"The growth and success of our Farm Bureau has bel to building programs to serve the needs of the me Even be~ programs must be built on this sound bas -1968 PolicyStatement, Michigan Farm Bu~ The framework for such new program~structures ~ bJueprinted November 18-19-20 on the campus of Mi State University, East lansing, when voting delegatel 49th annuar meeting of the Michigan Farm Bureau f1 ~t action-policies and work programs for the futJ Farm Bureau members are invited to attend in the the meeting theme ... "Building Tomorrow - To TWO November 1, 1968 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS President's Colllmn A Vicious Hoax! Perhaps farmers are naive, for they continue MSU Trustees to find it hard to believe that they actually are One of the most important elections this N0- the victims of "big lie" techniques deliberately vember involves fiUing two vacancies on the spread by the very church groups to which Board of Trustees at Michigan State University. they belong. Farmers have a great stake in this election for a number of reasons, among them the continu- The lie is aimed at first discrediting fanners ation of solid suport for agriculture and agricul- in the eyes of the public, and then using this tural research, as well as the assurance that the public pressure to bring about a labor-union College of Agriculture and Extension Service take-over of their farms! will not be neglected or shoved into the back- The action is in California now, centering on ground of a growing university. the table grape crop there, but union officials The new Board of Trustees may have the say that Michigan farmers are next. burden of selecting a new president within the Since open efforts to do this would quickly next few years, because Dr. John Hannah is be recognized, a behind-the-scenes program was nearing retirement, and the attitude of the new begun months ago to enlist the aid of those president will be very important to farmers for who might (unwittingly or otherwise) lend an many years to come. air of respect to the campaign - which most Michigan State University is not only the recently has taken the form of an illegal nation- oldest and first Land-Grant University, it is one tcide secondary boycott of the grapes. of the best. Our state has been fortunate to \Vell-meaning Church leaders, often lacking eHtlC1L have this sound, well-grounded University to in their understanding of political or economic issues, and just as often searching for causes of S1/~~>- do our agricultural research and to help prepare our children for the new technology of the moral indignation and social concern to champ- ~ fuhlre. MSU has one of the highest scholastic ~.~ ion, appear to have been easy marks. standings of any University in this country, and "ABOUT THAT ANIMAL WITH THE BIG Taken in and being used are such usually research facilities are excellent. WHITE LETTERS 'C-O-W' PAINTED ON ITS CARCASS ... " astute groups as the '''orId Plenary Assembly In the past 12 years over $32 million have of the International Catholic Movement for been invested at MSU in new facilities di- Intellectual and Cultural Affairs (Pax Romana) rectly related to agriculture. Such improve- and the National Council of Churches. ment has not just happened, rather it has I n ~f ichigan the union propaganda has been spread by the ~fichigan Council of Churches - OFFICIAL NOTICE - been brought about by continued support on the part of all agricultural organizations, in conjunction toith the ~1ichigan ~f igrant chief among them, Farm Bureau. It has required The 49th annual meeting of the Michigan Farm Bureau the cooperation and ~vmpathetic understanding l'linistry. Priests and pastors have been urged will be held at Michigan State University, East Lansing, of the Uqiversity administration. to preach it from their pulpits and some have on the dates of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, No- In cQuntless ways, the Board of Trustees sets caused the union hate-literature to be slipped vember 18-19-20. the tone for this «friendly administration" - and into their Sunday bulletins. Bylaws of the Michigan Farm Bureau provide that each farmers cannot afford to allow those who are The normally discerning Presbyterian Life county Farm Bureau shall be entitled to seat two voting magazine (October issue) sent to all members indifferent to our needs in this office. delegates plus an additional delegate for each one hundred Not. that farmers look at the University from of the United Presbyterian Church, devoted its members, or major portion thereof, in excess of the first cover and six inside pages to a grossly distorted, only a narrow, selfish viewpoint - rather we two hundred members of record as of August 31, 1968- ask for a Board of Trustees which can evaluate labor-oriented and anti-farmer view. not including associate members. fairly the importance of agriculture, the needs All of which points up the fact that the The meeting of Voting Delegates will convene at 10:00 of our industry, and keep an open mind con- propaganda campaign is subtle and well-heeled. a.m. Monday, November 18, at the main auaitorium, Mich- cerning these needs. It originates in the offices of the AFL-CIO igan State University, and will continue through November In order to .adequately serve on the Board of (where it costs $10,000 per month) and includes 20. The annual banquet will be held in the Civic Center, Trustees, it appears to me that a candidate substantial help from "'alter Reuther and the Lansing, at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening, November 19.. should have several important attributes. First, United Auto Workers (another $7,500 per Purposes of the meeting include: he should be a graduate of A-ISU - and I feel month, according to Time magazine). (1) Election of members of the Board of Directors. Even- that this qualification should be made a legal Further, substantial grants of public tax numbered districts will elect directors for two-year terms. requirement for serving on the Board. Since dollars have gone into the grape boycott cam- Also to be elected for two-year terms will be two