REMARKS

VICE PRES I DENT HUBERT HUMPHREY

FAR NDUSTRY DAY

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It is good to be back with the people I know so well.

Time has passed -- and things have changed --

si nee I grew up in your neighboring state of South Dakota.

working people ... people who care about each other and take

care of each other. . -r · .. · .--

our drugstore, you could pretty much tell

community was going. \

were having a bad year . the townspeople would have a bad --...c & l wJC a •••

At that time the doctor, the. rocer, the bardware

. merchant -- yes, the druggist---were likely toP8aid once a year.

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A I mean at harvest time. If the ha~~s p2or, so

~e. _ 'f~ui:t=j ~ t"-A -~:~ • . ~~""""' LJ,he American farmer and hi~ c;mmunity aM Jlale

- .,...., $"SS' eeei'tm 'fi;f"Y ....

are e tied together. ....... . ....

~ Some of the land-grant college people calculated not

long ago that the average farmer depends on 16 different

commercial, service, and sales organizations to stay in

business.( By the same token, the average farmer su ort

16 concerns who need his business in orde~flive. ~-~

~ In your neighboring State of Nebraska, a university

researcher figured out this year that his state'~- ~~r tf..f'-,Z cent rise in per-capita personal income could be traced

directly to improvement in the far.m econ_?my. I - . . . Nebraska is a state with about 80 thousand farms.

I 'ft Tm tllr;,; ( ... ;;.t . Yet all of Nebraska's one-and-a-third mi Ilion people benefited

in a direct and sizeable way from improvement in agri cu ltu re• ~ ---

~It; . -3-z One of the indica~ors of rural business is~ machinery. It also is a measure of change in rural economies.

_,..,.....,......- -zThe farm equipment industry has reported that, in the

first seven months of this yeaj the sale of JractoLs was up

16 per cent over the same period last year. This is the --increase in tractor units -- not just dollar sales.

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hen you consider the shift toward larger an

u begin to get an idea of wha

ere 90 horsepower or larger.

Here in I ow a, the number of farm tractors sold

1 during those seven months was up 34 per cent over the

~ same period ~ast yea~. "'LThe number of combines was up 44 per cent.

~e number of corn pickers was up more than.-.

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\M~~~, ....... 1 Pers;;j~-~o~;~ Iowa the first half of this

year was up 12. 9 per cent over the same period of last year. - , L Sales tax receipts -- which are a good indication of

local business -- were 11. 9 per cent higher in fi seal year

1966 than in fi seal year 1965.

J, Ordinary life insurance sales in June of this year

were 8 per cent higher than in 1965, and U.S. savings

bond sales were up 10 per cent in July above the same month

last year.

~I nd u stria I development is advancing at a record rate

in Iowa. New 1!Hants and equipment in the first seven months

of the year showed an increase of 74 mi Ilion dollars over the

same period of last year -- creating new job opportunities at

twice the rate of last year.

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J All these percentages ... all these numbers and facts

mean this: Our farm states -- and the people who live in

their cities and towns, and on their farms -- have lifted

themselves out of the dismal and discouraging period of

the 1950's. . . . ,,. The fact is that, in the 1960's, we have in this

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nation made our full commitment to building a better

America -- in all parts of America, for all people of ~ -~ &£& -

America.

Tw: have gone about the ~usiness of making America

a place where there is opportunity for the youq.g ... care

and c~mp~ssion for the elderly, sick ~n~ need,y. ~n;ive for all. ~~

1-...we are building ~merica: ~ A Where every ch1l~ can get a first-class education.

Where every grandparent can get good medical car;~-

and the chance for a happy retirement. ~~ j

~wWtt~(.w;~Ml~~~ L \/Yo ere every worker can get good wages for a ~

ar r · = -•

good day's work. - u ;:=me· -l Where every businessman can get an honest

profit for his risk and investment. - ..... -t Where our people can drink~an _water and breathe

clean air.

A Where people wi II be safe on our city streets.

/_ Where our Negro citizens will have an equal chance

for a decent job, a decent home, a fu II stake in our society. < Where there can be a richness o~ide.a~ and ideals1

as well as a richness of things.

