I. A. A. RECORD— January, 1934 



Edw. O'Neal Re-elected 

 President of A. F. B. F. 



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Earl C. Smith Re-elected Direc- 

 tor From Illinois at National 

 Convention In Chicago 



EDWARD A. O'NEAL of Ala- 

 bama was re-elected president 

 of the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation and Charles E. Hearst of 

 Iowa, vice-president at the annual 

 meeting of the organization in Chicago 

 Dec. 11-12-13. 



Directors elected or re-elected for a 

 two-year period include C. R. White, 

 New York; Geo. Putnam, New Hamp- 

 shire; Earl C. Smith, Illinois, M. L. 

 Noon, Michigan; Murray Lincoln, Ohio 

 (director at large); J. F. Holsinger, 

 Virginia; and R. W. Blackburn, Cali- 

 fornia. Mr. Holsinger is the only new 

 director chosen. Holdover directors 

 are W. H. Settle of Indiana; J. F. 

 Porter, Tennessee; W. T. Spargo, New 

 Jersey; A. J. Olson, Minnesota; L. E. 

 Freudenthal, New Mexico; J. D. 

 Yeager, Nevada; and Frank Dimmick, 

 Louisiana. 



The convention was one of the best 

 ever held in the history of the federa- 

 tion. While there has been a loss in 

 membership during the past two years 

 delegates reported that membership is 

 on the increase. It was a harmonious 

 gathering. Secretary of Agriculture 

 Henry A. Wallace; Administrator Geo. 

 N. Peek; and Governor W. I. Myers 

 of the Farm Credit Administration 

 spoke to a packed house in the ball- 

 room of the Sherman Hotel, Dec. 12. 

 President O'Neal read a special mes- 

 sage from President Roosevelt on the 

 opening day. 



Secretary Wallace covered much the 

 same subject matter and repeated 

 statements made in previous speeches 

 heretofore reported. The address of 

 Geo. N. Peek is reproduced elsewhere 

 in this issue. 



President O'Neal's annual message 

 was a carefully prepared and ably 

 presented review of the Farm Bu- 

 reau's part in securing the far-reach- 

 ing legislation enacted by the Congress 

 last spring. Other interesting addresses 

 were made by Gov. McNutt of Indiana. 

 Prof. M. L. Wilson, C. V. Gregory, 

 Albert S. Goss, Miss Mary Mims of 

 Louisiana, and Connie J. Bonslagel of 

 Arkansas. 



At the board meeting following the 

 convention, a committee of three in- 

 cluding Earl Smith of Illinois, R. W. 

 Blackburn of California, and C. R. 

 White of New York were chosen to 

 work with President O'Neal in re- 

 vising the budget and making recom- 



mendations to the next meeting of the 

 board. No action was taken regard- 

 ing the suggestion that headquarters 

 of the Federation be moved to Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Resolutions adopted by the board of 

 delegates the last day of the conven- 

 tion largely reiterated previous dec- 

 larations of the organization. Sup- 

 port was given the monetary policies 

 of President Roosevelt. While ap- 

 preciation was expressed for the "sin- 

 cerity of purpose generally shown by 

 those charged with administration of 

 the Agricultural Adjustment Act," one 

 resolution stated "that delay in ad- 

 ministering certain provisions of the 

 Act is resulting in the bankruptcy of 

 many more farmers and cannot be 

 further condoned." Taxation, farm 

 credits, freight and utility rates, bank 

 guaranty of deposits, tariffs and ex- 

 ports, direct buying of livestock, grain 

 exchanges, T. B. eradication, roads, 

 agricultural education, production 

 control, licensing power under the 

 AAA of processors, and export deben- 

 tures were among the more important 

 subjects covered by other resolutions. 

 The complete resolutions are published 

 in the A. F. B. F. weekly news letter 

 and copies may be had by writing the 

 office at 58 E. Washington St., Chi- 

 cago. 



C. p. Cummings Goes To 

 Farmers National, Peoria 



Chas. P. Cummings, formerly gen- 

 eral manager of the Illinois Grain Cor- 

 poration, has been employed by the 

 Farmers National Grain Corporation 

 as manager of their Peoria office and 

 plant, one of the important branches 

 of the nation-wide co-operativ6 organ- 

 ization. President G. C. Johnstone 

 has been acting as manager pending 

 the appointment of a successor. Mr. 

 Harrison Fahrnkopf will continue to 

 direct organization and field activities. 



Mr. Cummings, a grain man for 

 more than 25 years, won the confi- 

 dence of farmers elevator managers 

 and producers throughout the state as 

 shown by the constantly increasing 

 volume of grain marketed co-opera- 

 tively through the Illinois and Farm- 

 ers National Grain Corporations. Last 

 year the two organizations handled 

 together more than 15,000,000 bu. of 

 grain from this state. 



Mr. Fahrnkopf assisted by F. D. 

 Barton and O. D. Brissendon has been 

 a tireless worker in the acquisition of 

 elevator members with the result that 

 approximately 150 country elevators 

 are now members of Illinois Grain 

 Corporation. 



In his new position, Mr. Cummings 

 will be in a position to maintain close 

 contact with managers of member ele- 

 vators and render assistance in secur- 

 ing the best possible prices for grain. 



Come To The Eighteenth 

 i. A. A. Annual Meeting 



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nesday night, the annual dinner for 

 Farm Bureau presidents and farm 

 advisers will be held as in past years, 

 for which Mr. Kercher is planning 

 some special entertainment. 



Members of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association have a supreme 

 voice in the affairs of the organiza- 

 tion. Theoretically all membership 

 institutions, corporations, mutual in- 

 surance e- ipanies, etc. are controlled 

 by their members, policyholders, or 

 stockholders. Actually many of them 

 are run by a few individuals for their 

 own selfish ends. 



But the I. A. A. and all the associ- 

 ated companies are real co-operatives, 

 co-operative in operation and princi- 

 ple. The members elect the board of 

 delegates. The delegates choose the 

 elective officers and half the board of 

 directors annually. Further, every 

 member has an opportunity to come 

 to the annual meeting and offer sug- 

 gestions or criticism for the good of 

 the organization. 



This year as in past years, Thurs- 

 day afternoon will be set aside for 

 sectional conferences the time of 

 which will be largely given to a dis- 

 cussion of the various policies and 

 projects of the association by mem- 

 bers. ■;;.:., 



The printed reports of the I. A. A. 

 and associated companies with com- 

 plete financial statements will be dis- 

 tributed at the close of the Thursday 

 morning session following the annual 

 address of the president, and the 

 secretary's and treasurer's reports. 



The annual banquet is scheduled to 

 be held Thursday night in the Dan- 

 ville Armory where the larger general 

 sessions also will be held. The 

 Armory has been remodeled inside to 

 make it easy for speakers to be heard. 

 In addition it will be equipped with 

 a public address system. Headquar- 

 ters for the meeting will be the Hotel 

 Wolford. 



For every four families who in 1929 

 had earnings of less than $1,200 a 

 year in Birmingham, Detroit and Pitts- 

 burgh there were 11 families below 

 that level in 1932, according to the U. 

 S. Public Health Service. ■' 



