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<br />: FightforSurvival, NRECA
<br />, Delegates Told atChicago
<br />, With a number of Rural Electric ot'fl~1s of tbis state in - at-.
<br />tendanCe, the 1.JSth annQal meeting of the 'National Rural Electric
<br />(J9Qperatlve Association at Chicago In MaI'ch drew over 5.400 reg-
<br />Istered delega.tes. -district laws Uke WashlnrtOn'(lI, Ore-"
<br />These Rural ElectrLc leaders repre. gon'fJ and Nebraska's - lw ~ "We
<br />sentlng 42 states, Ala!lk;a and Puerto could discourage &Om~ of this pit'"'
<br />Rico, assailed private power company Ing by thl-eatenlng to take over some
<br />propaganda against consumer owned of theIr, euswmerll. So far, It lu\s
<br />eieetrlc firms attd reattinned their been a one-wl\Y street.~'
<br />~~:~~~Iedr:;.~tt:;'?I~o P~~~~=d Besl4ell ~e(endlng_ their low.lnteres~
<br />a 'proposal for a federal capital loans ant! terrHnrfa,l inte,grlty,
<br />budget to distinguish between "ex. power co.op leaden shoWed they_ will
<br />Pendllures for wealth creating Invellt. contl.nue to mal'cn ah.ea,d in gafnln~
<br />ti oat control of their power ~pply. REA s
<br />menta and ordinary opera ng c S. chlE'll. David A. HamU, v'lted tbat l1ne-
<br />John. M. George, Lewtston, ~o, third of the agency's $220 mWlon
<br />was Ill.ooted president of NBEOA, loans last year were for cd.Op genel"
<br />suoileedlng J. E.., SmIth, Oh88e CUY, atlng plll.nta and transmisslQn Jines.
<br />Va. ~ Hatley, Hortanton. N. 0., Hamll promised delegates "Whel-e
<br />was, eteetecl viOl!! pr68ldent, 8U;::' you can't get cUeap', enouih power
<br />Jng Mr. Geor,.e, aad AJI1eri 0. .:frotn your-present SUP!tUe-r, REA
<br />fe, L6ota, S. D.. was l'eoeJeeted 1KlCl'& stmads ready to lend yoU money to
<br />tary.trea8u~r. . generate the power y~lv~" WJ.th
<br />General manager Clyde T. ElUs of happy .wandon, NBEQA del.Wli,
<br />NRECA and other speakers warned , praised Ramll In three separate eon.
<br />the' co-ops that they are In a tight venUon l'e8Olutlons.
<br />fQr .survlval. Mr. El1l8 declared the _ They know that chw and abun.
<br />fight Is not,onQo ag,alpst the props. dant p6wer'alsO 'f!ows from'federal
<br />ganda and IQbbying of_priVate power Iiydro-electrlc dams' -and the 'catalog
<br />comptmles but alSo "to match the ,ef. 01- ptojecta they u~ged con:gress to
<br />t1c1encles of blgnesa and of power- undertake ranges from Hells_CanYon
<br />economic and. poU~ca1 . . .", to, the Chattahoochee. Senator, Lyn.
<br />The beat defense ot thetr own low- dl1n' Johnson (D Tex.) prombed that
<br />cost government loana Is to cut the the Senate "would take _another rUn
<br />Intel't$t rates .that,others pay. the at HeJ1s Canyon: t~18 reet."
<br />leaders of the llaUon's electrlc co-ops, NBE<lA's- general ~I:',. ,Olyde
<br />decided. T EllIs 'and the ~e LeagUe's
<br />Delegates to ,National Rural_Elec. ~tI~e dlree!"or 'krry Voorhis,
<br />trlc,CooperatIve Association's annUf;\1 urged delegates to 'make OODUIl.on
<br />meeting shoved through a resolution ll&use With membet'S of other CO-l)J18
<br />the first day attacking the ,a~nls- In cltles and across the countryslde.
<br />traUon's !tard'money, hlgh.interest Senator Paul H- DouglaS (D DJ:)
<br />pollctes and ur,lng Congres.s to con. proposed that the government con.
<br />duct a thorough investigation, duct lts ac~ounUng like any other
<br />These co-op leaders reoognlzed that bustness so that such federal Invest-
<br />the Z% loans they get nom Rural menta as loans to rurQl electrlc_ co'
<br />Elootrl(1catlon AdJn1nlstratlon won't ops and funds (or hydro-electrIc dlUIlS
<br />allY longer covel:' the (ed6l:a1 coat of aren't lumped with non.repayable ex.
