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Form legislation onactod in tho closing
hours of tho 80th .Congress boforo'adj.ourn
ing for the political convention^ is a
jig-saw'puzzlo which will ho put together
in 1949, says Paul Barkloy.
TLc stop-gap compromiso worked out botooon
the Heuso and Senato contains tho follow
ing:
1* Tho Houso mcasuro was necoptod bhi.ch
temporarily extends tho presont farm prico
support program, with modification, until
January 1, 1S50.
2. Certain foaturcs of the Sonato’3 long
rango Aikon bill - — including a eliding
scalo 01 pri.oo supports and a revised
parity fom;la- d c become offcctivo aftor
The temporary supports o^piro,
The effect is to give tho presont support
progiata another yen’s loaoo oti life, and
t6 giro'the Foe.^e and Senate until January
1, 1950. tc work out a program accoptable
to bcoh houses?
Many farm loaders aro afraid that a sup
port price program as high as 90 per cont
such as Uu iuri uuring tha wartime to on
couraga grcajor an i grcicoi production—
will, in peacetime).. react: against all
farm legislation,
Thov arguo that guarantood prices as high
as 90 par cont or parity conld easily pro
noto form suvpivsos and force tho Govern
ment tp spend Dili.ions of dollars holding
up prioas.
They -chirk a mere modorato lovol of sup
ports that would protect farmers against
prico aoelapse cut would noj bo sc 'attrac
tive that they oneourago surplusos, would
be a far botror approach to tho problem*
A JOB FOR COOPERATIVES
Total nonbdrship in farm cooperatives is
non over 5,O00,0CO. Eliminate tho dupli
cation and you rill still have about 3
out of every 5 farm fenilios as active
cooperative members, This givos the
fam cooperatives tho strength and tho
challongo to bo mono aetivo in dotemin
ing national policiesc Earners havo ro
coivcd an unjust share of tie blono ft>r_
tho high cost of living, Their organiza
tions arc under attacic by 3ulfish groups
rho havo fostorod misunderstanding by tho
public, To offsot this misunderstanding
and propaganda, it is our job—..bothas as
individuals and through the Council—to
toll tho roal story of agriculture’s con
tributions to tho national oc.onomy and
hor cooperatives arc cssontial to tho pub
lic good.
This moons getting facts to tho pcoplo in
our citios uho have no idoa of the invest-*
mont and rork that go into food prods, ct ion.
I ^7o must not ovorlook the fact that today
to llvo in a uorld of* pressure groups,The
farmer is a minority, outnumbered 4 to 1,
If tho family-typo farm is to survivtip then
to must uork nith other groups and keep
them narking uith us, II.HuRathbun
Presr National Council of Earner Co-ops.