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RECORD 



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Volume 6 



JULY, 1928 



Number 7 



j Farm Bureau Day, State Fair, Aug. 24 



Vice- Presidential Candidates, Senators Robinson and Curtis 

 I ni^ited to Address Middle West Farmers II 



PLANS for a bigger and better FARM 

 BUREAU DAY at the Illinois State Fair 

 on Friday, August 24, were being made as 

 this issue of the Record went to press. 



After conferring with the State Fair Officials, 

 permission was >..,:.-,...;. 

 granted the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural 

 Association, 

 through President 

 Earl C. Smith, to 

 use the mammoth 

 new grandstand 

 overlooking the 

 race track for a 

 discussion of the 

 National Agricul- 

 tural situation be- 

 tween 10:30 a. m. 

 and 12:30 p. m. 



In keeping 

 with the non-par- 

 tisan policy of the 

 Associaton, also 

 seeking to give full 

 and impartial in- 

 formation on this 



question to the general public as well as to our 

 members, the following telegram of invitation 

 was dispatched to the Vice Presidential candi- 

 dates of the Republican and Democratic parties, 

 who happen also to be the floor leaders of their 

 respective parties in the United States Senate. 



' July 13, 1928. 



"Hon. Joseph T. Robinson, 



Senate Office Bldg., .. 



Washington, D. C. 



"Through the courtesy of the Illinois State 

 Fair Association, Friday, August twenty-fourth, 

 is known as FARM BUREAU DAY. The officers 

 and members of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation extend to you an invitation to discuss the 

 national agricultural question for one hour be- 

 ginning at 10:30 a. m. at the Illinois State Fair 

 Grounds at Springfield. The grandstand is 



Hon. Joseph T. Robixson 



equipped with amplifiers and seats 12,000 

 people. A similar invitation is being extended 

 to Senator Charles Curtis to speak from the same 

 platform on this occasion. 



"Your position as floor leaders of the Senate 



and as candidates 

 for Vice-Presi- 

 dent of the Unit- 

 ed States of your 

 respective parties, 

 assures you of the 

 close attention 

 not only of the 

 Middle West but 

 of the whole na- 

 tion. We hope to 

 receive promptly 

 your acceptance 

 of this invitation. 

 (Signed) 

 Earl C. Smith, 

 President, 

 Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association." 

 Neither candi- 

 date had respond- 

 ed to the invita- 

 tion up to time of going to press, but acceptances 

 from both were being awaited with confidence. 

 State fair officials made a special concession in 

 allowing the use of the grandstand. Scheduled 

 attractions for the morning will be dispensed 

 with, and the speed program of the afternoon 

 will be deferred until one o'clock so as to allow 

 time for clearing the grandstand if the candi- 

 dates agree to speak. 



With the two Vice-Presidential candidates as 

 speakers, the program will attract farmers not 

 only from Illinois, but also from adjoining com 

 belt states. Comparable to the Lincoln-Douglas 

 debates of pre-Civil War days, the occasion may 

 go down in history as one of the high lights of 

 the 1928 presidential campaign. 



The I. A. A. will set up a headquarters tent for 

 Fair visitors similar to that of last year. Chairs, 

 drinking water, and rest facilities will be pro- 

 vided under the big top. All visitors are cordially 

 invited. .1 ! 



Hon. Charles Curtis 



