help forthe project is donated by peo-ple of the poultry industry.-all proceeds go toward promot-ing poultry products in Mich-igan.

(See advertisement. page 5.)

,• ary to be elVote Urged

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Your Ballot, a Ba ic e pon ibility • • •All of the confusion concerning the Supreme

Court ruling on Senate reapportionment notwith-standing, Michigan voters are reminded that thePrimary Election will still be held. In it, voters maynot cast ballots for State Senators, but will vote on allother primary candidates who will appear in thegeneral electi november 7.

Those who fail to vote in the primary birk basicrespon ibilitie • All are ur to vote, and to helpoth r' to et 0 the pol •

HR 12391

Just AnotherFarm Bil

The House of Representa-Jives. by a vote of 229 to 163,has passed another version ofthe farm bill which has en-gendered little enthusiasm byeither party on Capitol Hill.

To some. it contains toomany con!rols.-too much regi-mentation. To others. not near-ly enough. In any event an ob-jective analysis would indicatethat it contains little new. lit-tle of real worth. and at bestis a remixing of the same oldingredients in different propor-tions. as went into the earlierrejected version.

What will become of the billwhen it reaches the Senate isanyone's guess - ranging fromcomplete rejection to attemptsto load it with amendmentscarrying the strict controlscontained in the Senate bill.

Dairy QuotasThe new farm bill. HR 12391

contains a dairy section thatpaves the way for a supply-management scheme completewith compulsory milk quotas.Although voluntary for thefirst year, the dairy sectionplainly opens the door by es-tablishing quotas for all dairyfarmers. It appears so de ignedthat the end result would beanother upswing in production,placing farmers in position torgovernment to point to highcost figure to support pleasfor tight controls.

Farm Bureau has been inopen opposition to the bill,which at best would be anothercostly attempt by governmentto fit a political program intoan economic situation.

Costs CitedThe bill extends the "emer-

gency" feed grain program foranother year, a program whichthe Administration called "en-tirely too costly" when it pro-posed its abandonment earlierin the session. Farm Bureaucontend that the originalanaly i was correct, pointingto figures that indicate a costto taxpayer of $3.30 per bush-el, for each bushel of surplusreduction received.

Why Any Bill?"Rather than have this kind

of bill become law, we strong-ly urge that no new farm legis-lation be passed this session,"Farm Bureau stated in testi-mony opposing the bill.

Were this allowed to happen,the Agricultural Act of 1958would go into effect for cornand other feed grains in 1963."If given opportunity to work.this program would be prefer-able to the costly and ineffec-tive 'emergency' feed grainprogr m,' F rm Bur u id.

AUGUST 1, 1962

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ASSOCIATE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL.-Dan E. Reed. ispictured as he appeared recently before county ResolutionsCommittee members in one of a series of meetings to high-light issues of farm importance,

The meetings. dealing with many phases of Farm Bureaupolicy development. have been well attended. (Turn to page3 for more pictures.)

Coordi at.1. [ame

LARRY EWING

MFB Regional Representa-ti ve Larry Ewing. has beenpromoted to the position of Co-ordinator with the Market-Devek oment Division of theMichig~n Farm Bureau, Lan-sing. according to DonaldMoore. Division manager.

Ewing v ho ha served asregional repre entative for thepast four year, will work pri-:marily in Ii e tock and fieldcrop activities. He will assumehi new title and duties August20.

Born and raised on a generalfarm in Marquette county,Ewing graduated from Mich-igan State Univ r ity in 1955with a degree in agriculturaleconomics.

National Potato OrderAdvanced by Freeman

To memb r1962ring ircus, - thdid r ally adjourn, -"invalidat d" t e t t

Constitutional on ntioniodic powd r-kegs.

co fu ion pr able to tusucce topping 11legi lature it incl d d:

s age of 45 important m ureFarm Bureau.ures that were e entua11y killed or

Unfini hed u

All 0 gh at ti esupreme, farmer wrecord of legisla iveyears. n t e tate

A majority of these issu swill confinue to be prime FarmBureau objectives and if pa tperformance is the criteria.will become law in future se -sions.

Teamwor KIt is obvious that work in

alon , the Michigan Farm Bu-r au legislative staff of threemen could not produce thekind of results consistentlyachieved. Further, thi past leg-i Iative ession found veter-an Legi I tiv Coun ·el StanleyPowell primarily involv d inth Con-Con wh I' he S rvedwith di tinction as a del gaton I a e of ab nee from Farm

ROY AL SEARCH.-AUhough finding the bestamong a half-million bees isn't easy. it becomesroutine work to George and Margaret S~idelman,Ionia County Farm Bureau members. They arshown s I cting th best qu n, h r wor rs nd

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About Farm BureaPeopleand Plac

KENTCongratulaJions to Donald

Jost. son ot F. B. member. NrRaymond Jost. Comstock Par.He was one of ten young peoplin the nation to receive a $300scholarship from the Instiof Food Technology and w·attend Michigan State Univer-sity this fall. He also receiy da $300 MSU Alumni Awarscholarship and a $100 JunioAchievement Award.

VAN BURENTyrrell Hughes. editor of the

VanBuren county F. B. ews,recently toured Washington,D. C. His impression of MountVernon: "It is a symbol of alost time,-a time when beautyand silence and God were lov-ed by man .... Stand in Wash-ington's garden,... contem-plate what he knew; ... thatman is helpless to create eventhe delicate depth of color thatis in just one petal of one flow-er "

JACKSONThe Jackson County Farm

Bureau suffered a great losswith the passing of Cecil Rain-ey of Horton. Mr. Rainey w afaithful member of Farm Bu-reau for many years. havingserved on various committees.community group activities.count board of directors anddelegate to the state conven-tion.

IRONCarol Kurtz of Buck Lake

has been chosen Iron CountyFarm Bureau beauty queenwith Donna Serena of GibbsCity as runner-up. Regionalcompetition amopg four coun-ties, (Iron, Houghton, Baragaand Menominee) will follow,with the winner competing fordistrict honors at the U. P.State Fair, August !1.3-19.

ST. CLAIRJohn Wi s mer of station

WHLS. Port Huron. acted as"MC" at a recent Freedommeeting sponsored by the PortHuron and Marysville Cham-bers of Commerce. the St. ClairCounty Medical Association.the Manufacturers' Associa-tion and the St. Clair CountyFarm Bureau. The 175 personsattending the gathering heardsuch subjects discussed as ourAmerican Heritage. the Medi-care bill and business climatein Michigan.

HILLSDALEWe salute Lester M. Rogers

of Camden, Michigan, ho.celebrated his 96th birthdayJuly 9. An active member ofthe Hillsdale County Farm Bu-reau for many years, Mr.Rogers was former publisherof the Camden Advance, (nowknown as the "Farmers Ad-vance"),-is still greatly inter-ested in national, state andlocal affairs. Mr. and Mrs.Rogers have been married 53years, have 3 children, 6 grand-children and 12 great grand-children.

UYouC n't B 0 C II otatoe""We intend to win." With these words, Agricul-

tural Secretary Freeman answered newsmen whoasked "what next? It following the defeat of his foodand farm control schemes tied to the farm bill.

Undaunted by the strong simple,-how can you be FORrebuff from turkey producers cull 7"who turned thumbs down on aproposed national turkey mar-keting order. USDA officialshave decided to resume hear-ings on a national mar ketingorder for potatoes. Hearing!iare to be in Denver, either"prior to September IS. orafter November 15/' accordingto the recommendations ofnational "potato AdvisoryCommittee."

To add palatability. the pro-posed order is built aroundprohibiting the marketing ofcull potatoe. As one grower

remarked, "th strategy is

Easier to foresee is how po-tato growers can be stronglyagainst such features of theorder as mandatory inspectionof all potatoes offered for mar-ket. with fees for such inspec-tion paid by the grower.

Other features of the propos-ed order call for grade labell-ing: a mandatory referendumevery three "ear, exemptionof all growers producing one-fourth acre of potatoes 91' less,and a maximum of a half-centp r hundredweight for "ad-mlnistative costs."

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Announcement of the forma-tion of the n 'Communi

rv c" 1 ur C mps nyha. been made by ile L. V 1'-

million, Admini trativ VicePresident for Farm BureauInsurance.

Vermillion stated that thenew facility would "create newdimensions in service for theFarm Bureau Insurance pro-gram in Mich' gan."