Directors- this is not now true, (and until it is) I believe paign (directly and indirectly) through the at-Large, and one director representing Farm Bureau Young voters should not consider supporting an indi- office of Economic Opportunity (more than Farmers will be elected for a one-year term. vidual who has not attended the University. $500,000) and thousands of additional dollars (2) Reports of officers. We need people who are dedicated to the have been added by misled church members (3) Consideration and action on the recommendations of University serving as Trustees - not persons through various ~1igrant Ministries and similar the Policy Development Committee to determine action who have been pushed into the position to appeals. policies of the Michigan Farm Bureau for the coming year. further some political aim or special-interest That something is drastically wrong should group. be evident to almost anyone who compares (4) Consideration of proposed amendments to the By- laws. N ext, I believe that any Trustee should first this lavish outpouring of money funneled into of all be successful in his own business affairs. the "United Farm 'Yorkers Organizing Com- The Policy Development Committee will be in special Michigan State is one of the truly hig businesses, mittee" of the AFL-CIO, {cith the results gained session the first day of the convention - November 18, and I cannot see tnlsting this vast educational over a three-year period. following the commodity conferences. Any Michigan Farm operation to just anyone who may he a good The Organizing Committee - under the lead- Bureau member is welcome to appear before the committee politician but can't make things go in his own ership of professional union man - Cesar on any issue. right. Chavez, has enticed only a handful of farm It is important that all delegates plan to attend the entire 1"e cannot afford the luxury of mismanage- workers into the union, "less than two per cent" three days, and that the SAME delegates represent their ment at the largest University in the state. says Jose Mendoza, one of the workers who county continuously during this period. Further - we cannot afford the luxury of has been dismayed at the pressure tactics used. Dan E. Reed, Secretary-Manager continued political disagreements and power- "Bottles of gasoline tossed in the pickups, plays- hetween memhers of the board, often pounds of nails scattered in the driveways ... along purely party lines. We have recently calling a fourteen year-old girl words which witnessed the spectacle of an incumbent Trus- do not appear in any dictionary ... and much MICHIGAN ..... FARM NEWS tee using a Board decision in which he partici- more" Mendoza says. THa ACTION ~uaLlCATION 0 .. THE MICHIGAN " ..... M BURIlAU pated to spur on a shldent revolt against this "'" e do not have a migrant force to speak of, The MICHIGAN FARM NEWS is puhlished monthly. on the first day, DIRECTORS: District 1, Harry decision. His place for dissent was in the Board almost all of our farm workers are permanent by the MichiR:an Farm Bureau, at its Nye, St, Joseph. R-I; Distrkt 2, Nich- olas Smith. Addison. A-I; District 3. session - and having made that dissent it is residents employed all year around. Chavez publication office at 109 N. Lafayette Andrew Jackson, Howell, R-l; Dis- 5treet. Greenville, MichiJ(an. trict 4, Elton R. Smith, Caledonia, R-l; not fair to students, the University or its ad- does not represent our people .. ," Mendoza- Editorial and lZencrnl offices at 4000 District 5, David Morris. Grand Lcdj!c. l'\orth Grand River Avenue, L..msinR:. R-3; District 6, Jack Lmric, C:m City. ministration to undercut authority by carrying who heads the 5,000 member Agricultural \Vork- ~fjchilZan 48904. Post Office Box 960. R-3; District 7, Kenneth Bull, Bailer. Tt'lephone, LansinlZ 485-8121, Exten- R-l; District 8. Harvey Lcuenberl(er. the issue to the student body. ers Freedom to "'ork Association, declared. sion 317. Suhscription price. SOt per Saginw. R-6; Di.strict 9, Jo:ul!ene Rob- The jo11 of management is to manage - not Almost totally frustrated in his efforts, to gain year. erts. Lake City. R-I ; District 10. Established January 12, 1923. Sec- Richard \\'ichmd. Ellsworth. A-I: Dis- to pit student factions against management of voluntary enlistment of workers into the union, ond Class Postage paid at Greenville. trict 11. Clayton Funl, Cornell. MichilZan. the University to serve political purposes. Chavez and the AFL-CIO have called the grape DIRECTORS AT LARGE: Waltt'r EDITORIAL: Editor. Melvin L. Frahm. Frankenmuth: Dean Pridl!eon. Perhaps we should consider the placing of boycott to try forcing growers into signing Woell; Staff Photographer. Charles ~Iont~omel)'. R- J: James Thar, Deca- Bailey: the Tnlstees election on a non-partisan basis as closed-shop contracts, thus in turn forcing work- tur. R-2. OFFICERS: ~lichilZan Farm Bu- we npw do for most of our local government ers into the union and setting a national pattern reau; Prisident, Elton R. Smith, Cale- WO~IE~ OF FARM BtJREAU: Mrs. positions. for a labor-union take over of agriculhlre. don ia, R-I; Vice Prt'sidt'nt, Dl.'an Jerold Topliff. Eaton Rapids. R-I: Pridgeon, ~iontj!omel)'. R-I; Secretary- FAR~J BL"REAU YOU~G FAH~fERS' November 5, each of lIS should be prepared The whole issue is a vicious hoax and one ~Ianl[er. Dan E. Reed, Lnnsin~. ~Hchacl Satchell. Caro, R-4. at the polls to support those candidates we be- to which Christians should refuse to allow the POSTMASTER: In using form 3579, mail to: Michigan Farm News, ~OOO N. lieve will best attend to the administrative job use of Christ's Church. Grand River, Lansing Michigan 4890"" Second class postage paid at ~ Greenville, Mi«:higo" of this great university. M. W. Elton Smith MICHIGAN FARM NEWS November 1, 1968 THREE FA R IVI BUREAU 49th annual .tneeting ... - Michigan. Farm Bureau -Novelllber 18-19-20 ... lJ[]M Mich. State University ... East Lansin 1 DR. