How Illinois Members in 

 Congress Voted on New 

 So^ Conservation Act 



V^^^HE Illinois delegation in Con- 

 /Egress continued to set the pace 

 \^ in supporting major agricultural 

 legislation, during the last session. 



Illinois delivered 21 out of a possible 

 25 votes for the amendments to the Soil 

 Conservation and Domestic Allotment 

 Act in the House of Representatives. 

 Only one other state delivered as many 

 votes for the amendments as Illinois. 

 This state was New York. It delivered 

 21 votes out of a possible 45. 



In Illinois, the downstate delegation 

 voted solidly for the bill on roll call 

 on Feb. 21 with the exception of Rep. 

 John Buckbee, of Rockford, who was 

 seriously ill and unable to be present. 

 Mr. Buckbee supjxjrted all farm legisla- 

 lation endorsed by the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association consistently when he 

 was in Congress. 



The other two congressmen not vot- 

 ing were Martin Brennan, of Blooming- 

 ton, congressman-at-large, and Adolph 

 Sabath, of Cook county. The only vote 

 against the bill was that of Rep. Ralph 

 Church, of Evanston. 



Illinois Congressmen voting for the 

 bill are as follows: Mitchell, McKeough, 

 Kelly, Beam, O'Brien, Schuetz, Kocial- 

 kowski, and McAndrews — all of Chi- 

 cago; Reed, 11th district; Allen, 13th 



How Candidates for Governor Stand ; 

 on Important Issues Affecting Farmers 



By direction of the Board of Directors, a copy of the letter addressed to each of 

 the candidates for governor prior to the primaries last April is printed herewith to- 

 gether with the list of questions submitted and the replies of the candidates nominated 

 for governor on the Democratic and Republican tickets. The letter follows and the 

 questions and replies are printed on the following page. The replies received from 

 the two candidates are printed under their names and opposite the respective questions. 



'March 19, 1936. 



Dear Mr. 



In line with the policies adopted by the delegates of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association assembled in annual meeting, the 

 Board of Directors instructed me to forward you the enclosed 

 list of questions covering matters of major interest and im- 

 portance to the farmers of the State. 



These questions are being sent to the respective candidates for 

 Governor of Illinois and the questions and answers, as received 

 by the morning of March 26th, will be furnished the 63,000 mem- 

 bers of the organization. 



I hope you will fully appreciate the spirit in which this informa- 

 tion is solicited and to receive your reply by the morning of 

 March 26th. 



ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 

 Earl C. Smith, President." 



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district; Thompson, I4th district; Adair, 

 15th district; Dirksen, I6th district; 

 Arends, 17th district; Meeks, 18th dis- 

 trict; Dobbins, 19th district; Lucas, 20th 

 district; Mason, 21st district; Schaefer, 



22nd district; Parsons, 24th district; 

 Keller, 25th district. 



Both Senators from Illinois, J. Ham- 

 ilton Lewis and W. H. Dieterich, voted 

 "For" the bill. 





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