The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1962-03-15
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heavy leaning towards socialism
10 usl was brought into focus
this week when the State ASC
Committee suspended three Gla-
cier County ASC Committeeman.
This publication has often COM
mented that any government con-
trolled program directly affect
ing any business. manufacturing.
ranching or any one Of the thou
sands Of types receiving govern
ment aid and subsidies, was not
healthy or an incentive 10 self
support or the expansion OF pro-
xrcssive individual enterpriSing
How can il be If the govern
nnent holds the leash and tells
you how. when and where?
Under this camouflage of the
great helping hand We are being
led step by step. year by year
closer 70 complete government
control and IL IL continues we
Gill eventually be dominated by
political appointees and govern
ment pOliced departments and
bureaus. not 50 much different
from those we are told our tax
dollars are being spent TO sup
press and eliminate.
Here we have a group of COM
mitteemen elected by those
whose products and best inter
ests they are serving according
10 expressed wants and needs
Of the electors Yet, in the
higher echelon Cstatel we have
a political appointed committee
that has the power 70 suspend
the elected body Is this how
democracy is supposed TO work?
II is plain TO see, in the face
of this action, that the govern
ment will permit an elected COM
mittee TO operate only as long
as il operates according TO the
governments dictates other
wise. the committee will be de-
solved and another elected or
appointed that will do their bid
ding.
The county committee has the
right TO appeal 10 the state
committee that has already sus-
pended them. They have until
the end OF the week in which TO
register their appeal II the state
committee rejects the appeal
which We somehow think they
will. the ousted committee has
90 DAYS in which TO lay their case
before the Deputy Administrator
in Washington
What action will be taken there
is anyore's guess. Most likely IL
will be a supporting action for
the state committee, which IL
csn be assumed is doing the bid
ding Of the Washington office.
On the other hand we some
how feel that this case will get
plenty Of attention and the State
ASC committee may be forced TO
reverse its action, or. there may
be some changes made. Plenty
OF farmers and ranchers through
cut the state have already volun-
tsered their personal and mont
tary support TO the County Com
mitteemen, an action which
would seem TO indicate that there
is much dissatisfaction among
the producers with the state and
national program and program
directors.
Closely related TO this high
handed action we learn that the
American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton has offered Congress a new
farm program designed 10 cor
rect the surplus problem WITH
OUT RIGID CONTROLS.
Under this new setup farmers
would be encouraged TO take un-
needed land dncluding whole
farmO out OF production. They
would. Of course ne paid for not
producing the listed controlled
crops ard could produce non
controlled crops in any acreage
they wished 1890.
BUT. a little deeper in the
article IL states, IF NOT.
ENOUGH LAND WAS RETIRED
TO HALT OvERPRODUcTTON
THE GOVERNMENT COU Id
. REQUIRE FARMERS TO HALT
OvERPRODUCTION AND RE
QuIRE THE FARMERS TO
IDLE FURTHER PRODUCTION.
In Sill another paragraph IL
is stated that. IF FARMERS
REJECT SUCH CONTROLS AT
4 REFERENDUM. ALL GOV
HRSMENT SUPPORTS WOULD
NJ ELIMINATED AND FARM
EMS WOULD BE on THEIR
OWN"
We would make two short com
uA~nss: This may be the best
tAins that could happen since
fAe Boston Tea Party And.
&c DO not believe that the gov
eminent will ever let the farmer
Be his own boss again II they can