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VOLUME 48 - NUMBER 27
County Commissioners
Adopt 1965 Tax Levy
BRANTLEY COUNTY, GEORGIA
TAX LEVY
FOR THE YEAR 1965.
Resolution and order of the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues, of Brantley Coun
ty, Georgia, levying taxes for the
year Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-
Five (1965).
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED
AND RESOLVED, by the Board
of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues, of Brantley County,
Georgia sitting for County pur
poses on this the 6th day of July,
1965 that there be and is hereby
levied and assessed for the year
1965 upon all taxable property of
said County of Brantley State of
Georgia, subject to taxation,
same to provide the necessary
revenue and requirements of said
County, the following taxes for
the following purposes, to-wit:
1. To pay the expenses of the
administration of the County
Government One and 5/10ths
Mills.
2. To pay the principal and in
terest of any debts of the Coun
srfy and to provide a sinking fund
therefor Two Mills.
3. To build and repair the pub
lic building and bridges Nine and
l/10ths Mills.
4. To pay the expense of the
Courts, and maintenance and sup
port of prisoners and to pay
sheriffs and coroners and for ex
pense of litigation. One and
5/10ths Mills.
5. To build and maintain a
system of Roads (County). Four
Mills.
6. For public health purposes in
said County, and for the collect
ion and preservation of records of
vital statistics. Three Mills.
7. To support paupers. One Mill.
8. To pay County Agricultural
and Home Demonstration Agents.
4/10th Mills.
9. To provide for the payment of
old age assistance to aged per
sons in need, and for the pay
ment of assistance to the needy,
blind and to dependent children
and other welfare benefits, provid
ed that no person shall be en
titled to the assistance herein
authorized who does not qualify
for such assistance in every re
spect, in accordance with the en
actments of the General Assem
bly which may be of force and
effect prescribing the qualifica
tions for beneficiaries hereunder;
provided that no indebtedness of
liability against the County shall
ever be created for the purpose
herein stated, in excess of the
taxes lawfully levied each fiscal
year under the acts of the Gen
eral Assembly authorized here
under for such purposes. Two
Mills.
10. To provide for the creation
of a fund to be used for assist
ing, promoting and encouraging
the location of new industries in
said County, and for the develop
ment of Agriculture, in Brantley
County, Georgia. One Mill.
11. To provide for Fire Protec
tion, for Forest lands and to fur
ther conservation of natural re
sources. Two and 5/10ths Mills.
12. To provide Medical Care
and Hospitalization for the indi
gent sick people to Brantley Coun
ty, Georgia. One Mill.
13. To provide for Workman’s
Compensation and retirement or
pensions funds for officers and
employees.
14. Making a total in the aggre
gate of Thirty and 10/100th ($30.-
10) dollars on the One Hundred
Dollars, of taxable property of
said Brantley County, Georgia,
exclusive of the levy to pay
charges for educational purposes
and to pay school bonds.
15. To pay charges for educa
tional purposes and to be levied
only in strict compliance of law,
and under and by virtue ,of the
recommendation of The Board of
Education, of Brantley County,
Georgia, at a meeting held on the
14th day of June, 1965, a certi
fied copy of said resolution being
hereto annexed immediately fol
lowing this paragraph, and being
the page immediately following
this page.
RECOMMENDATION OF THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF
BRANTLEY COUNTY, GEOR
GIA, TO THE Board of Commis
sioners of Roads and Revenues,
of said Court, for the levy of
taxes for the support and mainten
ance of education for the year
1965.
AT REGULAR MEETING, of
the Board of Eddcation of Brant
ley County, Georgia, held on the
14th day of June, 1965, the fol
lowing resolution was presented
to said Board, and after motion
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
being duly made, seconded and
unanimously carried, said resolu
tion was regularly adopted.
RESOLVED that the Board of
Education of Brantley County,
Georgia, recommended and it is
hereby recommended, to the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues, of Brantley Coun
ty, Georgia, that a tax for sup
port and maintenance of educa
tion for the year 1965 A. D. of
17 Mills or seventeen Dollars on
the One Thousand Dollars to be
levied on all taxable property in
said County of Brantley (save
that exempted by the Constitu
tion and the Laws of the State of
Georgia, as to personal and
homestead exemption), and 3
Mills to be levied on taxable pro
perty in said County of Brantley
as provided by the Constitution
and the Laws of the State of
Georgia to retire the Bond in
debtedness.
