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If nominated and elected Governor o( 

 Illinois : 



1. Will you use the rightful influence 

 of your oflFice to assist recognized spokes- 



■; men for the farmers of Illinois to 

 secure appropriate action by the General 

 Assembly designed to assure the full 

 and effective administration of the 

 . . Federal Soil Conservation Act in Illi- 

 " nois in cooperation with the Federal 

 Government ? 



2. Will you assume aggressive leadership 

 to secure the submission by the General 

 Assembly and adoption by the voters 



. of an amendment to the Revenue Article 

 of the State Constitution which will 

 make it possible to revise our revenue 

 system and equitably apportion the tax- 

 burden in accordance with ability to pay? 



3. Will you support and insist upon the 

 impartial administration of the tax laws 

 in order to assure a fair and honest 

 equalization of assessed valuations of 



- property for purposes of taxation? 



4. Will you favor such laws as will pro- 

 vide, from sources other than property, 



. the necessary revenue to carry on the 

 proper functions of the State Govern- 



■ ment on an economical basis? 



5. Will you oppose and use the influence 

 of your office to prevent any further 



• reduction in motor fuel tax and motor 

 license fee revenues and any further 



; diversion of such revenues to purposes 

 other than the construction, improvement 

 and maintenance of roads and streets, 

 at least until such time as a large 

 ; majority of the farms of Illinois now 

 on dirt roads are provided an all- 

 weather highway outlet? 



6. Will you support a program for the use 

 of motor fuel tax and motor license 

 fee revenues not currently obligated for 



- the payment of principal and interest 

 on bonds, the matching of Federal funds 



• and the maintenance and policing of 

 State highways, in the construction of 

 low - cost, all - weather farm-to-market 

 roads ? 



7. Will you favor the administration of 

 relief by local officials and support 



. legislation to require the proper local 

 governmental units to uniformly pro- 

 vide a reasonable portion of relief funds 

 before they become eligible to participate 

 in and receive State relief funds? 



8. Will you oppose the enactment of laws 

 designed to force or coerce the con- 

 solidation of rural schools, at least until 

 such time as rural highways are so im- 

 proved as to assure regular and reason- 



. • ' ably safe transportation of children to 



• '.: and from consolidated schools and our 



State revenue system is so revised as to 



' . - ■. protect rural taxpayers from the im- 



r position of an unfair and dispropor- 



' ■ i. i tionate share of the cost of building and 



maintaining consolidated "schools? 



9. Will you support legislation to safe- 



■ guard elections and insure that only 

 qualified citizens are permitted to vote 



■ and that their ballots are honestly 

 counted ? 



10. Will you aggressively oppose attempts 

 to change or detach the State or any 

 ;■ portion thereof from the Central Stand- 



ard Time Zone? 



Henry Homer 



Yes and so I have always been 

 ready and anxious to do. 



C. Woyland Brooks 



Yes. That was my intention when 

 1 proposed and had adopted by the 

 legislature in 1933 the proposal for 

 a constitutional convention in Illi- 

 nois. -, ... 



3. Yes. These have been my instruc- 

 tions to the State Tax Commission 

 also. 



4. Yes. That has 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. 



7. 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 improvement 

 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. 



9. 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. 



1. Yes. 



2. Yes. 



3. Yes. 



4. Yes. 



5. Yes. 



6. Yes. 



7. Yes. 



8. Yes. ■ . 



9. Yes. 



10. I am personally opposed to the 

 changing of the time and will ag- 

 gressively oppose attempts to 

 change or detach the State or any 

 portion thereof from the Central 

 Standard Time zone with this one 

 exception. Since the time in the 

 City of Chicago has been changed 

 through no effort of mine by a 

 body over which I had no control 

 and since I understand the p)eoplc 

 of the entire City of Chicago are to 

 be given an opportunity to vote 

 on this question I pledge to follow 

 the will of the majority as they ex- 

 press it by their vote. 



OCTOBER, 1936 



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