We are building, too, an America where our rural

~··tr-L citizens can have their fair share of the growth and prosperity

they have done so much to create. ~ ~The Johnson-Humphrey Administration has made its

pledge, and wi II keep its pledge, that the American farmer --

I A . will .

the man who moves the economy of rura menca --1 rece1ve

fair prices and fair income for his time, his investment,

nd his labor. ~

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~, Times are better today in rural America than they

were when I grew up. They are better than they were a

decade ago. And they wi II be better tomorrow than they

are today -- despite all the impressive statistics for

1965 and 1966.

~They wi II be better because of t~ . ex~·a ·~·~i. ~ comrner~ial ~a~~ets for_t?od "a~d fi~ at -~ and

overseas. They will be better because of our opportuni

to help fi II the world food gap -- the gap between the ~---.... ,"' ·- . .-......

f?o<!_ an~ .f~e~: q J ~· na~io?s Q.~e) and the food and

fiber they ~d. L They wi II also be better because the

people they elected to leadership are determined to keep

their word.

~ And this brings me to the work at hand.

The Seventh District of Iowa -- your Congressional

district -- has been represented for the past two years by

one of the hardest workers on Capitol Hi II.

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) John Hansen is a small businessman from a

small city. He knows how much both the farmer and the

city dweller of this district need the chance for growth

and prosperity.

J\ John Hansen was chosen this year by the professional

staff people in Congress as one of the ten outstanding A '7 · · nnm·te

fresh men members in the 89th Congress -- one of the ~ we e . ~ ._ ' "' •

ten outstanding men in a group that has di sti ngui shed itself

for its diligence and its performance. There are some 71

freshman Democrats in the 89th Congress -- I know them

all -- and it has been their spirit and sense of commitment

that has done so much to pass the laws that are the bui tgj ng

blocks of our stronger, better America. ~ .. ~ ~- Our country needs John Hansen ih the Congress -- as

as the five other Democrats in the Iowa delegation.

have supported Iowa. They have supported progressive

leadership that Gover no~ H~rold Hug.hes4

has give,~ you h~re,.O

athome. fiT~ 1 ttJJ~'r{F-«

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~nd we need E. B. Smith in the United States

Senate and Pat Touchee in the House to represent the

Third District. ~, C,...~ J

L We need these men to keep things moving.

Z We need their help to build an economy of both

prosperity and justice.

" We need their help to see to the needs of our , __

children and our parents.

L,we need their help to keep this nation strong and able

to meet its commitments around the world -- commitments

which sustain the peace.

4v-e need their help to keep our country on its forward

course.

Because we need their help, I ask your help to see

to their election in November.

A II of ~J s recall the legend of the first farmer who

came to Iowa from the East. When he reached the western

shore of the Mississippi, he dropped his plow into the ground

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and began to turn a straight furrow across the land that

one day would become the State of I ow a.

Day and night he plowed, unti I he reached the

Missouri River -- all without taking his plow out of the

ground. The topsoi I was so thick, and the land so regular,

that he opened the state to farming with one furrow -­

straight and rich and deep.

This is the furrow we follow today -- a furrow straight

and rich and deep toward the America of hope and promise

we have always sought. We wi II not stop unti I the river

is reached.

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sept. 17, 1966

Shenandoah, Iowa

I am delighted once again to be in these rolling hills •••

where farming and industry meet. And I am especially pl ased

to participate in this recognition of the interdependence

between the town and the country ide.

Many years have passed -- and many things have changed --

since I was a boy in your neighboring stat of South Dakota.

But the character of the Midwest remains in the hearts and on

the faeea of its people.

In the Midwest of 40 years ago, there was nothing more

characteristic of the place and the times than the small town

drugstore. One of these drugstores always will live in my mind.

That is the business my father operated for so many years in

Huron, South Dakota.

I introduce this personal note because I remember so well

how the business of the Humphrey ~ugstore reflected the

prosperity of the community -- or the lack of prosperity.

Usually we had a comfortable existence. But t~era wer

lean years as well as good years. And I can tell you that in

my father's business, prosperity was spelled P-A-R-M.

In our town. it never was very far to the city limits.

And it never was very hard for town people to understand that

if they were going to show a profit , the farmer had to prosper ,

too.

In many American towns of that ttme , the doctor and the

grocer and the hardware merchant were likely to get paid once a

year -- at harvest time. And if the harvest was poor • it

could be a long time between paydays.