This the 14th day of June, 1965.
sg. Ted Strickland,
Chairman
Board of Education,
Brantley Co., Ga.
ATTEST:
sg
Mable R. Moody,
Board Secretary
I, Mable R. Moody, Secretary
of the Board of Education, of
Brantley County, Georgia, do cer
tify that the above and forego
ing is a true and correct copy of a
Resolution and Recommendation
of the Board of Education of
Brantley County, Georgia, regu
larly passed by the Board on
June 14th, 1965 and do hereby
certify said resolution and re
commendation, to the Board of
Commissioners of Roads and Re
venues, of Brantley County, Geor
gia, as such.
This the 14th day of June, 1965.
sg Mable R. Moody,
Secretary
Board of Education,
Brantley Co., Go.
WHEREUPON, in full compli
ance with the above and foregoing
resolution, of the Brantley Coun
ty, Georgia, Board of Education,
It is, hereby ordered and resolv
ed by the Board of Commissioners
of Roads and Revenues in and
for Brantley County, Georgia, that
for the support and maintenance
of Public Education, for 1965 of
Seventeen (17) Mills, of Seven
teen Dollars ($17.00) on the One
Thousand ($1,000.00) be levied
on all taxable property in said
County of Brantley and the State
of Georgia, (save and except that
exempted by the constitution and
laws of the State of Georgia, as
to exemptions as to personalty
and Homestead).
And, in further full compliance
the resolution of the Board of
Education aforesaid, there here
by levied Three (3) Mills on the
taxable property in said State
and County, as provided by the
Constitution, and the Laws of
the State of Georgia, to retire
the bonded indebtedness incur
red, by said Brantley County,
Georgia Board of Education.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED
AND RESOLVED THAT, all taxes
be collected by the Tax Commis
sioner of said County, as pro
vided by law.
DONE AND ORDERED, by the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues, of Brantley Coun
ty, Georgia, after motion duly
made, seconded and carried, on
this the 6th day of July 1965.
sg B. J. Wainwright,
Chairman
Board of Commissioners
of Roads and Revenues, of
Brantley County, Georgia
ATTEST:
sg R. B. Brooker, Clerk
I, R. B. Brooker, Clerk of the
Commissioners of Roads and Re
venues, of Brantley County, Geor
gia, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing pages is a
true and correct copy of the ori
ginal order and resolution levy
ing taxes, for Brantley County,
Georgia, for the year 1965, as the
same appears on the minutes of
said Board.
sg R. B. Brooker, Clerk
Board of Commissioners of
Branrtley County, Georgia
C. Winton Adams
County Attorney 7-29
Birds of Prey
Birds of prey, such as hawks
and owls, aren’t necessarily bad.
In fact, they are necessary to
the health of the wildlife com
munity, says Wildlife Specialist
Davd Almand of the Extenson
Service. For the most part, he
adds, their victims are weak and
unfit.
Plans for New
High School
Going Forward
Plans for erecting the new
Brantley County High School are
going forward successfully, ac
cording to Mrs. Mable Moody,
county school superintendent.
The 35-acre school site is be
ing rapidly cleared. The firm of
architects, Thomas, Driscoll and
Hutton of Savannah, have made
the first draft of the plans for the
building and will soon complete
the working draft so that bids
can be asked for construction of
the building.
The Board of Education expects
to be able to ask for bids some
time in August and hope to start
construction in September.
The aim is to have the new
building ready for occupancy by
Sept. 1, 1966. The two high
schools, Nahunta and Hoboken,
will be housed in the new and
modern structure.
Meeting Called
To Plan for
4-Laning 301
AU citizens of this area are in
vited to a meeting, concerning
U. S. 301, to be held in the
Court House Thursday night (to
night), July 8; 7:30 P. M.
The Federal and State Govern
ments tell us that Nahunta is the
holdback on getting the highway
four-laned.
We plan to discuss this and the
results of a 301 meeting that
many of us attended in Allen
dale, South Carolina last week.
The northern part of the asso
ciation is not treating us fair and
we want to make some plans for
combatting this move toward 1-95
and U. S. 17.
Please be present and help us
get these plans into action.
