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barrassed to answer that I do not believe you would be strengthen-
ing the morale of the farmer.
Let me give you an instance to explain to you why I answer in that
way.

When this resolution of the American Farm Bureau Federation
which I read recently to you was presented to the voting delegates at
our ninth annual meeting in December, last, at Chicago and this last
paragraph specifically naming the McNary-Haugen bill, which every
one of the voting delegates there knew of and had studied closely,
was presented, Mr. Cornwall, president of the Vermont Farm Bureau
Federation, arose, he being from the northeast part of the Nation,
and said that although he did not pretend to speak for the farm bureau
members in all the northeast part of the Nation, he did speak for those
in his own State of Vermont, and he was wholly in accord with the
resolution specifically naming the McNary-Haugen bill. That got a
fine hand from the group. Now listen. I am giving this incident to
demonstrate my answer. He was immediately followed by Mr.
Dickinson, representing the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation,
which organization sent Mr. Dickinson there to vote against the
MecNary-Haugen bill.

Deviating now from that recital, I will say that since that hap-
pemed Mr. Dickinson has been elected president of the Massachu-
setts Farm Bureau Federation. He was sent to Chicago to fight
against the McNary-Haugen resolution. He got up on the floor
there and supported it, and since then, in the Massachusetts annual
meeting, he has been elected president of his organization.

I am making a demonstration of my answer. Following that,
Mr. White, president of the New York Federation, arose and sup-
ported the resolution, and Mr. Borders, representing the New Jersey
Federation; then Mr. Putnam, president of the New Hampshire
Federation, and Mr. Buckingham, representing the Connecticut
Federation, thereby cleaning up the entire northeast section of our
membership in support of this resolution specifically standing for the
equalization fee.

Now, if that could happen over the northeast section of our Nation,
I would be compelled to answer your question by saying that after
studying this question as those men have, and in view of their response
on the floor, publicly, to a resolution such as this, you would not
strengthen their morale by handing them anything less than they

sire.

Mr. Purners. Now, Mr. Gray, let us follow that a little further.
L doubt if you are entirely fair in submitting that bald, unqualified
question to any group. I can go out into my district of my State
and go before any group of farmers and put that question up to them,
and I know the answer I will get; I know what they want. I know
Lid they feel. They believe in the principle of the McNary-Haugen
ns wth the equalization fee init. If I were to put that a thousand
take 0 Pi of a question I would get the same answer. You
all Y Ws, comping right now and not qualify that state-
commit you will probably find a majority of the members of this

mmittee in favor of the McNary-Haugen bill with the equalization
fee in it. But that is not the point.

Mr. Gray. Then let us report it out this morning.