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE GOVERNOR ROMNEY - has J 0 HN HANNAH - Michigan ROBERT TAYLOR - "Fat Bob" KENNETH CHEATHAM - of the -_will be headline speaker at accepted an invitation to ad- St'ate University President, will of musical fame, will sing Program Development Division, the annual banquet program, dress the delegate body to give bring official greetings to Farm popular classics in his appear- American Farm Bureau, will Lansing Civic Center, Tuesday farmers a direct report of Bureau delegates from the Uni- ance before the Civic Center speak to Young Farmers, Mon- night, Nov. 19. Michigan affairs. versity. banquet crowd. day night, Nov. 18. Delegates t~ make Again this year, Farm Bureau detailed program for each section Insurance Group will provide cof- is printed on page 5.) Business reports and resolutions will occupy delegate attention on 'fee and doughnuts for arriving Also beginning with a noon Tuesday, November 19, including "Sharp. Apprraisal" delegates and guests with registra- luncheon, the programs of Farm tion scheduled for 8:30 Monday Bureau \Vomen will be held in the morning, November 18. -Big Ten room of Kellogg Center, nominations for directors from the even-numbered districts - 2-4-6-8-10 a;'d two Directors at Looking ahead to next yea(s Golden Anniversary, the Mich- Mrs. Jesse (Louise) Smith- where featured speaker will be Large, plus one Young Farmer igan Farm Bureau has completed prepar~tions for an action- talented Kalamazoo county Farm Dr. Richard Cutler, Vice Presi- represen tative. packed annual meeting, November 18-19-20 - centered on the Bureau member will provide con- dent of the University of Mich- The evening program will be in theme "Building Tomorrow Together." vention organ music, with a half- igan. (a detailed program is found the Lansing Civic Center, where hour "Community Sing" set for on page 8.) Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. famed The action of voting delegates meeting in the main auditorium 9:30 - just ahead of the official Immediately following all spe- author and Pastor of New York's -of Michigan State University, East Lansing, will be of unusual call to order at 10:00 a.m. cial interest programs the Policy Marble Collegiate Church, will significance this year, in that Farm Bureau's annual meeting Michigan State University Presi- Development Committee (resolu- speak on the topic «\Vhy positive comes sufficiently after the national elections to allow a sharp dent, John Hannah, will welcome tions) will hold an open session thinkers get positive results." agriculture. ~~~~~ appraisal of the new administration ~I~.~~'=~~~~~~ . and its intentions toward NOTE: Pag~s 6 and 7 carry malOr ~arm plank pledges of both RepublIcan and Democrat partIes - as well as Farm delegates, followed by the annual address of President Elton Smith. in the Kellogg Center Auditorium. Any Farm Bureau member is in- vited to appear on any subject. 6: 00 o'clock evening programs close out the forenoon, WIth bus include the President's Banquet service provided at 12:00 to move (exclusive to county Farm Bureau delegates to either the Kellogg Presidents and wives) and the This program is open to the interested public - with tickets again available from either county Farm Bureau offices, or from the Information Division of the Mich- igan Farm Bureau. Robert Taylor - «Fat Bob"- Bureau's recommendations for federal farm programs. Center or Union Ballroom lunch. Young Farmer banquet and pro- gram which will be held at the the national winner in the Metro- These should be studied carefully by all Farm Bureau mem- eon and afternoon program. same hour in the Big Ten Room. politan Opera contest, will sing bers prior to the national election, November 5. 'Commodity Day" will begin popular classics, and awards will Special guests will include Ken- _w~~n~fuMheOO~~ neth Cheatham of the Program be made to those selected for Union. ~nd" in~lude. the fin?,ls of Development Division of the Distinguished Service to Agricul- an exerting DISCUSSIonMeet con- American Farm Bureau Federa- ture. Another program highlight Barring unforeseen events which could take him out of state, test staged by Farm Bureau Young will be the choosing of Farm tion and James Erskine, Farm Michigan Governor George Romney has given assurance that Farmers on the topic of farm Bureau Career Agent, Saginaw. Bureau's «Queen" for the 1968- he will be present on the second day of the convention to give marketing and bargaining. The program is open to aU in- 69 year. his views of state affairs and of Michigan agriculture. Later, special commodity inter- terested persons with tickets avail- Final consideration of policy est groups - including Livestock, able from County Farm Bureau resolutions will occupy delegate Fruits and Vegetables, Dairy and Secretaries and from the Informa- attention on Wednesday, Novem- Field Crops, will meet in various tion Division, Michigan Farm Bu- ber 20, along with formal election rooms of the Union building. (A reau. of Directors nominated earlier. FARM BUREAU FAMILY BAND From Beethoven to Tijuana Brass - that's the musical range of the versatile L. Elwood Bush family band, scheduled for two appearances at the annual meeting of the Michigan Farm Bu- reau - November 18. The band will appear on the Women's program following the noon luncheon and again in the evening at the Young Farmer's banquet, both programs in the Big Ten room of Kellogg Center, on the MSU campus, East Lansing. All 12 children are musically talented, David (18) plays all saxes, flute and piano. Dan (1 n plays all valve horns, ~nd has twice appeared at the National Music Camp, Interlochen; Michael (16) plays bass or alto clarinet and soprano sax. Jim (15) plays sousaphone, tuba or string bass; Marianne (13) plays all saxophones, flute and piano; Doug (12) plays trombone and Paul (11) trumpet. Both play first-chair in their school bands. Dawn (9) Debbie (8) and Dorothy (7) play an original 6-hands trio on t~e piano. BUSH FAMILY BAND - Mom and Dad and all of the dozen children are pictured Dad plays the drums, mother the piano. The Bush family are Lenowee -county Farm Bureau in the L. Elwood Bush home where it often is music and more music after form members. chores are done. They are Lenawee county Form Bureau members. FOUR November 1 1 1968 MICHIGAN FARM