W. C. Long,
Local Chairman.
Lamar DePratter
Attended Leadership
Training Conference
Lamar DePratter attended the
Leadership Training Conference
held at the State FFA-FHA Camp
June 28-July 1.
Lamar is the President of the
Nahunta High School Chapter, Fu
ture Mariners of America for
1965-66. During the week FFA
and FHA mmbers from through
out the state studied various ways
of group leadership and improv
ing their skills in presiding over
group meetings, under the super
vision of Dr. Larry Taylor,
Group Dynamics Specialist from
Hillsboro College, Hillsboro, Mi
chigan.
In addition the group participat
ed in many organized recreation
al activities which they bring
back to their local chapters.
Lamar is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry DePratter of Nahun
ta and a Senior in the Nahunta
high school.
Methodists Adopt Senator Dean's
Resolution Against Nudist Camps
State Senator Roscoe E.
Dean Jr. urged the members
of the North Georgia Metho
dists Conference meeting
in Atlanta and all churches
and church organizations in
Georgia to lend their full sup
port and to solicit the support
of their elected representatives
for the passage of legislation
outlawing the establishment or
maintenance of a nudist colo
ny in Georgia.
Senator Dean spoke of the
immoral effects of organized
nudism and pledged to intro
duce the necessary legislation
during the next session of the
Georgia General Assembly.
He reminded the group that
many other states have taken
such action and quoted from
a law banning nudist colonies
that was just passed three
months ago in the State of
Tennessee.
Senator Dean presented the
assembly with a resolution
pledging the endorsement of
North Georgia Methodist Con
ference of his proposed legis
lation.
“RESOLUTION
“WHEREAS: The human
body itself is not obscene, but
the deliberate display of nak
edness in public is morally
undesirable; and
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 8, 1965
Personals
Guests spending the 4th of
July with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Willis in Nahunta were Mr. and
Mrs. Oden Johns and son, Neal of
Naples, Florida, Miss Marilyn
Herrin, Atlanta, Georgia, Mr. and
Mrs. Omie Wilson and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Herrin, Mr.
and Mrs. Johnnie Crews and
daughter, all of Nahunta, Mr.
and Mrs. Ivy Carter of Waycross.
* ♦ *
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kick and
children of Smyrna, Georgia; and
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Meyer and
daughter of Brunswick visited
Mrs. G. W. Willis during the
holidays.
♦ ♦ ♦
Miss Jennie Kick is spending
the summer with her grandmoth
er.
♦ ♦ *
Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland re
turned home Tuesday. She spent
several weeks in Baton Rouge,
La. with Dr. and Mrs. Van B.
Saye and while there all visited
relatives in Ohio. She stopped for
a visit with Rev. and Mrs. Mar
shall Strickland in Columbus, Ga.
Sandra Saye returned home with
her grandmother for a visit.
Guy Chambless 111 is visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Chambless, Jr., for several weeks.
He is a student at the Cincinnatti
College of Embalming.
* ♦ *
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broome are
attending the Georgia Press As
sociation convention at Jekyll
Island this weekend, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
♦ * *
Mrs. Elizabeth Barnard of Na
hunta and her daughter Mrs. D.
M. Atkinson and daughter Donna
of Kingsland visited Mrs. Atkin
son’s son Danny at LaGrange,
Ga., the past weekend. Danny is
studying for the Methodist minis
try in college at LaGrange.
♦ * *
D. Hubert Manning of Nahunta,
a student at the Medical College
of Georgia, has been promoted to
the senior class in the School of
Medicine. His promotion to the
final year of the medical curri
culum was announced this week
by the school’s Promotion Boards.
♦ * *
Army Pvt. James E. Douberly,
22, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
E. Douberly, Route 1, Hortense,
was assigned to the U. S. Army
Support Command, Vietnam, June
21, as an aircraft maintenance
specialist.
Glenn Rowell, 13, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Rowell of Hor
tense, is still in the Waycross
Hospital after three weeks stay
because of a broken leg. He fell
from a trestle near Hortense
while fishing with a campanion
and suffered a badly fractured
leg. His brother Bivian was al
lowed to come home from mili
tary service in Germany to see
him.
