Clinton News-Record, 1969-04-17, Page 9e plebiscite •on a general
organization scheduled for
Jun e will give farmers (an
rtunity to vete on the type
mbership requirement they
for the new organization.
ers will be offered three
rnative forms of
Malcolm Davidson,
field, chairman of the
rio General F ArPI
an z at ion Campaign
mittee, announced in
ntO,
he committee is
aigning for a single
incia1 organization to speak
Ontario farmers, The June
t will ask voters three
dons on membership:
hould membership require
luntary payment regardless
e amount of checkoff paid
he individual? (If farmers
in favour of this a payment
be required in addition to
oney paid by checkoff to
ve membership. The level of
ent will be decided by the
ding convention.
hould • membership be
atic if a farmer pays a
.W4 f
checkoff whether large or small?
(if a majority of farmers vote in
favonr of tbis alternative,
individnal farmers will receive a
membership automatically
regardless of the amount of
money Contributed by
checkoff.)
—Should membership reqtdre
some minimum level .of
contribution toward the GFO
which could come from a
combination of a checkoff and a
voluntary payment? Of a
majority of farmers vote for the
third alternative the founding
convention would set a
minimum level of payment
required for membership. A
fanner who had paid in checkoff
the amount set at the
convention would automatically
be eligible for membership
without further payment. If the
money paid through checkoff
did not reach that level the
farmer would be required to pay
enough to make up the
minimum in order to receive
membership.)
Mr. Davidson points out that
regardless of the form of
membership eboaen 1337 WO,
every farmer who produces and
Mark* one or more farm
.PrOducts will be eligible to,
become Mintier •Of the
proposed
The Ontario Farmers' Union
has drafted, a proposal for one
integrated provincial form
organization which is circulating
throughout the province. The
proposal -covers Purposos,
methods, structnre, finance and
establishment of a single
provincial farm organiZati9n,
Recent moves by the Ontario
Farmers' Union have been aimed
at persuading the Ontario
government to place this
proposal or the ballot, The
Ontario General Farm
Organization Campaign
Committee is opposed to placing
the OFU proposal, caned Plan A,
on the ballot.
The important Writs of Plan
A Can be voted on by all farmers
on the ballot proposed by the
GFO Campaign Committee and
at the founding convention by
their delegates, according to the
committee. A comparison of
Plan A with GFO Campaign
Committee proposals, by the
committee, indicates that:
— Plan A calls for a plebiscite
of farmers. $o doe S the GFO
proposal.
— Plan A calls for a checkoff
on all farm products through the
,of legislatiOn, $9 .does the
EQ PrOPoSal•
— Plan A calls for volhntarY
membership xequiring a PayMent
by the individual over and •above
his checkoff. This is possible
Wider the GFO ProPosalt The
level f volnntarY PaYment
would be deckled at the
Founding Convention,
- Plan A says the marketing
boards and co-9Perativea should
not have a vote on the provincial
organization. This will be
decided on the ballot by all
fanners.
- Plan A calls for integration
of the marketing boards into the
GFO when a majority nf the
producers of a product vote in
favour of such integration. The
GFO proposal does not force or
„ prevent such integration, but
suggests that the decision should
be left to the producers of each
commodity.
Delmer Bennett, Foresters
Falls, former OFU executive
member, and a member of the
ODD campaign Committee,
points out that comparison
makes clear that the principal
parts of Plan A are already
available through the .GFO
proposal. The proposed ballot
makes it possible for farmers to
vote for an organization which
is, in effect, Plan A.
.Seoforth mon on executive
The Outarii? Wheat
Prodncers' Marketing Board held
Itsinaugnral Meeting In •T9rento,
Ail Owl 9,
:lection of efficera for the
corning year held during the
Meeting -resulted in Jernes
O'Shea, RR 3, Granton,
re-elected as chairman of the
board.
Also re-elected to the board's
executive committee were:: M.
R. McDougall, RR 2, Blenheim,
fjraderR
rtvi, cRe-chairman;
Malton,se
i1311;Wncloianilj
Brander, d
vice-chairman and Ralph
Davison, RR ?, Maidstone. R, T.
Bolton, RR 11 $eaforth, past
chairman of the board, was
appointed to serve as fifth
member of , the executive
committee.
Them are three new 4irectors
on the twelve -man board this
year, John Cochrane, RR 2,
,Colborne, replaced immediate
past chairman, Peter MacKinnon
Of Bath; Fergus Young, RR 1,
EnnisMOre replaced Charles
Fargey, Stirling, and Ray
BellairlY, RR 2, Qllatbatn,
replaced t J. McDonald, 114 3,
Ridgetown.
Other direetera of the board
include Sam Chambers, RR 1,
Burgessville; A. R, Coulter, RR
3, Campbellville; Oliver Dawson,
RR 3, Sornbra and Morris
Taylor; RR 8, $t, Thomas,
• IN.FORMATION
• MEETING
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WED. APR. 23rd
AT HURON CENTENNIAL. SCHOOL
Brtu;efield
At 9:00 p.m.
Speakers 4 PHIL DURAND — ELMER HUNTER
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