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It was a cl ssic. There was those "damn socialists," the N.F.U., squaring off against -none other than the notor— ious Frank Likely, YnP.C. president - P.E.I.!!

It all started very innoce- ntly. Gary Webster (prof. poli.- science) had arranged with the N.F.U. an encoun— ter with the students study— ing'underdevelopment'on P.E.I. and the world. Instead, what occured was an old—fashioned square-off come Stand-off

' between the unrepentant bus— iness man and the aleniated' farmer.

"We're being ripped off," cried the representatives of the/N.F.U. "There's more bullshit in this room than on any farm on the Island," replied Likely. ‘ ~

As the arguments developed, a more realistic and under— stood message descended. The N.F.U. representatives, four in number, two men and two men, argued that cor— porations involved in the agri - buSiness, such as Can— ada PaCkers, have strived to keep farmers in Canada very regional rather than nation— al in their outlooks. This

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has resulted in cross—nation antagonism between western and eastern farmers which, as the N.F.U. representativ— es noted, kept an united farm front from being a re— ality in Canada. Without a front,the middle man con- trolled the-market. The mid— dle man, namely the huge . fiagrO - corporations involved in fOOd processing and meat packing, had no real con— cern for the well being of‘ the farmer.-Thus, of necess- ity, the N.F.U. has arrived. "If farming is to be made a viable vocation for the »youth of this country a gre— at deal of planning over the long term must be done," stated one’of the N.F.U. representatives. "With the corporations in control of the market, prices are so "slip-shod" and variable that when viewed graphically it looks like an image of the Rocky Mountains, this kind of changeable market allows for~short-run plan— ning‘only," he further sta— ted. ‘” ' 5 One of the problems Clteder

by the students was the

lack of communication through the commercial media result— ing in a "red" mystique sur- rounding‘the N.F.Uo The rep— resentatives replied that

the Union was a grassroots organization, and depended upon personal dialogue with farmers rather than "sensa- tional" news coverage to get their message throfigh to the farmers in Canada and on P.E.I°

Part of Frank Likely's cross

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gained from producer negotia— tions with the board (namely between the elected farm committees which would be 3 in number and the marketing board administrators. The farm representatives would have one national representa- tive from the N.F.U. so that an input from other farmers in other regions Of Canada would be heard and recorded.) Likely saw the addition of an N.F.U. representative from the mainland as "outside ag—

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examination included an ex— cursion into the meaning of

Bill 44 now before the P.E.I. \legislature. Bill 44 is bas-

ed on an N.F.U. proposal to

Cabinet which would set up a marketing board for the plan-

ned production and sale of "cold" crops. The policy of

the marketing board would be

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The Philosophy Dept. of UPEI made a nice comeback last Monday night, Feb. 25 when Prof. Joseph Naylor "showed what he could do"! . The topic under consideratio in the 2nd public lecture for 1974 was "the confration of ideas and reality" with respect to the Greek-Christ— ain and Hebrew-Judaic trad— itions.

"In the Greek — Christain tradition," stated Naylor, "the act of speculation was seen as non-work or leisure contemplation, this was bec- ause Greek society was sup- ported by a slave class wh- ich gave the citizens or 'free' men the time and pl— ace for such speculation.

In the Hebrew - Judaic trad- ition, however, no such\

_slave element existed which

meant that speculation waS' an integral part of the dai— ly practice of all Jews. This meant that in the Greek Christian tradition a sep— aration of ideas and reality seemed plausible, while in the Judaic tradition no such separation occured. Because of this fundamental diff— erence in attitude between the two traditions, no Judaic Christian_tradition_is real-

itation". "There you go ag—

ain —- trying to divide and "can" the farmer", replied the N.F.U.

All in all it was a worth— while experience and prof. Webster deserves congratula— tions for setting up the encounter.

istically possible, contrary to popular belief," argued Naylor.

(Since the Christian theo- logians have raided the Gre- eks for their philosophical principles the dichotomy of ideas and reality continues to exist in the Christian tradition.)

"Had the Christians under- stood the Bible as a philoso— phic - historic recording of the Hebrew soul rather than