We have seen many changes in the last 30 to 40 years.

The physical isolation of farmers has given way to

automobiles and qood roads. to lights and telephones. to

television and appliances that have made farm living not too

much different f~om living in town.

As the barriers between town and country have dissolved,

the farmer has found himself more dependent on the merchant and

on the factory labor. And he bas become more dependent on the

market for the money he needs to make his enterprise go.

In the old days, there may have been a grain of truth in

the story about the farmer who told his city friend: uNo, we

don't make any mon y on this farm; we just live onlaek of expense ...

If th t w re ver tru , it is not true now. The farmer

produce for a market. He buy in that market the things he

need• to produce. And h buys in the market the things he needs

for his family to live ••• for his children to b educ ted •••

and for his loved ones to have the he lth services that all are

entitled to in a prosperous America.

Today•s farmer cannot live on lack of expenae. By

exchanging dollars for the things and services th t oth r people

provide, he is able to specialize. And this ia the basis of

the rural revolution that ha made Am rica a real be con for

humanity at a time when world hunger is a growing probl •

It kes possible th kind of efficieney that spell

abund nee in our country and that pella HOPE for the rest of

the world.

We all do what we do best and what we want to do as fr e

men. Then we stand together in ane nation and one society as

the most successful economy in man's history.

This calls for exercise of the Christian ideal of brother-

hood. It calls for understanding and appreciation between

different segments of our economy. That is what we ate

celebrating here today.

or. Albert Einstein once saida

•• A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and

outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead,

and that I must exert mys lf in order to give in the same measure

as I have received and. am receiving."

Dr. Einstein was a great humanist as well as a great

scientist.

Some of the land grant college people figured out not

long ago that the average farmer depends on 16 different

commercial, s rvice, and sales organizations to stay in business.

By the same token, the average farmer aupogrtg 16 concerns who

need his business in order to live.

In your neighboring State of Nebraska, a University

researcher figured out this year that his State's 9.4 per cent

rise in per capita personal income could be traced directly to

improvement in th farm economy.

Hebraaka is a State with about 80 thousand farms. Yet all

of the State's one and a third million people benefited in a

direct and i2eable way from improvement in agriculture.

One of the indicators of ~ur 1 buainea - is farm machinery.

It also is a measure of change in rural economies.

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The farm equipment industry reported that in th

first seven months of this year, the sale of tractors was up

16 per cent over the same period last year. This is th•

incr ase in tractor units -- not just dollar sales.

When you consider the shift toward larger tractors, you

begin to get an idea of what this means to the busin88s of

rural c;ommunitiu. Mor tha~~~t,~~.<'raetors sold

between January and July were 90 horsepower or larger!

Here in Iowa, the number of farm tractors sold during

thos seven months was up 34 per cent over the same period last

year.

The number of combines was up 44 per cent.

The number corn pick rs was up more than a fouJ:th.

And the number of corn beads for combines sold was almoat

doubl the same period in 1965.

These are increases from just one year to the next --

indicators of aqriculture•s major contribution to local

economies in Iowa. This increased business reflects Iowa

farmers• qros income that in 1965 was 700 million dollars above

1960.

The rise in farm machinecy sales is evidence of Iowa

farm••• confidence in America, ita government, and ita economy.

It is evidence of farmers• willinqneas to invest in a program

of •tooling up• to meet the changes in agriculture and to meet

the demands of the future.

The midlands of America not only are a bread basket for

the world.. They also are a ))aaic source of the protein foods

~hat offer such a dynamic potential for upgrading di ta in the

developing countries.

Iowa farmer~with their enormouaeproductive abilityf have

a key role in our position of world leadership -- in maintaining

our own abundance ••• in supplying world needs through dollar

sales and concessional programming ••• and in maintaining an

arsenal of food -- a food reserv -- for the indefinite future.

To meet these needs, Iowa' farmers must hav confidence

in their Government's commitment to a fair price and a decent

income. The Johnson-Humphrey administration stands by this

commitment to our nation's farmers. This baa a major place in

the economic strength of local business in Iowa.

There are many sign of economic growth in your State.

P rsonal income in the first half of this year waa up

12.9 per cent ov r the same period of last year.

Sales tax receipts -- which are a good indication of local

busines -- were 11.9 per cent higher in fiaeal year 1966 than

in fiscal year 1965.