NEWs candidate confusion -or, threes a crovvd Michigan Supreme Court Justice Michael D. O'Hara is an incumbent candidate for re-election to the Court, November 5. Fellow Justices presently serving on the 7-man court include Thomas M. Kavanaugh - not up for election this year. Under our new Constitution, incumbents may file for re- election at the close of their terms, without party ties. However, new candidates must be nominated by a political party, and opposing O'Hara for the single spot now open on the Court is Thomas G. Kavanaugh, Democrat nominee - and thought by some to have been selected by his party because of the similar- ity in names to incumbent Justice Kavanaugh. Adding to the confusion is another prominent person with a similar name - Detroit Mayor Cavanagh, who really is not involved at all. To set the record straight, the contest is between Justice O'Hara (described by the Detroit Free Press as "one of the CHARLES J. DAVIS _ (left) shown recelvmg the 1967 Farm JUSTICE O'HARA better legal minds on the Court") - and newcomer, Thomas Bureau Distinguished Agricultural service award. G. Kavanaugh. _ Charles J. Davis Michigan agriculture and Farm Bureau have lost a staunch friend in the untimely death September 30, of Representative Charles J. Davis - who only last Fall was presented Farm Bureau's award for Distinguished Services to Agriculture. Davis, 57, was Chairman of the House Budget and Expenditures Committee and a member of the Appropriations Committee. He was a candidate for re-election to his fifth term in the House at the time of his death. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, past president of the Ingham county Farm Bureau and of the American Dairy Association of Michigan. At the last annual meeting of the Michigan Farm Bureau he was praised for his many contributions to agriculture by Michigan Farm Bureau president, Elton Smith who presented him with a plaque reading: "For Distinguished Service to Agriculture - Charles J. Davis - Outstanding Dairy Farmer, Farm Bureau Leader and member of the Michigan Legislature - but above all, representative of the best in agriculture ... " By Robert Smith of the high personal exemption Department of Conservation Legislative Counsel, Mich. Farm Bureau ($1200) and sliding scale credits Dear Mr. Woell: Unfortunately, many voters, as It cannot be repeated too often ~or prop~rty :axe~d al ci:J 1 in~~me I was pleased as a Farm Bureau member and Conservation they go to the polls November 5, that to eliminate fast time, and to axets, st a es ahan ren .Ph . n y ~ ree ..... Commissioner to see the lengthy statement in your September will have a misunderstanding of return ~lichigan to Eastern Stand- ve h zg er exempHons. b I I . th M' h' Issue a out proposa s 3 and 4 on the Nov. 5 general e edlon Proposals No.2, regarding Double ard Time the year round, the an IC zgan. ballot. Proposal 3 covers a Clean Water bonding program and Daylight Saving Time. VOTE ON PROPOSAL NO. 2 In the study comparing the "ef- Proposal 4 covers a Quality Recreation bonding program. Both ---------- SHOULD BE NO. fective rates" of Michigan's flat issues have strong support from Governor Romney, the state Standard Time is ~.C. VOTE !ill income tax as compared to the legislature, business and industry, labor organizations, church SAFE AND SANE • ~r'~. S}ATI PROPOSAl#2 Income Tax .. ,_~" NOV. 5 median rate of 'all other income groups and a host of oth~ public-spirited groups throughout There have been many ques- tax states, it shows that for a the state ... Much of this stems from an As- tions raised regarding Proposal family of four Michigan's tax on The FARM NEWS does not often take a stand in the Discussion sociated Press release, which was No. 1. This proposal will permit incomes up to more than $5,000 Topic - and that is sound editorial iudgment. But I was ,very confusing to the point that some the voters to decide whether the is zero; at the $7,500 income level pleased, ~nd want to thank you, for selecting these two im- newspapers and others throughout Michigan Constitution should be it is only 3/10 of 1%; at the portant public issues for presentation. Now that both proposals the state misled their readers. In amended to permit a graduated $10,000 level it is 8/10 of 1%; have received wide acclaim, we members of the Conservation some cases it was done knowingly, income tax. Michigan's present at $17,500 it is 1.5%; at the Commission have high hopes they will pass by wide margins but in most cases it was caused income tax is flat rate. $25,000 income level it is 1.8%. November 5. Nothing but good can come from the programs, from too great a dep~ndence on The wording of this proposal Thus, it can be seen that there is and I'm sure that Farm Bureau members everywhere will help one news source. has become somewhat confused. a six-fold increase between the boost that total winning vote margin substantially. Farm Bureau has straightened It states that: "An income tax at $7,500 income level and the $25,- Yours Truly out several such situations by di- flat rate or graduated as to rate 000. income level. In othe~ states Carl T. Johnson, Farm Bureau member rect contact with those involved. or base may be imposed by the havmg so-called graduated mcome _ State Conservation Commissioner In every case, there have been ex- state or any of its subdivisions." taxes, this same comparison be- ---- -- cellent cooperation and efforts (Emphasis added) tween $7,500 income level and made to clarify any misunder- Legal experts believe that the $25,000 income level shows a 2.7- standing. proposal goes further than the fold increase. In some instances the proposal's Legislature intended and would The study also clearly shows key question has been left out. permit the total of 2,904 units of that the total income tax burden The key question on the ballot local government in the state to is: "Shall the State of Michigan levy an income tax. This total is lower in Michigan than' the observe Daylight Saving Time? figure is made up of 83 counties, average in all other income tax Yes:_m __ NO: __m_." 