EDITORIAL AND NEWS COVERAGE OF THE CONFERENCE

Memphis Press-Scimitar

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78TH YEAR

MEMPHIS, TENN., MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1958

NO. 193

Small Farms
Aid Goal Of
Conference

Leaders Report Incomes Are
Greater at Memphis Parley

By ROY HAMILTON, Press-Scimitar Staff Writer
The eyes of the nation's small farmers turned hope-
fully to Memphis today as a national meeting designed
to help them to a better way of life got under way
at the Peabody Hotel.

True D. Morse, under Secretary of Agriculture, set the keynote of the conference on the Rural Development Program by citing progress already made and spelling out the chief problems to be met in the future. Morse is chairman of the conference.

Some 300 leaders in agriculture, industry, finance, government and other fields from thruout the country heard the top assistant to Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson say:

"The Rural Development Program to aid small and low income farmers continues to show major progress. More farm families are being enabled to continue to live on their farms, out in wholesome country surroundings, and, yet have adequate incomes."

$1000 or Less

But Morse pointed out that still "too many" farm folks have incomes of $1000 or less each year.

"Over one-half of all farms2.6 million out of a total of 4.7 milion in the United Statesproduce only 9% of the farm products marketed."

The Rural Development Program was created three years ago to help increase the incomes of farm families who live on small farms or poor land. There are now about 70 demonstration counties and areas in 30 states participating in the program.

Among RDP objectives are fiInancial aid for small farmers to help them meet the competitive pace of modern farming; development of more off-the-farm job opportunities; expanded vocational training for farm youth to prepare them for technical skills in industrial and business occupations; special educational programs for older farm folks so they can live better on limited resources. and better health services for all families in rural areas.

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Home in the Country!
Many Have It, But Need
A Job to Go With It

By EDWARD J. MEEMAN
Editor Memphis Press-Scimitar

"Rural Development Program"
Sounds cold and bureaucratic, doesn't it?
It isn't.

Hear True D. Morse, assistant secretary of agri-
culture translate it into human terms:

"A man makes money in the city-and what does
he do with it? He buys a home in
the country. A home in the country
Is something highly desired.

"Millions of Americans have homes
in the country. They would like to
continue to live there. But their in-
comes from farming are not suf
ficient that they can do so.

"The thing to do is to bring the jobs to them, to bring industry to the country, so these farm people will not be wholly dependent on their little farms for a living. Then they won't have to move to town."

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Here are some of the jobs that have beer brought to the country:

Macon County, Tennessee, 475 jobs, garment manufacturing.

Choctaw County, Oklahoma, 30 jobs, woodworking and grain co-operatives.

Camp-Franklin-Titus County Area, Texas. 130 jobs, poultry processing.

Price County, Wisconsin, 54 jobs, woodworking, charcoal manufacturing, and sport fishing equipment. (Most of this is employment in a factory scheduled to begin operation in the summer of 1958.)

Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 58.jobs,
poultry farm work.

Tippah County, Mississippi, clothing plant ex-
panding production, adding 150 jobs.
Mill Goes to the Farms

But perhaps the most striking example of in-
dustry moving to the country was the location by
Olin-Matheson of aluminum plant on the banks
of the Ohio in a completely rural county, Monroe
County, Ohio. There was no town where the plant
was plated. There are only small towns in the
whole county. There was not a railroad in the
county. The plant was attracted by the ease of
shipment of coal by water, and the water itself.
Two thousand employes can live in their village
and farm homes and ride to work in the big plant.
They can still raise stock and other crops that
need only part-time attention. They can live next
to Nature's earth and Nature's green.

Farmers and farm sons and daughters are being taught industrial skills.

It is well to save the small farm and the small farmer. But the employe of the big corporation farm should be able, too, to enjoy rural life in individual freedom and dignity, with a home that compares favorably with that of a prosperous independent farmer or city worker. I'd like to know what's being done along that line.

The strength of America has always been renewed from the country. More power to the efforts to make it possible for more people to continue to live there.

REGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE

BANKING AND CREDIT GROUPS

American Bankers Assn.

C. W. Bailey, Past Pres., First Nat'l Bank, Clarksville, Tenn.
S. E. Babington, Brookhaven Bank & Trust., Brookhaven, Miss.

