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Duration
00:21_35
Description
Recording Date: 1963-10-15
File Identifier:MA012-AV-0036_02
South Dakota Farmers Union 1963 convention speaker. Ken Holum, Assistant Secretary of Interior for Power and Water, Department of Interior, Washington, D.C., speaks about the growing importance of education and citizenship, fair economics and wages, taking care of the elderly, and civil rights. He talks about the increase in water and power needs and talks about the Missouri River Basin Project and its financial troubles, including an arrangement with Basin Electric.
Subject Heading
South Dakota Farmers Union -- Congresses and conventions
Agriculture -- South Dakota -- Societies, etc.
Agriculture, Cooperative -- South Dakota
Holum, Ken, 1915-1998
Education
Citizenship
Economics
Wages
Older people
Civil rights
Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.)
Geographical Location
Huron (South Dakota)
Item Type
Sound Recording - Non-Musical
Physical Format
Open reel audiotapes
Language
en
Digital Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights Statement
Recommended Citation
"South Dakota Farmers Union 1963 Convention" (2020). South Dakota Farmer’s Union Audio Recordings. 39.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/sd_farmers_union_recordings/39