Ordinary life insurance sales in June of this year were

8 per cent higher than of 1965, and u. s. savings bond sales

were up 10 per cent in July above the same month last year.

Indust~ial developm nt is advancing at a record rate. New

plant and equ pment in the first seven months of the year

showed an increa e of $74 million over the same period of last

year -- creating new job opportunities at twice the rate of

last year.

Improved business in your rural communities is consistent

with the general economic growth this country has experienced

during the last six years.

The flow of spendable income to the nation's consumers ha

increased $150 billion, or 43 per cent.

Employment has risen to 74 million jobs -- up by 7.3 million.

Unemployment has been reduced by 2.5 million••to a level

of 4 per cent.

ekly earnings in manufacturing are up 25 per cent.

Busin sa ~penditures for new plant and equipment are up

67 per cent.

We have seen the longest uninterrupted period of economic

growth and expansion in the history of the Nation. Behind this

continued growth are the courage and skill and enterprise that

~e characteristic of the American peqple.

Our farmers have lifted themselves out of the diemal and

discouraging period of the 1950's.

Business people have built new life into th ir communities

and have joined with farmers to bring about a new spirit of

growth and proqresa in rural America.

Industry -- both management and labor -- bas taken hold

of ita opportunities and has mov d forward without fear or

ttmidity to expand production and capacity.

Congress and the Administration have provided effective

government leadership and have helped to provide the kind of

economic climate in which all segments of our economy could

move ahead in confidence.

We are coming to realize that our prosperity is not of a

fixed dimension. The American economy is so dynamic ••• so

strong ••• and progressing so fast ••• that there ia opportunity

for all.

One of the concerns of government in a democratic society

is to build unity and to strengthen cooperation between different

economic groups. The ability of government to provide this

~ind of leadership is dependent on the spirit and makeup of

Congress.

The times are such and the challenges of world leadership

are such that we can not afford a Congress that shirks its

responsibilities. The voters of America recognized that in

1964 when they sent to the House of Representatives 295 Democrats --

the largeet majority of either party since the early days of the

Hew De 1.

The impact of this remarkably youthful, energetic, and

progr ssive Congress is a matt~ of record. It's a record of

1 gislation on behalf of every American.

What c:ould be more forward-looking than the steps tiaken by

this Congress to strengthen education• The Elementary and

Secondary Education Act and the Higher Education Act?

What could be more compassionate than Medica~:e and the

Older Americans Act?

What could be more deserved than the Veterans Readjustment

Benefits Act?

What could be more necessary that the various measuree for

the poor? •• The Economic Opportunity Act Amendments of 1965~

the Public Works and Economic Development Act, Project Head

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Start, the Job Corps, the Neighborhood Youth Corps, VISTA, the

Urban and Rural Community Action programs.

What could be more fair than the laws passed for working

peoplea The Manpower Act, the Job Development Proqram, the

Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments?

What could be more right than the Voting Rights Act -- and

the lmmigration and Nationality Act?

What could be more prudent than the Water Pollution Bill,

the Air Control Bill, and the Highway Beautification Act.

What could be more enlightened than the steps taken to help

city dwellers? The HouaM9 and Urban Development Act, the

Department of Housing and Developmeat Act, and new programs for

urban growth and rent aasietanee for low-income peopl •

And what could be more vital than the Food and Agriculture

Act of 1965?

This is just a part of the record of the 89th Congress ..

And the 71 fi~st-term Democrats were the key to progress in

many cases.

Time after time, these new Memb rs provided the margin cf

victory for major proposals. They prevented the outright ki~ling

of the Medicate and voting tights bills.

These 71 freshman Democrats brought a freshneaa and

-dedication to Congress. They supported the economic pol ieies to

keep our economy moving forward. And they represented their

home districts with courage and forthrightness. Had it not

b en for them, the hiet.ory of the 89th Conqreea would hav been

va tly different.

Congressman John Hansen is one of aile Iowa Democrats newly

elected to the House of Repres ntativea in 1964.

In the ttme Congressman Hansen baa been in Washington, he

has proved himself thoroughly as a conscientious servant of the

Seventh District. He's a small businessman from a small city.

He knows first-hand about the relationship between farm pros-

parity and the welfare of Iowa communities.

