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there had been created as a direct result of 

 the activities of a few United Farm Women, 

 a special organization for bringing in the young 

 people between the ages of thirteen and twenty. 

 The year had been marked by some rather keen 

 controversies between the leaders of the Pro- 

 vincial Government and the leaders of the U.F.O. 

 Outside electors and the party press took this as a 

 sign of weakness and of disintegration. Such it 

 has not yet proved to be, and by most people it is 

 regarded as an indication of virility and inde- 

 pendent thought, most wholesome in representa- 

 tive government. Time alone can reveal the 

 outcome of this rather new feature introduced 

 into the operation of a political group. 



But whatever form the movement may take 

 in the future, undoubtedly the executive were on 

 solid ground, when, shortly before the annual 

 convention, 1920, they created a special depart-- 

 ment at Head Office whose function it is to 

 encourage the development of local talent in the 

 clubs by stimulating entertainments, debates, 

 and the study of questions of public policy, and 

 by furnishing reliable information on questions 

 of interest, when desired. The ideal of the U.F.O. 

 is a high and enlightened citizenship. To 

 realize that ideal requires careful and sincere 

 leading. By developing those features of the 

 organization which aim at breaking down 



