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Fifty farmers and interested persons heard Representative Ehirr • P. Harrison declare Monday night that, “all hopes for a return to fiscal sanity tol the contrary, the * Federal Govcriiment is continuing to play Santa Claus to everyone " but the fanner.|’ “Inflationary- policies, such as a renewed drive for socialistic housing, continued deficit financing, encouragement of runway stockmarket speculation, push the 4 Cost of tho fanner’s operations steadily upward, while his share of the proceeds of the market place dwindhv into insignificance," Mij. Harrisorr said, j
The 7th District Representative spoke at a meeting of the -Rappahannock County Farm Bureau in , the Court House in Washington.
President C. E. Johnson called the meeting to ! order and introduced Hugh Dal/ who explained to the group j the purpose of Farm Bureau.1 Following this brief talk, the president introduced Representative Harrison, a, familiar and popular face in Rappahannock.
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After the meeting an informal , question and answer period initiated discussion on Road Building, Foreign Aid and Social Security. _ j‘-k~
Mr. Harrison stated emphatical* lv that he was opposed to the Pres-s ident’s proposed ! federal aid f"1* road building—for this plan would2 cause a debt that would not,be . paid for by the year 2000, when, needless to say, the roads would" be “obselete and wOrn out.”
In his main speech. Representative Harrisbn described the plight of the farmer: 1 ' '
“Like the stock of the General Motors Corp., the farmer is being split into thirds, but for a different purpose and with different results,” he commented.
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