To meet changes in the n edsof members, the Board of Di-rectors approved organizationof the Community ServicCompany. This n w facilitywill make it possible to con-tinue to offer low auto ratefor safe driving members inFarm Bureau Mutual whileproviding in urance in theCommunity Service Companyfor tho e members who tem-porarily are unable to qualifyfor standard rates in theMutual Company.

"The new Community Serv-ice Insurance Company is anaffiliate of Farm Bureau Mu-tual," Mr. Vermillion said."Both companies w:ll advancethe purposes and benefits of .the present Farm Bureau autoinsurance program:'

u usr L 1962 MICHIGA

hoIn J ne, Congress threw out the first drastic pro-

I for farm hill of 1962.ou e of pr entatives in a bi-parti n

ion vot to "recommit" the bill to the Housegriculture CommittA ome wrongly upposed, this has not been

th nd of the matter.The pot was ups t, but pow r-pushers quickly't it upright an beg n spooning ingredient for

ano h r me s. h n, to get it back on the Con-r s ional fire.

What about farmer - opinion? Is there any sup-port for Fed ral Supports?

armers h ve come to realize that governmentupp rt programs contain a constant threat both toh ir living incomes and to their rights to manage

th ir own op rations. The supports have continu-ally stimul t d th accumulation of bin-busting sur-plus s. These surpluses give politicians a platformfrom which to shout, "Farmers must accept con-trols to cut the costs to the public '" Repeatedly, thismusic goe round and round, year after year, and itco out th reo

Who i it that really claps hands at the idea ofontinued high supports and welcome the ur-

plu e ?It is the Billie Sol Estes' - those who own and

operate vast grain storage facilities and get fat gov-ernment checks in payment for storage of govern-ment grain. This is a lucrative "gravy train," andthey do not want to see the end of a "good thing."

Had the fir t "Omnibus" Farm Bill of 1962pa sed, it could have been the big livestock produ-c r - the "integrated" operators. Under that bill,the Secret ry of Agriculture could have dumpedva t quantitie of wheat and feed grains on them rket t below the going price.

But the average grain farmer would not only gobroke because of a ruined market price on his prod-u t, h would be squeezed out of business in anyplan to fe d his own grain to livestock on the farm.

rely doe the average, independent farmerenefit long or greatly from government supportro r ms, He faces enforced cut-backs on his pro-

tion, while his inve tment cost continue to rise,i prod ction costs mount, and inflation under-i e t e value of the dollars he receives. His liv-

ing income hrinks rather than grows.,th bigg st benefits of supports go to

nd-holders with heavy production allotments.v r farmer t nds to lose more than he

ain in earning or freedoms.hen th fir t f rm bill of 1962 was beforet e av rage American farmer flooded

II with protests. With the defeati job i not done. He now knows

u b wry. T Food and Farmer Con-f 19 2 I id he track along which some·nt nd to h ve t e government farm pro-in h fut r • D. K.

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sary, was it well-timed?"

But the fact is that the high-est court in the state has ruled,and its judgment is the law ofthe state until or unless it isreversed by the higher author-ity of the U. S. supreme court.And here it is noteworthy toobserve that the federal courthas yet to rule on an actualcase of legislative apportion-ment.

Because of this fact, and re-gardless of impassioned oratoryand in ecfive. an emergency ofthe gravest order confronts thestate. lis legislature must turnimmediately to the mailer offinding an acceptable appor-tionment proposal to preventthe choas which would resultfrom an at-large election of

ichigan senators.

This, Justice Kavanaugh hasexplained, is the alternativepresented by the court's ruling.Should alternative becomefact, the probable outlookwould be election of all of thestate's 32 senators from thosefour counties which contain4.1 million of the state's 7.8million people.

While it found no reasonable

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b~sis for the 1952 constitutionalapportionment plan, the highcourt did provide in its judg-ment some slight leeway fordrawing new senate districts.Despite its primary ruling infavor of strict population ap-portionment, the majority opin-ion noted that a population dis-parity between disfricts of asmuch as two-io-one would bereasonable on the basis of pre-vious Michigan court cases.

Underlaying legislative pre-parations for emergency actionis the apportionment proposalprobably to be offered as apart of the proposed new Mich-igan constitution.

On the basis of this decisionit 1s resonable to believe thatcertain other provisions of theproposed new state constitutioncould be declared unconstitu-tional by a politically-mindedsupreme court.

If future decisions of thisbody are based on poll tics in-stead of law, then Michiganmay well consider itself on theroad to chaos.

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of self-determination and dele-gates it instead to the superauthority of the vast, ponder-ous and remote federal govern-ment.

Equally grave, there is rea-son to deplore the court's pre-cipitous action when fradifion-ally this high tribunal has pro-ceeded with judicial restraint,eve on the most pressing of is-sues. In the past the court ineffect has said: "The Supremecourt cannot be allowed tmake declsions while undpressure:'

And yet there has been aseemingly unjudicial haste inthis matter of apportionment, aprecipitate action which hawrested from the people an op-portunity to expre againth ir vi ws through a 0 e Ollthe apportionment proposal tobe ubmitted by the constitu-tional convention.

This hasty action came when'a law approved overwhelming-ly by the people was in effect,a law that had stood for 10years. If came when the peoplewere preparing to vote for apossible change in that law.The question must be: "Wasthis action wise, was it neces-

Fee Increase Siri kenThe financially hard-pressed

Legislature overlooked a betwhen it permitted H. 644, in-troduc d by Rep. Arnell Eng-strom, Traverse City, for theHouse Ways and Means Com-mittee, (of which he is Chair-man) to/die in the Senate Com-mittee on Appropriations.

This measure would have in-creased the fees charged forregistration of economic poisonformulations. At present, theannual charge to a manufac-turer is $5.00 for the first tenformulations and $2.00 eachthereafter.

The bill proposed to raisethis registration fee to $20.00per formulation, which is thefee now charged feed and fer-tilizer manufacturer. -Thesefees help d to build the Depart-ment of Agriculture testinglaboratory, one of the mostmodern in the United States.The laboratory is not beingu ed to it fullest extent be-cause it has not been fullyequipp d or staffed and littletesting is done on economicpoisons because the f es simplyare inadequate.

In discussing fh bill, Repre-sentativ Charles J. Davis, ofthe 2nd District of InghamCounty, a dairyman and VicePresident of the McDonald Co-operative Dairy, pointed outthe importance of knowing thatthe contents 9f the economicpoison package actually corres-pond to the ingredients listedon the label.

He referred to shipments ofmilk in interstate commercewhere even a trace of certainspray or dust chemicals hadcaused the confiscation of theentire shipment.

11 I opposed by-cultural chemical

lac:NI~••n and d!rib r

Laboratory testing of the com-plicated chemical formulationsof today's economic poisonstakes a great deal of time andis costly.

In other States, where rea-sonably adequate testing pro-grams are in effect, publishedreports show that samplesfrom 10-20% of the packagesdid not conform to the label.

Farm Bureau supported themeasure.

Throw-Awaylies

Throw - away bottles andother liUer cost Michigan tax-payers nearly $1,000 per dayduring 1961 on State highwaysalone, according to the StateHighway Department.

Not counting the cost of traf-fic accidents and damage tohighway maintenance equip-ment attributable to litter, theDepartment spent $322,000 toclean up litter on State trunk-lines in 1961.

Sampllngs of contents ofclean - up trucks working onhighways indicate that half ormore of the refuse is beer bot-tles, beer cans and cartons.Throw-away bottles are espe-cially numerous, probably be-cause they have no value forreturn.

MCCOAL"Michigan Citizens' Council

on Agricultural Labor," a vol-untary organization of repre-sentative" of farm, labor,church and social aid groups,is moving to draw togetherfact regarding farm labor inour State.

MCCOAL has asked Gover-nor Swainson to request theco-operation of the various a-gencies of State governmentwhich are concerned withproblems and programs involv-ing Mexican labor and in-stateand out-state dome tic workers.

Michigan ranks third amongthe States in the number ofjobs it provides for f rm ork-

Go ernrnetit Can t Farm.The forty year old Republican

candidate for Governor of Texassay, "The great majority ofAmericans are Conservative. Thegreat majority put conservationof liberty above all other politicalvalues. "Why then, he asks, is the Walter Wightman

Government not conservative? What is the explan-ation for the fact that the National government andmost State governments do not reflect the over-whelming desire on the part of the American peo-ple to preserve their liberty?

