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Replies of Candidates to State Legislative Questionnaire 



IF ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE WILL YOU WORK AND VOTE 



For a Revenue Amendment 



Limiting taxeB|_ 



on tang Ible granting power 



property to noti*® * a x other 

 of ac-r u r c e 1 of 

 revenue 



over 1% of ac- 

 tual value 



Per legislation! 

 requiring proper| Against any 

 taxing units tol e g i slatlon 

 provide equitable diverting gas- 

 revenue for re- ollne taxes 

 lief before re- f r o m roads 

 ceiving State Aidi and streets 



46th House (Jasper, Jefferson, Richland, Wayne) 

 Laurence F. Arnold Yes, condi- Yes 



tionally'-;.' ■■ ■■':■■ '.h--'- ■ 

 Hardy M. Swift Yes i.v ' C Yes ■;•:;• : 



Glenn H. Sunderland Yes ' " Yes ^ . 



E. H. Childress 'Would give Yes v-:' 



- y^ earnest consld- 



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Yes 



Yes 

 :Ye8 



Yes, con- 

 ditionally 



Yes 

 : Yes 



' ♦ Yes 



47th Senate (Bond, Madison) ' 

 James O. Monroe No , 



Alvin C. Bohm Yes :■:; 



House ■:■ .' ^ ; ; ;•> '•. ;" /^ '■.^■'■■ 



Schaefer O'Neill Yes :J 



Lloyd (Curly) Harris Yes, con- 



dltionally 



L H. Streeper • ' Yes 

 Schuyler B. Vaughan Yes ,- 



Yes 

 Yes 



Yes 

 ^^ 



Yes 

 Yes 



Yes 

 Yes 



Yes 

 Yes 



Yes 

 Yes 



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Yes 

 Yes 



Yes 

 Yes 



Yes 

 Yes 



48th House (Crawford. Edwards, Gallatin, Hardin. 



Ta\>renre, Wabash, White) 



F. W. Lewis ''Limitation Yesj . v 



unnecessary" 



T. W. HaU r Yes ^ < Yes ; 



John R. Thompson Yes ./ : Yes 



Fred A. Reavill Yes Yea 



Yea Sees no necessity of 



' - further diversion 



'Yes n5c..:. ^ ■■ •••"• Yes f. '•. 



iYes ■■•vi-^;:;- ■ Yes 



Yes Yes 



For a Revenue Amendment 



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Limiting taxes|_ ^- 



on tang Ible i Granting power 



property to not ^ 

 over 1% of ac- 

 tual value 



s o 



tax other 

 u r c e 8 of 

 revenue 



For legislation 

 requiring proper 

 taxing units to 

 provide equitable 

 revenue for re- 

 1 i e f before re- 

 ceiving State Aid 



Against any 

 leg! slation 

 diverting gas- 

 oline taxes 

 from roads 

 and streets 



49th Senate (St. Clair) 



Louis J. Menges 

 W. R. Weber 



House 



Frank Holton 



Dr. A. H. Smith 



Yes n-. .: 

 Yes ' • v,;. 



No report 

 Non- 

 committal 



R. H. **Rudy" 



Huschle Yes 



Calvin D. Johnson Yes 



60th House (Alexander, Franljlin, 

 Louie E. Lewis Yes 



Yes 

 Yes 



No report 

 Non- 

 committal 



Yes 

 Yes 



Yes 

 Yes 



No report 

 Non- 

 committal 



Yes 

 Yes 



Yes 

 Yes 



No report 



Non- 

 committal 



Y'es 

 Yes 



Pulaslsi, Un'on, Williamson) 



Chas. A. Koehler 

 M. F. Browner 

 Wallace A. Bandy 



No report 

 Yes 



Non- 

 committal 



Yes 



No report 

 Yes 

 Non- 

 committal 



Yes 



Yes, except in ex- 

 treme emergency 

 No report No report 



Yes Yes 



Non- Non- 



committal Committal 



51st Senate (Hamilton, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Saline) 

 Kenneth L. Jones Yes Yes Y'^es 



Oral P. Tuttle -V v' Yes Yes :^:^ -' > Yes 



House 



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John C. Upchurch Yes 



Paul Powell ^. Yes 



Abner Field . , Yes 



R. R. Randolph Yes 



Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 



Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 



Yes 

 Yes 



Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Y'es 



Whitesid 



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y Whiteside (county is leading the state 

 in the Farm Bureau membership cam- 

 paign launched during "Decision Week/' 



Oct. 8-13. -.^ :,_, ^..•.7:-j--..'..v/-^;:>--'^'^' 



By October 17 Whiteside had signed 

 204 new members to bring the total 

 membership up to 1,112, the highest in 

 at least eight years. "I think that an- 

 other hundred will join the Farm Bureau 

 before the end of the year," reports F. 

