The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
AAA VOTING SET
OCTOBER | TO Is
Total Of 4,615 Community
And County Committee
men Will Be Selected

General elections on November
will not be the only important
,o+;ne TO take place in North Caro-.
lima this fall. Between October l
ND IS a total of 4,615 community
md county AAA committeeman
and alternates will be elected to ad-
s~,in;ster the Federal Farm Pro
cram in the state.
E. Y. Floyd, Triple-A executive
oHicer Of N. C. State college, has
rotlfied every county to hold an.
NAL committee elections during
+be first IS days in October and to
certify the results to the state Of
fire bv October Is. The exact
dales of the community and county
balloting. and within certain limi.
tations. the method of holding tbs
elections will be left to the discre-
tion of the counties. There are
Ss farm communities in the 10L
counties of the state.
The importance of these cleo.
tions cannot be over-estimated,
FLOYD declared. The Triple-A pro-
cram is the farmers program
he said. and the success of the
program depends to a large ex-
tent on the caliber of men elected
to the posts of committeeman.
Most of the work or the pro
cram must be done by the com.
mitteemen elected in each com
munity and county. The results
attained in soil conservation and
in helping to maintain the income
Of farmers and farm communities,
as well as labor and industry, de-
ponds mainly upon how well the
committeeman do their work.
TT is true that the task of es.
tablishing individual farm allot-
ments, goals, normal yields, etc.,
is vitality important, and fair, i'm
partial committeeman should be
selected for this purpose. However,
the committeeman have an even
greater job, and one that literally
means thousands of additional dol
lars in the pockets of North Caro-
lima farmers if it is done well.
Must Interpret Program
That job is to fully explain and
interpret the provisions, opportun.
tiles, and purposes of the Agricul.
tural Conservation program. Under
he 1899 program, Tar Heel farm
ers earned nearly nine million dol
lars in Federal payments, but they
lost s657,478 in soil building pay
ments alone through failure to take
full advantage of the program, no,
to mention the loss of many moro
thousands of dollars because OF
overplanting following rejection Oh
marketing quotas on last years
tobacco crop"
Floyd said that no effort is being;
or would be-, made to direct the
vote, but he urged farmers to cleo,
committeeman who are willing to
work unselfishly and tirelessly for
the benefit of agriculture in gen,
eral.
The AAA executive has directed
that every means possible be ex.
hausted to see that all eligible
farmers participate in the cleo.
lions. To vote in the election a
person must reside on and have
an interest in a farm as a land.
owner. tenant or sharecropper
must have qualified for a loan
crop insurance policy, conservation
payment, or grant-of-aid in con
nection with the AAA program, OF
must sign a statement indicating
intention to participate or cooper
ate in the program during the en-.
suing year.
Eligibility to serve on a com
munity or county committee is tn,
same as that to vote, and, in ad'
oltlon, a committeeman must be
deriving a substantial part of hi;
income directly from farming;
must be a resident of the com
nlunlty; must not be holding any
FEDERAL, State or major county of
nee Tiled by an election, or a can
oloate or prospective candidate fol
al elective office; and must no
nave been convicted of a major
tiime or removed from public of
nee for cause.
Choice of Two Procedures
Inc counties r given theil
snolee of two procedures for bal
loans either by mail, with o:
wi'nout nominating conventions, O.
a. open meetings. Three commit
seeinen and two alternates will b.
e!eeteo IN each community, and il
au1llon, a community delegate
aio alternate to the county conven
sol Will be named. The three
nlan county committee, with tw
%ai'efnates, will be elected at tn
eouhty convention by the delegates
secretaries of the county AA4
.olhfnlttees Gin most cases thes
ore county farm agents. will Civ
puonc notice of the date and meth
- OF elections at least five day
advance. In counties where tn
sEcng is to be done by mail, eac
englole voter will be supplied wit
ballot and a return envelop
wnich may be mailed postage free
mnere community nofninatin
neellngs are held, a farmer wi
nd[K his choice of the na1'es c
least Six prospective commi
nemen and three prospective dele
S sateS to the county conventio
W. w'lch Will appear on the ballo.
mree persons receiving tn
aisest number of votes for CON
nil!eemen will be chairman, vice
h iilnan, and third regular-men