Other Bankers

Ralph N. Baltzer, Coahoma Bank & Trust., Clarksdale, Miss.

James A. Brewer, Senatobia Bank, Senatobia, Miss.

W. W. Campbell, Nat'l Bank of Eastern Ark., Forrest City, Ark.

John H. Hembree, Union Planters Bank, Memphis, Tenn.

Herbert Hood, Union Planters Bank, Memphis, Tenn.

Beverly J. Lambert, Jr., Pres., Ark. Bankers Assn., West Memphis, Ark.

L. C. Pace, First Nat'l Bank, Clarksville, Tenn.

Con T. Welch, Citizens Bank, Savannah, Tenn.

Farm Credit Administration

R. B. Tootell, Governor, Washington, D. C. Federal Farm Credit Board

Marshall H. Edwards, Chairman, Barton, Fla.

Federal Reserve System

Charles N. Shepardson, Member, Board of Governors, Washington, D. C. Production Credit Assn.

Merrill S. Parks, Memphis PCA, Memphis, Tenn.
James E. Humphreys, Memphis PCA, Memphis, Tenn.
M. C. Daugherty, Tupelo PCA, Tupelo, Miss.

BUSINESS & INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS

American Forest Products Industries

George E. Kelly, Memphis, Tenn.

American Petroleum Institute

Willard M. Wilson, Secretary, New York, N. Y.

American Pulpwood Assn. & American Pulp and Paper Assn.

W. S. Bromley, Exec. Secretary-Treasurer, New York, N. Y. American Trucking Assn.

Forney A. Rankin, Director, Farm Relations, Washington, D. C. Assn. of American Railroads

Daniel P. Loomis, Chairman of Board, Washington, D. C.

J. Don Parel, Manager, Agri. Relations, Washington, D. C.
Doane Agricultural Service, Inc.

Russell E. Kruetzman, Research Division, St. Louis, Mo.
Wayman Chapell, Memphis, Tenn.

J. N. Moffett, Regional Manager, Memphis, Tenn.

A. T. Ferrell & Co.

Ronald Banton, V. Pres., Saginaw, Mich. Grocery Manufacturers of America

Frank M. Atchley, Agri. Consultant, New York, N. Y. Gulf States Paper Co.

Richard Vance Miles, Mgr.

Forestry & Public Relations, Tuscaloosa, Ala.

John C. Kirkpatrick, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Hassell & Hughes Lumber Co.

J. H. Nicholson, Clifton, Tenn.
T. H. Winford, Collinwood, Tenn.
International Minerals & Chemical Corp.
A.. M. Buntin, Jackson, Tenn.

Richard Lee Chambless, Tupelo, Miss.

Sam P. Marshall, Jr., Area Manager, Tupelo, Miss.
James Q. Stanphill, Dist. Sales Manager, Florence, Ala.
National Agricultural Chemicals Assn.

R. C. Harnden, Chapman Chemical Co., Memphis, Tenn.
National Association of Manufacturers

Martin J. Condon, III, Regional V. Pres., Memphis, Tenn. National Cotton Council

J. Ritchie Smith, Production & Marketing, Memphis, Tenn. George Townsend, Production & Marketing, Memphis, Tenn. National Highway Users Conf.

Glen Dunkle, Nashville, Tenn. National Plant Food Institute

W. E. Hubbard, Spencer Chemical Co., Memphis, Tenn. National Retail Farm Equipment Assn.

Thad Caraway, Secy. Mid-South Assn., Memphis, Tenn. Nickey Brothers, Inc.

Wharton Z. Hawkins, Memphis, Tenn.

Owens-Illinois

George W. Abel, Toledo, Ohio

Realtor

Irma T. Freear, Memphis, Tenn.

Wilson & Co., Inc.

R. E. Bryant, Memphis, Tenn.

Wilson Lumber Co.

Richard L. Craigo, Hot Springs, Ark.

CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE

U. S. Chamber of Commerce

William A. McDonnell, President, St. Louis, Mo.

Walter Garver, Mgr.-Agri. Dept., Washington, D. C.

John M. Fowler, Memphis, Tenn.

Junior Chamber of Commerce

Alex Curtis, Nat'l Agri. Chairman, Shelby, Miss.