The Congressman is recognized on Capitol Hill as a hard

wo&-'ker and a man who stands up for what he believes. He is so

well thought of by the professional staff people in Congress

that he was choaen by the capitol Hill Young Democrats as one

of the ten outstanding freshman members of the 89th Congress.

That's high praise.

The »ation needs to have John Hansen returned to the Congress

as well as the other five Democrats in the Iowa delegation.

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These men have supported Iowa, agriculture, and progress in

your Nation's Capitol, just as Governor Harold Hughes has given

you prud nt, progressive and strong leadership here at home.

Iowa also needs E. B. Smith in the Senate and Pat Touc:hee

in th House to represent the Third District.

towa, along other farming States, has become a food banker

for the world. Because of the American farmer, the world has

not had a real famine in a quarter of a century.

As we look toward the future, this responaibility will

continue to be borne by our farmer•· Ae the p~er countries

work to raise their own productive levels, they will look toward

America for "insurance" against famine -- in the event of short-

falls in their countries.

A long as the American farmer is to carry thi productive

burden, h will need th farm supplier on Main Str et,. just as

the farm supplier needs him.

The old days are gone. The richnes of the land is no

long r nough to provid • The demands of the time call for an

advancing technology that mak a the farm r ever more p~oductiv

as the demands upon him grow.

Sam of you will recall th leq nd of th first farmer who

came to Iowa from the ea t. When h reached the western shore

of the Mississippi, he dropped his plow into the ground and

began to turn a straight furrow across the land that some day

wold become the State of Iowa.

Day and night he plowed, until he reached the Mi souri

River -- all without taking his plow out of the ground. The

topsoil waa so thiDk, and the land so regular, that he opened

the State to farming with one furrow -- straight and black

and deep.

My legenduy farmer has faded into the past.

The one-horae, one-moldboard is no more.

Where he plowed there are now powerful multi-plow tractors

with twin hydraulic systems.

The farmer and the townsman are more dependent upon each

other th n eve%'.

Today -- the farmer and the townsman ar apt to dream the

same dreams and hold the same goals •

They wish the same comforts for their families ••• the same

advantages for their children.

And in Iowa, they draw their strength from the ame

black earth.

Both the Iowa farmer and the Iowa townsman stand in the

center of the world stage. And I have faith that ultimately

we will build -- along with other nations -- the peaceful ,

bountiful, world to which we all aspire • •• bountiful world

whet:e children everywhere will have the chance to grow strong

and straight ••• A peaceful world where no one need fear his

neighbor ... A world of promise.

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BllllarU VUe Pre•l.dent Hubert ~y

laJ'm laduatey Day

[pt. 17, 1966 Sbenan4oah, Iowa

ve uual.ly had .. ~table uiJterlee, but theft •re JJaB8 lJtu

~, aa wll. M aCd8 EP04 ,eva. And I can tell. 10-1.1 t.bat ln. JD¥ fi t.ber's

bua!ne•a, pro~PU"i't7 wae apalle4 F·A·R..M.

11'1 o~ towr:1, it wu ~ ft17 tar to tbe ot'tfla:Lt.. And 1t

VU ~ ~ h$td t'Ol" toW,a, ptOple to Ulldefttill.ul tb&t t.he1r ~rit)"

waa pretty Wll hoOked \\P nih agriculture.

ltJ 111rf1 ~.1. ~ ot that tile, tile «oettr and the ~

8Dd the~ ~t veJ'e l!lcely to t pa14 at lla.l'Vaet 't!me· ~y

:tn the laat 30 to t.o yeanJ, the RhY•1cal. ieolatb of fa:ller• 11M

eioven way to -~uea all4 gooc1 ~~ to l16hte 8114 ~eph.Orlea, to tel•-

l"hU ..,...... ot ~~ that 't1ltt ,_.. .. caa ~ to Uw as

.U u bJ.1I e1"ty frla.L AQ4 webov t.raa ~-that ve caa•t Juat

...- t.ba'tl .... • aw to von at it.

