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Volume 6 



JULY, 1928 



Number 7 



Farm Bureau Dav, State Fair, Aug. 24 



J ice- Presidential Candidates 

 Imnted to ^-id dress . 



PLANS for a bigger and better FARM 

 BUREAU DAY at the Illinois State Fair 

 on Friday, August 24, were being made a.s 

 this issue of the Record went to press. 



After conferring with the State Fair Officials, 

 permission w a s 

 granted the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural 

 Association, 

 through President 

 Earl C. Smith, to 

 use the mammoth 

 new grandstand 

 overlooking the 

 race track for a 

 di.scussion 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 imi)artial in- 

 formation on this 



question to the general public as well as to our 

 members, the following telegi-am 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, 1028. 



"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 

 (Jrounds ti Springfield. The grandstand is 



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, Senators Rottinson and Curtik 

 Jliddle II est I arniers I 



equipped with amplifiers and seats 12,000 

 peoi)le. A similar invitation is being extended 

 to Senator Charles Curtis to speak from the same 

 platform on this occasion. j 



"Your position as floor leadei-te of the Senate 

 ; i and as candidates 



for Vice-Presi- 

 dent} of the Unit- 

 ed Sjtates of your 

 re.spective parties, 

 a.ssures you of the 

 elope attention 

 not onlv of the 

 Middle West but 

 of the whole na- 

 tion. We hope to 

 receijve promptly 

 your acceptance 

 of this invitation. 

 (Signed) 

 Earl C. Smith, 

 President, 

 Illinois Agricul- 

 tural As.sociation." 

 Neither candi- 

 date had res])ond- 

 ed to the invita- 

 tion up to time of going to press, but ac^ceptances 

 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 disjien.sed 

 with, and the sp|ed program of the afternoon 

 will be deferred tmtil 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 

 S|)eakers, the program will attract farmers not 

 only from Illinois, but also from adjoining corn 

 belt states. Comiiarable 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 toj). All visitors are cordially 

 invited. 



Hon. C'liAiti.Ks Ci'irn.- 