522 cities and villages, 1,254 states. But, the fact is that the townships, 110 special districts effective tax rates in Michigan and 935 school districts. are more progressive than the According to a study recently median rates in the other income released by the Citizens Research tax states. Also, in the other states Council, Michigan's present in- the effective income tax rates ap~ come tax is progressive because ply at the $5,000 income level. VIEWPOINTS WELCOME AT OPEN SESSION The Public Affairs Division announces a special \\Open Sessionll of the Policy Development Committee (Resolutions) during the 49th annual meet- ing of the Michigan Farm Bureau. This opportunity for members to be heard on any issue, will follow the afternoon special interest sessions \~WATER POLLUTION- must be controlled," states Represe~ta- (Commodity- Farm Bureau Women) and will be held in the auditori- tl~e Raymond J. Smit, (R) Ann Arbor, shown in an interVieW w'.th Farm Bureau Broadcasting Director, Roger Brown. Of um of Kellogg Center, beginning at 4:30, Monday, November 18. All pnme concern is pollution caused by dispersal of phosphate members are welcome. residues. into state waterways. The interview was taped for Community Group discussion use. More than 200 groupS noW use these spoken commentaries in monthly meetings. MICHIGAN FARM NEWS November 1, 1968 FIVE , ~~w e ask that marketing be given high priority in the expanded pro- gram of the Michiga1z Farm Bureau." - 1968 Policy Statement, Michigan Farm Bureau - MARKET DEVELOPMENT An unusual discussion contest between six young farmers on the topic of marketing-bargaining, will be one highlight of "Commodity Day" programs, "A/onday, November 18, at the annual meeting or the "f.1ichigan Farm Bureau. The discussion will follow a noon-time luncheon in the Union Farm Management Duiz-, Ballroom of Michigan State University, and will be the finals Can you readily provide your banker with an accurate fi- determining the state champion to represent Michigan in Kansas nancial statement of your farming operation? "'ould your City, Missouri, during the American Farm Bureau Convention. present farm records be adequate to withstand an Internal Earlier, the six semi-finalists will be selected in competition Revenue audit? Do you have accurate and up-to-date infor- among 22 district Young Farmer tGinners. The "Discussion :Meet" mation upon which to base your farm management? is a technique in leadership training wherein participants are H you cannot answer "yes" to all of these questions, then involved in a free-wheeling discussion on a selected topic. At "Freddie Computer" is the helping hand you need. Freddie the Commodity Day program, the state finals will be-followed Computer is Farm Bureau's reliable electronic farm record- by a' "reactor panel" to round-out thinking on the topic "'Vlwt keeper. Freddie is now completing his third year of providing can my farm organization and I do to improve our "Alarketing Farm Bureau members with accurate, simple, low-cost, and and Bargaining position .. :' complete farm records. Following the contest, there will be special-interest conferences For further information on how Freddie Computer can make for Field Crops, Fruits and Vegetables, Dairy, and Livestock. your farm recordkeeping easier and more valuable contact your county Farm -Bureau office. David M-orris, memher of the Michigan Farm Bureau board, and prominent cattleman, will chair the Livestock session where HOLLIS HATFiElD a group of feeding and marketing experts will appear. They include Dr. Rohert ~1erkle, MSU - "Producing, Feeding and Former Administrative Secretary of the Pennsylvania Form Bureau, Hollis Hat- Marketing the ideal meat animal;" Dr. Terry Greathouse, MSU field now works within the Research and - "The Michigan Cow-Calf Industry;" Robert O'Connor, Presi- Commodity Division of the American INTRODUCING-- Farm Bureau, where dairy activities are dent, ~1ichigan Cattle Feeder's Association, speaking about the a chief responsibility. He will appear Association's activities and services, and "Ike" "Vahon, of the Michigan Livestock Exchange, with an outlook report on the on the Dairy program Commodity Day. at Farm Bureau Farm Bureau's state's livestock industry. A question-answer period is planned. Michigan Farm Bureau board' member, Harry Nye, will be chairman of the Fruit and Vegetable conference where progress ~REDDIE to (PUT R and problems in the industry will be the main topic. There will The Electronk Farm Records Systetl be a speaker representing processors, while Carl Davis of Jewel OHeriBg: Tea will talk about fresh markets. Labor and mechanical harvesting problems will be given a hard look. J Complete Income Tax Records Ridwrd "'ieland, of the ~1ichigan Farm Bureau board, will J Farm Credit Information chair the Dairy program, where dairy promotion and research alternatives will he examined by Hollis Hatfield, of the Research J Farm Management Information and Commodity Activities Division of the American Farm Bureau . ""Afilk Component Pricing," including. the impact of changing .J Optional Programs to Meet the from a hutterfat to a solid- not fat pricing system, will be Needs of Any Farm Enterprise discussed hy Dr. Glynn McBride of the Department of Agri- cultural Economics, at Michigan State. This Farm Records System is LOW COST, simple and will The Field Crops program will be under the direction of save you time. There is no adding, subtracting, multiply- Michigan Farm 'Bureau board member, \Valter Frahm, where ing, etc. Just record your transadions- a panel will discuss the Federal Feed Grains and \Vheat Pro- gram, with the question "time for a change?" deliberately raised. ED. R. POWEll FREDDIE COMPUTER DOES THE REST Examining alternatives will be Dr. Arthur Mauch, ~1SU eco- Manager of Grain Merchandising for the nomist, with present programs examined by George Parker of Michigan Elevator Exchange Division of GET MORE OETAILS FROM Farm Bureau Services, is Ed Powell, grain USDA; the grain-trade situation by Ed Powell of ~1ichigan sales expert who will speak on the YOUR COUNTY FARM BUREAU Elevator Exchange division of Farm Bureau Services, and an Field Crop program at the Farm Bureau