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Mr. KincHiLoE. And thinks in terms of the farmer instead of
his organization. That is what I was trying to get, and I would
like to get you to amplify that.

Mr. Taser. I do not propose to criticize either the judgment or the
patriotism of any organization or individual. oo

Mr. KixcHeLoOE. Is there any politics in your organization?

Mr. Taser. No.

Mr. KincueLok. Is there any selfishness in your organization?

Mr. Taper. We are human.

Mr. KixcHELOE. You say there is no politics in it?

Mr. Taser. I say that.

Mr. Apkixs. No economic politics Did you ever know of an
organization that elects officers—excuse me.

Mr. KixcaeLok. I think you understand. I do not mean politics
in the way of who shall be the manager or president of your Grange
and who shall hold the offices in your organization. I am not talking
about that. I am talking about your organization as a whole,
whether you put any politics in any of your activities, economically
or otherwise, and 1 am not asking that in the way of criticism.
What I am asking and what I am trying to think of is the time
when the individual farmer is going to get what he is entitled to
and what he is thinking about the proposition.

Mr. Taser. We try to arrive at our conclusions, as I said in the
beginning, without any consideration of who is going to be President
or who 1s going to come back to Congress,

Mr. Kixcurroe. I am not talking about that.

Mr. TaBer. But in terms of the greatest cood to the greatest num-
ber of our membership.

Mr. KixcHELOE. Is it a fact that there is a bad feeling existing
between the big farm organizations of this country, and especially
nmong 1ts leaders?

Mr. TaBer. There is no ho’

Mr. KixcueLoe. Oh, wel!
feeling among yourselves; 1s

Mr. Taser. Yes.

Mr. KiNcHELOE. I' mean .nere is not any hostility or jealousy
or any bad feeling .>ctweei. your organization and any other farm
organization in the United states?

Mr. Taser. Well—

Mr. KixcHELOE. Well, you can answer that.

Mr. TaBer. I think not.

Mr. ITiNcreroE. Well, I will tell you what I have been reliably
‘nformed. I understand that between your organization and the
Farm Bureau there is such pealousy and animosity existing in the
State of Illinois that you practically hamstrung the president of
the Illinois University to such an extent—I am not saying who is
to blame—that he hesitated for awhile on the question whether
Doctor Stewart was going to come down here and testify and speak
his own sentiments on the farm proposition for fear that that
university would be boycotted by some organization. Have you
heard anything about that ?

Mr. Taner. I do not live in Illinois. I have heard some rumors.

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