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■' T 4 Burc4u." was the llicmc ot' the 



5 2>ril annual Mulwcst I"ar:n 



^ Bureau Irainini: School h.cld 



last month at Custer State Park 



in the hiaek Hills of South Dakota. 



Also k-vnotint: the ineetini; was t!ie 

 teehni; expresseil b\ I'arm Bureau leaders 

 that there is danger in dependini; toi) 

 p.iu.h on i;o\ernment to kee|^ auriiiilluie 

 prosperous. 



More than 2.'-<0() l'armer> .md tanh 

 wonieji. .md I'arm Bureau ortianization 

 and intormation men t rom \2 Mid- 

 western states were present tor the three- 

 day sessions. It was the lari:est meetini: 

 111 the historv ot the training Seliool and 

 more tlian double List \ear s attendante at 

 St. Paul. 



.■Sessions were held in the shadow o! 

 .Mt. Rushmore where the likenesses of 

 Washin^'ton. Jetlerson. Theodore Roose- 

 \eit. aiul I.intoln are ear\ed in the t;rani:e 

 mountain-side. 



I'armers, " said Ransom Aldrieh. presi- 

 eieiit of the Mississippi Farm Bureau aiiel 

 one ot the principal speakers, are too 

 eoinplaeent." He su^uested that Mid- 

 western farmers in particular take .i 

 keener interest in federal legislation. He 

 \\as ot the opinion, however, that this 

 w.is easier s.iid than done, and that it 

 reejuired stronj; leadership and an exteii- 

 si\e eduwitional j^rouram to keep the 

 memhershij^ well -in formed. 



.Most ot the I'arm Bure.iu spe.ikers were 

 outspoken in their opposition to the Bran- 

 nan tarm pl.in which proposes to keep 

 market prices hii;h to tanners and food 

 eosts low to consumers. Mrs. ( h.irles \\ . 

 .Vwell. admimstratixe director of the As- 

 sociated Women of the American I'arm 

 Bureau, dismissed the Br.uinan plan h\ 

 sayiiii; "The only thiiii: thev loruot was 

 to pass out tickets lor this eircus " She 

 compared it with the che.ip food. Ik.iw 

 t.ixation. and circuses which were eon 

 trihutint: I'aetors to the downfall of the 

 Roman Hmpire. 



Oiscussint; the Brannan plan. Rav H. 

 Wiser, president of the California Farm 

 Bureau, said: In no other eountr\ are 

 iarmers so free. I.et us stav clear of ti;e 

 shackles ot ^'0\ernment. Let us he wary 

 ot the dangers that lie in sacrilicint; op- 

 portunity and treedom for imai;med se- 

 euritv. 



Hov.ard Hill, president of the low i 

 Farm Bureau, spoke on the importance ot 

 ^ood leadership in Farm Bure.iu. Qualitv, 

 he said is more important than c]uantit\. 



Farm Leaders Attack Brannan Plan Before Largest 

 Croud ever to attend a Midiiest Farm Bureau 



Conference 



By JIM THOMSON 



Ass't Editor, lAA Record 



Leadership must be capable, optimistic in 

 the belief that the job can be done, and 

 Well-informed. But regardless ot' the 

 cjualitv ol leadership. Hill said, it wdl 

 boi; down without the support ot the 

 membership. He listed the faults of 

 leadership whiih cause the L'realest ha\oc 

 to an organization as ( 1 ) l.iek ot informa- 

 tion (-) complacency, and (3) letharuv. 

 He sui:i:estcd that the leadership cjualities 

 ot I'arm Bureau women be used to a 

 ureater extent. 



Hammerini; away at the importance of 

 keepint; the membership informed. Royer 

 I'lemint;. director of the AI'BI" W'ashipc;- 

 ton office, said that unless farmers know 

 the essential differences between a volun- 

 tarv tarm orizanization and government 

 f.irm organizations like PMA. we are- 

 headed tor trouble. 



' X'ever apologize lor Farm Bureau, ' 

 \\as tiie ad\iee of (). D. Brissenden, Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Assoeiation organization 

 director. It has served the farmer and 

 the nation well. Farm Bureau is of vital 

 importance to I'armers," he said 'for four 

 reasons: (1) it makes more efficient 

 farmers. (2) develops farm leadership. 

 ( s) increases farm bari;ainini; power, and 

 (1) c'ves the farmer a voice in state and 

 n.itional policies affeetini; agriculture. 



■ Membership in I'arm Bureau.' Bri'.- 

 senden said, 'has been easy to pet in 

 recent years but the time is at hand when 



it won't be so easy. So now is the time 

 to get your membership to become a par- 

 ticipating membership. Get them to take 

 part in Farm Bureau affairs." 



In his address of welcome, the gov- 

 ernor of South Dakota, George Miekt!- 

 son, praised the record of Farm Bure.iu 

 and advised the farmers of the nation to 

 "keep economic freedom for yourselves 

 and others in our society. " He said 

 America needed I'arm Bureau and th.it 

 historv has proven that 'Farm Bureau is 

 sound." 



^X'illiam P. Sandford. public speaking 

 instructor from St. Louis and former em- 

 ployee of the lAA, demonstrated the tech- 

 nicjue ot selling Farm Bureau membership 

 bv several methods. 



The training school also included a 

 conference of Midwest Farm Bureau pres- 

 idents and secretaries which was attended 

 by lAA President Gharles B. Shuman and 

 Vice President Floyd Morris, 



tllinois county organization directors watch 

 lAA assistant organization director Charles 

 S. Mayfield (left) put up the Illinois ex- 

 hibit at the Midwest Farm Bureau Training 

 School at Custer, 5. D. In front of stair 

 is f. L. Rathbun, Mercer. Left to right, 

 along rail are: Clifford Briggs, Logan; J. 

 C. Hoyt, Tazewell; Jerry Blanchard, Chris- 

 tian; Meredith Johnson, Peoria; and Edward 

 Sutter, Woodford. At back is O. H. John- 

 sen, Montgomery. 



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