Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1963 Page: 3 of 16
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Letter to
the editor
Dear Editor:
ists'have boasted that they would the interest mentioned in the MAR. 21, 1963. The Claude News, Claude, Armstrong Co., Texas, o
take us over without violence, opening paragraph Is good. It if — 1
that a timetable for that accom- continues, local farmers will re- editorial on the back page. Some facts concerning the new wheat
plishment has been set up, and cognize the enemy. For a clear other enlightening information program. Then, having learned
thait it is developing on schedule, picture' of the ^Wheat Program ^ f0un(i j.n the Farm Bureau the facts, lets use them where
they will do the most good—at
the ballot box. Lets recognize the
enemy and act accordingly.
Sincerely,
A Farmer.
If that timetable Is developing on and Its "other side" I would re- News March 4, 1963.
schedule It has to be working at fer anyone who reads this to- the j ^ope all ^ho have any jn_
I have been following with in- the local level. With this in mind March issue of Farm Journal terest whatsoever in agriculture
terest the discussions, both pro we might do well to take a closer and the Patton-Shuman debate make it their business to
find con, on the coming wheat look at what the political ma- on pages 32 and 33. Also to the leam an they can of the true
referendum. It is one thing to chine in Washington is grinding
read statements and arguments out. How is it working locally?
by such national figures as James What possible dangers are in
G. Patton, President, National store?
Farmers Union', and Charles B. We, as farmers have gone along *
Shuman, President, American since the "New Deal" was first
Farm Bureau. It is quite another started and have sold our free-
thing to see a quickening local dom little by little for govern-
interest, namely from the far- menit checks and Federal hand-
mers themselves. Could it be that outs. We have allowed ourselves
farmers are finally beginning to to be fenced in by controls until
wake up to the fact that the
small amount of freedom that
they have left is about to be
snatched away?
there is very little way of escape
left. Now the proposed* new wheat
program promises to be at least
the beginning of the gate that
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I was glad 'to note the response once completed, can be closed at
to the definitely slanted article in will by the Secretary of Agricul-
The Claude News Feb. 21, entitled ture and we will be powerless to
"Explanation of the Wheat Pro- resist.
gram." I was also glad to note Up to now I have been refer-
that you confirmed in the next ring to farmers, ranchers and ag-
Issue that it was a release from ricultural people in a general way.
the Department of Agriculture. I Now lets get down to local cases,
use the word "confirmed" because namely Armstrong County. Almost
the wording used in the article every farm family in Armstrong
branded it as strictly Department County can trace its ancestery
of Agriculture thinking. I was back to the first settlers of the
disappointed in the article in the Texas Panhandle and can be just-
March 7 issue entitled "The ly proud in so doing. Those first
Other Side of the Wheat Pro- settlers came here of their own
gram." This article told very little fi'ee will, as free people, and
about the other side of the wheat made homes for themselves from
program. It merely explained the what had long been referred to
philosophy that is being used to as the "Great American Desert."
dupe the public. While it was dis- They asked for and required no
appointing from the standpoint favors from outside sources, gov-
oi the wheat program, it is time- ernment or otherwise. They sur-
ly and alarming in its philosophy, vived by the Grace of God and
The fact that our government is the sweat of their brows.
actually trying to hoodwink the
voting public into a trap is more
frightening than the Wheat Pro-
gram itself.
What can be gathered from a
close study of this course of e-
The problem now is different
but the goal is the same—survival
and a safe future for those who
follow. The courage to fight a
common enemy is no more lack-
ing today than it was in pioneer
vents? To me it means only one days. All we need is to recognize
thing. The Department of Agri-
culture, which was set up to
"serve" the agriculture of our na-
tion, is actively engaged in poli-
tics with a definite objective in
mind. That objective is the ulti-
mate control of agriculture and
that enemy and then our course
will be clear. The weapons we
need now are different than those
the pioneers needed. Where they
relied on guns or fists, we need
a clear mind, the willingness to
use it, and the determination to
consequently our food supply and follow our course, once it is laid
consequently our every move. Does out. Much of the fight will be at
this sound radical? It might until the polls.
remember that the Commun- In closing let me repeat that
we
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Waggoner, William J. B. & Waggoner, Cecil O. Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1963, newspaper, March 21, 1963; Claude, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth355481/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Richard S. and Leah Morris Memorial Library.