over-look of Farn1 Bureau policy by Robert Smith, Legislative Commodity Day, November 18. Powell -OR THE MICH. FARM BUREAU is a member of both the Detroit and Counsel for the Michigan Fann Bureau. Toledo Boards of Trade. BROADER BENEFITS Michigan Farm Bureau Blue Cross and Blue Shield sub- scribers have now been covered under the new Michigan Variable Fee (MVF) plan since August 30th of this year. Along with this new Variable Fee "paid in full" pro- gram comes an extension of benefits. Blue Shield protec- tion provides even more coverage under the M.V.F. plan than before under M-75. Your new extended coverage is illustrated by the following examples: Bed-patient Medical Care Unlimited days In-patient Medical Care for Plumonary T.B., Nervous, and 45 Days Mental conditions Emergency First Aid Rendered at any time Radiation Therapy 00 For treatment of any condition Technical Surgical Assistance Wherever and whenever it is needed Unlimited Medical Consultations When a hospital MICHIGAN PARTICIPANTS - in a recent Midwest Farm Bureau Dairy Conference pose for the bed-patient camera in Chicago's Sheraton hotel. They are: (back row, from left) Michigan Farm Bureau Cosmetic Surgery New liberalized benefits President, Elton Smith and fellow Kent county dairyman, Frank Wiersma; Howard Ebenhoeh, These are some of the highlights of the new coverage Saginaw. Front (from left) AI Almy, MFB Dairy Specialist; Remus Riggs, Branch county and now available to Farm Bureau members who qualify. David Crandall, Menominee dairyman. SIX November 1, 1968 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS - - - ------~- [E S lipLATFORIVI FOR AMERICA"-to ... ~ ,z,,**1,:(****** ~~ $1r DEMOCRAT &. REPUBLICAN PARTIES Farm Bureau's recommendations for government expensive. Payment programs stimulate production, au;riclIltllrc, the stocks that will 1)(' carried by fanners farm programs are contained in the "Platform For increase unit costs, depress market prices, and make a;1ration of informed, eOllsdentiolls, with strict economy, within the framework of a ON THE BASIS of the record, it is clear that the loyal, anctactin' memhers; and this type of power balanced budget.' ./ Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 is not solving farm far exc('cds that which flows from compulsory Effective and widespread compdition-as a means prohlems. A dramatic change in the direction of grouping. of promoting individual incentive and the efficient government farm policy is long overdue and should use of scarce resources - is of paramoullt importance. not be delayed beyond the present expiration date THE ONLY PO\VEH which can compel fanners This means that no group - whether it he business, of the 1965 Act - i.e., December 31, 1969. to har(1ain to1I Seminar is open to all Farm Bureau luncheon will be Mrs. Jerold of nuclear weapons, the dangers Norman Vineent Peale, himself members (men and women) and to Farm Bureau friends. of world communism, the de- an aceolllplished psychologist and mands of underdeveloped nations, a person who strongly believes - race problems, ever-growing ernment, giant unions and giant gov- that parcntal permissiveness lack of directioJl is larg{'rly re- and ------------------------------~- business corporatiol1'i, have all spollsiblc for rising crime rates PLEASE RESERVE AIR-SPACE FOR THE combined to make young people and di~r('spect for law-and order. feel threatened and helpless in Peale will speak on the evening -WASHINGTON SEMINAR their shadow. banquet program, the second dav Cutler will develop the theme of the :mnual meeting, Novemhe'r Sponsored by Farm Bureau Women that raising children over the past 19, at the Lansing Civic Center. March 17-18.19-20 NIGHT PEOPLE AT 8:00 A.M. HELP WANTED FOR: _ , . 0iIr kids If1 .. w•• tlIt _ sdIIII Are you looking for a good place to work? Are you looking for job security? ill die _art - IItc-. tf -Uy¥c- . AT MIDWEST- Company completely pays for Health & Accident - Paid Vaca. ADDRESS: '''''' _ tions -Insurance - Company pays for $5,000 life Insurance - Paid Holidays DUMP DOUBU-DAYUGHT TIME •••• 5.. IF YOU WANT- Steady Employment and Good Income - STOP IN NOW (Billing at $127. per person will be made later) VOTE NO ~:~w2 17 Hooker St. Full-time or winter help MIDWEST FOUNDRY COMPANY Coldwater, Michigan 49036 Send to: Information Division, Michigan Box 960, Lansing, Farm Mich. Bureau ------------------------------~ MICHIGAN FARM NEWS November 1, 1968 NINE ~ vineyard vvorker calls ,n grape "strike" a hoax and labor-union fraud Efforts by union professionals United Farm Workers Organiz- to impose compulsory unionism ing Committee of the AFL- on unwiUing a~ri.cultural work- CIO and to the thinly disguised ers through a boycott of Cali- tactics used by labor to force fornia table grapes. have been the workers into joining. bitterly denounced by the work- At the rally, the vineyard ers themselves. workers picked one of their One mass rally in opposition number, Jose J.f endow, as Gen- to the AFL-CIO union effort eral Secretary and asked that brought more than 4,000 vine- he tour the country to tell the yard workers together under general public of the union the Agricultural 'Vorkers «Free- harassment. dom to "Vork Association" ban- Mendoza visited Lansing and VINEYARD WORKER - Jose Mendoza, tells Michigan newsmen in the Lansing Press Club, of nero The meeting was a demon- Boyne Mountain, in Michigan to the AFL-CIO Grape "Strike" hoax and of the illegal boycott the union has called agoinst farmers. stration in opposition to the tell this story. In Lansing, he met with newsmen in the Lansing Press Club. At Boyne Mountain he appeared before the state con- vention of the Michigan Associa- tion of Food Dealers. On both occasions his presenta- We sell Fertilizer by the Bag to some farmers. tion was impressive as he explain- ed that from the worker's view- because they want it that way. but ... point, the grape "strike" is a contrived hoax and labor-union perpetrated fraud. We also sell it by SO-TON BULK CARS to the "Grape pickers are making good money - we are not mi- grant.s and we are not starving BIG FARMER because he wants it that way! ;ust