<br />borrowlnr money. <'The tiling to do pendltlues ILke oyster 10rks lor the
<br />Is lower other Interest rates, not US Navy or a gIant bomber.
<br />raise' ours," one NRECA spokesman ,.
<br />oal'.
<br />They pointed to the $18 billion lluh.
<br />sldy that private ut111Uea will receive
<br />1n Interest.(ree loans from the U, S,
<br />treasury over the next 2rO yeaJ.:&-via
<br />fast tax wrlte-<lUs. Against this they
<br />matched the ;47 rn1ll1on 'profit that
<br />the government haa. made on REA
<br />loans since 1935. Fpr only In the past
<br />SiAl yearn has the fed~ral COllt of bOr.
<br />rOWing exceeded REA's lnterest, rate.
<br />The co-ap leaders servoo. IIOUce that
<br />they'll tight to koop privaw utllitles
<br />mlln "plnUtna-" the1r member-eus.
<br />tome:rs. In IdahO, Kansas, and other
<br />states, they're gettbtg lawa to pro-
<br />toot thetr torrltorles from utility
<br />raids.
<br />They're usmg economic pressure,
<br />One rem,lutlon deplored the t!eclsion
<br />of a Kaiser.owned cement plant ln
<br />New Mexico to switch Its power busl.
<br />ne&ll' from a co.op to a private utIllty
<br />~e m~~~e:W~~u~ho~~~e~eA~~~~n=
<br />Company soUctted co-op business at
<br />the conventiOn,
<br />In this battle tor eUlltomet's,
<br />NRECA's legislative dtrector, Clay
<br />Cochran, urged C(}.op leaders not only
<br />to defend theptSelves but to take the
<br />offensive.
<br />'If more states had public power
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<br />What's
<br />A Co-op?
<br />A co.op is in part an ideal! It'ls a
<br />pracUcal realization of the Ideal that
<br />men can work together to better
<br />themselves and their world,
<br />When you see a co-op you see real
<br />proo( that cooperation, the highest
<br />form of human endeavor, ill a llving
<br />force In ou.r socl.ety today. A co-op
<br />Indicates that people ate beginning to
<br />reaUze that only through joint ellott
<br />can mankind as a whole reach the su.
<br />preme goals of- peace and understand.
<br />ing that our country's founders vis.
<br />ualized when they drew up _our con.
<br />stltution.
<br />Co'OII mllans ownership and respon.
<br />slbllity. Consumers pay tor aU o(
<br />the protlu<ltlon and distribution facll-
<br />lUes In our OOUl:ltl'y, but only thOllEl
<br />run by thll co-opS Mil owned by the
<br />consumers.
<br />Remember, freedom and responsl.
<br />bllity go hand In hand. When you
<br />10111'1 respon.slbllity, you l~ _~ontrol,
<br />and with control goes freedom.. -Co.
<br />op meaDS edu<;atlon for better th1ngs,
<br />lor better living.
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<br />Among the many de~att:8 'from Oolorado to the NatiOOal Rural
<br />Electric_Cooperative Association ,meetings at Ohicago in March were
<br />these POudre Valley Electric folks from Fort Collins. Shown talking
<br />in the lObby of t1ie 'Conrad HUton ,Hotel With- Joe Jen1W88, assi8t:~nt
<br />manager of NREOA-frOm Waah-Witon (rig4t), tkey are, left td right,
<br />President. FJrrie8t 'D. Nelson, -Mr.s.- Nelson, Director Fred Ooutts,
<br />Manager WaUer A. BeMI"and Jenness. (Oory photo.) ""
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<br />Half of Farmers
<br />Now Have Phones
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<br />For the first urne in history over
<br />hiiU 01 the - fanners In the United
<br />States have telephone serv:lce, ac-
<br />cording to an annual survey made in
<br />1956 by the Crop Reporting BQatd,
<br />According to, this survey 51;9 per
<br />cent 0(' the farms, or about 2% mil.
<br />lion, had some type of telePhone
<br />servIce on July 1, 1956, ThJs com.
<br />pares with 49.2 per ~ent In 1955 and
<br />88.2 per cent in 1950,
<br />The :Percentage ot American farms
<br />wIth telephones has Increased stead.
<br />ily since 1940 when only 25 per cent
<br />of the farms had telephone servtoe.
