‘This concerns 昀椀nancial support for the Institute, which isbeing demanded from the profession. I do not agree withthis. Mr Barten rightly mentions individualism as one ofthe characteristic traits of the Dutch nation – we like to do1951Flora BlancaCauliflowerthings ourselves; it is in our nature. But there is somethingelse: the extraordinarily heavy tax burden put upon us bythe Government. The attraction of plant breeding for meis that it is so expensive and that we can enter it as expensesin our ledgers, which enables us to use monies that wouldotherwise have to be paid to the Treasury.1952AromataBeanNow as a Dutchman, I realise that our national government needs a lot of money, and it would be unreasonablefrom any political point of view to dispute this. EveryGovernment needs a lot of money. But if we show understanding for the fact that the Government needs a lot ofmoney, then we also ask for a little understanding for usRijk Zwaan speaking.1953ReginaLettuceas individual breeders and seed growers, namely that itis slowly being made impossible for us to maintain andAnd this is why the IVT places foreign competitionexpand our business as we should be allowed to do.at the top of the list of topics to be discussed atIf we are then asked to pay a further sum on top of thethe annual breeding convention. The discussionlarge levy we are already burdened with for an Institutewill also include a possible financial contributionthat may compete with us in the future – although Ito the IVT by the business community. In theam not particularly afraid of that, as the relations arerecords of the plant breeding convention, whichfar too good for that to happen – then I think that we asRijk Zwaan regularly attends, he rarely has some-individuals are going to be taxed quite a bit.’thing to say, but he does let his voice be heardwhile this issue is being discussed:The office building atZaagmolenkade in Rotterdam.Rijk Zwaan standing in the doorway.1951-1952Jan Bruinsma (left),K. Szteyn of the IVT (white coat)and Rijk Zwaan.1945-1960 | Reconstruction | A bitter pill41TurnoverFTE440–
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