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AGRICULTURAL RELIEF
Mr. AsweLL. Do you think it could become a law if we passed it?

Mr. WaLrack. I think so.

Mr. AsweLL. Do you think the President would sign it?

Mr. Warrace. I doubt that. It is possible it might be vetoed
again. But have you anything else that would really help the
farmer?

Mr. AsweLL. Oh, yes: Ihave a bill that would help us. [Laughter]

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House oF REPRESENTATIVES,
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,
Friday, February 24, 1928.

The committee met, pursuant to adjournment, at 10 o’clock, a. m.,
Hon. Gilbert N. Haugen (chairman) presiding.

Present: Representatives Haugen (chairman), Purnell, Williams,
Ketcham, Hall, Fort, Menges, Andresen, Adkins, Clarke, Hope,
Aswell, Kincheloe, Jones, Fulmer, and Rubey.

The CuAIRMAN. The committee will be in order and we will hear
Mr. Sexauer this morning. Mr. Sexauer, please state your full name,
whom you represent and address, for the purposes of the record.
STATEMENT OF FRED H. SEXAUER, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

DAIRYMEN’S LEAGUE COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (INC.),

NEW YORK CITY
Mr. SExauER. My name is Fred H. Sexauer; executive committee
secretary, Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association (Inec.), 120
West Forty-second Street, New York City.

The Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association -is firmly of the
belief that over a long period of time the farmers can become so
organized that they can obtain through various methods of organiza-
tion and otherwise the same benefits that others obtain®

Mr. ANDRESEN. Pardon me. Are you one of the officers of the
Dairymen’s League?

Mr. SExaUER. I am a member of the executive committee of the
Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association, and one of its directors.

MT. ANDRESEN. What is your name?

Mr. SexauEr. My name is Fred H. Sexauer.

Mr. KincHELOE. Is that a national organization?

Mr. Sexauer. No.

Mr. KincEELOE. What States does that association cover?

Mr. Sexavger. Parts of Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts
Connecticut, and all of New York State.

Mr. KincuELOE. How many members have you?

Mr. SExuaEr. We have about 40,000 actual participating-producer
members.

But, because of the fact that farmers to-day are not organized as
well as industry, labor, and others we feel that something is necessary
to tide over the period between the present and the time when that
can happen. I am not going to presume to tell you the condition of
agriculture, because you, having sat here for a month perhaps, and some
of you for years—know that much better than I do.

Mr. CLARKE. Seven vears, remember that.