He continues, "There i a trend in the UnitedStates today for the people to forget the power theyhave in controlling government, and leave politicsto the politicians. This trend doe not mean thatthe people do not still have the power. It simplymeans they are not exercising it."

This business of leaving politics to the politicanscan easily be one of the greatest evils in our sys-tem. Most of the great, movements in history hadtheir beginnings at the grass root' s level. The mostcarefully prepared political programs, and the bestorganized political pressure to legislate those pro-grams into law have gone to ignominious defeatwhen public opinion became aroused.

The best example of this is the recent defeat ofthe Administration's Farm Bill in Washington.

We have never seen such organized pressure putinto action as was done in this particular instance.The Administration had the machine so well or-

,ganized that they were sure they were going towin. They even brought the Postal Department in-to he act. Writing a newsletter to his constituents,a New York Representative said,

"During the past year and a half I have fre-quently stated that one of the most enjoyableaspects of this job has been the lack f politicalpressure from the Administration seeking votes inone direction or the other. Things have changed."He told of receiving phone calls and a visit froma Post Office Department Aide who didn't want totalk about the eight new applications for post of-fices in this district which were pending. He want-ed to talk about the Farm Bill.

He concluded, "The arm aches this week, but thevoice is still loud and clear."

However, in spite of all this, the Farm Bill wasdefeated. Probably it was defeated for one reasononly and that was the almost universal ground swellof opposition from the grass roots to its applicationto farm business. The results so far indicate thatthe present administration has been successful inits legislative programs only when they have beenapproved by a majority of the voting public. Inother words, efforts to force legislation against thewill of the people have failed.

. Agriculture, taken in its entirety, is the largestbusiness interest in the United States, and if we de-termine not to leave politics to the politicans, but totake an active interest in them ourselves, we canmaterially aid in the wave of conservatism that isspreading over the country.'

Farmers are one of the largest really conservativegroups that are .left. Educational institutions as agroup are not. Churches as a group apparently arenot, judging by their frequent pronouncements atleast by the National.Council of Churches. Labororganizations are not conservative, and even Indus-try has not stood as strong against the wave of so-cialism as Agriculture and Agricultural Industryhas. This does not mean, however, that we don'thave substantial numbers of friends in all of thesegroups who are as concerned about the trend of thetimes as we are.

So it behooves us as patriotic citizens of thisgreat country established upon the basic principlesof freedom to keep everlastingly working in orderto preserve it.

We have all heard too many people say that pol-itics are rotten and you can't do anything about it."Anyhow I only have one vote, so what is theuse?", they say. Every human being is endowedwith many God-given rights. One of these is theright to choose. If we persist in sitting idly byand let somebody else do our hoosing for us therecan be only one conclusion. The end result willbe that we will lose our freedom of choice and beregimented into a Federal program that will affectevery segment of the economy with all the decisionsmade in Washington, D.C.

The Farm Journal in a recent issue bserves that:"For thirty year e United State government hatried to reduce farm output to certain goals and hafailed. 0 for y year the u i governmentha tried to rai e farm output to certain goal and

f i ed, f r long ( ugg Farm Journal)Y e e go ernment c

(Repr1nted from theState Journal, Lansing)

In a historic decision, fhtate supreme court ruled that

the people of Michigan are nolonger in control of their poli-tical destiny-that they may nolonger design the machinery oftheir own self -government.

By overturning a ystem ofsenate apportionment s I ct dby a 1,269,807to 975,518vote ofth p ople in 1952, the tate'shi h court ha d ere d that notv n a majority of the p opla

may a ign any factor to I gi -I tive apport! nm nt oth I'

than th strict 1ule of popula-tion.

This decision, which came bya four-to-three vote along strictparty lines, could place controlof both the senate and thehouse of representatives in thefour most populous counties ofthe state - Wayne, Oakland,Macomb and Genesee.

In the d ci ion, the fourD mocratic prevailing justicesfound that the 14th amend-m nt of the United Stat Con-stitution mu t be applied lit r-ally to the Michigan legi lativcproce s. They bas d th ir deci-ion on the t h ory that th fed-

eral con titution providesqual protection for all per n

-in this case equal votes.

And yet, the same fed ralconstitution provides for aUnited States senate whichgives the same two senatorialseats to sparsely populated Ne-vada or Utah as it does toheavily populated New Yorkstate.

If the judgment of the Mich-igan justices is correct, are wenow faced with the prospect ofa federal senate in violation ofthe constitution? Was it not, infact, the pecific and specialintent of our nation's foundersthat the ba ic difference in theelection of m mbers of theenate and the house was a

necessary and vital safeguardto equal representation of areaas well as population density?

Should this judgment pre-vall, we in Michigan will find alegislature where one house be-comes a mirror image of theother-in effect, almost, a uni-cameral system. And that hasbeen found highly undesirable.and ineffective.

This decision represents, too,a further subjugation of thestate's legislative process torules which the justices ap-parently find outlined by thefederal con titution. It removesfrom the state another measure

FARM BUREA'E.~

L gi iv Thought and Comme IBy Dan E. Reed

Associate Legislative Counsel

Why 01 a Farmer?For many years Farm Bureau

urged Governor Williams and,

ichigan Farm BureauPr Id nt w. W. Wightman •

Fennvlll , R-2V.-Pr . . Dal Dunckel

Villiamston, R-3Bee'y- gr C. E. Pr ntlce, Ok mo.

DIRECTORS BY DISTRICTS1- K.Hood Paw Paw, R-t2- Ilbur H. mlth, Burlington, R-l3- 11n F. Ru h....Lake Orion, R·2f-Elton H. mlth ....Caledonia, R-t6-Dale Dunck 1- Ullam ton, R-t6- ard G. Hodge .....•..Snover, R-l7-Guy C. Fre born Hart, R-l8-Lloyd ShankeI... Wheeler, H-t'-Eu ne Rob rts Lak6 City, -1

1 :.lug ne De atto, W. Branch, R-'11- dmuncJ er....•..._._. tepb.o D

DIRECTORS AT LARQH rbert FI rke................ aglnaw, R-'Dean Pridgeon Montgomery, R-l

alter W!&'btman Fennvlll e, R~JRepree.nUna

WO EN OF FARM 8U I!AU. Arthur Mulr .Grant, R-I

RepreaentlncU EAU YOU Q ~EOPL.u.._.__eu.opoll R-t

more recently, Go vel' norSwainson that a farmer benamed to the seven-memberConservation Commission.

Just a few months ago, Pres-ident Walter Wightman repeat-ed this request to GovernorSwainson, but without result.

With another vacancy nowto be filled, it is rumored thatthe Governor will again passby farmers, who provide theland on which Michigansportsmen depend for much oftheir hunting pleasure.

Far mer s have workedthrough Farm Bureau to im-prove farmer - hunter under-standing. Campaigns of "Askthe Farmer First" have urgedfarmers to welcome sportsmenas guests on their farms to en-Joy the hunting privileges.

C rta nly, omewhere theremust be a Michigan farmerwho can meet the standardswhich the Governor sets for anppointment to the Conserva-

tion Commission. f "

THltEEMICHIGAN FARM NEWS August 1. 1962 derFarm BureauPublic Would BenefitFrom Meat Inspection

Among bills which died in committee during therecent· session of the Legislature was H. 65, whichwould have provided for licensing of slaughterhousesand state-wide meat inspection. Since 1906, meatpacking plants which ship meat or meat products ininterstate commerce have had Federal inspection.The purpose is to protect the public by making abso-lutely certain that meat and meat products are clean,healthful and free from disease.

1944, it as kno n as thBoard of Man gers of thMichigan State Fair.

In 1956 the law was r vis dgiving this Board year aroundcontrol of the Fairgrounds ndits facilities and changing thename to the "State Fair Com-mission-" Under the new lawthe name has again b nchanged to the "State Fair u-thority:'

Se eonlot ort ntCommitte s

Two Michigan Farm Bureaustaff members,-Stanley Pow-ell and Dan R ed, both of thePublic Affairs Division, haveplayed an important part instrengthening the MichiganState Fair. The fair opens atDetroit the evening of Friday,August 24, closes on LaborDay, September 3,-and prom-ises to be "bigger and betterthan ever."

Fair LocationThe State fairgrounds con-

sists of 164 acr s locat d at theintersection of Woodward Av-enue and 8-Mile Road innorthwest Detroit. It has alarge number of valuabl andsuitable buildings, althoughthey are in need of consider-able repair and additionalfacilities would help make aneven better fair than is nowpossible.

The dat s for fhigan State Fair havanced one week.

