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merely tended to show their meat at a disadvantage. In the process, the housewife, as well as the buyer for restaurants and hotel dinind rooms, would be denied a standard federal evaluation of lamb quality and a government grade mark.
In company with others in the Virginia Congressional delegation, and in support of the position of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, die United Wool Growers, the. Virginia Beef Cattle Associar tion and other farm groups, I urged Mr. Benson in July tt> reconsider his decision. As a result of many protects, he announced that lamb grading would be continued, but that consideration would be given to changes in the grading procedure.
Now, the Secretary’s position is that, because all the lamb producers of the. Nation have not been able to agree on the changes be proposed, the grading service will be suspended January 4, for at least a year. Mr. Benson said this:
“1 am hopeful that, during the year’s suspension of Federal grading activity, responsible groups within the industry will make every effort to resolve their differ
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