Aviation Machinist’s Mate Air
man George W. Freeman Jr., U
SN, son of Mr. and Mrs. George
W. Freeman of Route 1, Hortense,
is visiting the Spanish port city
of Barcelona as the final port
of-call of a seven-month deploy
ment to the Mediterranean with
the U.S. Sixth Fleet’s attack air
craft carrier USS Saratoga.
“WHEREAS: Organized nu
dism and nudist colonies have
been shown to have an un
healthy effect on their sur
rounding communities; and
“WHEREAS: The offensive
nature of nudist colonies has
been shown in legislation and
court decisions in many states
which have banned the prac
tice of nudism; and
“WHEREAS: The entire his
tory of nudist activities is
marred with sexual incidents
and anti-social behavior; and
“WHEREAS: The Methodist
Church has traditionally fou
ght against intemperance,
gambling, and lewd indulgen
ce; now
“THEREFORE BE IT RE
SOLVED: That we, the mem
bers of this North Georgia
Methodist Conference pledge
our support for legislation ban
ning the establishment of a
nudist colony in Georgia, and
that we will urge the legisla
tive support of our elected
state representatives to assist
State Senator Roscoe E. Dean
Jr. toward that end.”
The foregoing resolution was
adopted unanimously by the
North Georgia Methodist Con
ference, according to senator
Dean. (Adv.)
Softball Game
Results for
The Past Week
Thursday the Midgets of Ho
boken defeated the Nahunta Bap
tist by a score of 6 to 4. Ronnie
Jacobs led Hoboken with three
hits as Jed Long led the Baptist
with three hits. The Nahunta
Ladies then proceeded to clobber
the Hoboken ladies by a score of
11 to 1. Pat Smith collected three
hits as Sherry Dean and Jackie
Nichols homered for the win
ners. Shirley Harris was the lead
ing hitter for Hoboken with three
hits.
Following the Ladies game the
Hoboken Men were then beaten
by the Hortense Men in a 9 to 5
game. Jerry Rowell and Jim Gib
son homered as they and team
mates Emory Rowell, and Ed
ward Davis collected two hits
each. J. C. Harris collected two
hits for Hoboken.
Saturday the Methodist and
Baptist Midgets clashed as the
Methodists defeated the Baptists
by a score of 8 to 5. The Metho
dists leading hitter was Clipper
Smith and Ed Whidden with two
hits each. Robert Ham collected
three hits for the losers.
Juniors game action saw the
Nahunta Baptists whollop the Ho
boken Juniors. Wayne Patten,
Danny Moody, and Danny Sears
hit home runs for Nahunta and
Bob Long had three hits. Ho
boken got 5 hits. The Nahunta
Ladies then extended their win
ning streak by defeating the Hor
tense Ladies. The leading lady
sluggers were Jean Thomas of
Nahunta and Gail Sloan of Hor
tense with three hits each.
The Nahunta Midget girls now
lead in their league with one win
ond no loses. In the Midget Boys
League the Methodists team is
now in first place with three wins
ond no losses. In the Midget Boys
gue the Nahunta Baptists are in
first place with two wins and no
losses. In the Ladies league th«
Nahunta Ladies are in first place
with three wins and no losses.
The Adult Men’s league is now be
ing led by the Jaycees with two
wins and no losses.
Swimming lessons are still be
ing offered to those interested.
If you are interested, please con
tact Gene Wiley as soon as pos
sible.
Dean Opposes
Court Ruling
On Communists
State Senator Roscoe E. Dean,
Jr. called the attention of V.F.-
W. members meeting at their
state convention in Macon to a
recent U. S. Supreme Court rul
ing which held that communist
literature may now pass unre
stricted through the mails and
asked their support for a possi
ble legislature resolution con
demning this ruling.
Senator Dean said that such a
resolution would also urge that
other means be found to curtail
the use of the U.S. mails by com
munist sources either inside or
outside this country.
Dean praised the members of
the V.F.W. for their work in all
types of community activities and
for their inspirational value to
the citizens in general. (Adv.)
How good were the good old
days? Let’s take a look at a job
description of a hospital floor
nurse developed in 1887, recently
published in the magazine of
Cleveland Lutheran Hospital:
Questions and Answers
on the Bible
BY MRS. GLADYS C. JOHNSON
SHOULD CHRISTIANS
BE CALLED SAINTS?
It is not a question of whether
Christians SHOULD be called
saints or not. The fact is that a
gain and again in the New Testa
ment Christians ARE referred to
as saints.