because we do not belong to the union. The 5.000 fann work- ers in Kern county. California, where the AFL-CIO is trying to organize. are the best paid farm "For the past eight year~ we have been plowing workers in the state of California. down anhydrous ammonia by using a regular That's why the union wants us- anhydrous plow down attachment on our plow. they want people with enough We feel that this is the very best way to apply money to pay the high dues and nitrogen. It saves us time because it means one special assessments planned," less trip over the fields, and because the nitro- Mendoza said. gen has already been applied, we do not get "There is no on paved road in Alpena County. For Postoffices): $1.00 MAILMART. Carroll- sires. Ready for service. Also, registered — Order your started pullets that have heifers and calves. Egypt Valley Hereford been raised on a proven growing program. Morse Companv, Box 189A, Wall Str. more information write: Leonard Timm, ton 72. Kentucky 41008. 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Big selection-all sizes through 46 PICK-UP TRUCK STOCK RACKS — All 500 lbs. Ed Tanis, Route # 1, Jenison, # 3 , Ionia, Michigan. Phone 527-0860. Regulars. Longs and Shorts. If you don't OLD STYLE SLEIGH BELLS: 20 heavy Michigan. Phone: MO 9-9226. need two suits, bring a friend, divide the nickel plate new 1 % " diameter 7 ' strap steel construction $119.50. Dealerships (6-3t-28b) 26 available. Free literature. DOLLY EN- (10-2t-29b) 20 coat and share the savings. Michigan $10; 30 bells $15. Colored Spreader Bankard good at DICK BUTLER'S O.P.S. Straps. Alfred Jensen, Little Falls, Minne- TERPRISES, 219, Main, Colchester, Il- linois 62326. (ll-2t-19p) 8 Opposite Police Station in Grand Ledge. sota 56345. (ll-tf-24b) 36 DAY O L D OR STARTED PULLETS— Michigan. Open Friday nights 'til 9. All 22 NURSERY STOCK The DeKalb profit pullet. Accepted by other nights 'til 6. Open Sundavs 12 to 5. 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Telephone Elsie Kaleva, Michigan 49645. 9-7087, M a n c h e s t e r GArden 8-3034 ville. Pennsylvania 16335. Colchester, Illinois 62326 (ll-2t-15p) 8 862-4852. ( l l - 2 t - 2 8 p ) 20 (2-12t-30p) (Washtenaw County) (tf-46b) 26 ( l l - l t - 1 9 p ) 36 FOURTEEN Novem her 1, 1968 MICHIGAN FARM ~EWS SEPT. SUMMARY AIR-WATER POLLUTION Total Reports: 685 Where should authority for water standards rest? State? 239 - Regional? 223 - Local? 197 - Federal? 154 Should hard pesticides be licensed, regulated? Yes: 460 - No: 187 Should Federal Standard apply? No: 318 - Yes: 271 Should Feed-lot Jocations be regu- lated? Yes: 410 - No: 143 Should we change fertilizer-handling systems? No: 262 - Yes: 152 Does your Twp. have s;rious pollu- tion? No: 383 - Yes: 268 By Charles Bailey Are problems being corrected? 293 - Yes: 262 No: Director Is Farm Bureau helping on problems? No. 308 - Yes: 195 Education And ALLIED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS - (AFl-CIO) picket a Milwaukee Research Supermarket called in support by the union ofa to force boycott of California farmers into signing table grapes contracts NEXT MONTH: Welfare Programs 111.ich.Farnz Bureau with them. ( - Industrial Worker Photo) for major farm jobs much on the order of industrial UNIONIZATION OF job descriptions. It's much easier to settle a dis- agreement if the parties have the agreement in writing. The use of migrant housing has often been a FARM LABOR ... This has been the summer of the '1Jig lie" in the theBIGlie as reported? There has been an intensive organiza- source of friction. Maybe we should adopt the written housing agree- ments used by some of the larger employers of migrant labor. These employers not only explain the terms of housing occupancy, but they also list farm labor unionization battle. Most of the le~al tional effort but it would appear that few workers charges for the replacement of such items as broken weapons have been used, also some of doubtful jojned the organizers who were admittedly paid window panes, missing screens and the like. legality such as the secondary boycott of California workers for the United Farm 'Vorkers Organizing From a legal standpoint perhaps we should move grapes. Committee. now to get legislation changed before there is pres- ~1an};-farmers apparently feel that the California The U.S. Department of Labor certifi~d that sure from the unions to make modifications un- growers must fight their own battles. If only the "a labor dispute exists" but has not nlled on the favorable to our industry. The prohibition of strikes California farm workers were involved, this might merits of the case so far. The fact remains there is is llsually ineffective, but such a prohibition during be right, but much of the money for the unionizing no true strike of vineyard workers. the harvest season might give better legal standing effort is coming from ~1ichigan. Having failed to enlist large numbers of farm in courts for those who have the tirpe and money. The United Farm 'Vorkers Organizing Committee workers voluntarily, the unions turned to the boycott At least one U.S. Senator has suggested that farm reported to the U.S. Department of Labor that they to force farmers to r~quire union membership of labor be {Jlaced under the jurisdiction of the Na- collected $82.000 dues from members in 1967. At their workers. Churches, and other social action tional Labor Relations Board. vVe need to look at their rate of $3.50 per month for dues, this would groups have joined the boycott attempts to bring this suggestion very closely before we accept it. In indicate that somewhat less than 3.500 of the 200,000 pressure on producers through retailers and handlers. the first place the NLRB has operated in a manner California farm workers have joined. This is commonly called a secondary boycott, al- which couldn't be called unbiased; then too, its Durin~ this same period, it has heen reported that though this time people outside the union are procedures are long and tedious, tailored to an in- the AFL-CIO contributed $10,000 monthly to the becoming involved. - dustrial atmosphere. campai~n. The same report indicated that