The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03
FUTRALL MAKES
OPEN STATEMENT
Completely Exonerated of Charges
and Says Published Statements
We're Misleading--lnvites Discus
sion of Issues on Stump.

Special to The star.
Little Rock, June 25.-At the con-
cluson of the meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the University of Arkan-
sas, which completely exonerated
President j. c. l'utrall from charges
made by members Of the Profitable
Farming Bureau, Mr.. Futrall made
public the following statement
Certain published accounts of the
meeting Of the Board Of Trustees are
entirely misleading. In addition, the
reports east imputations upon the
honor and integrity of the Board Of
Trustees who conducted the investi-
cation and the veracity of members of
the University faculty who gave tes-
timony
"There was large mass of testi-
mony brought out concerning the Lit
tie Rock management of the Profitable
Farming Bureau which was supprest.
Sc damaging was this testimony that
the men who came to the Trustees
with their complaint that the Presi-
dent Of the University would not CO.
operate with them, retired from the
field Altho offered by the trustees
every opportunity to present their case
with the assurance that the hearing
could be continued as long as they
wished
This meeting of the Trustees was
called several weeks ago at the re-
quest Of administrative officers of the
University and Government Agricul-
tusal Extension Forces to hear COM
plants made by the Extension Forces
against the Little Rock management
of the Profitable Farming Bureau
The claim was made that these mana
gers had interfered with the Exten-
SIGN work of the university and the
government in such way as to bring
discredit on the work and stir up trou-
BILE between Extension Workers and
the people; that they had put on fool
sh campaigns of agricultural promo
ton in which much Incorrect and
harmful information had been given
out, resulting in losses to the farmers
and business men of Arkansas; that
these campaigns had been handled so
as to throw on the shoulders of the
Extension forces the blame, in part, at
least, for failures and losses incurred;
that the members of the Extension
Forces had been so inundated by the
dictatonial and threatening policies
pursued that they were actually afraid
to tell the farmers publicly the plain
truth with regard to he false doc
trines that were being preached.
Whether these charges were prov
ed by the testimony adduced is for
the people of Arkansas to decide when
they read the evidence 1t was at my
request that the hearing was open to
the public; it was at my request the
full evidence was ordered published
and will be spread over the state; and
it was at my request that the people
read this evidence that they may know
the truth.
81 wish to state emphatically that
we have no fight with the business
men and bankers of he state, some
of whom have been misled by the
propaganda sent out. They have been
cooperating with US nobly. This is
sue is joined with the Little Rock
management of the Profitable Farm
ing Bureau. And no amount of camou-
hage shall be permitted to beeloud it,
81 note these gentlemen are going
to take the matter to the people. That
is where | want it to 60 And
hereby invite e. J. Bodman, chairman
of the Arkansas Profitable Farming
Bureau of the Little Rock Board of
Commerce, to meet me on the stump
anywhere and everywhere in the state
and discuss the issue involved"
O.