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• Publication Date: March 13, 1963
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MAR 1 3 1963
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best ways to put clamps on the bloodlines of
the soil, as Dr. Conservationist has ordered.
Through the leadership of our local Farmers
Union organization, our FFA chapter's motto
of holding every raindrop where it falls is
catching on. Grass as a vegetative cover, if
you please, serves as a protective blanket over
our patient. VJi Ile protecting our patient
from the enemy erosion, the grass blanket
"brakes up" the raindrops as they fall, tends
to hold back the water, and let the water soak
into the soil to form the mightiest reservoir
of all times, the earth.
Grass is increasing our blood bank of
organic matter, The small roots of grass
move about in the soil making way and
furnishing pathways for food for soil organ-
Isims of the red corpuscles of our lifeblood.
Soil without organic matter, like a ship.
without Its sail, is virtually rendered useless.
Worn out, unproductive land eventually
results in widespread famine. Hunger may
knock on our own door of the United States
if conservation practices are not judiciously
followed.
Our supply of really good land now stands
at about 400 million acres, or 21/2 acres per
person. Emergency, with a population ex-
plosion booming to 225 million Americans to
feed by 1975, our acres per person will shrink
to less than < ores each. By the turn
of the century, will have two times the
number of mouths to feed. This will leave
only 1 acre for each person. Where will
your acre be? Will it be on a washed
away, eroded hillside-leaving you and your
family hungry? This hunger will only lead
to strife, uprising and war.
To sum this up, we must produce more
food from less land and thinner topsoil.
A mighty army of doctors, who are conser-
vationists, interns who are farmers and
ranchers, and nurses, who are the business-
men, must be mustered and armed with the
tools to increase the lifeblood of our Nation.
We must set up a blood bank of organic
matter and mend the broken arteries to
insure a healthy population.
We, the future farmers of America, are
looking for leadership from our senior citi-
zens in the Farmers Union organization to
lead us in conserving our lifeblood-the
soil.
Mr. and Mrs. America, God has granted us
a fruitful and bountiful Nation-Are you
going to let it wash away?
(By Steven L. Moore, Loveland, Okla.)
Honorable judges, fellow future farmers,
and guests, I believe that rural America can -
and will hold true to the best traditions In
our national life and that I can exert an
influence in my home and community which
will stand solid for my part' in that inspir-
ing task.
These words are part of the creed of the
Future Farmers of America of which I am
proudly a member. This organization,
founded in 1926, has down through the years
strived to fill the ranks of American citi-
zenship with a new type of man. A man
with an overwhelming loyalty to his country
and his God.
Dying, Horace Greeley, great American
newspaperman, exclaimed: "Fame Is a vapor,
popularity an accident, riches tale wings,
those who cheer today will curse tomorrow,
only one thing endures-character." ` These
weighty words bid all remember that life's
one task is the making of manhood. Our
world is a college, events are teachers, hap-
piness is the graduating point, character is
the diploma God gives man.
The task of building young men and
women is a huge one so therefore we shall
never cease to develop character, train for
useful citizenship, and foster patriotism- in
American youth. We try to develop a boy in
three specific ways. They are, (1) physically,
by building his body through hard work;
(2) mentally, by developing and bringing
out the qualities of leadership, sportsman-
ship, and fairplay, and (3), and which I
feel most important of all, spiritually by
teaching him to understand and appreciate
the world given to him by his Maker.
But its it says in the Bible, "The harvest
is great; but the laborers are few." The task
of awakening American youth to the huge
responsibility placed, upon their shoulders,
that of preserving American freedom, Is a
huge one. It cannot be done by one alone.
Therefore several other organizations have
flung themselves into this never-ending bat-
tle. One of the most outstanding of these
new champions of democracy Is the Okla-
homa Farmers Union. Their program of
summer camps along with a system of schol-
arships given to deserving young men and
women has done much to further the com-
mon cause. I must commend the action
already taken but at the same moment urge
that the forward pace must not be stopped
at this point. We the FFA and the farmers'
union must join as allies in an all-out-war
against the alien forces working within our
Nation. The spirit which, in the early years
of our Nation's life ran rampant, the spirit
which was expressed by one of our greatest
patriot's speeches, part of which was, "I
know not what: course others may take, but
as for me give me liberty or give me death,"
must again take precedence in the minds of
all America. The words "juvenile delin-
quency" must be completely and utterly-ob-
literated from the American vocabulary.
Ladies and gentlemen, this will be a huge
and monstrous task, but it can be done, it
must be done, and with the help of Al-
mighty God, it will be done.
