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hexiagton, Kentucky I C) p353,11371 October 3, 1962 oh6 ~ Jl~ B,erry Maimed To H!ead Tobacc~~o ExRor~t Association ASHEVII:LE, N. ' C., Oct. ' 2 (Special) - John M. Berry, New Castle, Ky., was elected president' of the Burley and Dark Leaf'Ex- port Association today at the 13tb ennual convention of the group:' ~;--Berry, who is president of the' ; Burley Tobacco lGrowers Cooper- .ative Association, served last year as a vice president of' the export group. He succeeds Paul' :; Cwddard, Knoxville. . Mrs. Margaret Adair, Lexing; was re-elected secretary- r treasurer. C. W, Maloney, Madi- sonville„ was chosen vice presi- ,.!,' :dent and! Frank' V. Snodgrass,. ; Bowling Green, was re-elected a~ vice president and managing director. ' • Berry told delegates that the .•.ii,uality - of' U.S. burley must be maintained if foreigp trade is to be expanded. James W. Birkhead, associate director of' the Tobacco Division, Berry, Frank J. Welch, vice pres- Foreign Agricultural Service said' ident of the Tobacco Institute;. .he foresees greater burley de- Dr. Kenneth R. Keller, director mand, of the tobacco research division Speaking during,. a panel dis- for North Carolina State College cussion of foreign markets, Birk- and' 1Vlaicolm B. Seawell, execu~ head said foreign burley markets' tive secretary of the Leaf Tobac• ~ are greater than expected but co Export Association, that there still are problems to Robert G. Lewis, 'deputy ad- _ be solved in foreign marketing. ministrator of the Price and Pro' He noted the Common Market as duetion, Diivision, USDA, callcd' . one of the factors to be consid• the program for tobacco market• ered in foreign marketing and ing a modelione. He cited the vol. --'-said there is optimism for great« untary participation of groweis;, ; er sales• ... who voted to reduce acreage in . "Your export promotion activi- 1!955; as a prime factor in the ;ties haye bcen very good antl success: He also predieted a goodi effective," he toldi the group. price-demand structure and a, The quality of U.S: burley is a tutal' export_ In 1962 of' about 45'5 main reason for the trend toward million pounds. greater use of burley in foreign- Allen; former director of the. ' biended cigarettes, Birkhead said. U.S. Information Agency, said I J, E. Bohanon Jr., Bowling smoking is one of the various far Green, said foreign manufactur- tbrs that should be studied fur- ers want quality, price and as- ther. suranoe of stable supply. "Singling out tobacco;"' he said,, "I think it will be necessary "is not~ an accurate reflection of' to increase our burley produc- over-all research findings. tion in accordance witL world •;n these troubled times, it consumption, as we continue to sc, ms, the public often settles hold our present status in~ the for the easy answer to a complex world," the exporter said. problem,." Allen said. Tobaccomen "have a right and "We all know the public is duty to see that the public is not being told' that the major cause misled" in statements about of lung cancer has been found, smoking and health, the president dcspite the research work that of the Tobacco Institute told the dbcs not support this beliefl It is group. our job...to make sure that George V. Allen said."we must scientists have the,opportunity to help the public . . to dis- discover the reall causes-and tinguish between what is actual- that the public not'~ be stamped- ly establishedi as scientific fact ed into accepting 'easy' answers and what flows ouE as opinion that may turn out to be mislead- `and theory'• about' tobacco aRd ing or false." health. Allen said' the "element of ~ Control of supply solrves many quality" is strongly in favor of problems connected with foreign U.S. tobacco in foreign markets. marxenng, llauoe ta 'huraeq dt; He said U.S. farmers "grow the rector of the Tobacco Division, finest tobacco in' the world for Agricultural Stabilization and cigarettes,, pipe-smoking and Conservation Service, said• snuff." ' Foreign consumers have shown, he said, "their preference is for our familiar brands of' cigarettes and the tobacco that goes in them.".. . He urged a closer look at pro- duction practices. One aim shoulc' be to supply the markets with the best quality raw product, . he noted. : ' Turner also reminded, delegates that other areas of the world are now growing burley tobacco and that a critical look at the quality if U. S. burley would,l help head . off greater competition from these areas i • W. L. Staton+ executive seere- tary, of' the Burley Tobacco Assa ciation, discussed the burley pro• motion fund. Full cooperation of, all elements of the tobacco indus- try would bring "nearly 100 perr cent" cooperation in the burley growers export' promotion fundl; he said. Four members of' the seven- member team . of tobacco men who recently toured Russia, gave aa report on the trip. They were , WRAAN1 HIMLD 1 IDlu'1~,, North Carolina S -' Uctober 3, 1962 , , ... .. .. : Help Public 0n Le ,.. _ .. _ . . acts, Allen Ur 0 ,•~ ,~ , ~~~ ~ n D : p'rom;gerald Dispatches "' explained by a federal official - Tobaccomen -who said, "tobacco scare neNs ASINII.LID " stories' ' may be responsible for' "liave a right and duty to see the drop in the rate of amok- y ing: x, r Art G. Conover, statistician for the Economic Research, Serv- ice of' the U.S. Department of Agriculture, presented a report to the meeting, saying the rate of increase of cigarette smoking in the United States so far this yeir was lcs> than in, ig67: Gunover !r;,id that so far this year cigarette smoking in the UnitSi•i Sia+cs had'increased only •_ abn0 2,Kr cent. Hee said the , 9nnv.al rate of increase over the . Allen, fo~iner direct„r n, ih~ , U.S. Information Ag., +-y,' 3``tA F~er years had been from smoking is one of th~• va -ious Jol n ~I. Ilcrry ol` Ne~r ~astle, factors that should i.: studied li y:1 dn attor: furti~en. .: .. ~ ey kn~t tobacco t larricr r~-as. eiect~d president "Singling out tobacco,••' h~; q1 ;;tie association. :. . ' added, "is not an accurate r4 Derry, :who is also president : flection of over-all researcb ofi the Burley Growers Co- ~tindings:" operative Association, succeedsr . Earlier, the current "t;nisis" Paul D. Goddard of Dandridge, :hitting_the tobacco industry was t'Va. that:1be public is not misled" m' in, statements about smoking and health, the president of the .ltobacco Iastitute said here ~.; Tuesday. ~.' George V. Allen told the Burl ~ 4;-ley and Dark I,eaf' Export Assa ciation "we must help the pnb- lic .., to distinguish belfeen, ' what is actually establisH„d ess acientific' facf' and whjlorvs , . ~•out as 8pinii:irr d, theory' = about tobieco'aftti eailh NEW YORK JOURNAL-ANIERICAN New York, New Yryrk October 2, 1962 < URGES TRUTH ON TOBA'CC0 ASFIEVILLE, N. C., Oct,. 2: The president of The Tobacco Institute, Inc., today sadd' there is a need to "help the pubiir. separate fact from fiction'' about tobacco and health. George V. Allen, told the Burley and Dark Leaf, - Tobacco Export Assn. "We all know the public .1s being told that t)te major cause of lung cancer has been found, despite the research work that' does not support this belief. It • is our Job ... to make sure that scientists have the opportunity to discover the real causes - and'that the public not be stampeded into accepting 'easy' ans+ wers that may turn out to be misleading or false."