<br />)lowever -in the 20 'years prior to
<br />1940 'the percentage of farnts, with
<br />telephones had doollned sharply, The
<br />increase o( >>.'1 pel'Qllntag~ points be-
<br />tween- 19l5lS and 19tffi was the great-
<br />est. of record f(l1" any one year since
<br />annual data.bees.me avidlable.
<br />All geographic 1-eglons and,. all
<br />States showed an Increase in 1956
<br />over the previous year. The _S01.tth
<br />Atlantic and South Central ngioM
<br />were the only regions where 1eB!$
<br />than 50 percent of the farms still d!l
<br />not have telephones. These, r~glonll
<br />showed the greatest Increases, both
<br />in percentage and In number. The
<br />greater 'proportion of farms (83 per
<br />cent) In the New England States
<br />havlil telephones than in any other
<br />region. In the Mid-Atlantic SIld Pa.
<br />clfic region.s.- between 78 and 79_ per
<br />cent of. the farms had telephones.
<br />Of the' 48% ,who do not have tele.
<br />phone 'service, 9% of the farmers
<br />Iridlca.ted that. the' hQUSe is wired tOI:'
<br />teiephone or could be by extend1JJg
<br />the One a few yards, thlI-t.oon per
<br />cent. had a telephone llne within 0.2
<br />to flJS mUss of the hOUlMl, seven Pll~
<br />cent had lines wIthin 0.6 to 1 mile,
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<br />Anti-Pirating Bill
<br />Enacted in Idaho
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<br />Co-ops Handle 1% of Retail Trade
<br />WASHmGTON---Co.op.s handle 1% of the naUon's retail business, a U. S.
<br />CE!nsus bureau survey &hOWe(}, October 24: The report lists 6,135 retail co-opll
<br />dOing ,a business Of $1.7 billion in 1954.
<br />These are th(! (Irst' comprehensive figures on co-ops that the bureau has
<br />published since It adopted a rev1sed reportmg llystem for U. S. business. It
<br />shows that co-ops handle 32% of the total. farm supply business - but have
<br />Ius than 1% o( the sales In any other field,
<br />Number of'
<br />RetallCo.ops
<br />Food; tneatfJ, rmlw, vel"etalJles, nuts and
<br />bakery atores .... 362
<br />EaUng, drlnkln&' places.... ,. ...................._..,... IS&'!
<br />OeneJal merchandlse .............mm...'............ 136
<br />Shoes and apparel ..._...m.....:.........~....... 180
<br />li'urnl~ I\I\d appllancll stores ..,......... !S9
<br />A.uto<<eatel'S.ndstGres..,_.....,.........m... 63
<br />Service st.aUOnII ....,. ..... .. 218
<br />Farm machinery, lumber, buDding
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<br />Farm supply stol'flS ...........m.........~... .........8,61<<
<br />other oo-ep retaU stores ............ ..................... SUI
<br />:Non.stom ~taU CO-OpS ..,..m......"'.... 28
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<br />noise---Idah!l power co-ops have
<br />pushed an antt.ph-aUng bill tlu'9ugh
<br />the state legislature; and Governor
<br />Robert Smylie has signed it tnto law.
<br />Co-ops have watched Washington
<br />Water ,PoweJ:', Company m~ btto
<br />Xl(lri;hel'h Idaho tutll. "sweet-talk" a
<br />few- Of- theh- cnstome1'8 Into sIgnIng
<br />up. Th~ new' law prohUJlts OO-Ops and
<br />private u t II I t I ~ s -Irmn dupUcaUIIJ
<br />each, other's ~ces. 11 a custotner
<br />wants tAl change SUPD_Un8, he must
<br />get a dlstrlot court's permission.
<br />The bill passed the stat(! senat(!,
<br />22-18, and the house. 40.14.
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<br />Tri.State G. T
<br />In New Offic:e
<br />Dickerson H. (D1ck) ~
<br />JWWJy a~ OJariagel' et ~
<br />Trl'15taw..G &: T AfI.SOClaUon, the
<br />&"~Dco-op_~of2f
<br />ooLmuJ,o, Wyoming and l(ebraska
<br />Sural 'Elootrlcs, ba,s- now' Jooat;ed
<br />pelmanent oMces .t Lov~,
<br />ColOi'MtJ.
<br />The office location is _ at ,411:
<br />UncoIn Avenue, LoveJaJ)d, ~.
<br />postofllee boX number 1ft Box 821,
<br />~ -',the _phone 'number 18 NOr-
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