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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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