STANLEY POWELL.-is caught by the photographer as hepolishes the horns of a prize herd bull which headed his Ingle-side Farm Exhibit of Milking Shorthorn cattle at the MichiganState Fair. Powell has exhibited cattle continuously for thepast 36 years. His herd has won the Premier Breeder andPremier Exhibitor awards many times at the Michigan State Fair.

Last fall Governor Swainsonappointed Dan Reed to theMichigan State FairgroundsDevelopment Commission, tohelp study and recommend along-range program and to in-crease use of and make im-provements in the State Fair-grounds.

That Commission developedSenate bill 1403, providing fora State Fair Authority whichwould be empowered to i suerevenue bonds for financingcapital improvements. The

Under the new plan all rev-enue from the fair and therental and leasing of St teFair facilities will b retainedby the fair management andwill be available for improve-ments and expansion. Hereto-fore, all such revenues have re-verted to the State's GeneralFund.

Some of the new buildings

Already ntrihave flooded th Stat F iroffice and there is v ry indi-cation that there will' be c p -city exhibits of horses, be fand dai ry cattle, sh p, sineand poultry as w 11 agricul-tural and horficultur 1 pod-ucts and home art , not to men-tion the Junior Show.

Powell is "Dean"bonds would be based on long-'time leases for the facilities.

Stanley M. Powell, Legisla-tive Counsel of the MichiganFarm Bureau, is the dean ofthe Governing Board of theState Fair. When he was firstappointed to this position in

The Michigan Farm Bureausupported S. 1403 and it wasenacted by the Legislature andapproved recently by the Gov-ernor and is now in effect.

County Resolutions Co mittees MeetMICHIGAN FARM BUREAU POLICY-urges enactment

of legislation to provide for inspection by the Michigan Depart-ment of Agriculture of those meat animals slaughtered in the statewhich are not unde Federal inspection. "Farmers slaughter-ing or having slaughtered livestock and poultry for their ownuse should be exempt," the policy states.

be inspected more than onceif the packer wishes to shipinto different inspection juris-dictions.

31 States Have LawsMeat inspection has een

recognized as a benefit andprotection for the public, andFederal statutes specify thatthe cost of the inspection shallbe borne by taxpayers. Thisservice, rendered by the De-partment of Agriculture, pre-sently costs about $28 millionannually.

Thirty-one States have meatinspection laws covering meatprocessed and marketed with-in the State. In most cases, asingle State inspection permitspackers to ship meat from one'area of the State to anotherwithout restriction.

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Inspection NeededH. 65 would have provided

for a unified inspection pro-gram' which would permitMichigan packers to competefor markets throughout theState. It would assure that allmeat sold and consumed in"Michigan would be inspected,both before slaughter and afterslaughter. It is estimated thata unified meat inspection pro-gram would add about 1/10 ofa cent per pound to the cost ofmeat to the consumer.

Both the licensing of slaugh-terhouses and a unified inspec-tion of meat have been sup-ported by Farm Bureau as be-ing necessary to a healthy,growing livestock industry inMichigan.

"We urge that legislation beenacted provoding for antemortem and post mortem in-spection by the Michigan De-padment of Agriculture ofthose meat animals slaughteredin Michigan which are not un-der Federal inspection," saidMFB convention del ega t e s,

NEAR NEIGHBORS-find time to visit priorto a meeting for Resolutions Committee members.Later, talk of crops and weather turned to suchpolicy discussions as taxes, the proposed Consti-tuhon and'similar state and national issues. Pic-Michigan, seventh in popula-

tion among the States, does nothave a State meat inspectionprogram. Inspection in ourState is carried on under localgovernment authorization.Various Michigan cities andcounties have local inspectionand licensing programs whichresult in confusion and dupli-cation of inspections in someareas while in other areas ofthe State there is no meat in-spection at all.

It is estimated that 20·25%of the meat sold and consumedin our State is not inspected.In other situations, meat may

District Policy Development HeldeetingREGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE,-Royal Call,

(standing) chats with County Farm Bureau offi-cers and Resolutions Committee members priorto the formal part of the Policy Developmentmeeting for the 5th district. Top attendance wasnoted in the series of ten meetings held in Julyfor all parts of the lower Peninsula.

Farm Bureau's exceptional sucess in recentlegislative work was lauded but measures still

to be enacted were marked for. further work.Pictured are, (left to right) Fred Ruthig, Pres.Ingham Co. Farm Bureau: Clarence Manning,Clinton County resolutions committee: RoyalCall, MFB: Melvin ,Anderson, Eaton countyresolutions committee and Howard Bentley, Gen-esee resolutions committee. Final meetings inthe series will be held in the Upper Peninsulaon the dates of August 22 and 23.

WORK NOW TOWARD RESOLUTIONSCommunity Farm Bureau groups should be at work now on

expressions of opinion to be presented to their County Farm Bu-reau organizations as the basis for official resolutions.

4Thfs Is !lot; and untler no etrmnmitallC88 fs It to be CODst!'CIe4a an offering of these debentures and/or stock for sale, or aa a

olicltation of offers to buy any such debentures an4l0l: .tack. ~.e>t!erlDg ia made onl¥ "7 the prOQectws.

"Our tilt-up concrete dairy buildingcost only $1.17 per square fooll"says IVO GOETTEMOELLER, St. Henry, OhioFarm Bureau Se lees, Inc•.

"Concrete, in my opinion, is tho b st ma-terial for farm construction. By using thetilt-up system, I built my loose housingdairy barn in durable c mcrcte for nly$1. 7 p r squar foot. A d that inc1ud dthe la or! 0 ot r mat rial could give mea building like this at such low cost."

With modern tilt-up concr to, walls startout like floors-forme and cast right onthe floor. A simple rig and a farm tractortilt them into place. Solid concrete wallsgive real prot ction to animals and ma-chinery. You have no worries about fire,rodents, or weatl or-no probl ms with rustor rot. 0 painting or other costly upk pis needed. Write for free booklet on tilt-upconstruction. (U.S. and Canada only.)Precast concrete barrel shells over oloradocattle pen portray the looli of the future.Many of tomorrow's farm..structures will beprecast in parts, hauled to the job and erectedwithin the day.

$1,500,000 Serles 'A •••••• '$ 15.y.ar.Debentures (Issue of 19(1). ,;

• $500,000 Sertes IIA" •••••• Selection Maturity•. Debenture with Craduated Interest.

• 250,000 shares Crass "A" Preferred Stock, parvalue ••.•••• $10.00 er har

The purpose of these issue , to provide additionalworking capital, to modernize eXisting facilities andto acquire new facilitie of and by Farm Bureau

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~e Issues and the rarm 13ureal1servt : Ine. are fully ascrtbed in the prospectus dated Novemb~ ao, 1861. The pro-~ectus is the basis for all sales.

J'OR A COpy OF THE PROSPECTUS, AND A CALL BY ALICENSED SALESMAN, :f~ FILL IH AND lr1AII. ~m;COWON BELOW.

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That' one res on why your tele-phone i so important. othing beats

the spe d and convenience of a phonecall for keeping you up to dat , or forordering equipment or supplies. .

Think of the time and trips yourtelephone has saved you during thelast couple of week. othing in yourwhole budget gives you 0 muchservice and value at uch a low co t,

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r c or of Di trict 8, has an extra "hired hand" forp rt of August. Mr. Hiroyuki Nishimura fromJ pan will stay at the Shank I farm near Wheeler,Michigan, until h begin the fall term at MichiganStat niv rsity.

Th Cou cil on Economic nd Cultural Affair ,establi ed y John D. Rockefeller, is sponsoringMr. ishim a' tay in this country.

"The fellow will expect to live on the farm asthough he were the farm r's son, - not as a guest,- and will do the best he can to help with the workof the farm . . . . " the Council said in making prep-aration for his visit here.

Orange are one of the principal cash crops inthe region of Japan where Mr. Nishimura lives. Hha recently completed a farm management studyof a group of the e farms.

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G N E -Whit Wheat, a high yielding beardless variety withbrown chaff and white traw. A quality wheat which is winter hardy.

U -Red Wheat of the soft variety with fairly stiff straw. Ex-" nt yield r cord in Michigan. Resi tant to Hessian Fly.

