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night session, surely, for the American Farm Bureau Federation. I 

 do not believe that arrangement will be satisfactory at all. Every 

 member of the committee is likely to have other engagements at night 

 that would conflict. It would be very difficult. I think it is better 

 to hear them during the day. 



Mr. A1.BERT. Mr. Chairman, a parliamentary inquiry. 



Mr, Pace. Pardon me. We are taking up a great deal of time. If 

 the testimon}' is not concluded this morning, further hearings will be 

 arranged for the American Farm Bureau Federation at the earliest 

 possible moment. 



Mr. Kline, if you will kindly step aside and present your next 

 witness. 



Mr. CooLEY. Mr. Chairman, before he does, I would like to ask Mr. 

 Kline one question. The witnesses that you call now are substantially 

 in accord with your statement, I assume ? 



Mr. Klixe. That is right. 



Mr. Cooley. Is it not a fact, Mr. Kline, that most of that testimony 

 will be cumulative and in support of this statement? If so. could 

 you not in 30 minutes submit their statements? 



Mr. Kline. These gentlemen are all presidents of State Farm Bu- 

 reaus and they may luive a statement they wish to make which would 

 be either covered by this or which would be substantive to it, but not 

 covered by it. 



Mr. Cooley. In other words, you do not think you could conclude 

 those statements in 30 minutes? 



Mr. Klixe. It Avould be u\) to them. They are informal. 



Mr. Pace. We will try to do that. Yu\ Kline, will you present your 

 next witness? 



Mr. Kline. Mr. Hassil Schenck. of Indiana. 



Mr. Pace. We will l)e delighted to hear from you at this time, Mr.. 

 Schenck. 



STATEMENT OF HASSIL SCHENCK, PRESIDENT, INDIANA EAEM 

 BUREAU FEDERATION 



Mr. Schenck. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I am 

 Hassil Schenck. I am an Indiana farmer, owning, living on, and op- 

 erating a farm. 



I represent an organization of 93,000 Farm Bureau families repre- 

 senting something like 350,000 farm people in the State of Indiana and 

 about two-thirds of the potential within our general organization. If 

 we were to add to it the affiliates sponsored by the general organization 

 we would have between 00 and 95 percent of our farmers. 



In making a statement this morning, I would like to recall a iew 

 things in the discussion this morning. I want to say tirst that I whole- 

 heartedly endorse the statement presented by President Kline. A com- 

 parison was made here a while ago between the 72 percent support 

 level, which is the low support level, as related to 75 cents per hour 

 • for labor. I would like to call the attention of the committee to the 

 fact that labor's 75 cents is not guaranteed. It is guaranteed con- 

 ditionally upon that laboring man having a job. We saw the time- 

 when we had better than 12,000,000 people out of jobs. Regardless of 

 support levels per hour, their income was absolutely zero. 