 H. Shuman, farm adviser. 



"The results of the drive, in my opin- 

 ion," he says, "came as a result of: (1.) 

 Selecting large number of workers. (2.) 

 Training and giving information to these 

 workers at local and county-wide meet- 

 ings. All workers attended at least two 

 meetings and some three or four. (3.) 

 During the two-day drive the county, 

 district and township leaders checked 

 their men as to the results secured each 

 day. (4.) Bringing all solicitors to one 

 mass meeting and establishing goals for 

 each township. (5.) Limiting the drive 

 :to two days. '•■■•' ••^^•' .•".■••''■•'^•■^ '•'.•- ^-i.'-'^-:<'-'-. 



; "I think it is a mistake to ask volun- 

 teer men to give more time than that. 

 Whenever you get more than 50 per 

 cent of the farmers in the county as 

 members, it is easier to sign new ones. 

 I like the organization director plan and 

 think it fits the needs of Whiteside coun- 

 ty in organization work. A full-time di- 

 rector who will select, train, and check 

 volunteer leaders is much more valuable 

 than the system we followed in the past." 

 -^ Lowell S. Johnson is organization di- 

 rector in Whiteside county. He and Mr. 

 Shuman, in co-operation with the board 

 of directors, selected one man for every 

 three townships. Guy Gridley had charge 



s in oign-up 



Of Fulton, Ustick and Union Grove; Rus- 

 sell Mathew — Clyde, Mt. Pleasant and 

 Hopkins townships; 0. C. Beatty — Gen- 

 esee, Jordan, and Sterling townships; 

 Walter Condon — Hume, Montmorency, 

 Coloma and Hahnaman; Frank Moews — 

 Portland, Prophetstown and Tampico; 

 Roy Thorpe — Erie, Fenton and Lyndon 

 townships; and Charles Vogt — Garden 

 Plain, Newton and Albany townships. 

 *- Genesee township led with 25 new 

 members, Prophetstown 18, Union Grove 

 18, Newton 13, Jordan 12, Sterling 11, 

 Hopkins and Lyndon 10 each, etc. Don 

 Zuidema and John Arians of Union 

 Grove township, both volunteer solicitors, 

 signed 7 out of 8 prospects the first day, 

 Shuman said. 



David R. Reynolds of Morgan county 

 reports 23 new members signed up to 

 Oct. 18 and 104 reinstated. "Work still 

 going strong," he writes. "We expect 100 

 more in near future." Sangamon county 

 is in the midst of a membership cam- 

 paign. Farm Adviser Ed Bay and the 

 Sangamon County Farm Bureau are get- 

 ting good support from the Springfield 

 papers. Read their Editorials on Page 9. 



Incomplete reports from many other 

 counties showed membership work in 

 progress. Clay Agee, organization direc- 

 tor in Pike county, reported that dues 

 are being paid and new members signing 

 up. The drive is to be continued until 

 October 23, the day of the annual Farm 

 Bureau meeting. 



In Iroquois county L. E. Kirkton re- 

 ported eight new members signed and 

 considerable delinquent dues collected. 

 Edgar county has been steadily adding 

 new members, reports county organiza- 



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STILL GOING UP 



tion director Zeis Gumm. An advertise- 

 ment was inserted in the Paris Beacon- 

 News playing up the radio address from 

 station WENR delivered by President 

 Earl C. Smith. Edgar county was 

 scheduled to concentrate its membership 

 campaign the week beginning Oct. 22. 



C. P. Boggess of Madison and Bond 

 counties reported 25 to 30 members 

 signed. Randolph county was planning its 

 membership campaign for Oct. 26 and 

 27. E. F. Coll, organization director in 

 Henry county, wrote 11 new members 

 himself. Eighty attended the meeting of 

 chairman and district workers. "Our 

 county will be slow but we are deter- 

 mined to make our quota," writes Coll. 

 ; From all sections of Illinois came re^ 

 ports that farmers were busy putting up 

 late planted soybean hay during the ideal 

 weather the first half of October. Corn- 

 hog referendum meetings and distribution 

 of benefit payments kept farm advisers 

 and officials of county corn-hog associa- 

 tions on their toes during this period. 

 Membership work will be carried on 

 throughout the fall in most counties as 

 organization committees with township 

 and school district chairmen are com- 

 pleted. ••;^-: -•■. :'• ;'"'':.V';.!;." •■/^.■■^■^ '•• ■'■■' •■''■•^- ''•.;. 'K'-:'' 



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