Successor to the late Jane Aildams, and 

 Mrs. W. L. Md'arland. Miss Carr was 

 in tliar^'e of settlement work amoni; the 

 poor people of New ^'ork (itv for many 

 years. 



"1 noticed that you coulil use more 

 paint and repairs on your buildings, also 

 some modern, sanitary plumbing.' he 

 said. "Im not running for any office. I 

 have plenty to do to keep the enemy at 

 bay in my own little town (The mayor 

 ran a.s a good g()\ eminent lanJidate 

 against the Tammany Hall poiitKal or 

 ganization.) 



"The constitution is siinpie. he con- 

 tinued. "Only lawyers make it ditiicult. 

 The AAA was named wrong. If it had 

 been called the NDA National De 



fense Act it would liavc been all nyht 

 The court v\ould reason this way' In 

 time of war .soldiers must eat, iiut thev 

 cant eat unless there is food If the 

 farmer doesn't get a fair price In. can t 

 produce. Presto, it's ( onstitutional 

 Worth Saving 



'There is nothing more- constitutional 

 than the lives of the American people 

 There is nothing more important than 

 the health and well lx.ing of the Amer- 

 ican peoi^le. Iliis country is entitled to 

 something better than 1 1 million people 

 unemployed anil on relief. Our country 

 is worth saving and must be saved. We 

 can and must ha\e .i greater spreaii of 

 employment, better w'orking an<l iivini; 

 conditions, and fair prices for farm prod 

 nets. We have all the- resources ue need. 

 all the necessities wc- need to get it .I'one 

 and live in peace.' 



Mayor LaCniardias acceptance of ilie- 

 invitation to address the convention w.is 

 not received by President .Smith until the 

 eleNenth hour. Tariy Wednesday after 

 noon the news came by telephone and 

 arraimements were hastily made- to put 

 LaCiuardia on Thursday night and Sen- 

 ator George McCJill of Kansas on the 

 Friday morning program. The senator 

 was detained in Washington Thursd.iv 

 He arrived in (hie ago from Washing 

 ton I'riday A.M. loo late to make lonnec- 

 tions with the train for Springtield an.t 

 so returned to Washington without a: 

 teniling the convention. 



4.000 At Convention 



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The meetings of the associated com- 

 panies on Tuesday night and VC'ednesdav 

 were well attended. With more favor- 

 able roads and weather it is doubtf.il if 

 the available assembly rooms would ha\e 

 held the crowds. As it was. all available 

 hotel rooms were filled and some were- 

 quartered in private homes. 



Excerpts from the scholariv address 

 and report of President Earl C. Smith at 



EDWARD A. ONEAL 

 "A good speaker, he, " said a stage hand. 



(iie opening session 'riuirsi.iay A.M. will 

 'be found elsewhere. 



The conferences held Thursday ifter- 

 noon were well attended. 



R. W. Blackburn, new secretary of the 

 American Farm Hureau Federation spoke 

 lo the marketing conference. Blackburn, 

 an able and effective speaker, made the 

 point that cooperative associations in 

 themselves cannot greatly influence farm 

 price levels but that lliey need, and 

 should cooperate with, the gener.il farm 

 organizations toward securing parity 

 prices and p.irity income for agriculture. 



Prof. ( lyde Linsley of the University 

 ol Illinois discussed the value ot lime- 

 stone and phosphate .it the soil improve- 

 mem coiiference. W. P. Santor 1. editor 

 of a d.iily newspaper at Pontiac and 

 lormerU head of the department of 

 speech at the University of ll'inois. han- 

 dled the subject, "Pr.ictica! Business 

 Speaking in the Organization ( onler- 

 enee. A more detailed report of the Pub- 

 lic Relations ( onlerence appears else- 

 where m this issue. 



THE PAWNEE FOUR 

 They put words to rhyme and music. 



In his militant address Friday morn- 

 ing. President Edward A. O'Neal of tlie 

 American Farm Bureau Federation stated 

 that the farm bill likely to emerge from 

 the conference committee in Congress 

 will not insure economic parity for the 

 farmer but that it should be a substantial 

 improvement over the present soil con 

 servation act. 



The job of restoring the farmer to 

 p.irity position. O'Neal said, could iic 

 done with S2^().()()0.000 more than is 

 available under the soil conservation act. 

 but that much money is not in sight 

 without imposing processing taxes or\ 

 cotton, and possibly wheat. 



Dr. Louis H. Bean had an e.veellent pa- 

 per showing the influence of consumer 

 income and employment on farm prices. 

 His talk is reviewed briefly elsewhere 

 There were numerous rec]uests for copies 

 of his address. 



Twenty-five Farm Bureau leaders and 

 their state president. C. J. Thompson 

 from Nebrask.i were interested spectators 

 during the convention. President Smith 

 presented the Nebraska delegation to the 

 audience in the Armory Thursday night 

 along with other guests who sat on the 

 platform. Dr. O. O. Wolfe, president 

 of the Kansas Farm Bureau Federation, 

 was another visitor. 



Secretaries Report 



In his annual report the corporate sec- 

 retary. Paul r. Mathias, outlined the ac- 

 complishments of the various depart- 

 ments during iy37 not otherwise re'- 

 ported and Field Secretary George F. 

 Metzger reviewed organization and mar 

 kcting achievements. Treasurer Robert 

 A. Covvles presented the Association s 

 financial report which showed income 

 from membership dues of $3.^0,80 1 SI. 

 other income $28,6-i2.60, a total of 

 S339,i37.41. Excess of income over ex- 

 pense was $82,825.61. At the close of 

 the year the Association had current as- 

 sets of S53rt,lS3.KH, total assets S66t,- 



At tlie final business session Friday 

 afternoon, delegates c..\\e their blanket 

 okeh to the report submitted by Chair- 

 man Talmagc Del'rees of the Resolutions 

 Committee. They debated the policy 

 resolutions briefly and cleaned up the 

 business at hand in short order. 



Enthusiasm bubbled over both within 

 and outside of convention halls as dele- 

 gates vied for honors in impromptu hog 

 calling contests. H. B. Austin and his 

 Pawnee Four livened up the main lAA 

 Sessions with poetic comment on the 

 subject matter of speeches put to ryhme 

 and music. A substantial attendance of 

 women indicated their grown interest in 

 public policy and business matters affect- 

 ing agriculture. This is a good sign. 



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