Paul in writing to the church at
Rome addressed his letter to “all
that are in Rome, beloved of God,
called to be saints ...” Romans
1:6,7. Again to the church at Co
rinth he writes, “To them that are
sanctified in Christ Jesus, called
to be saints, with all that in every
place call upon the name of Jesus
Christ our Lord ...” I Corin
thians 1:2.
Tobacco Advisory
Board to Meet
Next Wednesday
The Georgia Tobacco Advisory
Board is scheduled to meet next
Wednesday, July 14, at 10:00 A.
M. in the Dempsey Hotel in Ma
con to make a recommendation
on the opening date of the 1965
tobacco markets.
The Board makes its recom
mendation to Commissioner of
Agriculture Phil Campbell.
State Senator Roscoe Dean as
a member of the Board and will
attend the meeting. He said a
controversy is expected this year
on the matter of tobacco market
opening dates.
Senator Dean invited growers
in this area to advise him of their
desires as to the opening date
prior to the July 14 meeting.
••••••«*•••••••••••••••
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ON
Social Security
••••••••••••••••••••••
“There are four times when
it is very important to consult
your social security office,”
O. L. Pope, social security dist
rict manager in Waycross, said
today. “One of these is when
a worker in your family dies,”
he continued. “It is important
to find out whether survivor
insurance benefits are pay
able.”
Pope went on to say that
monthly social security pay
ments can be made to certain
dependants of a worker upon
his death. Some of these de
pendents are his unmarried
children under 18 years of
age, or who were disabled be
fore 18, and his widow (and
also dependent widowers).
There are also times when pay
ments can be made to the de
pendent parents of the deceas
ed.
In addition, a lump-sum
death payment may be made
to the widow or widower who
was living in the same house
hold with the worker at the
time of death, or it can go to
ward payment of the worker’s
burial expenses.
“Remember,” Pope conclud
ed, “it is most important, when
someone in your family dies,
to get in touch with your so
cial security office.”
The Waycross social security
office is located at 704 Jane
Street, telephone 283-3404.
Name Changing?
Social Security
Listing Does, Too
June is the most popular month
for brides — and the Social Se
curity Administration has an im
portant message for all girls a
bout to be married.
If you have a social security ac
count number card, be sure to
notify your social security office
when you change your name. A
new card will be issued showing
your new name with the same
account number, and the social
security records will be changed
to show your new name.
There are more than 100 mil
lion individual accounts in the
social security records.
The people in your social se
curity office, located at 704 Jane
Street in Waycross, will be glad
to help you change the name on
your social security card or to
get a duplicate card if yours is
lost.
The word “saint” means se
parated ones. When we accept
Christ as our Lord and Saviour we
are separated or set apart for
Him. He has a divine claim on
our lives. So in that sense every
true believer in Christ is a
“saint.”
However, we must remember
that Christians are also sinners
saved by grace. So saints are
also sinners, paradoxical as that
may seem. It is not the living
of saintly lives that makes us
saints, but the fact that the fin
ished work of Christ on the cross
gives us that position.
It is after we become saints
that we learn to live in a saintly
way.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Robert Page to Speak at
State FFA Convention
Farmers Should
Not Rush
Tobacco Harvest
By George A. Loyd
County Agent
Although tobacco harvesting is
running two to three weeks be
hind the usual harvesting sche
dule, farmers shouldn’t try to
speed up harvesting, by picking
green tobacco, or speeding up
ripening by over watering to
leach out fertilizer.
Every day that tobacco leaves
remain on the stalk without be
coming over ripe it increases in
both quality and weight.
A lot of emphasis is being
placed nowdays on quality tobac
co which according to tobacco
buyers and manufactures means
tobacco that is well ripe, and hav
ing a grainy texture. This can
only be obtained by the normal
ripening process.
Tobacco harvested too green
has a tendency to be green but
ted, and woody, and washed out
tobacco is usually pale, slick, and
papery all of which are undesir
able qualities.
The opening dates for markets
will undoubtedly be later than
usual, and will remain open until
all tobacco is sold. Therefore, I
see no reason for farmers to try
to speed up the harvesting of their
crop.
