The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-31

building as the Farm Labor Office
of the Agricultural Extension Serv-
ice, in Casa Grande. There he will
sign contract with the Pinal Coun-
ty Farm Bureau. the main provi-
sions of which are as follows:
The farmer makes a request for
labor. in a number and for a period
to be determined by the Farm La
Dor Office of the Agricultural Ex-
tension Service, which will handle
the ALLEGATION of prisoners to in
dividual farmers for the Farm
Bureau.
He names his financing agency.
and authorizes them to hold all
picking money on cotton picked by
prisoners of war for his account,
and to advance this picking money.
when called for by the Farm Bur-
eau, plus five cents hundred
weight on seed cotton for the ex-
penses of the Farm Bureau. At this
times he makes an advance OF
$1,000 on the five cents a hundred
payment which gives the Farm
Bureau immediate operational
funds.
The farmer agrees to use the
prisoners every day that they are
lllocated to him If the weather per-
mits their use, and agrees that in
the event the weather allows pick
ing and he does not call for the
pickers. he will pay the Farm Bu-
reau $3.50 per man per day in case
the Bureau suffers loss because OF
their contract with the War De-
partment II rain or wet weather
does not permit picking. the farm
er agrees to notify the Camp Com
mander and the Farm Labor Office
not later than 500 A. M. These
provisions will enable other farm
ers on whose farms 1t may not have
rained to use the pickers.
The Farm Bureau agrees to act
dt all tlluc5 dS Luc d6Cht VI ShC
grower In securing as many prison.
ers as possible and as may be
necessary; to endeavor to settle
differences in the matter of haul
ing. ETC.; to keep accurate accounts
and render a complete statement
to all farmers and finance agencies
cooperating in the program when
picking Is completed; to properly
bond it's office manager for the
protection of funds entrusted to
him; and to assign to the farmer
all rights 1t or they may have by
sirtue of Section 16 of the prisoner
of war contract, which covers the
matter of loss of property of the
farmer because of actions of the
prisoners of war. Finally, the Bu-
reau agrees to use the funds Sc
cured from the five cents a hum
dredweight only for the purposes
of the Farm Labor Program. and
to refund proportionately any bal
ance remaining after proper ex-
penses of the Labor Office of the
Farm Bureau have been paid.
After the farmer has signed this
contract, acceptance is signed by
the finance agency he has named.
When this is done the Farm Bureau
turns a copy of the agreement over
i to the Farm Labor Office of the
Agricultural Extension Service. and
the farmer is notified by that office
when he may expect turn OF the
| pickers.
Mr.. Virgil Katterhenry, now OF
Tucson, Arizona, and formerly en-
ployed in Indiana by a Farmers
Production Credit Association. has
been employed by the Pinal County
Farm Bureau as manager OF their
Farm Labor Office, and will as
sumo his new duties about Septem-
Der 1st.
Mr.. Bartlett expresses his thanks
to the managers of the several cot
ton finance agencies and farmers
who have worked so hard to COM
plete this arrangement, and says
he sees no reason why the program
will not operate successfully and
smoothly. He stated that unfor-
tunately only a few prisoners Of
war will be available early in the
cotton picking season, but that the
Farm Bureau is endeavoring to Sc
cure a greater number as soon as
possible.