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The full contejit of the committee’s report follows:

WHEREAS, the farmers of Rappahannock County, Virginia,^ have held several meetings in con-" nection with the Family Farm Policy Review sponsored by the United States'Department of Agriculture; and — WHEREAS,, at the last countywide meeting two farmers of each Magisterial District were elected" as a committee to bring to another county-wide meeting recommendations concerning this review; and

WHEREAS, the report of the Committee has been presented to the meeting; and - WHEREAS, the farmers of Rappahannock County feel that the idea of having the farmers of the United States give their views is good, the method used in conducting this survey was not in accordance With democratic process, in that it was conducted principally by paid federal em‘ ployees; and ' .. .

WHEREAS, it appears that the recommendations contained in the review in every instance call for increased expenditure, increased personnel and broadening of powers of the U. S. D. A.; and

WHEREAS, we feel that the concentration of further authority over agriculture in the U. S. D. A. is unwise; and

WHEREAS, in this time of impending war, with an enormous federal indebtedness and the highest tax in our history, it is felt that any unnecessary increase in non-defense spending is unsound ; and i

WHEREAS, we feel that the United States Department of Agriculture should operate as far as is possible through our State extension service, and other State facilities, other than directly with the farmer,

NOW, THEREFORE, we the farmers of Rappahannock County, Virginia, represented at this meeting do hereby go on record as strenously objecting to the increasing of thb activities of the t U. S. D. A. and recommend a contraction rather than expansion of its activities, and further that we vigorously record our protest of the method used in this survey, of obtaining reaction to the report and its recommendations; and

FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that we recommend that the U. S. D. A. be decentralized, and that during these strenuous times that the government spend only for

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