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or farmers' organizations in connection with the formulation of 

 a program. None of them gave any place to consumers or 

 trade organizations interested in agricultural products. 



2. Those who approve an independent commission, appointed 

 by the President or by Congress, at least having federal author- 

 ity, composed of agricultural leaders. There is no general 

 agreement on the constitution of this commission. Various sug- 

 gestions are offered : 



a. That it should represent all sections of the country and 



all phases of the subject. 



b. That leaders in education, journalism, politics, medicine 

 and law, together with leaders within the agricultural 

 colleges, should compose it. 



c. That it should be composed of both men and women. 



3. Some voluntary conference committee or group of which 

 farmers, representatives of farmers' organizations and econo- 

 mists should form a prominent part. A few men would have 

 farmers or farmers' organizations formulate and carry through 

 the program. Others would submit a plan formulated by some 

 agricultural group to the farmers for discussion and acceptance. 

 At least two men suggest that the American Association for 

 Agricultural Legislation is the proper body to draw up the 

 policy for submission to the agricultural interests. 



4. A conference or regional conferences, made up of groups 

 one and three, for discussion and formulation, the policy to be 

 put in operation by various educational and administrative pub- 

 licly supported agencies and by executive action following legis- 

 lation. A conference of this sort, while perhaps not definite in 

 constitution, is the answer to those who feel that an agricultural 

 policy should be formulated by a large number of agricultural 

 interests. It is probable that any conference thoroughly repre- 

 sentative of agriculture and agricultural leaders would be sat- 

 isfactory. Differences in the agricultural problems of different 

 regions account for the proposal of regional conferences. 



Note: The American Agricultural Policy Conference 

 Group which follows is presented by the reviewer as sugges- 

 tive merely. None of the correspondents have suggested all of 



