Farmers Union members travel to Washington, D.C. where they toured the National Farmers Union headquarters, the U.S. Capitol, and other sites. Midway through the recording there is footage of members boarding busses. One bus has a banner on its side that reads: Farmers Educational & Co-Operative Union of America South Dakota Division. The film includes scenes from cities on the way to Washington, D.C. Included is footage of military aircraft fly-over and a U. S. Navy blimp. Color film. No sound.

Farmers Union delegates interviewed in the lobby of the Dodge Hotel in Washington before they go to Capitol Hill for the day. They are there to encourage passage of the farm bill. They are for the Brannan plan, the REA, the MVA, and 100% parity.

Wrapping up the trip of South Dakota Farmers Union delegates to Washington, D.C. The group saw the national Farmers Union offices and met with various Senators and Representatives. The delegation tried to impress the need for a passage of a farm bill.

Glenn Martz from Washington, D.C., publisher of 'The Lowdown on Farm Affairs' interview at KOTA radio station in Rapid City, South Dakota. Martz revisits a speech he gave in Rapid City, South Dakota about socialism and communism in the United States. Martz discusses the Farmers Union and cooperatives connections to communism. He claims the Farmers Union has been infiltrated by communists.

Large group of people gathered in a room and seated on chairs at an event in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel talking on a phone in his Washington. D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel walking down a Washington D.C. street carrying a briefcase

Representative Ben Reifel in the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel in the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel sitting at his Washington D.C. desk speaking into a dictating machine

Representative Ben Reifel holding a 1961 South Dakota State College Hobo Day bumper sticker by the license plates on his car

Representative Ben Reifel with Representative Mike Kirwan, a Democrat from Ohio

Representative Mike Kirwan, a Democrat from Ohio, is having an American Indian headdress places on his head by an unknown American Indian man

Representative Ben Reifel, James Brown, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, and James Hunt, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, looking at a newspaper of the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and Senator Karl Mundt with a large group of men in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. George Scully from Madison South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boekelheide from Redfield, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representatives Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, Mrs. And Mrs. Alfred Frantz and their granddaughter, Karen, on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with the Betty Crocker Homemaker and others on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Bob Barker and his family in Washington, D.C. Barker's mother, Mathilda Valandra has her arm around Alice's shoulders, Barker's wife, Dorothy Jo Gideon, is on the far right

Representative Ben Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Florence and Paul Blair, their son, Larry, and grandson, Matt on the steps of the US Capitol. The Blair's are from Mobridge, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Miller and family, Barb, Donna, and David, from Colton, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Speakers of the House Sam Rayburn swears in Ben Reifel during a ceremony

Representative Ben Reifel with two others at George Washington University commencement

Representative Ben Reifel with President John F. Kennedy and others

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Habberstad and Lorie Habberstad on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Scott and son, Jim, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with a family from Watertown, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents in Washington, D.C.

Portrait of Representative Ben Reifel, a Republican from the First District of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel in his Washington D.C office about to sign HR 11413, an act to amend the Agricultural Act of 1961 to permit the planting of additional non-surplus crops on diverted acreage

Representative Ben Reifel is sitting in a chair, next to him is Cub Scout Ronald Breeden, they are both wearing Native American headdresses, Reifel is demonstrating a peace pipe

Members of Congress in session in the chambers of the United Stated capitol building

Members of the South Dakota Nurses Association visit with Representative Ben Reifel in his office, they are looking at a folder of the American Nurses Association Conferenced on Legislation

Representative Ben Reifel with his office staff in his Washington, D.C. office

Representative Reifel with members of American Legion in his Washington, D.C. office; standing left to right: Ray Gallagher, Merton B. Tice, Representative E.Y. Berry, Representative Ben Reifel, John Chambers, Val G. Stockinger, Matthew Voigth, and Clyde Prouty; seated is Mrs. Voight

Alice Reifel and her high school classmates in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel meets representatives from Canton, South Dakota High School in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background. Left to right Bill Souvignier, Doug Rickensrud, Terry Berg, Lee Stearns, Gary Stenstand, Donald Pottratz

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, John Foster, and William Morrison looking at a brochure on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and the members of the 87th Club in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representatives Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Howard Wong and Lloyd Richardson, both of Aberdeen, South Dakota, on the steps of the US Capitol

Representatives Ben Reifel and Senator Karl Mundt with two students from St. Marius School on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel wearing a hat and standing in front of the capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel with Representative Mike Kirwan, a Democrat from Ohio, and two other unknown men

Distinguished Service and Valor awardees and the Secretariat - 25th Honor Awards Convocation - Interior auditorium; Left to Right - Top Row: Captain Matthew V. Carson, Jr., USN, Office of the Secretary; Joseph V.B. Wells, Geological Survey; Christopher J. San Fellipo, Geological Survey; Paul Zinner, Bureau of Mines; Ulric J Gendron, Bureau of Reclamation; William M. Deaton, Bureau of Mines; James Westfield, Bureau of Mines; Elmer P. Myers, Bureau of Indian Affairs; John S. Knowles, Bureau of Land Management; George L. Collins, National Park Service; Charles E. Peterson, National Park Service; A. Clark Stratton, National Park Service; Dick Sutton, National Park Service; Left to Right - Front Row: Floyd H. Phillips, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Alphonse Kemmerich, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries; Administrative Assistant Secretary Beasley; Andrew W. Anderson; Bureau of Commercial Fisheries; Monty Wilcox; Louise A. Wilcox; Orpha R. McPherson, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Secretary Udall; Clara B. Gonzales, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Assistant Secretary Carver; Assistant Secretary Holum; Fannibelle Jackson, Bureau of Land Management; Under Secretary Carr; Assistant Secretary Briggs; Benjamin Reifel, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Father John G. Kuhn, Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle

