The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-12
Ohio Grange Raps
Farm Program OF.
US. Organization
Peacetime Conscription.
School Consolidation
Also Hit in Convention

Delegates 10 the recent ONO
| State Grange convention refused
to approve the Farm Program
previously adopted by the Ma
tional Grange at its convention
| in Sacramento, Calf.
| A minority report of the Com
mite on Agriculture was pre-
sented asking that the National
Grange Farm Program be adopt
ed instead of the report of the
Agricultural Committee. TIL e
minority report was turned down.
The State Grange Convention
then adopted a farm program as
follows:
/. Food should be produced in
amounts sufficient to insure all
families an adequate diet, at
prices which they can afford to
pay.
2. Income derived from farming
should be comparable to that OBJ
tanned from other sources of en-
ployment.
3. Destruction of food should
be not tolerated as long as there.
are hungry people in the world.
Conservation Practices
T. Farming practices should be
those which will conserve, not
abuse, land or other natural
resources.
s. The environment of freedom
and security, which is character
istic of rural life should be main
tanned.
6. Production controls to be
used only after all markets for
farm products, both foreign and
domestic, have been depleted.
7. Preserve and strengthen the
family owned and operated farm
unit
The abive farm program con-
tains the recommendations made
by Joseph w. FIGHTER, Master of
the Ohio State Grange in his
annual address before the State
Grange Convention, Tuesday,
! December II.
The 80 percent parity price sup
port adopted in l948 was retain
ed.
Opposed Reapportionment
The delegate body opposed
any reapportionment of repre-
sentation in the Ohio General
Assembly that would deprive any
county in Ohio of at least one
member of the House of Repre-
sentatiVes; recommended that the
| General Assembly appropriate
money for the State Experiment
Station to conduct research eX-
periments on stripped land to de-
termine the best practical use
that can be made of that land,
and that such experimentation
not be confined to any type of use,
such as reforestation, but include
all uses which might prove prac-
tical.
The delegates reaffirmed the
position of the Ohio State Grange
in opposing peacetime conscrip-
ton or Universal Military Train
| ing; favored an act causing
Eastern Standard Time to be
mandatory; opposed all forms of
advertising of name brand al
coholic beverages and reaffirmed
position a 6 aims intoxicating
drinks served after twelve mid
night; voted to provide construc-
ton for such highway improve
Nments for needed extended SER
vice by urging Congressional ap-
preparation for said highway pur-
poses.
The delegate body commended
the Master of the Ohio State
Grange for his clear grasp of the
tax situation which is shown in
his annual address; urged that
the Grange keep in touch with
the new appointed Tax Study and
Research Commission to the end
that any report they make to the
Governor and the coming Gen
eral Assembly will be fair to the
rural interests of our state.
! Curb School Consolidation
While recognizing the posi-
bility of the need of consolidation
of some of the small rural high
schools, the delegates insisted
that the consolidation should be
made only with the approval of
! the local districts.
Aware of the seriousness caus-
ed by the shortage of doctors in
the rural areas, the delegate. body
recommended that the number of
students allowed to prepare them
selves for Medical profession be
| increased sufficiently to care for
the needs of rural areas in Ohio.
The convention body supported
the effort in contracting major
radio networks for better pro-
grams, motion picture companies
for more wholesome movies and
publishing companies for more
elevating literature; recommend
ed action on the Hoover Commis-
sion Report by Congress and the
Administration toward the end
of effecting economy in Govern
ment; continued emphasis on
safety practices in the home, on