the United The boycott of grapes by the unions has taken a If some way could be found to divorce the NLRB Auto 'Vorkers contribute $7,500 monthly to support new twist recently as most union faces seem to have from both labor and management, the proposal the pro,gram. This adds up to close to $300,000 to disappeared from the picket lines to be replaced by might have some merit. Then too, it would be of sign 3,500 members. college kids and social minded city people. It could limited benefit unless its procedures could be There are reports of other donations by churches, be that the order of the NLRB to New York unions speeded up drastically. the ~1igrant ~'finistry and private foundations. In to cease their questionable boycott practices has dis- Another possible legal an~le would be to write one case the Office of Economic Opportunity made couraged open union participation. Secondary boy- into the law provisions guaranteeing the producer a grant of $267.000 to the organizers in October of cotts by unions are forbidden by Federal law. the right to harvest and market, unmolested, his crop 1965. The agency also made an indirect grant of There are several possibilities we need to consider while negotiations progressed. Under present laws 8246,000 to the cause through the California Center if we are to win this' battle against compulsory union- he is prevented from hiring throu~h government for Community Development. ism, and it is doubtful that we as a voluntary or- channels any other labor while the labor disagree- Numerous other funds reportedly have been made ganization could in good conscience oppose the ment certification is in effect - meantime his crop available from church and private sources, but their voluntary organization of farm labor, however dis- rots in the fields. amounts and use are very hard to trace. tasteful it might be. In view of this year's attempts to boycott Cali- In case there are those among us who still don't lt is essential that we rebuild this friendly image fornia grapes, it may be time to tighten the laws understand what is in progress let us quote from a which the unions have worked so hard to tear down. relating to the use of boycotts of products to compel union report of some months back: The public needs to know that we do provide good employees to require union membership. Few of "Our principal 'enemy' is a straw-man, an image. housing, often free; that we do pay good wages for the pickets were emplovees or former employees of This image is the commonly accepted pichlTe of good work; that we do provide \Vorkmen's Compen- the farmers picketed. but they were working the agriculture as being made of the sturdy yeoman, the sation as required; that we are improving conditions nlans of the UF'VOG and probably should have solid, earthly American family farmer. as rapidly as money becomes available a}ld that we been classed as agents of the Committee. Most were "The organizing task has a major task if it is to help provide medical assistance. students, militants and social actionists. succeed, the destruction of this false image of family- Some people have said that mechanization will be Whatever the outcome of th~ California organiza- farmerism, the identification of agribusiness for the answer to the unions, but this may be a long tional drive, Michigan may very well be faced with what it is: ruthlcss, coldblooded big business ex- way off. As a matter of fact, the partial mechaniza- a major effort to organize farm workers another year. ploitation of people and the land .... tion of the cherry harvest caused problems this year "The question is raised and must be answered: If Michigan farmers are to avoid crippling strikes, for later harvests. Available migrant labor found it how do you destroy that false image? Is this image they must be prepared to cope with attempts to difficult to find enough work to tide them over the as important as you say it is? ... stop harvesting of perishables. normal cherry harvest season. Some of them became "The first question is answered thusly: we destroy so discouraged that they left the state before the Clearly written agreements, complete and patient this image 'hy a systematic education campaign apple harvest started. explanations of work, close supervision and com- aimed at the trade union movement, which has its Another area in which we appear to be greatly plete, timely accounting for pay and deductions can own press, and at the general public .... " deficient appears to be that of management of avail- more effectively discourage unionization than whole In case you still have any doubts about the aims able labor on our farms. reams of anti-union propaganda. of the organizational program for labor and whether ~1ost mana~ement specialists say that the most In the meantime we must be prepared to complete it is important to us here in ~1ichigan, it should be important tool in the hands of the mana~er is good harvests with exchanged labor between fanns or noted that some 25 tomato producers were unionized communications with his labor force. The worker other emergency means. We cannot wait, we must in western Ohio in about three days in early Sep- must know exactly what is expected of him, when plan now. tember of this year. and where he will be paid and what deductions will First and foremost we have to remember that Organizers also made an appearance in Southeast- be made. employees are people with some of, the strengths ern ~1ichigan about the same time; however, they Unfortunately, we have not always been careful and most of the weaknesses with which people are appear to have been unsuccessful, this year. in explaining exactly how we want a particular job blessed. Patience in working with them pays bib To put things in sharp focus, let us examine the done and then made sure it went off exactly as dividends. real purpose of the so-called "grape strike and we explained it. Does your group have suge~stions to meet or head boycott." Was there a real strike of farm workers Maybe we should develop written job descriptions off the union organization effort? 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