The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-17
Letters To- Editor
Vote Yes For
Wheat Program

Editor of Herald and Farmers:
We are approaching the date
of our wheat referendum. May
81 Do you know that the Farm
Bureau has opposed every pro
gram that has been considered
by the present administration?
Do you know that every other
one of the farm organizations
are supporting this bill except
the Farm Bureau.
Farm Bureau is advising its
members to vote no? OuSted
Sen. Milton Young tRNDl is
concerned that many farmers
will vote no in Wheat Referen-
dunn on basis Of propaganda
being circulated that Congress
will write new and better law
if the program on May q is re-
jected If any member Of Con-
gress knows of any such bill be-
ing proposed, Young said II
thirk in all fairness he should
state just what its major pro
visions are. He should state pre-
cisely without eqllivocating what
the dollar and cent price sup
port level would be and how
much more land they intend to
put in the Soil Bank or other
program. It strikes me as being
a little strange that. if members
of Congress had such a good
program why they didn't offer
it as substitute for the wheat
certificate plan when it was be-
ing considered by Congress-.
The Farm Bureau is holding
meetings explaining why tn G y
should vote no. They are Just
telling the farmer enough to
confuse him. Mr.. Perry and MI
Can't have done a good job
explaining the program to the
farmers.
Personally / think it is the
best program that we have ever
had to cover our wheat sltua-
ton. We have enough wheat in
storage to last two years if we
did not raise any wheat this
year. This bill will reduce pro
duction below the demand Of the
market. So wheat can be re-
duced out Of storage this will
help to reduce the million dol
lar a day farm storage expense
and if the plan is supported the
Secretary Of Agriculture said by
1867 our wheat supply will be
normal. When the Soil Bank Pro
gram went into law Mr.. Benson
set the corn acreage at 1000 900
which was fine but just as soon
as the soil bank Went into cf-
feet Mr.. Benson Immediately
raised the corn acreage to
u 900 900. This wrecked t h c
corn program.
Now. the Farm Bureau wants
to advise the farmers to vote
against a plan and that would
put 80 per cent parity with no
control into effect and this viii
wreck our wheat plan.
In the middle flftieS Farm
Bureau held a meeting in Farm
vile and had speakers come to
Farmvllle to explain how dis
reputabl the Farmers U MON
was. l asked for the floor and
one Of the remarks that l made
was that time would reveal if
we were wrong.
The Farm Bureau has lost
its prestige in Washington SO
don't expect any help from
them. When Farm Burau was
advising the Republican ad- |
mlnaLation there was not one
farmer on the agriculture com
mittcc. All were heads Of big
business and did not know any
more about farm management !
than the farmer would know
about managing big business.
At the present time this com
mittee are all farmers. 7 his
wheat plan shows that it was
put together by men that had |
the know how and | am thank |
full. 1t is for one year only.
Give it trial
A. w. Lewis
President. Prince I'd !
ward Farmers Union
HhnSnfct Va