-Red Wheat thr tire i tant to Hessian Fly. A softwhite chaff. Matures early and

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Many F. • Member monThose to Visit urope

By DONNA WILBER

A 'goodwill mi sion" dedicated to improving re •tions and understanding between America and thepeople of Eastern and Western Europe will be under-taken by a group of 39 Michigan gricultural leaderin September. A majority of the group scheduledto part' cipate in the tour are Farm Bureau member •

Among the prominent farmers who will participatein the three-week tour are Allen Rush, member ofthe ichigan Farm Bureau board of directors, andFrank Merriman, Saniiac county farm leader andmember of the board of Trustees, Michigan StateUniversity.

Leaving Lansing September8 and returning September 30.the M' chigan delegation of the"People-to-People" project will-visit the farms and cities ofBelgium. Hun gar Y» SovietUnion. Poland. Germany andFrance.

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Delegation host-leader. B.Dale Ball, Deputy Director ofthe Michigan Departm nt ofAgriculture, states, "It is anopportunity for Michi an agri-cultural leaders to expresstheir b li f in democracy, tocombat communist propagan-da and to tell the importantstory of the 'American Way ofLife.' "

During their stay in Moscow.capital city of the Soviet Union,the delegation will visit thUSSR Agricultural Exhibitionand meet with sev ral Russianand United States Emba syagriculture officials. Time willalso be spent on sight eeingexcursions throughout the city,the highlight of which will ba tour of the famous Kremlinand the Lenin-Stalin Mausol-eum.

A tour of Hungarian agricul~tural enterprises in Budapestwill also give the group a lookat life behind the "Iron Cur-tain." They will attend a "Wel-come to Hungary" dinner partywith government officials andagricultural representatives.Warsaw, Berlin and Paris areamong other scheduled stopson the tour.

Tour RosterFarm leaders participating in

the mission are (by county):Fred Collier, Allegan; Homer J.Becker, Lloyd Gaskill, Barry,Harry Nye, Charle Zollar,Berrien; Oliver Angell, MerleH. Green, Clinton; George Mil-ler, Eaton; Christian JensenEmmet; Charles H. Coy, H. W.Miller, Hillsdale; B. Dale Ball,James D. Ball, Dwight Ballard,Howard J. Cook and HughOe terle, Ingham.

Oth r include: Howard HallMorris Whitney, Jackson:Raymond Alpers, John Cosgrove, Oswald Herkner, North-'west Michigan; Alfred Goldner,Stuart Hutchins, Allen Ru h,Oakland; Harold Braeutigam,Saginaw; Frank Merriman,Sanilac; Robert Johnson, St.Clair; Harold Blaylock, EdgarMantey, Alton Reavey, Tus-cola; Harold Sill, Everett Wiles,Jonathon Woodman, Wm. Bur-nette, Alfred Hope, Van Buren;Albert Gall, Neil Nixon, LloydSteiner, Washtenaw; and G. T.

McCarty, Wayne county.

Yorkshireman Visits

NEVILLE STONE,-young farmer from Yorkshire. England.spent part of a recent day in offices of the Michigan Farm Bu-reau. Marketing methods were of special interest to Stone.(right) pictured in animated conversation with Robert Braden.Field Services Director for the icnigan Cooperative Agricul-tural Marketing Association (MACMA).

ket, where through lowered in-ternal trade barriers. a group ofnations will provide sharp com-petition in international trad •

When chided about stronggov rnment control of agricul-ture and most other industries,Stone answered back with alogic d~fficult to answer. 'True,our railroads are an economicmess, (they're nationalized)-but so are your~, and one thing,. .. we don't have u eless"firemen" ridin along on ourdies I locomotives just to ere-ate ~nother job . . . "

Flow 1armers in the York-shire area sponsored his trip toAmerica as part of a long-timeinternational search for betterfarming .dea and as an exer-ci e in international under-standing,

The mission. privately spon-sored and organized by thePeople-to-People Travel Pro-gram, will implement the aimsand purposes of the UnitedStates Cultural Visitation Ex-change Program and the Peo-ple-to-People Foundation.

First stop will be at Brussels,Belgium, - Western Europe'scapital for the European Com-mon Market. The farm dele-gation will receive a briefingon the objectives and relation-ships of the European Com-mon Market to American for-eign trade.

Cllp1t::ain Vi itAt Kiev. capital of the Soviet

Ukraine. the "bread-basket forall the Soviet Union" - thegroup will be guests of farmmanagers and governmentagriculture officials as theyvisit some of the largest grainand general-purpose farms inthe Soviet Union, A full daywill be spent visiting collectiveand state general purposefarms in Kharkov, providing anon-the-spot survey of how aSoviet farm is managed andworked.

"1 chose to visit the UnitedStates because we have somuch in common," reports N e-ville Stone, youthful Englishfarmer who has spent severalmonths touring farming regionsof this country. "In some thingsyou're ahead of us.v-some be-hind, but in the main we'reon th same paths," he said.

Stone seemed surprised thatMichigan f&rmers wer notal rmed at development with-

Euro n Common Mar-

His report indicates that theEuropean market for consumerfood products is growing, withincreased purchasing powerand desire for better and moreconvenient foods one of the im-portant factors.

"This growing market willnot be served to the UnitedStates or any other exportcountry on a 'silver platter,' "xplain Vand r Meulen, who

adds that good, sound mer-chandising and salesmanshipprograms are e sential for en-tering and maintaining suchmarkets.

Many other counJries look-ing to Europe with an "eagereye" are developing extensivemarketing programs of theirown. On many of the impor-tant food items, the UnitedStates no longer has the ex-elusive on products and qual-ity. he pointed out.

"Competition andProfit"

"The European market is acompetitive one and it is essen-tial that we recognize this fact,-then consider the fundament-al procedures for developing amarketing program under suchconditions," he said.

Vander Meulen explainedthat although it is a competi-tive market, it is also a profit-able market,-profitable whenconsidering the sales on its ownmerit and the effect the salesmay have on the domesticmarket.

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":Most European buyers areIrit rna ional traders with con-siderable xp rience in the art

rna k ting," said Vanderulen "with a knowledge of

I c I, U.S. and world prices.Th very fact that many Euro-.p an countries must procure av ry high percent of theirj( od and fibre from world.' ur es makes it paramount1J at th y know world mar-k t " he added.

~ccording to Vander Meulen.))\"indpal European importersInclude "import merchants"-n~os who buy from .exportersa d sell to the wholesale tradea d manufacturers. "import~holesalers"-who buy fromxporters and sell primarily to

t1\e retail trade. and "importb okers·'-people who sell inb half of exporters to manufac-t\Jrers and wholesalers. .

Rapid MarketChanges

"The European market. espe-ci lly in food distribution, ischan ing rapidly with super-markets and self-service storesb coming the new pattern offood. distribution," he said."Many of the so-called 'oldstablished' importers are

qui e concerned about this fooddi tribution evolution. It willb necessary for farmers to

evaluate carefully the channelof di tribu .on and hangestakin place in the procure-m nt and di tribution of food."

Many large U.S. firms. suchas Campbell Soup. Libbys.Hunt. Cal-Pak, Sunkist andBirds-Eye, are well establi hedin Europe and some have pro-cessing and distribution plantsthere.

"There is increased tradingbetween Eastern and WesternEurop ," Vander Meulen ex-plain d. "Ea tern traders(which are in most cases gov-ernm nt) price to sell. Thequality of their products hasbeen up-graded in recent yearsand is well received by West-er n trade. Western Europeanbuyers are finding it very easyto trade with the satellitecountrie and when complaintsarise they are usually resolvedin favor of the buyer," he said.

"European consumers aresomewha.t more conservativethan those of the United Statesand slow to change," said Van-der Meulen. "and for this rea-son, it may be more difficult toestablish a marketing programon a new product:' He explain-ed that Europeans are apt to"buy and eat with their eyes"and that color of product, pack-age and label are very impor-tant.

Vander Meulen points outthat Europe today, with asound economy and gold re-serves is demanding bettertrading terms and is getting it."We in the United States mustrecognize this important factorand meet our competitors onthe same or better tradingbasis," he said.

rimage of prestige in merchan-dising a product from theU.S.A.

"The European market.-country by country. and com-modity by commodity.-hascertain marketing preference,"said Vander Meulen. "and thevery nature 01 the market. withits t ading barriers. marketingsystems. product preferencesand others. makes it essentialto know each market for de-veloping a satisfactory m r-chandising program:'

In view of the Europeanmarket situation, it is essentialfor the suppliers to visit theEuropean markets as soon aspossible, Vander Meulen feels.He invites them to take advan-tage of the Rotterdam office asa "home away from home."