Masons to Hold
Working on
New Building
Nahunta Masonic Lodge will
hold a working on the new lodge
building Saturday, July 10, be
ginning at 7:00 in the morning, it
is announced by Perry U. Roz
ier, Worshipful Master.
All members of the Nahunta
Lodge are requested to be on
hand with tools for constructing
the roof of the new building.
The working will continue
throughout the day.
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FOR SEVERAL years, I have
urged the Congress to adopt a
realistic and economic farm pro
gram that will be of real benefit
to our farmers, and at the same
time save the taxpayers’ money.
Simply stated, the country
has been faced for years with a
problem in
agriculture of
excessive pro
duction, un
controllable
surpluses, ex
orbitant tax
cost, and farm
income that
falls short of
what it should be.
The present farm program, a
hodge-podge of piecemeal legis
lation through the years, encum
bers and restricts the farmer,
fails to keep supply in line with
demand, .does not put our com
modities on the world market at
competitive prices, and denies
the farmer a fair return for his
labor and investment.
It has long been my view that
the only way that the present
situation can be corrected is by
starting anew with a fresh ap
proach to a farm program that
is both sensible and workable.
* * •
the FIRST STEP that needs
to be taken is to move away
from the costly and burdensome
price support loan program to a
direct, compensatory payment
plan, such as that which I have
proposed in the Talmadge Farm
Plan.
My program would be an in
centive to farmers to produce,
but not to overproduce. It would
provide for adequate price sup
port protection without tying
up huge sums of the taxpayers’
money in surplus crop handling
(Not prepared er printed at government expenee)
Subscription Price
and Tax
Inside county $2.58
Outside county, in state $3.09
Outside state _ $3.00
COVINGTON, Ga. - Future
Farmers of America from over
the State will meet here July 12-
15 for their State Convention.
Opening the first session Mon
day night at the State FFA-FHA
Camp will be State FFA Presi
dent, Jimmy Keith of Greenville.
The first thing scheduled on the
convention program is the Tri-
State FFA Public Speaking and
quartet contests. State winners
from Georgia, Florida and Ala
bama will compete. Georgia’s
speaker is sixteen-year-old Ger
ald Spencer of Brooks County,
and the State quartet is from
Adairsville.
The winner of the Tri-State
speaking contest will compete in
the Southern Regional event. The
quartet contest goes no further
than the Tri-State level.
A large portion of the conven
tion program will be devoted to
the recognition of Future Farm
ers who have been outstanding in
various phases of the FFA pro
gram. Awards will be given for
home improvement, dairying, for
estry, roadside beautification,
leadership, farm electrification,
safety and farm mechanics.
To address the Future Farmers
on Tuesday will be Hubert A.
“Baldy” White of Atlanta.
National FFA Vice-President,
Robert Page from Hoboken, Geor
gia will be in attendance during
the entire convention and will
speak on Thursday. Former State
FFA officers, Paul Yarbrough
and Bobby Boswell will also ap
pear on the program during the
week.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take this opportuni
ty to express our sincere thanks
and gratitude to our many friends
for the messages of sympathy,
covered dishes, floral offerings
and other acts of kindness shown
us during our recent bereave
ment.
May the Lord bless each of you
is our prayer.
The Family of
Debra Lynn Herrin
and storage. It would increase
our exports by giving larger
farmers more freedom to pro
duce for the world market.
One of the principal features
of my plan is that it would take
the government out of the busi
ness of buying, transporting,
storing, and selling farm com
modities, a business which costs
well over $1 billion, a year.
American taxpayers should not
have to foot the bill for the
acquisition,' storage and han
dling of the more than $7 bil
lion worth of farm surpluses
year after year.
THE OVERRIDING purpose
of any farm program, however,
is to give the farmer freedom to
farm and to guarantee him a
fair share of the national in
come. This is the aim of the
Talmadge Plan.
Unfortunately, the various
segments of the agricultural in
dustry, our farm organizations,
and farm representatives in
Congress have not yet been able
to come to a meeting of the
minds and attain sufficient
agreement to get my proposals
enacted into law.
If we are to save our family
farm system, win our fair share
of world trade in agriculture,
save billions of dollars of tax
funds, and be of meaningful as
sistance to our farmers, sooner
or later the Congress will have
to come around to a program
such as I have advocated.
And the sooner this action is
taken, the better it will be for
the nation’s agriculture and
overall economy.
