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RESOLUTION NO< 64-~
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
COUNTY OF BUTTE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
RESOLUTION CONCERNING BEEF IMPORTATIONS
;~;_,,4„ <,,~;,., WHEREAS, this nation's cattle industry has operated under
the free enterprise system and has never sought and is not seeking
federal subsidies; and
WHEREAS, the continued importation of foreign beef into
this country has increased to the point where it presently account
for nearly one-ninth of our total national consumption; and
.WHEREAS, this figure is more than double the amount im-
ported only seven years ago; and
"WHEREAS, accompanying this rise in imported beef, there
has been a steady and drastic decline in the market price of beef
at the farm and at the feed lot; and
Wi-iEREA'S, this decline has come at a time when domestic
cattlemen face continuing increases in production costs, including
property taxes paid in support of local government; and
WHEREAS, the beef produced in foreign lands lends no sup-
port to our local tax base; and
WHEREAS, the well-being of the agricultural industry has
been, and continues to be, the foundation of our national economy;
and
-WHEREAS, the concern of all levels of our government has
traditionally been expressed in laws directed to the promotion of
a healthy farm economy; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Government historically has sought
to give fair protection to national industries through the judi-
cious exercise of tariffs and import quotas,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Board of Supervi-
sons urges an immediate review both of existing national beef
import policies and of the effect of these policies on our
1 agricultural economy, with the intent of establishing a. more aluit
2 able economic climate under which our national cattle industry
3 can grow and prosper; and
~} BE IT FUR'T'HER RE50LVED that copies of this resolution be
5 sent to The Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United
6 States; The Honorable Thomas H. Kuchel, United `states Senator; Th
7 '~onorable Clair Engle, United States Senator; The Honorable Harol
8' T. °°Bizz°~ Johnson, Congressman, 2nd Congressional District; The
9 'onorable Edmund G. Brown, Governor of California; The Honorable
10 Stanley Pittman, Senator, The Honorable Harold Booth, and such of ex
11 interested parties as may be directed by the Chairman of this Boa d.
12 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the BOARD OF SUPERVISORS of the Coun
13 of Butte, State of California, this 12th day of May, 1964, by the
14 following vote:
15 AYES: Supervisors Giles, Pryde, Steinegger and Chairman McKillop
16. NOES: None
17 ABSENT: Supervisor Alldredge
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20 oard of Supervisors
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22 ATTEST:
23: 3ESSIE ROGERS, County Clerk
and ex-officio Clerk of the
24 Board of Supervisors
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