'!be JobDJOn·lh~ MIUnUtmt.\OEl ~ workect a't ict.. ,_ 'PJ"O­

gra:a ~tt tba A&linlftn.tf.on hat b&cW, aa4 tb.at ~ he...as MA

biB De~t M'Wi .aSll1atare4 :110 wn., b&W vorlted. The7 law .ba4 a

ta.~ etteet on ta:t'll ~.. We _.. teclteatect to tlw. idea. that :t«tJJ

nan tee~ :0_," u.ms a l"Ul"al ~anca mut o. taitll ~ t'o7!

tliei'r coa~ w tbe abunMilH ead aecuritJ &114 epir.ttua:l l.1tll Qt

our ptople.

But ... the 'bal'rien bet1llien tcnm 81¥1 OOUR\r7 hW 4lfao1'VIt.«t tbt

tar.r -. tOWtA hiaMl1' 110ft ~t ora the ~ ~~~~Jnballt anA -011

factory labor tl1lil be _. betor.. AD4 h8 bU ~ mre ~ • t11e

..-t ~ tb8 JDQIIe7 :Qa JJM4• t.o WQite llU IIDte»rUe IJP•

Ill tba ol4 4a7•# *l"e flllq •• -. a ~ ot truth din the

awn about the tasw VbO t414 bU e1'Y trieDd: ~+~o, w 40rl•t ..- eny

lliOIIe1 Oil ~ faftU - J'U.t u~ .. l.ac* ot o;pene. ~

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eb.1l4ren to IMt ~tea ••• and for hie loftd ~• to •• the health

Mnicea tbat all an eatit.l.ed to :1D a pro~ ~-.

ibc'lQ' a fatller oa.mot .11w on lact f4 ex,peue.

~ 1• DOtb1ng w iaDOut thia. BJ ue\8lgins 4QUa.ri ttn- t1a

thillga aa4 ~~ tbat otb.er people~. we u. abl4 to Qe<:J.al1se.

ADd t.bla ie part aDA pa.reel.. or tbe rQr&l rnolutian tbat hu ll'lia4e Merica

lt .akH paal.bl.e tbe ldDd ot etticl.trllq tbat ~peUa ab\Wl411Dce 1n

OUX" country eDd that~· 1IOPI for the I'Ht ot 1'.hlt world.

You do vbat 1ou do beat. l do vb&t I 4o beat. fl!J8 otber tel.l.ov

all atand to ~ 111 one natioo

~ m llllD • • hiator.f ..

tbe State'a ~ a:ad a thiN million people benefited 1n a d1reet and

aJ.zeable wtJ:3 from J.mpro'NIDetlt irl agrieul ttU"e ..

~ ot the :i.DCUcatora ot rureJ. bus:lneu 1e tarm ~ry .....

D:mth8 ot tb.la year, the sale of' tractors vas up 16 percent ovt:r the same

period of le.st year. thl.a ta tlW 1ucrease in tracto~ units ..... uot Just

dolle.t' sales.

\ilhen you c<maider the shUt~ lar£!! tl'actors, you begin

to get an idea ot What tb.1a meene to the busine• of rural communi ti•·

)tire than one out of very five wheel tractors 8old in Jen\.lat7 tbro~

July (22 percent) are 90 hor~r or !largerl

re in Iowa, tbe n\ltlber of ta.M tractors SOld dUl"illg tllose sewn

months was \U) 34 reent oftr the same months last y ·ar.

~numb r of COID.bm s was up 44 percent ..

'-be number or eom pi~:rs Va$ u_p mote tban e. tourtn (23 pereent) •

. Ana the n~r of eom heads for e0121binea aold wan almost double

'lbese are increuea from Ju.et on year to the next ..... on ot thtJ

Ulclicatore or aericulture•a eontrii;,ution to local ~s 1.n Iowa.

'alia ~creased busineas renecta low. t8.l'JD8rl' sro•• ~come tMt 'in

Tile nee in ta= 1118Chlneey Gales is •~• of Iowa farmers •

eOD.tiQ ce ill America, its $)V'el'IJDe1lt, Nld ita ~· It 1 eVidtmoe

of farmer&' w1ll1npaa to invest in a program ot "tooltng up" to meet

the Chan s 1n agriculture and *> meet the demew's of the future.

