Founding Fathers, that outside of its leg itimate functions, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector of the economy Now, we have no better example of this than government's involvement in the farm economy over the last 30 years Since 1955, the cost of this program has nearly doubled. One-fourth of farming in America is responsible for 85% of the farm surplus. Three-fourths of farming is out on the free market and has known a 21% increase in the per capita consumption of all its produce. You see, that one-fourth of farming-- that,'s regulated and controlled by the federal government. In the last three years we've spent 43 dollars in the feed grain program for every dollar bushel of corn we don't grow Senator Humphrey last week charged that Barry Goldwater, as President, would seek to eliminate farmers He should do his homework a little better because hell find out that we've had a decline of 5 million in the farm population under these government programs. He 'll also find that the democratic administration has soug ht to get from Congress [an] extension of the farm program to include that three-fourths that is now free. He'll find that they' ve also asked for the right to imprison farmers who wouldn't keep books as prescribed by the federal government. The Secretary of Agriculture asked for the right to seize farms through condemnation and resell them to other individuals and contained in that same program was a provision that would have allowed the federal government to remove 2 million farmers from the soil At the same time there's been an increase in the department of Agriculture employees. There's now one for every 30 farms in the United States, and still they cant tell us how 66 shiploads of grain headed for Austria disappeared without a trace and billie Estes never left shore Every responsible farmer and farm organization has repeatedly asked the government to free the farm economy but how - who are farmers to know what's best for them? The wheat farmers voted against a wheat program. The government passed it anyway. Now the pr ice of bread goes up the price of wheat to the farmer goes down Meanwhile, back in the city under urban renewal the assault on freedom carries on Private property rights lare so diluted that public interest is almost anything a few government planners decide it should be. In a program that takes from the need and gives to the greedy we see such spectacles as in Cleveland, Ohio,a million-and-a-half-dollar building completed only three years ago must be destroyed to make way for what government off icials call a"more compatible use of the land "the president tells us he's now going to start building public hous ing units in the thousands, where heretof ore we've only built them in the hundreds. But FHA [Federal Housing Authority] and the veterans Administration tell us they have 120, 000 housing un its they've taken back through mortgage foreclosure. For threeFounding Fathers, that outside of its legitimate functions, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector of the economy. Now, we have no better example of this than government's involvement in the farm economy over the last 30 years. Since 1955, the cost of this program has nearly doubled. One-fourth of farming in America is responsible for 85% of the farm surplus. Three-fourths of farming is out on the f ree market and has known a 21% increase in the per capita consumption of all its produce. You see, that one-fourth of farming -- that's regulated and controlled by the federal government. In the last three years we've spent 43 dollars in the feed grain program for every dollar bushel of corn we don't grow. Senator Humphrey last week charged that Barry Goldwater, as President, would seek to eliminate farmers. He should do his homework a little better, because he'll find out that we've had a decline of 5 million in the farm population under these government programs. He'll also find that the Democratic administration has sought to get f rom Congress [an] extension of the farm program to include that three-fourths that is now f ree. He'll find that they've also asked for the right to imprison farmers who wouldn't keep books as prescribed by the federal government. The Secretary of Agriculture asked for the right to seize farms through condemnation and resell them to other individuals. And contained in that same program was a provision that would have allowed the federal government to remove 2 million farmers f rom the soil. At the same time, there's been an increase in the Department of Agriculture employees. There's now one for every 30 farms in the United States, and still they can't tell us how 66 shiploads of grain headed for Austria disappeared without a trace and Billie Sol Estes never lef t shore. Every responsible farmer and farm organization has repeatedly asked the government to free the farm economy, but how -- who are farmers to know what's best for them? The wheat farmers voted against a wheat program. The government passed it anyway. Now the price of bread goes up; the price of wheat to the farmer goes down. Meanwhile, back in the city, under urban renewal the assault on f reedom carries on. Private property rights [are] so diluted that public interest is almost anything a few government planners decide it should be. In a program that takes f rom the needy and gives to the greedy, we see such spectacles as in Cleveland, Ohio, a million-and-a-half -dollar building completed only three years ago must be destroyed to make way for what government officials call a "more compatible use of the land." The President tells us he's now going to start building public housing units in the thousands, where heretofore we've only built them in the hundreds. But FHA [Federal Housing Authority] and the Veterans Administration tell us they have 120,000 housing units they've taken back through mortgage foreclosure. For three