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We Personalize Trouble 



John Q. Public always personalizes trouble. He blames the 

 administrators rather than the principle under which they 

 operate. The Henderson-to-Brown and the Wickard-to- 

 Davis-to-Jones administrative changes are illustrative of 

 such personifications. In reality, price and food administra- 

 tors were victims of circumstances over which they had no 

 control. Since John Q. Public will continue such personali- 

 zations, resignation is the only avenue of escape for those 

 who attempt to administer the impossible. Instead of heap- 

 ing his wrath upon the administrator, however, John Q. 

 Public should heap his wrath on the system under which the 

 administrators operate. 



Advice to Administrators 



Though not skilled in the art of administration, the au- 

 thors have made one observation that may be of value to 

 those in charge of a regimented economy. If the program is 

 controversial, the best way to sell it to the public is to put 

 everybody on the committee. (This is what price has his- 

 torically done.) The longevity of the AAA program is due in 

 part to the fact that large numbers of farmers serve on state, 

 county, and township committees, with pay. It has been fre- 

 quently observed that people will support almost anything 

 if you can get them to take a job connected with it, and that 

 isn't often hard. 



It may be that the AAA organizers observed the method 

 followed by the country schoolmarm who wanted a good 

 attendance at the Friday night entertainment and so put all 

 the children on the program. 



