710 GENERAL FARM PROGRAM 



Mr. Sutton. Mr. Sullivan, whenever you get tired farming in 

 Kansas, you come on down to Tennessee, because you are the type 

 of farmer we need in Tennessee. 



I agree with you, and I would like to see you go over to Senator 

 Aiken and tell him the same thing. 



Mr. Sullivan. We expect to see Senator Aiken before we leave. 



Mr. Pace. And do not forget to go up to the Farm Bureau, also, 

 while you are in town. 



Mr. Sullivan. I think the Farm Bureau will hear from us before 

 we are through. 



Mr. Hope. Mr. Chairman, Mr. Sutton has invited Air. Sullivan 

 to come down to Tennessee. Of course, we are not going to let him 

 go to Tennessee although we appreciate the compliment. I want 

 to take this occasion to say that Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Parkinson are 

 both working Kansas farmers, they are outstanding farmers — among 

 the best we have. They own and operate fine farms. Not only 

 that, but they are fine public-spirited citizens, and we are very proud 

 of them. 



Mr. Pace. I am quite sure their distinguished representative in 

 Congress, Mr. Hope, will want to carry out their recommendation. 



Mr. White. I just want to say to Dr. Sullivan that either I have 

 been reading his mail or he has been reading mine, because our recom- 

 mendations correspond so closely, and I am very happy to have him 

 make his statement. 



Mr. Pace. His statement shows his clear and full knowledge of the 

 problem, and anybody who has a clear and full knowledge of the 

 problem will come to the same conclusion. 



Now, Mr. Parkinson, we will be glad to hear you. 



STATEMENT OF HENRY D. PARKINSON, SCOTT CITY, KANS., ON 

 BEHALF OF THE WESTERN KANSAS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIA- 

 TION 



Mr. Parkinson. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, 

 I am Henry D. Parkinson, a farmer in Scott County, Kans., located 

 in the western part of Kansas about 60 miles from the corner of 

 Colorado. I prepared this statement because I assumed that would 

 be best, but I can assure you I could stand here, as Mr. Sullivan has 

 stood here, and concur entirely with what he has ofi^ered, and I firmly 

 believe, in doing so, I would be concurring with the majority of the 

 farmers in the Great Plains region. 



I am here as a representative of the W^estern Kansas Development 

 Association, an organization just 2 years old, run by men and women 

 who are giving freely of their time and money to help it build the agri- 

 culture, industry, and culture of 46 western Kansas counties. So you 

 see, gentlemen, I am not only here as a representative of the farmers 

 in our area but as a representative of the city folk, likewise. 



I am here in Washington primarily in the interests of conservation 

 of an economy that will enable our rural folk to adjust themselves to 

 the postwar changes that face us today. 



The WKDA has requested me to give you gentlemen what sugges- 

 tions we can relative to the immediate future and, second, a rough 

 outline of a plan that I discussed some with them with regard to a 

 long-range agricultural policy. 



