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Father Worked, Mother Did. The Farm Bureau's many critics claim that Shuman's homespun ways are an affectation-that he actually rehearses his rusticity. "It takes a lot of practice for a girl to kiss like an amateur," sniffs one acquaintance. In Charlie Shuman's case, naturalness comes naturally...
Onward & Upward. In 1933 Shuman married Ida Wilson, an Indiana-born math teacher. By that time, he was climbing the ladder in the Farm Bureau, which he joined in 1929. By 1945 he was the $7,500-a-year president of the statewide Farm Bureau. Its offices were in Chicago, but Shuman decided it was best for his four children to grow up on the farm. After nine years, Shuman moved into the top spot of the national organization in 1954. Ida, whom he credits with having provided much of his drive, died four months before his election...
...year after he became Farm Bureau president. Shuman was making his regular weekend trip home on the Panama Limited, and sat down in the dining car next to a grey-eyed blonde. The train lurched, the blonde headed for the floor, and Charlie caught her. They got to talking. Romance blossomed. She was Mabel Ervin, a farm girl from 90 miles north of Sullivan who was working as a legal secretary in Chicago and was also headed home for the weekend. They were married a year later, have a son, Freedom Fighter (j.g.) George, 8, a carbon copy...
...Farm Bureau meeting some years ago, he thundered that the federal farm program "denies the unmistakable pattern of God's law." On hearing about Shuman's remark, National Farmers Union President Patton retorted: "This is Shuman's arrogant attempt to make God a member of Farm Bureau." Given the chance, Shuman might try. The Farm Bureau is a way of life to him, and his commitment is wholehearted. Says he: "It's going to take complete and total sacrifice in the Farm Bureau if we're going to accomplish our objectives...
...Florida citrus farmers, California orchardists to Wisconsin dairymen, and hog, peanut, cotton, livestock, wheat, rice and corn growers scattered in between-it is a wonder that Shuman is able to make a coherent presentation on anything. Yet surveys by farm magazines show that a majority of the Farm Bureau's members approve of the organization's policies as articulated by Shuman...