8366 EXTENSIONS of REMARKS HON. JOHN W. Mccormack

8366 CONGRESSIONAi: RECORD-- HOUSE June 15 . 318. By, Mr. HORAN: Petition of 180 resi advertising within their borders: to the Com quest the Fr,esid~nt to Instruct °the United dents of the State of Washington urging mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, States Mission to the United Nations to take that Congress exercise its powers to get alco 319. By Mr. TUMULTY: Resolution adopted .such steps _· as might be necessary to have holic beverage advertising off the air and out unanimously by the delegates to the Newark each day's session in the United Nations of the channels of interstate commerce, and (N·. J.) · Archdiocesan Federation . of Holy open with a' prayer; to the Committee on thus protect the rights of States to prevent Name Societies urging the Congress to re- · Foreign Affairs. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS Agriculture and Industry-The great contribution to American agriculture. on farms, and still cannot meet the Com You have worked for our farmers in good munists' needs for food and fiber, in America Unbeatable American Team times and in bad. Some might well be the efficiency of our farmers-with the tools c_ontent to rest on the record you have.made. from our industry-releases over 86 percent But not the Ford Motor Co. That was not cif our population for ·other work-in fac EXTENSION OF REMARKS the nature of Henry Ford, your founder, and tories, in mines, in shops, in transport, in OF it is not the nature of you people who have all the other pursuits which-with the abun inherited and merited the responsibility of dance of food and fiber from our farms HON. JOHN W. McCORMACK the Ford Motor Co. makes the United States standard of Uving OF MASSACHUSETTS To me this occasion is a demonstration of the object of longing for peoples the world IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES faith. over. : ;you are opening a great farm machinery I think it ls time for America to realize Wednesday,_June 15, 1955 research and engineering center. You are where our fundamental strength lies. It is Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. ·speaker, it showing your faith in the Ford Motor Co. ' time we looked at the source of our strength. You are throwing your lot in with the My message right· here, gentlemen, is this: is my privilege to call to the attention farmers, as never before. You are proving The responsibility of the Ford Motor Co., of the House a notable address by my your faith in the future of American agri and the responsibility of all industry playing distinguished colleague, Mr. CooLEY, of culture. on this unbeatable American team, goes North Carolina, chairman of the House I think this is both a time and a place-a beyond the design a,nd manufacture of im Committee· ·on Agriculture, in which he proper setting-to examine some funda plements. You have a responsibility to join introduced a positive public relations mentals. o·ur farmers in bringing economic equality program· for agriculture, together with a In the manufacture of farm implements, to agriculture. You have a responsibility to the Ford Motor Co. is engaged in the oldest· help maintain a system of due reward and supplement prepared and presented by of all organized industries. The plow was its econqmic justice on the land, in which free Mr. COOLEY. beginning. Indeed, the plow was the begin and self-respecting men and women, with The program to tell the truth about ning of civilization. Of all ages, it is the the!.r brains and their hands-and with the our farmers was presented on the occa greatest invention. It enabled mankind to tools you shape for them-can hope to earn sion of the opening of the Research and quit wandering in search of food and to a decent living · for themselves and their Enginering Center of the Tractor and f?~ttle for the first time in permanent com families. Implement Division, Ford Motor Co., munities. Let us be realistic. Birmingham, Mich., on June 8, 1955. · The plow was invented in the Valley of the . Let us say a good word here for the profit Nile, or the Euphrates. Plows that were motive. Mr. CooLEY spoke on "Agriculture and used two to four thousand years ago have In my mind, the free enterprise system has Industry-The Unbeatable American been unearthed at the sites of old civiliza three prime motivations. They are: · Team," usirig this· theme to point up tions. The colonists introduced the plow to 1. Profit'. the injustices ·that have been heaped North America and established civilization 2. The hope of people working for wages,. upon our farmers and to plead for sup here. From such a beginning, and on the particularly those of younger ages, that with port of a program that will-bring eco solid foundation of any enterprising farm diligence and frugality some day they may nomic' equality to agriculture and lay a people and an ab'undant agriculture, the own their own farm or their own business. solid foundation for our total economy, United States stands first among the nations This is an aspect of every man's desire to be today. - his owu boss. Recently some Members of this House The economic structure of this Nation 3. The natural desire for achievement by a criticized the chairman of our Agricul rests upon a productive and prosperous agri free people. · ture Committee for receiving the opin culture. You produce good plows, good tractors, ions of labor leaders on legislation re I am proud to be here today as a part of good harvesters-for the joy of it, to be sure. lating to farm price supports. These this ceremony marking a great occasion of But you certainly produce these implements critics especially should read the address our free enterprise system, in a demonstra for the profit ·in it--because profit is impor I am inserting in the RECORD today. tion of Ford Motor Co.'s devotion to that tant to the incentive and the good life for They then will understand that Mr. unbeatable team that constantly is improv all of you who ·work for Ford Motor Co. ing the nutrition of our people, our health, So it is with our farmers. There are many COOLEY is taking the farmers' case and our strength, our happiness, and our faith, deep satisfactions in working with the soil. 9ause _to industry, to labor, to the great · We cannot overemphasize the importance But there is no joy in poverty on the farm city consuming population-to all alike of the cause of progress you are advancing. as there is no joy among improverished peo who will listen and to all who are willing But still we must stress here that the de ple anywhere. to understand. The source of this criti-· sign and manufacture of implements is not A fair profit in farming is essential to your cism is such that it is the best evidence enough. industry. It is important to every man, that Mr. CooLEY's position is sound and We can put tools in the hands of people. woman, and child in this country. statesmanlike. That is not enough. We can teach them to Our farmers cannot do without the imple use the tools. That is not enough. ments you provide for them. You cannot Mr. COOLEY'S address follows: You must have willing hands. You must do without farmers who can earn money to Mr. Chairman and g~ntlemen, I am here have the spirit of an enterprising people. pay for these implements. America cannot to talk about a team . It is the team that, You must have a society-an economic do without farmers who share in the bless about 180 years ago, put on ·the road the order-founded on just reward and in which ings of our free enterprise system along with greatest shown on earth. It is the team that the spirit of freedom springs eternal; · :the rest of our people. has made America the envy of every other Look at the Communist world. Let me say a word here also about the sec country on the face of the earth. This is Machines. and the science of agriculture ond motivating force of free enterprise-the "Agriculture and Industry-the Unbeatable are available to Russia. Yet in that unhappy hope of a man to have his own farm or his American Team." · land they want for food. own business. There _are disturbing devel The game we are playing is free enterprise, The world has witnessed a great upheaval opments, as this relates to farming. Every Nobody has found a match for it, and I doubt in Russia. Late events show us that the day or s9 you may read in the newspapers an if they ever will. Soviet's greatest weakness is her inability to account of a speech by somebody who should But today, gentlemen, your partner on this match the productivity of America's farmers. know better, telling the country that we unbeatable team is in trouble-serious In Russia, agriculture requires the labor of have too many farmers; that, in effect, the trouble. I want to discuss this with you. A fully one-half the · total population. One little fellows are a burden on our economy little later in these remarks, I want to sug family on a farm hardly can feed itself and and they should be plowed under. They tell gest something we have got to do. one. other family in town.. In America, each us to send the little farmers to town to look First, however, I must commend a star farm worker feeds 18 persons-16.4 in our for other jobs.

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