Representative Ben Reifel and Donna Olson in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and John Stone, director of Cooperative Extension Service at South Dakota State College in Brookings, South Dakota, in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel looks at a map with two constituents in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and three other standing in front of the U.S. Capitol. The photograph is signed by Reifel, Graham Purcell, Burt Talcott, and Howard Pollock

Representative Ben Reifel and constituents standing on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and constituents standing on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and constituents standing on the steps of the US Capitol

Alice Reifel with students from St. Mary's school in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with South Dakota 4-H leaders on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, Thomas Johnson, and Elaine Berdahl on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with Roy Beard, state 4-H agent and 4-H delegates on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Georgia Rae Easter Delaney and friends on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and another man with President Lyndon B. Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey is visible in the background on the left

Signed portrait from Senator Karl Mundt to Representative Ben Reifel: To Ben Reifel, A great campaigner with a bright congressional future. You are a real credit to our native state of South Dakota. Karl E. Mundt, U.S. Senate Jan. 16, 1961

Portrait of Representative Ben Reifel, a Republican from the First District of South Dakota

Portrait of Representative Ben Reifel, a Republican from the First District of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel is holding a sign that reads: American Ships Strengthen America

Visitors from abroad surround the speaker of the day, Representative Ben Reifel, at the International Crossroads Sunday Morning Breakfast

Representative Ben Reifel (seated, far right) was on the United States House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture sub-committee in 1961-1962

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, and Web Hill looking at a beaded American Indian shirt in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office

Constituents from Mitchell, Winner, and Sioux Falls South Dakota visit Representative Ben Reifel in his Washington, D.C. office; Back row left to right: John R. McDougal, Cecil W. Duncan, Representative E.Y. Berry, Carle B. Lenker, Ray Asmussen; Front row left to right: Bob Payne, Representative Ben Reifel, Bill Lenker, W. Hal Ramsey

Representative Ben Reifel is with Roland Chicoine and Dan Nobr in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office, Chicoine and Nobr are about to put cubes of sugar in their coffee, Reifel is holding a bowl of sugar cubes

Representative Ben Reifel and 1961 South Dakota Cherry Blossom Princess Patricia Lay from Aberdeen, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel and Mary Strand in Washington, D.C.. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and three other standing in front of the U.S. Capitol. The photograph is signed by Reifel, Graham Purcell, and Burt Talcott

Representative Ben Reifel holding a 1962 South Dakota State College Hobo Day bumper sticker by the license plates on his car

Representative Ben Reifel is with A.E. Crooks of Frankfurt, South Dakota, and Dan Nohr of Yankton, South Dakota waiting to testify before the Committee on Agriculture in Washington, D.C.

Alice Reifel is with other women at an event in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel meets with Gabriel Nelson, Wakonda, South Dakota, Loren Adamson and Ralph Landsman, both from Centerville, South Dakota, to discuss the Vermillion River flood control project in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel, Josephine Moreno, Arlington, South Dakota, and Frances Brown, Rapid City, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and A.E. Crook of Frankfort, South Dakota, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel meets representatives from Canton, South Dakota High School in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background. Back row left to right: Alan Thorson, Maximus Van Der Hul, Bill Wittrig, Tom Siter; Front row left to right: Donald Pottratz, Ben Reifel, Bob Kroeger

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with 1962 Girls Nation senators, Judy Caine of Huron, South Dakota and Mary Spencer from Nisland, South Dakota in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel is sitting at a desk while Cub Scout Russell Nelson Gates stands next to Reifel saluting him for a Cub Scout operation called Operation VIP, there is a brass elephants sitting on the desk

Representative E.Y. Berry, Senator Karl Mundt, and Representative Ben Reifel are the guests of Harold Levinger of Yankton, South Dakota at the National Retail Merchants Association dinner in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel with Rita Red Starr, Coleen Courey, Kenyon Cull, Peggy Allen and Elgene Lance in his Washington, D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel shows Don Clausen a Native American headdress and peace pipe. There is a mounted pheasant on the wall above their heads

Representative Ben Reifel with American Indian girls from all parts of the United States, the US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel meets with South Dakota highway officials Don Rounds, Don Achiten, Rex Leubcher, and Art B. Anderson in Reifel's office in Washington, D.C.

Representative Richard Roudebush placing a pin on Representative Ben Reifel's lapel

Representative Ben Reifel and Bob Barker of the television program Truth or Consequences in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel at the door to his office in Washington D.C in the summer of 1962

Representative Ben Reifel (S.D.) and Don Clauson of Crescent City, California are wearing American Indian headdresses and holding a peace pipe

Representative Ben Reifel is part of the Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary group

Representative Ben Reifel (seated, second from right) is among the delegation of the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Johnson in Washington, D.C.

Alice Reifel with three other women at a Washington, D.C. event

Representative Ben Reifel and Peter Barnett of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel showing Springfield, Virginia Girl Scouts, Debbie Bowers and Linda Black, Native American artifacts, Reifel is holding a peace pipe and the girls are wearing headdresses

Representative Ben Reifel meets with VFW representatives from South Dakota, R.W. Hodson, Martin, and Bob Whittemore, Watertown who were raising money for the Battleship USS South Dakota Memorial