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Duration
01:00:01
Description
Recording Date: 1947-1958
File Identifier:MA012-AV-0175_01
South Dakota Farmers Union president, Paul Opsahl, introduces Merrell Q. Sharpe, former governor of South Dakota, who gives a radio address about the consumer power districts bill before the South Dakota Legislature. He supports the equal distribution of power to all South Dakotans at the lowest possible rates. Private power companies are against consumer power districts. A man is speaking at a conference about price supports. He is for the restoration of storage capacities for farm commodities across the U.S. He also talks about parity and farmers cooperatives. He also states that he feels that the American farmer has done the most to fight communism. A man is speaking at a conference about the Standard Oil monopoly. The recording ends in the middle of his speech.
Subject Heading
South Dakota Farmers Union
Agriculture -- South Dakota -- Societies, etc.
Agriculture, Cooperative -- South Dakota
Sharpe, Merrill Q. (Merrill Quentin), 1888-1962
Electric utilities -- Law and legislation
Item Type
Sound Recording - Non-Musical
Physical Format
Wire recordings
Language
en
Digital Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights Statement
Recommended Citation
"Merrell Q. Sharpe Radio Address" (2020). South Dakota Farmer’s Union Audio Recordings. 192.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/sd_farmers_union_recordings/192