FARMERS UNION JUNIORS
(By Linda Payne, Hollis, Okla.)
President Stone, madame chairman, fellow
contestants and friends of the Farmers Un-
ion; I believe Farmers, Union Juniors does
more to promote good community living than
any other functioning organization. The,
hope of our United States lies in educating its
youth. That education -is the basic purpose
of Farmers Union Juniors. An educated pop-
ulace will advance a nation, especially a de-
mocracy such as ours. Today, when mighty
nationalistic forces, agitated and supported
by communism, are trying to destroy our way
of life, it is important-vitally important-
that youth be informed about democratic
principles. One of the most compelling forces
for democracy Is Farmers Union Juniors.
Let's see how Farmers Union Juniors promote
good community living while they educate
for democratic living.
Education is like raising a shade to let in
light. Last harvest season that light really
shined for me. In 1061 my 'father hauled
his wheat to Eldorado where he waited many
hours in line Instead of going across the
street to another elevator which had very
few customers. I could not understand why.
Our first lesson in Farmers Union Juniors was
on cooperatives. That shade flow up. The
name on that elevator sign gleamed
brightly-Farmers 'Union Co-op. , My father
was a partner in the business, he shared the -
profits. With his dividend he purchased the
much desired piano ;:,o I could take those
longed for music lessons. Multiply our ex-
perience by the number of others selling
wheat at that elevator and you see' that it
means a better living standard for the entire
.community.
The most. classic example of -a farmers
union service cooperative is the Ell< City
Community Hospital, which has been, pro-
tecting the area's health for over 30 years.
My organization offers other services; suoh as
health insurance, automobile and property
insurance, hail, crop, and fire insurance.
How much better to buy from a cooperative
which shares profits than from a private
business which swallows them. Protection,
whether of health or property-is In my esti-
mation, the best community living. Let us
consider the activities of my organization
STAT
the family farmer needs help; therefore, it
keeps its ear to the ground and lobbies in
the State legislature for the legislation ben-
eficial to the farmers. It has been currently
working on the reapportionment question to
the farmer's advantage: Farmers Union
Juniors are learning by their methods to
make their communities a good place to live,
and will carry on the traditions of the parent
organization.
We live in an ever-changing society. As
the circumference of our world becomes
smaller, it is all important that we under-
stand the people who live, not just in the
next county but in the next country.
Through the course, "Tools for Peace", of-
fered we Farmers Union Juniors, we have
learned the needs and attitudes of the people
who inhabit far-off Africa and Asia; we have
learned about various organizations, sup-
ported by Farmers Union, which help these
needy people, we have learned that what
happened in India, Yemen, Russia, - China,
Cuba, the Congo, and Argentina has as much
impact on our lives today as our own coop-
erative efforts to get better schools, roads,
and hospitals. My organization helps us-
you and me-to promote good community
living in those far-off places. Just this year
the Burlington Co-op in Alfalfa County gave
1,666 bushels of wheat to CROP, and desig-
nated it for Algeria, that needy new nation
in Africa. Now, I ask you, is that not pro-
moting good community living on an inter-
national scale? -
The Peace Corps might have been a new
idea with the Now Frontier, but the idea
itself was ages old with the Farmers Union,
For years it has been sending agricultural
and home economics experts to guide people
of foreign lands to better community living.
My organization believes in being of service
to mankind. It contributes to UNICEF,
which provides milk for many a child who
would otherwise never taste it. He who loves
mankind seeks to improve its living stand-
ards, Farmers Union Juniors tries to do this.
Therefore, my organization promotes good
community living through education, legis-
lative assistance, and worldwide cooperative
efforts. We are an offspring of Farmers
Union, and in its efforts to serve humanity
It uses the democratic principles which we
apply. These democratic principles were the
same yesterday, they are the same today, and
they will be the same forever. It is these
principles which will preserve our Nation
inviolate for the future. Through educat-
ing youth in these humanitarian democru is
principles my organization is doing more to
promote good community living than any -
other. -
EXTENSION OF REMARKS -
OF
OF MINNESOTA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, March 13, 19963
Mr. MAcGREGOR. Mr. Speaker, the
Kennedy administration has demon-
strated more interest in the superficial
impressions created by what it says
rather than in the basic meaning of
what it does. As a result we as a people
and our friends abroad are coining to
question official Washington's concern
for truth. Government statements no
longer carry the weight of reliability.
We face a cz{si~ ~ c cdibll~lt r.4 The rca-
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