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Mr. "WoRLEY. True. And on the one hand you have artificial sup- 

 ports which help the producer of other types of meat who asks for 

 economic assurance; on the other hand, you have the beef producer 

 who has absolutely no assurance at all except the economic law of 

 supply and demand. I am trying to reconcile in my own mijid just 

 what is gomg to happen to that minority. Are you willing to take a 

 chance on what might happen? 



Mr. Edwards. Sure; we will take the chance. 



Mr. "WoRLEY. You do not want any part of the program? 



Mr. Edwards. We do not want any part of the orogram. We want 

 to give our Government just that much strength. 



Mr. Andresen. Mr. Edwards, I do not understand you. I think 

 you are a pretty good American, the kind we need more of in this 

 country, but I do not understand you that if the beef industry will be 

 left out of this proposal made by Secretary Brannan it would be all 

 right. Do 3^ou think, if it is not right for you, that it would be right 

 for the rest of the producers m the country? 



Mr. Edwards. We do not, of course, believe — we believe in every- 

 body, to make a strong nation, being able to support himself. If he 

 has to be supported by someone else, he weakens himself and weakens 

 the Nation. We are not going to get up and make any fight on what 

 you give anybody else ; we v/ill probably keoji our mouths shut about it. 



Mr. Andresen. But if we put in wool, hogs, and all of the other 

 products and leave the cattle man out 



Mr. Edwards. W^e want to be left out. 



Mr. Andresen. But do not you see the danger there, that that is a 

 creeping operation that would soon have everj^^body in it? 



Mr. Edwards. Well, it may be somebody else is making a mistake 

 besides us. 



Mr. Andresen. I do not think you are making a mistake, but cer- 

 tainly one trouble in this country, as I see it, is there are too few people 

 who are ready to join together to stand for American principles. 



Mr. Edwards. That is what we want. 



Mr. Andresen^. They only think seriously for themselves. It is 

 about time people got together to work to save this country rather 

 than to let it go down to socialism. 



Mr. Hill. Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask this question; I 

 would like also to call Mr. Worley's attention to what the gentleman 

 said in his second line. He said he represents the Southwestern 

 Cattle Raisers Association. Then immediately the first question you 

 asked him was to get him into the whole meat production. He is 

 testifying for the Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. 



Mr. WoRLEY. I appreciate the gentleman's suggestion. 



Mr. Edwards, do you know a proposal has been made to conduct a 

 so-called trial run under the Brannan program on one product, and 

 do you have any reaction or comment on that? 



Mr. Edwards. No; I have not. 



Mr. Murray. In case they get that program over your dead 

 body 



Mr. Edwards. They probably will. 



Mr. Murray. I presume you support the position taken by Mr. 

 Goss, head of the National Grange, in which he asks for a board rather 

 than to have the power all concentrated in one individual? 



Mr. Edwards. I am not trying to tell you how to handle it. We do 

 not want any part of it; we want to get plum away from it. 



