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daily nebraskan
friday, november 10, 1978
Students told farmers need to fight greedy bureaucrats
By Jeff Kruse
Urging students that "now is the time to
start fighting" against the "bureaucratic
slime" that is trying to control agriculture,
Laura Heuser of American Agri-Women
addressed about 100 people at UNL's Agri
cultural Symposium Thursday.
"In agriculture we are constantly at war
with bureaucracy," said Heuser, who holds
a B.S. in horticulture and, along with her
husband, runs a fruit orchard in Hartford,
Michigan.
"The bureaucrats, who don't have to
answer to the voting public, must justify
their jobs by coming down on us with rules
and regulations," she said.
"Ninety-eight percent of the E.P.A. is
made up of lawyers, and what do they
know about agriculture? Nothing."
"Those ding-a-lings out there want to
get something for nothing, and you have
what they want-land."
Gloomy picture
Acknowledging that she was painting
a pretty gloomy picture, Heuser said, "It
sounds grim, but it is grim. 'Let me take
of you' is the sirens' song of the govern
ment." Heuser emphasized the importance of
agricultural students getting involved.
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The most effective ways of fighting the
government, she said, are through organiza
tion and learning to deal with the media.
"How many of you have seen a farmer
on the Johnny Carson show? They figure
you're dull stuff, and most of you probab
ly would be," she said. "You have to be
ready right now with words for the
media."
Need to organize
She also stressed the importance of
organized groups.
"A well organized minority group can
do anything and get away with it," she
said.
She explained that the agricultural
community has been powerless against
government and union leaders in instances
such as the grain embargo, due to lack of
organization .
A mother of five, Heuser encouraged
women, especially, to become active in
organizations, though not the ones that
deal with trivial matters.
"I always had trouble in those kinds of
groups," she said, "I'm quite a conversa
tion killer. I had a 15 pound baby and
nobody could top that."
Fight for control
Through national organizations,
problems such as product marketing can
be attacked, she said.
"No farm product in this country is
marketed well."
But, "if you're not in an organization,
you're nowhere. Ideally we should reach
the point where we can go to the govern -
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Speaker Laura Heuser of American
Agri-Women told students to fight
the "ding-a-ling" bureaucrats that are
controlling farmers.
ment and say 'We represent the food grow
ers, and this is what we want.' "
Another point to be remembered, said
Heuser, is that "we're dealing with a 9-5
society whose city concepts tell you that
work is bad and that the sun makes you
sweat. They can't understand how a farmer
can work 14 hours a day."
In any case, the farmer must fight for
control. "Don't let the government feed
you; fight them off, and youU be happy
you did," she said.
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