How Illinois Senators and Con- 

 gressmen Voted on tlie AAA of '38' 



The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 

 1938 passed the House Feb. 10, 1938 by 

 a vote of 263 to 135, and passed the 

 Senate Feb. 14 by a vote of 56 to 31. 



The American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion and the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation aggressively supported the bill. 

 Representatives of the lAA urged all 

 members of the Illinois delegation in 

 Congress to vote for the bill. 



Only three representatives voted 

 against the measure, namely, Ralph 

 Church, Evanston, 10th District; 

 Chauncey Reed, West Chicago, 11th 

 district; and Noah Mason, Oglesby of 

 the 12th district. 



Those voting FOR the measure are: 

 Leo E. Allen, Galena, 13th district; 

 Chester Thompson, Rock Island, I4th 

 district; Lewis L. Beyer, Quincy, 15th 

 district; Everett M. Dirksen, Pekin, 

 l6th district; L. C. Arends, Melvin, 

 17th district; Jas. A. Meeks, Danville, 

 18th district ; Hugh M. Rigney, Arthur, 

 19th district; Scott Lucas, Havana, 20th 

 district; Frank W. Fries, Carlinville, 

 21st district; Edwin M. Schaefer, Belle- 

 ville, 22nd district ; Laurence F. Arnold, 

 Newton, 23rd district; Claude V. Par- 

 sons, Golconda, 24th district; Kent E. 

 Keller, Ava, 25th district. 



Also voting FOR the bill are: Arthur 

 W. Mitchell, Raymond McKeough, 

 Edw. A. Kelly, Harry P. Beam, Adolph 

 J. Sabath, TTios. J. O'Brien, Leonard 

 W. Schuetz, Leo Kocialkowski, Jas. Mc- 

 Andrews, all of Chicago. 



Congressmen-at-large, Lewis M. 

 Long, Sandwich, and E. V. Champion, 

 Peoria, did not vote on the bill but 

 were recorded as "general pairs." 



Both United States Senators, J. Ham- 

 ilton Lewis and William H. Dieterich 

 voted FOR the bill. 



* Editor's note: At the request of many 

 Farm Bureau members we are reprinting here- 

 with the voting records of members of the 

 Congress and the State Legislature as carried 

 in the April 1938 issue of the RECORD. 



Illinois' 97 farm advisers and 54 

 home advisers assembled for a conference 

 at the U. of I. college of agriculture, 

 October 19 to 22. "What Is a Desirable 

 National Agricultural Program," was the 

 central theme of the four-day school for 

 extension workers, with economics, phil- 

 osophy, sociology, political science and 

 history figuring in the discussions. Plans 

 for the program were made by J. C. 

 Spitler, assistant director of the extension 

 service and state leader of farm advisers. 



VOTE m THE 



ELECTION m\. 8 



In the coming election on Tuesday. 

 Nov. 8, it is the privilege and duty oi 

 every citizen to go to the polls and 

 exercise his best judgment in voting 

 on issues and candidates in the inter- 

 est oi good government. 



Elsewhere in this issue oi the REC- 

 ORD will be iound a statement setting 

 forth the reasons why the board oi 

 directors of the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation have approved the banking 

 amendment to the Constitution oi Illi- 

 nois. I earnestly commend to every 

 member the careful reading of this 

 statement and his or her favorable vole 

 in support of the amendment. 



Also there appears in this issue a re- 

 print of the voting records of members 

 of the Congress and General Assembly 

 on matters of vital interest to Illinois 

 farmers as carried in the RECORD of 

 last April. 



I urge every member to study these 

 records, to rise above historic party 

 prejudice and regardless oi political 

 affiliation vote to return to office those 

 who have proved themselves worthy 

 of farmers' support. 



Only by rewarding those who have 

 consistently shown themselves to be 

 friends of agriculture and good govern- 

 ment, and opposing those who have 

 shown themselves to be otherwise, can 

 farmers expect to exercise their right- 

 ful influence in government oi county, 

 state and nation. 



and Mrs. Kathryn Van Aken Burns, state 

 leader of home advisers, in cooperation 

 with the division of program planning, 

 Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 

 and the extension service of the U. S. 

 D. A. 



Two hundred new patrons since 



April is the record of the Producers 

 Creamery of Carbondale. 



"A wise, skilled, and unselfish lead- 

 ership can do more than anything 

 else to rescue agriculture. The farmer 

 needs leaders who will stay with him, 

 who have tact and the courage neces- 

 sary for management, and who have 

 the fidelity to refuse political prefer- 

 ment and business opportunity. There 

 are such leaders. In the sacrifices they 

 make to serve the farmer lies the 

 greatest hope for his salvation." 



From acceptance address 



of President Coolidge, 



Aug. 14, 1924. 



THE BAIMKING AMENDMENT 

 TO STATE CONSTITUTION 



Every voter who goes to the polls on 

 Tuesday, November 8 will receive a 

 small ballot relating to a proposed 

 amendment to the banking section of the 

 Illinois Constitution. This amendment 

 if enacted will remove double liability 

 of stockholders in state banks, also the 

 requirement that all legislation relating 

 to banking be submitted to the voters 

 for ratification. 



The board of directors of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association approved the 

 amendment and authorized the president, 

 Earl C. Smith, to serve on the state com- 

 mittee working for its enactment. The 

 reasons prompting support of the amend- 

 ment are as follows: — 



1. Depositors with bank balances 

 up to $5,000 are now protected through 

 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora- 

 tion. This insures approximately 98 per 

 cent of all depositors. 



2. Double liability often hinders com- 

 munities from having banking facilities 

 since investors are reluctant to buy bank 

 stock and then carry the risk of an as- 

 sessment in case the bank fails. 



3. Bank capital and surplus are the de- 

 positor's best protection, and removal of 

 the double liability provision will enable 

 banks to sell additional stock and increase 

 their capital where needed. 



4. Effective July 1, 1937, Congress re- 

 pealed double liability of stockholders in 

 national banks. Thirty-eight states now 

 have no added liability for stockholders 

 in banks that provide deposit insurance. 



5. The fact that any new banking leg- 

 islation must have a two-thirds majority 

 vote of both houses of the state legisla- 

 ture in lieu of ratification by the voters 

 should give the public ample protection 

 against unwise measures. 



The Schuyler Service Company held its 



eighth annual meeting recently at Rushville, 

 where stockholders voted to change the 

 name to Schuyler-Brown Service Company. 



During the past year. Brown county Farm 

 Bureau members subscribed stock for the 

 erection of a bulk plant at Mt. Sterling. 

 Under the new arrangement, three directors 

 are to be elected annually from Brown and 

 six from Schuyler county. 



A total of 544 dividend checks were dis- 

 tributed in the amount of $13,473.89. The 

 average dividend in the two counties was 

 $24.97 per Farm Bureau member, according 

 to Manager Ralph Almgreen. C. H. Becker 

 of Illinois Farm Supply Company was the 

 speaker. 



Interest rates are now low. These 



are the days to refinance mortgages 

 bearing high interest rates, especially if 

 the old mortgage is a short-term loan 

 that involves extra cost with each re- 

 newal. 



L A. A. RECORD 