Vander Meulen pointed outthe importance of suppliers andthe Farm Bureau Trade Devel-opment Corporation being onthe same marketing "wavelength •• for the best perform-ance. "Ii will require an under-standing of objectives. prob-

.Jems and opportunities Where-by. as a team. we will be ableto all go in the same directionat the same time:'

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; We Must Remember I! Those who 'hope to take ad-I~ vantage of European trade ~: must remember that Europe ~§ is not ONE market. it is sev- §~ eral very complex markets. In ~~ the near future. a "United ~~ States of Europe" may emerge_~ to change the picture still ~= more. I

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lJistric:t officers and commit-t members elected include:Chairman, Ray Thomas, An-It 111 County; Vice Chairman,D rwin Norman, Osceola; Exe-C\.l.tive Committee member,a rdon Turnquist, Traverse;01 er committeemen include;K nneih Zwderveen. Missau-k e: St ve Smreker, Wexford;Charles Yonker. Leelanau;E J1e t Lemponen, Manistee.ahd J)arrell Fuller, Kalkaska.

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BURON COUNTY, East andW - entertained urbanft <is t a pot-luck luncheon,f turing a program by the1\1 c Igan Diabetes Association.LAP ER women toured theLl r State Home and Train-in ch 01 following a lunch-eo at the Center Building.

ILAC held a meeting onCiv' Defense with Sheriffa . ~ Hoffman as speakerahd "no her on Medicare withDf'. McCree. ST. CLAIR Wo-m JI belUd Miss Vera Andrus,C~J1· Con delegate. tell of thech 981 that are made in thep~ posed new Constitution.

Michigan Products in EuropeEVART VANDER MEULEN.-(left) Assistant Managing

Director of the Farm Bureau Trade Development Corporation.visits with Paul FIndlen, Assistant Agricultural Attache forthe United States Trade Center. London. The topic? Mich-igan beans and cherries in foreign trade.

Sales PromotionPlanned

A "program of visits" to es-tablish sales contacts in Lon-don, Frankfurt. Hamburg. Co-penhagen and Stockholm. hasbeen planned by the Trade De-velopment Corporation of theAmerican Farm Bureau. duringthe month of October.

The international sales effortwill center in seventeen days ofthe month, October 3-21. Tak-ing part will be representativesof agricultural firms underagreement with the Farm Bu-reau affiliate. Invitations in-clude five Michigan firms •

A special sales promotionevent is to be arranged at theUnited States Trade Center.London. for display of farmproducts offered on world mar-kets.

Meet specific trace mineraition and proflU

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Contains 'balanced levels of air necessary minerals, InclUding 100times the zinc ordinarily found In all purpose trace mineralized salt.Protects 8aalnst costly paralwatoiil, and promote$ faster aains In allhealthy or deficient swine.Specialized Poultry FormulaH ROY UL Y rHas three tim•• the manp.,.. and 60 times the zinc found In If,.purpose salts, .nd the necessary amounts of iodine, and other trQlemen needed for productive poultry.

Cet low-cost maximum gains and production from your nlmals with Ha.,.,Specialized Trace Mineral Its. Get complete Information nel f, ding planstodayl Write to •••

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jaIling •••: Tel~x, th~ fast growing dial-di eel method of writing mes- §

'sages. IS an Important means of e mmunlcation. between U. s. ~farmers and world traders in the llotterdam office of Farm Bu- ~reau's Trade Development CorporaHoll. ~. Through Telex. one dials direct 10 buyers or suppliers, get- ~

ling through to anyone on the netwl1rk in about 8 seconds. There ~. is no ~i~i~~~ charge for this "$alk.in-w1'iting" _ with only ~

actual wire hme charged users. ~The method offers all of the acl"antages of instanJaneous ~

communication plus the accuracy 01 a wriUen message. The Rot- ~terdam office has telex no. 22074 -- Qsecl quite extensively for ~European communications. 2

Eventual.ly it is visualized that <iirect written communication!may be possible be~ween the Trad O:Uice and most major U. S. §

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'g producers present at theD"-strict 7 meeting, chaired byA' ur Glidden, GrandT BV rs Extension Director.

In historic action that speakswell for the future, egg pro-ducers in the northwesternarea of lower Michigan bandedtogether to organize the "Dis-trict 7 Egg Producers Commit-tee" in the latter part of June.

This group became the firstdistrict of what planners indi-cate will become ten such dis-tricts organized over the state.. Raymond DeWitt. Executive

.Julr 27

HoI teinShow Held

Michigan's biggest Holsteinnt of the year, the Black

and White Show, was heldJuly 27 in the Ann Arbor-Saline area with a recordcrowd in attendance. One ofthe largest Black and. Whitehows in the nation, the event

was under the chairmanship ofHoward Wilkie, Milan dairy-man and member of the Wash-tenaw County Farm Bureau.

Visitors saw nearly 300 of thestate's be t HoI teins and werewell-accomodated at the fair-grou ds with picnic tables,shade trees and seats roundthe show ring. Free cold milkwas furnished by the AmericanDairy A ociation of Michiganand the Michigan Holstein-Friesian ssociation.

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"On some products." VanderMeulen reports. "Europe is notquite ready for our premiumquality grades. They would likethem, but cannot afford them.Therefore. it is essenJial to es-tablish the quality and then thepricing structure which fits themarket for volume sales. Per-haps in five years or more,Europe will be on a par withthe United States as to qualitydemands."

Brand LabelsPopular

He stated that European con-sumers are responding well tothe American system of mer-chandising and that many buy-ers prefer the American brandlabel, thus gaining a certain

JOINS MiCHIGAN BAR ~SSOCIATION.-Jack Cote. (center) Litigation Supervisor for the

claims division of Farm Bureau Mutual Insur-ance Company. is pictured shortly aUer beingsworn in as a member of the Michigan Bar As-sociation. Circuit Judge Marvin J. Salmon ofLansing. left. officiated at the ceremony. How-

ard Brown. an Attorney and Claim Manager forFarm Bureau Insurance. served as Sponsor forMr. Cote.

A graduate of the Detroit College of Law. Cotejoined the Farm Bureau Insurance Claims Divi- (sion in 1954'as an adjuster. He is the past presi-dent of the Michigan Adjusters Association.

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Community Groups Meet- - - - Discuss, Decide

By DONNA WilBER

A group of people gather around a table in a farmhouse located in a small community typical of manyin Michigan . • . • . •

Earfier they had saluted the flag and reviewed areport of last month's gathering. Now, ... they dis-cuss, debate and decide their views on topics of specialinterest to them as farmers and citizens of their com-munity, state and nation.

As they work, the group secretary makes checksand notations on a question and answer sheet.

Community Groups Are Farm Bureau In Action!Starting with a handful of groups in 1936. the Farm Bureau

Community Group idea grew to number 750 within the first tenyears. More than 1,500 Farm Bureau Community Groups nowmeet regularly.

They work hard at the job,-they take their tasksseriously, and well they should, for decisions made bythis small group will reach from the farm home toeventually influence legislation In Lansing and inWashington, D. C.

This group-this handful of men and women arepowerful people. They are the secret back of thestrength of organized agriculture. They are a success-ful, active, Community F rm Bureau discussiongroup.

This month and every month,over 1500such groups scatteredthroughout Michigan from theborders of Ohio and Indiana, tothe edges of Canada and ofWisconsin in the Upper Penin-sula,-meet and review timelytopics.

This month specifically. thetopic will be "reapportion-ment" and legal questions tiedto a court case that threatensthe people's constitutionalrights.

Eventually. the understand-ing that local farmers have ofsuch issues will reflect into re-'solutions of their county FarmBureau, through it into the re-solutions sessions of the Mich-igan Farm Bureau and in turn,the powerful American FarmBureau Federations of states.

Important in this effectivemethod of "making heard thevoice of the Farm Bureaumember" is the' State TopieCommittee. The function ofthis appointed. committee is toarrange a schedule of discus-sion topics for the 1500 com-munity groups.

On July 20. this committeemet at Farm Bureau Center inLansing to set up a schedulefor September 1962 throughFebruary 1963. Topics as sug-gested by the communitygroups themselves were cor-related, discussed and schedul-ed for this period of time.

