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3)ec. 13-15, 



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AXATION AND TAX 

 PROBLEMS IN ILLI- 

 _ NOIS" will be the sub- 

 ject of a three-day forum Dec. 13-15 

 at the Palmer House, Chicago. The 

 forum is being conducted under the 

 auspices of the Illinois Tax Commis- 

 sion. Members of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association and County Farm 

 Bureaus are cordially invited to attend. 



The three-day tentative program is 

 divided into 11 sections, the last a 

 banquet set for Friday, Dec. 15 at 

 7:00 P.M. 



The Tax Commission is drawing on 

 some 40 statc-v.'ide Illinois organiza- 

 tions, including the lAA for its pro- 

 gram according to the announcement. 

 John C. Watson, lAA director of taxa- 

 tion is scheduled to speak on the sub- 

 ject, "The Quality of Assessments in 

 Illinois," Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 8:00 

 P.M. Other speakers that evening 

 when the property tax will be dis- 

 cussed are Prof. H. D. Simpson of 

 Northwestern University, Wm. H. 

 Avery Jr., and Laird Bell, Chicago 

 attorneys, John S. Clark, Cook county 

 assessor and Irwin N. Cohen of the 

 State Tax Commission. 



Speakers scheduled include Douglas 

 Sutherland, secretary, Chicago Civic 

 Federation and Bureau of Public Effi- 

 ciency, E. N. Bloomer, Bloomington, 

 Illinois Taxpayers Assn., C. G. Ferris, 

 executive vice-president, Illinois Cham- 

 ber of Commerce, Leo M. Lyons, Illi- 

 nois Emergency Relief Commission, 

 Prof. Neil H. Jacoby, University of 

 Chicago, George O. Fairweather, Cook 

 county farmer and real estate expert. 

 Dr. C. L. Stewart and Prof. M. H. 

 Hunter of the University of Illinois, 

 Arnold Baar and Deneen Watson, Chi- 

 cago, Senator Franklin S. Edmonds of 

 Philadelphia, and others. 



County Farm Bureau Tax Com- 

 mittees in Illinois are esf)ecially in- 

 vited to attend. 



"We want and expect a generous 

 representation of the farm people of 

 Illinois at these meetings," Professor 

 Simeon E. Leland, chairman of the 

 Tax Commission, said. "The prob- 

 lems of down-state Illinois need to be 

 considered thoughtfully and carefully. 

 This Forum hopes to give a wide op- 

 portunity for presentation of many 

 problems from every angle. It is an 



DECEMBER. 1939 



experiment in cooperation and we have 

 high hopes that some lasting results 

 will come from it." 



Madison County Farm Bureau's 



building, purchased five years ago, is 

 paid for and all members are in good 

 standing it was announced at the an- 

 nual meeting, Edwardsville, Nov. 16. 



More than 800 attended the program 

 which featured Ukrainian dancers. O. 

 D. Brissenden of the lAA was the prin- 

 cipal speaker. 



Farm Adviser A. R. Kemp of Knox 

 county entered a Galesburg hospital 

 Nov. 16 where he was op>erate<i on 

 for appendicitis. 



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