Council of State Chambers of Commerce

Frank Cantrell, Ark. Chambers of Commerce, Little Rock, Ark.

Local Chambers of Commerce

William B. Fogg, Chamber of Commerce, Forrest City, Ark
Stanley A. Harris, Chamber of Commerce, Boone, N. C.

NEWS MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AND ORGANIZATIONS

American Agricultural Editors Assn.

Carrol P. Streeter, Farm Journal, Philadelphia, Pa. Chattanooga Times

Claude Sittow, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Frank R. Ahlgren, Editor, Memphis, Tenn.

Gerald L. Dearing, Memphis, Tenn.

East Texas Network

Charlie Slate, Center, Texas

Farm & Ranch Magazine

Tom Anderson, Nashville, Tenn.

Farmer-Stockman

Katharine Randall, Oklahoma City, Okla. Memphis Press-Scimitar

Edward Meeman, Editor, Memphis, Tenn. NBC

Milton E. Bliss, Chicago, Ill.

Nat'l Assn. of TV & Radio Farm Directors

Derek Rooke, Memphis, Tenn. (WMCT)

Nat'l Project in Agricultural Communications

Stanley Andrews, Director, East Lansing, Mich.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Wayne Leeman, St. Louis, Mo.

Progressive Farmer

W. C. Lassetter, Memphis, Tenn.

Tupelo Daily Journal

George A. McLean, Editor and Publisher, Tupelo, Miss. WKNO-TV

Mrs. Pauline Jones Hord, Memphis, Tenn.

DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS & AGENCIES

Asheville Agricultural Development Council, Inc.

Morris L. McGough, Exec. V. Pres., Asheville, N. C.

Arkansas Industrial Development Commission

James J. Brennan, Industrial Engineer, Little Rock, Ark. Committee for Economic Development

Robert F. Lenhart, Secretary, Washington, D. C.

Community Development Foundation

Harry Martin, Tupelo, Miss.

Council of the Southern Mountains, Inc.

P. F. Ayer, Exec. Secretary, Berea, Ky.

Delta Council

Guy B. Nerren, Stoneville, Miss.

Tippah County Rural Development Committee

W. H. Anderson, Ripley, Miss.

Chairmen of Rural Development committees in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee were also registered. Names listed according to their primary affiliation.)

EDUCATION

American Assn. of Junior Colleges

Henry L. Ashmore, Exec. Director, Pensacola, Fla.

American Council on Education

J. R. Morton, Tuscaloosa, Ala.

American Library Assn.

Martha M. Parks, State Library & Archives, Nashville, Tenn.

Mrs. Joe Little, Sparta, Tenn.

American Vocational Assn.

James L. Patton, State Director, Vocational Education, Frankfort, Ky. Arkansas Dept. of Education

George Sullards, Little Rock, Ark.

Campbell Folk School

Mayes Behrman, Brasstown, N. C.

Committee on Education Beyond the High School

David D. Henry, Vice Chairman, Urbana, Ill.

Robert R. Hudelson, Urbana, Ill.

Hardin County Board of Education

James I. Bell, Savannah, Tenn.

Kentucky Dept. of Vocational Education

C. F. Esham, Frankfort, Ky.

Nat'l Assn. of State Directors of Vocational Education

G. E. Freeman, Member Executive Committee, Nashville, Tenn. National Congress of Parents & Teachers

Mrs. James C. Parker, President, Chicago, Ill.

National Education Assn.

Mary M. Condon, Div. of Rural Education, Washington, D. C.

AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AND RURAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Country Life Assn.

Roy C. Buck, President, University Park, Pa. American Farm Bureau Federation

Charles B. Shuman, President, Chicago, Ill.

State Farm Bureaus

Waldo Frasier, President, Arkansas Farm Bureau, Little Rock, Ark.
C. L. Brody, President, Michigan Farm Bureau, Lansing, Mich.
Tom J. Hitch, President, Tennessee Farm Bureau, Columbia, Tenn.
J. E. Stanford, President, Kentucky Farm Bureau, Louisville, Ky.
American Institute of Cooperation

Howard McClarren, Director, Youth Education, Washington, D. C.
Cooperative League of the USA

Jack Kyle, Executive Secretary, Madison, Wisc.