1'he JJUdlande ot America not only are a bread baek.et for the

world -- the:Y are alao a buic source ot tbe protein foods that otter

such a ~e potent1el tor upgr~ d1eta m tbe poorer countr1 •·

XOwa farmera ..... vith their eno~ produet~ve ab1Uty ..... time

haw a key role 11t our poattion o£ vorld lea4erahtp: (l) ll1 ma.U1ta1nir.lg

our own abundance· (2) , supplying world neijda tb:tougb dollar Bale:a and

concess1ona3. P"08f'U&inS· (3) And 1n matnt.a1aing M areenal of food ,.._

'1\) meet theee needs, Iowa' a ta..Tmere BlWit haw conf14ence 1n the

Government • s ooomi~t to a tatr price end a decent income ~r the tamlltee

tbat provide to~ this araeneJ. end .tor tb1a abua4ance. :'1he ~·~Y

adld.nistr&tion hat JSI8deeth18 COI2JII$tl:lltmt, and I belie-ve tbat th1a fact bae

a JDSJor place 1n tbe· eCODall1c s~ ot l.ocal. bu1D$aa 1,11 1~

'Dlel'e """' m&AY •1CJ18 or ecot:lCJm.ic srovth m your Statct.

:Penanal inca. 1n the firet halt ot tbU ~ was u,p .12 .. 9 ,ereeu.t

S8l.ea tax receiPt• ..... wb1eh are a good 1Dd1C&Uon ot local

usmeee ... wre U .. 9 percent ~r 1n fiscal 1966 tban in tieeall965·

~1 Ute inaur&rlCe aalea 1D Junct 'WVe 8 percec_t abaft J\ll'.\fe,

a year tore, and u. s. aAvinga boad -.tea were up 10 percent 1n July

above the same I1IOr1th last ~·

l'Dduetr~ c1.evel.O...-n~ 1a $d~iDg at e. 8Cerd ra•. Bev

plant. and Gqui,]j~D.ent 2.n the fun ateven montbe ot the yeaJ" ~ an

1.ncreaae of $74 mUlton o-ver the .smae pe~iod ot 1aat ye• ..... creating uew

Job ~t1*1t at tv1ce the rate of lut Y'lal"•

.. 9-

or 43 percent.

new lit"e into their CQJIIUidt1ee 8itld a new spirit ot grovtb and progress tn

rural Amer1ea.

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forwa.td vl tbout ea.r

or tiJII1dity to expand their ~tiOl) and tbe1r capacity.

I th1lllt it 1s also fair to lll:liY tbat the Congreas and the

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f'aet • • • that there is opportunity tor 8ll. I think the. 11 a

pJ."aad. 1n thl that the old GQ~ and tt..ct1ollal. etr~ between

$COZ'lOJUC STOtP wUl eradu81ly di&a:p;peal"•

.... JJ.. ..

democratie soc1.ety. AWl th4J abUity of aowftlllltrlt to provide tbi& kind

ot l.~rsbtp 1$ depm4eut in no 8D8ll way on the sptr1t -and ll\akelq) of

If ~ look back tbrousb the history o-f recent decades, you can

point to ~·•• tba't ware J.ar&ely d.o·~· And ~u oe.n po~t to

eoogre sea that were ot tbe take·cb&ri! varie-ty.

·suah tllat we cen hardly afford a eonsrees or the ~ ... l~g &art,

!he voter ot America reeo 1-.d that in 1964 WbeD they ~t to the lkJuae

ot ~sent&t1vea 295 »eiaoorate -- tbe: l.ll.l"seat majority ot either part.y

since tbe ee,rl.y day$ ot the Deal.

The tnwact of tb1a ~kably youthfUl., eaerget.1e, an4 prosren-

of the: l.lmd ..

'lbe 89th Consre•• 1a leeViD a ruoJ"d be1U.ad 1t that~ OQe ean

cUspu.te. Itt a r:eeord ot le sl.aUon on beb&l.t of' every 1aer1can.

AIDen.dDtents 'l

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Air ContJ:'Ol BUl, aacl the ~ »eautU:tcation Act.

What coUld be 1llQl'e entiGbtened than the steps taken to help city

s.n4 Devel.o}nezlt Act; aDd new p~ tor urban growth $114 rent asl<itrta.Ace

tor low ... :l.nCon18 people.

ot 1965·

1\leae are just a~ ot the record of the 89th Congress. And

in a eemse, it's e. bit UJlta1r of me to rattle oft theee IIODEtntoua and

tar-~ enactments e.a ~r they were ~compl1abed 1tl u !lltmY days.

