MEMBERSHIP RELATIONS OF COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS 19 
DIRECTORS OF OCENTRALIZED ASSOCIATIONS 
The director presumably is the representative of the members in 
his district. To ascertain how well the members were acquainted with 
the director in their district, the question, “Are you acquainted with 
the director?” was asked with the results tabulated in Table 16. 
TABLE 16.—Replies to questions regarding directors of associations 
Members reporting 
Question and reply Association | 
| Total 
1 | 2 3 4 
| 
Are you acquainted with the director? Number, Number, Number| Number Number 
Tih. eels eet et, Het A ee Oe teks ol ee 8 ee ee 76 55 | 8 | 100 279 
ENG eee tn ed rg ne ee ee ee 1 47 74 | 30 158 
Oe ee a eae a a g3| 102] 122| 130 437 
What do you think of his ability? | | | 
MESES as es Sa a ee ee re eos 68 48 46 79 241 
Clube creayventee eos 2954 422904 2 ee at ek Sd 5 | 3 | 1 21 30 
meh hbo are anahy Snares: | calt 23\| si} °° 47| 100 271 
What do you think of his honesty and integrity? 
Dae 2 tithe oes Rete rei T ep aealeren cy nce Jae ne SO [> =" 300) tai aes 425 
DACP SE gr 00 ee eee ES SS ae eee on 7 ES. 7 12 
a ee 
a ae ee oe 83 | 102 | 122 130 | 437 
Have you any criticism of the way in which directors have been 
elected in the past? 
TEC ee ee ae oe OS Cee 2 en See 73 97 Gyo 286 
ancrmmmwens. £25 475 Sah eae ee re ae NS 6 Safi satis (ested SPS coed 8 
Tc Sas eli ll oS ef rok Pi | 79 | 99 | 116 — 294 
i 
The variation between associations probably is due largely to dif- 
ferences between the size of territories included in director districts. 
It may be due in part to differences in the prominence of directors in 
other activities or to differences in the extent to which they person- 
ally have attempted to carry on field service work. Rephes to the 
next questions, “ What do you think of his ability?” and “ What 
do you think of his honesty and integrity? ” are also listed in Table 
16. Members in associations 1, 2, and 3 were asked if they had any 
criticisms of the way in which directors had been elected in the past. 
The replies show very little criticism on these grounds. ~ 
SALARIES PAID 
The salaries and other expenses of marketing associations are fre- 
quently the basis of criticism. To discover whether members knew 
the amount of the salary of the manager, they were asked the salary 
of the manager. (Table 17.) A little more than one-third of the 
members interviewed knew the salary paid the manager. Note 
should be made of the variation between associations. In association 
1 almost three-fourths of the members were able to give the mana- 
ger’s salary, or approximate it closely, while in association 8 only 
about one-seventh knew the amount. 