Serving on this committeeunder the guidance of Don Kin-sey, Coordinator of Educationand Research for MichiganFarm Bureau and author of themonthly discussion topics, are:Charles Pike, Bangor, DistrictNo.1; Leo Wagner, Adrian,dist. 2; Mrs. Celestine Young,Mt. Clemens, dist. 3; Mrs. Wes-ley Huyser, Caledonia, dist. 4;Mrs. John Watling, Bath, dist.5; Mrs. M. Ford Boyne, Mar-lette, dist. 6; Mrs. Walter Har-ger, Stanwood, dist. 7; GarnetHoard, St. Louis, dist. 8; BillSchripsema, McBain, dist, 9;Rev. George Huber, Levering,dist. 10 and Clarence Sund-quist, Escanaba, dist. 11.

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Wedne day:" ove9:00 a.m. Light Tractor Pulling Contest2:00 p.m. Harness Races~8:00 p.rn. Naval Drill Team - Grosse lie8:30 p.m. State Fair Revue - "AU New for '62."

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FlAY: Far '10:00 a.m, Farmers Day Program1:00 p.m. Time Trial2:00 p.m. Auto RacinG8:00 p.m. Clown Antlci8:30 p.m. State Fair Revue - "All New for '12."

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(West Parking lot)2:00 p.m. Harness Races8:00 p.m, Clown Antics8:30 p.m. State Fair Revue - "All New for '62."

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9:00 a.m, Heavy Tractor pulling1:00 p.m, Time Trials2:00 p.m. Auto Racing - Indianapoli Type Carl8:00 p.m. C n ntl8:30 p.m. f' Ir Revu - "All e for '12."

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At ic i an 4·Si teen outstanding 4 - H

members. veral of whom aresons and daughters of FarmBureau members, receivedawards and scholarships dur-ing the recent Michigan 4-HClub We k at Michigan StateUniversity.

Four college scholarshiP' of$250 each.-based on need. highschool scholarship and deter-mination to attend college.-were awarded by the Women'sNational Farm and Garden As-sociation.

The sc olarships were re-ceived by Maurice Bennink,Coopersvi le; orri Black-ledge, Marion; Karen Briggs,Dansville and Susan Johnsonof Clio.

Phillip Weinberg of Bron-son won a trip to the Ameri-can Institute of cooperationmeeting at Columbus. Ohio.-an award given annually bythe institute for outstandingmarketing projects.

Two 4-H'ers, Patricia John-son of Kalamazoo and AndrewLennington of Mancelona, wonscholarships to a leadershiptraining camp conducted bythe American Youth Founda-tion at Camp Miniwanca nearShelby.

The Prairie Farmer maga-zine awarded $25 savings bondsfor leadership achievement to:Sue Bayley. Homer; Rose Nar-dizzi, Indian R i v e r; JudyBrown, Mason. and CarolBrooks. Almont.

Other recipients of the sav-ings bond award included:Janet Walter, West Branch;Judy Marks, Scottsville; Nor-ris Blackledge, Marion; JeanneInnes, Deckerville, and ThomasMorris of Romulus.

A total of 1.200' youth fromall over Michigan attended theannual event which featuredclasses and discussions oncareer and skill. internationalaffairs and young peoples' so-cial adjustment.

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dedicatedmittee is Mrs. Walter Harger.representing district 7. Al-though the Hargers are keptbusy on their 200-acre farmnear Stanwood. th y havefound time to participate inevery phase of Farm Bureauactivity.

Currently, besides serving onthe Topic Committee, Mrs.Harger is chairman of her dis-trict's Women's Activities; bothHargers are on the Public Rela-tions committee; Mr. Harger ison the Service Committee andson Bruce serves on theCitizenship Committee.

When asked why she feU itimportant to take time fromher already busy schedule toact on the State Topic Commit-tee. Mts. Harger replied, "1feel it is an honor to serve onfhis committ . Our communitygroups are the 'back-bone' ofFarm Bureau and the topicthey discuss can determine leg-islation which will affect all ofus."

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eek Larg roup i Exp ct d 0 endMichigan arm Bureau Young People are invited

to attend the 1962 Midwest Camp, scheduled forSeptember 7..10 at Merom Institute, Merom, Indiana.The campsite is located 40 miles south' of Terre Hauteon the banks of the Wabash River.

"Career Opportunities in Agriculture" is thetheme for t e program, open to young people fromthe Midwest states, both single and married, betweenthe ages of 17-30.

Although not in a training program, it is hoped thatthrough exchange of ideas and experiences, the youngpeople will gain much information for bettering theirlocal Farm Bureau programs.

Key speakers at the camp will be rofessor J. W.Hicks of the Agricultural Economics Department atPurdue University and Harold Jordan of the IndianaFarm Bureau Co-op Association. President of theIndiana Farm Bureau, George Doup, recently return-ed from India where he studied the agricultural situa-tion, will speak on "Farm Programs - United Statesand India."

Swimming, softball, stunts and dancing are otheractivities scheduled for the camp which begins withregistration on Friday, September 7 from 3 to 7 p.m.and closes with breakfast on Monday.

Cost of the Midwest Young People's Camp is $15.Those interested may contact their county FarmBureau secretary or Lester Bollwahn, coordinator ofFarm Bureau Young People, Michigan Farm Bureau.

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ationThe strength of Farm Bureau

lies in direct proportion to theintelligent participation of itsmembers.

Built around th th m"Progr s through P ople'-the conf r nee i bill d a thnation's larg st farm-bu inconfer nc , attended by 4,000adult and young p opl tromthe 50 stat s.

The youth program includ sa tour of local Ohio 0 p rati epoints and di cu ion f throle youth play in local cop-era iv s in th ir ommunities.

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Outstanding Michigan oungp ople who have d mon tratedleadership ability to arn thtrip are:

Phillip Weinberg, 4-H AleScholarship winner. Bronson.Michigan.

Vietor Lutz. State FFA Pr -Idenf, Turner. M"chigan.

Larry Bean. State F A Vice-President. Kalamazoo. Mich-igan.

Ruth Ann VanAken. EatonRapids.

David Morgan. Sears. Mich-igan All

Gill Van Wagoner, Alpena.Michigan.

Harry Steele, Jr •• Caro, Mich-igan.

John Malinowski. Kalk ska,Michigan.

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rm - 11 a.m., July 18, 1962. The State Su-m Court a ju t exploded a bombshell at thert of Michigan Constitutional law.

e majority decision of the Court bla ts the ac..tion nd th rights of Michigan voters under the Con..titution to mithereens. It is a devastating blow to

our r public.On July 2, Mr. August Scholle, state president of

th L-CIO, placed his second demand in two yearsb fore the Court. In each case he demanded that ourState Senate be ruled illegal and that new senatorialdistrict be e tablished, based on strict numbers ofpopulation within them. The July 18th Court de;cision wa 4 to 3-, with 4 Justices abiding by Mr.Scholle' demand. The i sue was a political one.

u tice Bow to DemandThe Court rew out the Constitutional amendment

pas ed by the voters in 1952, establishing 34 Sen..atorial districts based on population plus area. TheCourt rules that the primary election of August 7thshall be suspend d, so far as State Senators are con..c rned.

It rule that the Legislature shall reapportion theSenate eat by August 20th. If the Legislature failso do this, the Court rule that Senators for 32 dis-

tricts - (1908 Constitution) - shall be nominated"at-large" in special primary on September 11th.In fact, by its own decision, THE COURT RULESIN MICHIGAN TODAY.

Neither the U.S. Con titution nor the State Consti ..tution vests any power in the Courts to take overupervision of the legislative branch. Courts have

no Constitutional authority to overrule decisions ofthe voters, properly performed under the Constitu ..tion. But recent decisions of the Courts have sweptaway any such limits on their powers.

n t Di trictE tabli h d LallyUnder the present 34 Sena-

torial district, 20 S natorscome from cities of 100,000population or more. The pre-sent State Senatorial districtsw r stablished as required byth Constitution through ap-proval of a majority of citizensvoting on the question in 1952.

At thai time. an alternateproposal wa also on the bal-lot. It asked the voters toestablish Senatorial districtsbased on strict population. Thevoters chose. They rejected thelatter proposal. They establish-ed the districts that have beenin force since 1952.

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The 1952 decision was madeby thousands of our citizens ac-ording to Constitutional pro-

c dure. The Supreme Courtwhich made this decision to-day, consi ts of eight men.Thre of th m ruled that thepr s nt apportionment was alegal . PI' ssion of the Mich-igan voters. One did not vote.