SUch a treatment leaveu out tbe prOdigioua vork involved m

obta~ tbe ~ ot eu<:b fiLti•reacbins bUls·

And it leafts 0\lt a very eeaentJal atoey .... Wh4-cb iS the role ot

the 71 treabman DemOCrata vbo in many, many cuea were tbti key to progreq.

•

lf those 71 seats had been won by oppo 1tioa esnd1(lates 1D: the

~~;IT

1964 eleet1on. ...... ~ of thela ul:tta-eonaervat~ves ot'"' ~ ... l'IIOst ul. t:ra stripe

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important e0111nittee.

Congressmen Haneen brings great sincerity and dedication to his

woJat on behe.lt of people. And he • s recogn:S.zed on C&pitol Hill as a h8.l'i

worker and a man who stands up for what be believes tn.

The Congressman 1s so well thought of by \he professional starr

people 1n Congress that he was chQlJell by the Capitol H1U Young I>eDJ.ocrats

1be Dation needs to have John Hansen returned to tl::le Congrese ••

as well as the other :t1ve Democrats ~ the Iowa. deleePtt1on. All six of

these wen nave supported Iowa., agriculture, and progr$sS over and over 1a

Before the 1964 election, Congressman Neal &111th -- as the only

Iowa Demoorat 1n the RoWJe .... was t.he only one who eould be de,Pfmded. U.PQtt

even to vote tor fa.nn leg1alatiolh And vhen only one member of a delesation - . tronl a farm State votes for a farm bill .... Vhich happened in 1963 on the

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q; atton of exteiidln the l'Md Ora1n froSJ'&Dl ...... then CJlty Consl'ea

apt to vonder wb,y tbel Should vow lor 1 t. "'

lt wa& a different __ tol"7f 1n the fi9tb. With eix ~ta 1ti the

delege.tJ.cm. nll au voted ror the Jeed Grain Pro~. !Jhe one Re_publ1e

voted ~at it .,_ even tbPugn t..'tw Peed GrcUn ProSJ'8lll waa by this time not

espeo~ contl"'VWa1al. By tbi& Ume, 1t we.a cl.re.1dns conatderable b1•

partisan support.

Congree8illtln Sts:.a.ey Gre , ~ Jolm Scbmi.d.bauser 1 and your awn

Cottgrea-.an, JOlUl Hnnaen. Iaw Alflo needs t Touchee 1n the Congress -

trccn the Tb.i.rd DJ.strict.

You. vUl continue- tQ need these men 1n tbe Coneress. You wUl

al.eo need B. a.. &14th, who u u dedieated and bard wo~ M a c8m\Uate

for the Sena• i8 • ~likely to get. He uacleratanda the problems of Iowa,

haS tra~e4 intensively 1n the State, e.nd has a J"esJ. caaitment to

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. . . ... ...

Ekl lOllS as the ~1can tatmer 18 to cany this prodt\c.tf.ve

indeed rrom nov on as po:pul.atioD grows ~ 8lld elflMJwhere,

he Will need tbe ta.tm GlW,Plier OD Main Street Juat ~· tbe· fam auppUer

needa bJs:l.

'!be old days are gOD.e. lmd the rtalmeas of the l.aDd 1a no .looger

enousn to Pl"()V1de. The cJeaallds of the tkle call tor 8D ad:venc 'bfeh ...

nology that

SaDevhe~ l have heard the leeemu at tbe :t':lrst tatr.aJer vho came

to .IoWa t'rom the -.at. Wbea he ~bed the 'Weatem sbol"e ot the Riaa1aaJ.pp11

he dropped his plow mto the ground f;Ltld besan to turn a e~t turrov

ac:'!r08S tbe land that SCJDe da;v WOUld becQne tbe State ot Iowa·

nay 8lld night he plowed,. untU he reaehe4 the JUaeour£ River ...

all without ~ bie pl<lW out of the groUDd. '!'be topeoU was so thick1

att4 the lan4 so regular, tnat he opened tba Ste.te to ta.rming Wltll one

tLtt"row - ... straight and black and 9ee»·

My lesau<laey t&l'llel' has Cade4 itlto the put ..

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ot the vorld at&£¥!· And I ba'Ve faith that ult-.tely ve w1ll build ...

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