-rrrg GENERAL FARM PROGRAM 



(The following was submitted for the record:) 



Statement of John H. Marsalis, Member op Congress, Colorado, House: 

 OTATEMj!.jN u Committee on Agriculture 



• T^>,r. H Marsalis I am a Member of Congress from the Third 

 My name IS John H^ ^.^Lfo^^^^^^ committee in opposition to 



District «fCok)rado^ I appear before th « f J ^^^^^^^ ^ ^^.^ 



the Department "^ ^g^^^^^^^^'^f^,^^^^^^ acreage allotments on acreage planted 

 I understand It ^^^ ^ase ^'^^'^.^rud work irreparable damage to those sections 



part of ^f f ™ ,f ° S;t?ea tVlt ecome^^^^^^^ part of the wheat area by 



foui^ni so\ind'con;e^^^^^^^^^ including summer fallow. This summer- 



fallow program in itself constitutes JJ? /^^J^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ to the whole area and 

 If the 10-year rule is adopted it w 11 ^^o'^'^.,-/^J^,''™Z^^^^ now prosperous, 

 throw its entire economic ^^^^^^^J^^^^^^^^^l^e Jt ero^wiU ^^^^^^^^ wfther^away". 



weahh efch year than any other. If the .^dleat acreage were cut on a historic 

 basis, the State's whole economy ■^'O';^^^^^ ."li^f ^^^" „^ent-dav facts a', we certainly 



and when this area proved to be hO atlaptame to -J^^ S ^ ^ taken 



instead of penalized. We ™»«^/^"f ^"^'^,'^^/{l'',:„'J,^ whereas todav its production 

 '''Trr^rf oflSl^n Colorado realuo ^^tTS^^^^^ rc^o.^ho^iwrS 



tion at Eads June 9 the 1?^^°^ 'V^l '^f r^p„p(-„-.„ :, jg resolved that this association 

 for your careful consideration. ^o^v ^,f ^f o/^^'Von^ress and the Senate of the 

 recommend to the Secretary of Agnculture ^^e Conf ^ss^^a^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ 



United States ^^ «f ^ fortii a v^^^^^^^^^^^^ I'nS dependTng on the crop resulting 



SlS^Si^J^'cS tpl^^^^ - FriLy meeting. 



Will advise further by letter. _ „„„=;^o,-o+inn nf the sueo-cstions contained 



in^hKiSg^l^^aT^ied^-^ 



i; wheat acreage allotments are placed on an historic basis. 



' Eads, Colo., June 10, 19^9. 



Senator Edwin C. Johnson 



iecommend to the Secretary of Agriculture *\^r ""S re'duct on in new and old 

 United States to ='eV°fii„%™''-";X ",* and%J^.d S on the crop resulting 

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Will advise further by letter.^^^^^^^^ Coi,o..do Development Assoc.t.on, 

 By Al Wenger. 