Justice Paul L. Adams wasdi qualified. He gave his opin-ion on the 1960 case when hewas ttorn y General. He ful-filled his oath to defend ourConstitution. regardles of anyparty allegianc. That leavesfour m n who took unto them-selve the authority to overruleh voter.

ith our ulTl e d cisions oj th se four

m n, in ff ct doc four thing :1. They have. in ffect, a-

m nded the State Con titulionto comply with party objec-tive •

2. They h ve, in ff ct. di -nfr nch ° ed v ry vot r who

pro ed the pr nt appor-ionment of Senat ats in

52.3. Th i ruling - oppos d by

3 Ju fi - rver e th deci-ion of the Supr me Court giv-

in 1960.• The hav ttack d and.

own uthority. dis-on t of our Con-

is also disturbing to rememberthat Attorney General Frank J.Kelley, when he assumed of-fice, took an oath to defend ourState Constitution. Did he as-sume that party pressure ismore binding than that oath?

According to the Detroit FreePress of June 29, 1962, Mr.Kelley said that he could nolonger defend the apportion-ment of Michigan's SenatorialcHstricts. It quotes him as de-claring:

"It is my studied legal opinionthat the Michigan Constitution-al provision concerning Senateapportionment does not meetthe requirements of the 14thamendment of the FederalConstitution in regard to equa.lprotection of the laws and willbe struck down by the highCourt:'

Equal Protectionfor Whom?

Can the 4 ruling Justicesxplain how the 79 out-state

counties of Michigan shall nowbe protected from dominationand tyranny by the 4 people-packed counties of our state"?Under this ruling any "equalprotection of the law" is gone.

It was the U.S. SupremeCourt decision in the Tennesseecase that prompted Mr. Scholleto try the Michigan Court asecond time.

The U.S. Court recentlyruled. in the Tennessee case,that where a Legislature failedto apportion its representationaccording to the laws of theStat , the matter could be ap-pealed to the courts, and thelegislators could be compelledto act.

Out epping theU•• Cour

How in the world can thisbe applied to Michigan? TheTennessee Legislature h adgone for years failing to do thejob. But Michigan reappor-tioned in 1952 and would do soagain next year under presentlaw. And the new. proposedConstitution would assure thatno slip could occur in the fu-ture.

Th U.S. Court was not tell-ing any state HOW it shoulddo it apportioning. The Courtwa simply sa ing THAT ITMUST BE DONE!

In the present decision. theState Court has ruled on HOWMichigan shall apportion the

nate. OUf State Court tookth most drastic action pos-sible.

How can Michigan's Sena-torial district violate the U.S.

onstitution? That Con titutiond dar : "Th enat of th

nit t t hall be com-o d of tv '0 nator fromch t t ••. and ach n-

ator shall hav one vote." Nodomination of the S nate byhigh population possible inthat!

The 960 MichiganCou Decision

In th case brought beforeour State Court in 1960, a basicprincipl was stated:

"If the composition of theU.S. Senate and many otherState Legislatures in whichrepresentation is based on otherfactors than population do notoffend the 14th amendment (ofthe U.S. Constitution). then theState Senate apportionmentdoes not. We consider that itlies with the people of theState to determine the basisupon which the legislative dis-tricts are to be established. andthat their will is final providedthey make appropriate amend-ment of the Constitution by theprocedure prescribed by theConstitutIon for adoptingamendments:'

Oth Court decisions al 0 -declare that the issue is "TOO ==I VOLVED IN POLITICS" to §be a matter for Court decision.

Confu ing PoliticWi h Law

The fact that we are seeingpolitical issues settled by Courtdecision rather than by thenormal process of politicalaction and decision at the pollsis a sign of serious deterior-ation in our governmental pro-cess.

When such matters are ap-pealed to the Courts, a confus-ion arises both the normaloperation of politics and in therole of Constitutional law. Po-litical demand" challenge theauthority and the security ofthe law. The law can collapseunder biased attack by deter-mined men.

The Court's decision containsa power-packing political wal-lop. What if the Legislaturedoes not apportion according tothe doctrine of the Court?What if all Senators are nomin-ated "at-large" on a "bed sheetballot?"

Under such conditions. allSenators could come from themetropolitan area around De-troit. This would help assure aCourt - initiated landslide forthe AFL-CIO.

The Legislature RECESSEDin June. It did not adjourn. TheCourt decision was then "onthe fire." Adjournment wouldallow the Governor to call aspecial session, limiting theLegislature to an assigned task.By recessing, the legislatorscould choose their line of ac-tion.

The Basis of OurRepublic

The men who have furtheredthis Court decision havepreached that America is a"Democracy." By this theymean that we should have agovernment based on the pow-er of numbers - MAJORITYRULE.

In such a government. peopleliving in areas containing aminority can have only suchrights or such consideration asthe majority areas are willingto grant to them. An area inpower is apt to think only ofits own interests.

The United States was nevera democracy. Our Constitutionestablishes it as a republic: It isthe republic that such menwould destroy.

Those who were the archi-tects of our republic were care-ful to establish a governmentbased on LAW-not a govern-ment based on the will orauthority of a few men norselected masses of men.

The function of a State Leg-islature in any light of freedomis that of representing and fur-thering the interests of thepeople of the State AS AWHOLE - and not merely theinterests of some specially-privileged section.

Can he PeopleCorrect It?

Yes. Despite the SupremeCourt decision. the people ofMichigan can reinstate a gov-ernment of fairness to thestate as a. whole. They can goto work vigorously and politi-cally to nominate and electmen. regardless of party. whohave the interest of ALL thepeople at heart and have nobias to favor any group by classor locality of residence.

Questions fori cu ion

1. Previou to the y ar of1962, th Suprem Courts, in

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their decisions. looked upon thematter of apportionment ofState Legislatures as beingpolitical in nature. and not amatter for Court decision. Seri-ous thought has been given bysome people in government asto the following proposal.

Should Farm Bureau workto amend the U. S. Constitu-tion denying the Supr meCourt jurisdiction over case of

apportionment of Legislatur sand s feguarding the s par-ation of th powers of theCourts from the lawmakingbranch of government?

2. Can your group suggestother lines of action for citizensto take to protect the Consti-tutional rights of the peopleagainst political attacks by in-dividuals or officials of variousbranches of government?

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An Open Letter to the Membersof the ichigan Farm Bureaufrom WI e L. Vermillion

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In slightly more than thirteen years, Farm Bureau Insurance in Michigan has made remarkable progress.Farm.Bureau Mutual and Farm Bureau Life have advanced with the dynamic changes in farming andtoday stand as solid proof of the ability of farmers to build and maintain a sound, progressive insurance•program. But conditions continue to change and we must change in order to serve effectively.

After much research and study, we are convinced that new facilities are needed if we are to effectivelyservethe auto insurance needs of all Farm Bureau Members. To meet these changes, your Board of Directorshave approved the organization of the new COMMUNITY SERVICE INSURANCE COMPANY.

This new facility will make it possible to continue to provide the lowest possible auto rates for safe drivingMembers in Farm Bureau Mutual and to continue to insure Members who temporarily can't qualify forstandard rates in the Community Service Insurance Company.

This new Company is an affiliate of Farm Bureau Mutual and both Companies will work hand in handto serve rural Michigan. Together, they will advance the purposes and benefits of the present Farm Bureauauto insurance program. Farm Bureau Mutual will remain an exclusive service for Members.

This expanded service will strengthen the Michigan Farm Bureau by providing insurance services foryour entire rural community. If your relatives, friends and neighbors can qualify for a Farm BureauMembership, they can enjoy the privilege of Farm Bureau Mutual auto insurance. Otherwise, they canpurchase auto insurance from the new Community Service Insurance Company at competitive rates basedon their driving records. ;

Farm Bureau now can provide insurance for all Michigan rural residents. Help us to spread this importantnews. Tell your relatives, friends and neighbors and be sure to give them the name of the nearest FarmBureau insurance agent.

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Dear Farm Bureau .Member:

I am extremely proud to announce progress in the Farm Bureau Insurance program. which will createNEW DIMENSIONS IN SERVICE.•

(E tablished by the State Topic Committee)September - What Things Affect Net Farm In-

come? ;:§October - Meaningful Issues In the November ""§

General Election

Nove:;;;:nizat:::llenges to Free, VoIuntary Farm IDecember - Solving Problems of Farm Inheritance IJanuary - Should the Executive Branch of Cov- ~

ernments Have Increased Powers? ~==February - The Meaning of a Vote on Michigan's

ew Constitution (or hat Has Happened toMichigan's New Constitution) .=

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