1. 



2. 



5. 



Henry Horner 



Yes and so I have always 

 ready and anxious to do. 



Herman N. Bundesen 



been 



1. Yes. 



Yes. That was my intention when 

 I proposed and had adopted by the 

 legislature in 1933 the proposal for 

 a constitutional convention in Illi- 



Yes. These have been my instruc- 

 tions to the State Tax Commission 

 also. 



Yes. That ha= been my official rec- 

 ord too. 



Yes, unless some other insurmount- 

 able emergency arises or unless 

 moneys for such roads are other- 

 wise raised. 



6. Yes. 



Yes 



8. I favor consolidation of one room 

 school houses but of course this 

 cannot be fairly accomplished until 

 safe and practical facilities by way 

 of efficient rural roads are pro- 

 vided. My aim is the injprovement 

 of educational facilities throughout 

 the state and in accomplishing this, 

 due regard will be given to the 

 protection of rural taxpayers from 

 the imposition of an unfair and 

 disproportionate share of the cost 

 of building and maintenance of the 

 schools. 



Yes; this always has been my rec- 

 ord and will continue to be my ob- 

 jective. ■ . . . 



10. I will not be for any change of time 

 that does not have the approval of 

 the state by way of popular ref- 

 erendum; nor will I favor time 

 change in rural localities without a 

 definite referendum in those locali- 

 ties. 



Nos. 2-3-4: 



I To solve the problems 

 (which are herein involved, 

 ' I would call a conference 

 of civic leaders, tax-payers 

 and recognized organiza- 

 tions, which would of 

 [ course include the Illinois 

 I Agricultural Association. 

 [for the purpose of obtain- 

 ling their advice and sug- 

 Igestions that we may de- 

 /termine upon methods 

 which will enable us to 

 equitably apportion the 

 jtax burden. I wish to say 

 jwith all emphasis that 

 I there should be a revision 

 I of present methods where- 

 Iby Illinois would be favor- 

 ed with a fair and better 

 equalization of assessed 

 values on all property. One 

 of the crying needs of this 

 I state is a fair and honest 

 (distribution of the tax 

 \ burden. 



5. Yes. 



6. Yes. 



7. I believe that the administration of 

 relief should be as close to the 

 people as possible and that every 

 effort should be made to give the 

 greatest extent of local control. I 

 believe that it is the duty of the 

 state government to see that each 

 community is able to provide ade- 

 quate relief assistance. To my mind 

 this means that communities which 

 are able to take care of their own 

 relief needs should do so, and that 

 communities which merit state aid 

 should receive it. I do not believe in 

 discriminating against any colnmu- 

 nity in the matter of relief. We 

 must adopt a policy that is realistic 

 and equitable. 



8. Yes. -, -, - 



9. Yes. 



10. This is a matter which should be 

 determined by a referendum in 

 which all the people may voice their 

 opinion. 



Illinois Gets Soybean 



Laboratory of U. S. D. A. 



Establishment of the new regional lab- 

 oratory on soybeans and soybean prod- 

 ucts utilization at the College of Agri- 

 culture, University of Illinois will make 

 the leading soybean state of the nation 

 the center of a coordinated program for 

 an area which last year produced mor« 

 than 25 million dollars' worth of beans. 



Dr. H. G. Knight, chief of the U. S. 

 bureau of chemistry and soils, and possi- 

 bly other Washington officials will come 

 to Illinois to complete final details for 

 getting the laboratory started. 



Industrial utilization of soybeans will 

 be stressed in the program of the labora- 

 tory. It will be located in the Old Ag- 

 riculture building where space totalinf 

 6.000 square feet has been provided by 

 consolidating offices and crowding to- 

 gether existing laboratories. 



Dr. O. E. May, assistant chief of the 

 industrial farm products researcn divi- 

 sion of the U. S. Bureau of Chemistry 

 and Soils, will be director of the new 

 laboratory. There will be approximately 

 20 on the staff. 



Administratively the laboratory wiM 

 be in charge of Dr. Knight. Both the 

 U. S. bureau of chemistry and soils, <rf 

 which Dr. Knight is chief, and the bureau 

 of plant industry will cooperate in the 

 work of the laboratory. Whatever pro- 

 gram is undertaken will be formulated 

 by an advisory council made up of the" 

 director of the laboratory and represent- 

 atives of each of the 12 states involved. 

 These are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minne- 

 sota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Mis- 

 souri, Kansas, South Dakota, North Da- 

 kota and Nebraska. Work undertaken 

 will be subject to approval of director* 

 of experiment stations in these states. 



The 12 states in the laboratory region 

 last year produced a crop of more than 

 37 million bushels of beans having a 

 value of more than 25 million dollars. 

 More than two million acres were grown. 



Industrial utilization of the crop for 

 paint and other purposes has been stimu- 

 lated to the point where it is estimated 

 that in Illinois alone at least 20,000 rural 

 people already have used more than a 

 quarter million gallons of soybean oil 

 paint. The Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation and its affiliate. Illinois Farm 

 Supply Co. have promoted most wide- 

 spread use of Soyoil paint in the state. 



Growth of the soybean industry has 

 been so rapid that there are now ap- 

 proximately .SS soybean processing 

 plants in the market for beans. 20 milb 

 are making food products from soybeans 

 and .50 factories are making paints, oilt 

 and other products from the crop. 



Len Small 



(Continued from page 8, Col. 3) 

 favor enforcing the election laws so 

 that a fair vote and a fair count 

 will be the result, even if it requires 

 additional legislation. 

 10. Certainly I am against putting Illi- 

 nois or any part of Illinois under 

 Eastern time. I am a dairyman and 

 a farmer and I can see numerous 

 disadvantages to the class of peo- 

 ple in the same business that I am 

 in and I oppose and will oppose, if 

 elected Governor, any law that wiH 

 place us or any portion of the State 

 of Illinois under Eastern time. 



APRIL, 193S 



