tions state: "When surpluses approach 

 unmanageable proportions, farmers must 

 have adequate programs to control and 

 adjust supplies to prevent the wrecking 

 of farm prices, destruction of farm buy- 

 ing power, and resulting unbalanced 

 economy." 



On price supports: "We favor a pro- 

 gram based upon mandatory variable 

 price supports for agricultural commodi- 

 ties. . . The level of such supports should 

 vary from 60 per cent to 90 per cent 

 of parity in accordance with the impor- 

 tance and peculiarity of the commodity 

 and the supply and price position of the 

 commodity." 



Farm Bureau reiterated its position in 

 favor of making the Commodity Credit 

 Corporation a permanent agency but 

 stressed that none of these funds should 

 be used for consumer subsidies. Market- 

 ing agreements should be extended to 

 certain other commodities not now 

 covered and crop insurance programs 

 should be experimented with before being 

 extended to all areas of the country. 



In his final appearance as AFBF presi- 

 dent, O'Neal warned the Federation not 

 to become a "business organization," for 

 as such it would cease to speak for agri- 

 culture. 



"It is impossible to review the past 25 

 years of farm progress without being 

 profoundly impressed with the vastly in- 

 creased standards of living on our farms," 

 O'Neal said. "That represents an achieve- 

 ment of the goals or the Farm Bureau 

 movement." 



Warren R. Austin, U.S. representative 

 to the United Nations, called for support 

 of the Marshall Plan for European Re- 

 covery saying shortage of food causes 

 physical deterioration and national frus- 

 tration resulting in collectivism. 



David E. Lilienthal, chairman of the 

 Atomic Energy Commission, said a new 



world of knowledge is opening up for 

 agriculture as a result of the release of 

 atomic energy. Sen. Edward Thye of 

 Minnesota summarized the main points 

 brought out in Senate hearings for a long- 

 range farm program. 



Congressman Harold D. Cooley of 

 North Carolina called for AFBF leader- 

 ship in the merging, consolidating or 

 coordinating of agricultural government 

 agencies. 



Other speakers included Dean H. P. 

 Rusk of the University of Illinois; 

 Charles F. Kettering, former research di- 

 rector of General Motors; Mrs. Raymond 

 Sayre, president of the Associated Coun- 

 try Women of the World; and James 

 Turner, president of the International 

 Federation of Agricultural Producers, 

 and president of the National Farmers' 

 Union of England. 



The Federation's highest honors — 

 gold medals for distinguished service 

 to agriculture — were awarded to Dean 

 Rusk of the University of Illinois and 

 Prof. B. H. Crocheron of the University 

 of California. 



Winner of the national Rural Youth 

 Talk Fest was Howard Chattin of Vin- 

 cennes, Ind. Chattin won top honors with 

 his talk on agriculture's role in govern- 

 ment. 



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rViHE gold medal for distinguished 

 1 'service to agriculture — highest 

 I honor conferred by the American 

 -B- Farm Bureau Federation - — was 

 awarded during the AFBF conven- 

 tion in Chicago to Dean H. P. Rusk of 

 the University of Illinois College of Ag- 

 riculture. 



In presenting the award to Dean Rusk, 

 Retiring AFBF President Edward A. 

 O'Neal said: "To me his outstanding 

 achievement has been his development 

 and maintenance of proper relationships 

 between the College of Agriculture, the 

 Extension Service, government agencies 

 and farm organizations. He insists that 

 people working under him never lose 

 sight of the major goal, which is to 

 mobilize all of the power of all of the 

 agencies so as to provide the utmost serv- 

 ice to people on the land." 



Dean Rusk has been associated with 

 the College of Agriculture since 1910. 

 He was born on a farm near Rantoul 

 in 1884. He graduated from Valparaiso 

 University in Indiana and .received his 

 bachelor of science degree from the Uni- 

 versity of Missouri College of Agriculture 

 in 1908 and two years later received his 

 master's degree there. He taught at 

 Missouri and Purdue. 



The distinguished service award also 

 went to B. H. Crocheron, director of 

 agricultural extertsion and agricultural 

 economist of the Giannini Foundation, 

 University of California. 



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Romeo Short of Arkansas addresses the lAA Vice President F. E. Morris tailcs on 

 convention following his election as AFBF WLS Dinner Bell Hour. At right is an- 

 vice president. nouncer Art Page. 



Howard Chattin, Vincennes, Ind., tailcs him- 

 self to notional Talk Fest title at AFBF 

 convention.' 



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