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Th» niineU Agricullurol Auocicrtion BECORO U 

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Director of Informaiion, C. L. Most, 7r.' Editor. 

 Merrill C. Gregory, on leore oi absence witb tbe 

 United States Army; Assistant editor. Creston 

 Foster; Director oi Adrertising. C. M. SeagraTos. 

 oo leore oi absence witb tbe U. S. Navy. 



Illinois Agricnltaral 

 Association 



Greatest State Fann Organization 

 in America 



OFFICERS 

 President. Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President. Talmage Deirees Smithboro 

 Corporate Sec, Paul E. Mothias Chicago 

 Field Sec, Geo. E. Metzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles Bloomington 



Asst. Treas., A. H. Wright Varna 



Comptroller, R. G. Ely Chicago 

 General Counsel, Donald Kirkpatrick. . . 

 Chicago 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Congressional Districts) 



1st to 11th Harvey W. Adair, Chicago Hfs. 



12th. Rex E. Peddicord, Marseilles 



13th Homer Curtiss. Stockton 



14th Otto SteHey. Stronghurst 



15th Ronald A. Holt, Galva 



16th Albert Hayes, Chilicothe 



I7th Charles Lauritzen, Reddick 



18th W. A. Dennis, Paris 



19th Charles B. Shuman, SuUiyon 



20th K. T. Smith, Greenfield 



21st Dwight Hart, Taylonrillo 



22nd Alvin O. Eckert, Belleville 



23rd Chester McCord. Newton 



24th Lyman Bunting. Ellery 



25a August G. Eggerding, Red Bud 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Dairy Marketing Wilfred Shaw 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing L. L. Colvis 



Grain Marketing George H. Iftner 



Live Stock Marketing _ S. F. Russell 



Office _ C. E. Johnston 



Organisation O. D. Brissenden 



Produce Marketing _ F. A. Gougler 



Publicity C. L. Mast. Jr. 



Research and Taxation. L. H. Simerl 



Safety C. M. Seagraves (on leave. U.S.N.) 



Sales Service W. P. Sandford 



Soil Improvement John H. Spencer 



Transportation.Cloims G. W. Baxter 



Young People's Activities -Ellsworth D. Lyon 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Life Ins. Co Dove Mieher, Mgr. 



Farmers' Mutual Reinsur. Co.... I. H. Kelker. Mgr. 



ni. Agr. Auditing Assn C. E. Strand. Mgr. 



ni. Agr. Mutual Ins. Co A. E. Richardson. Mgr. 



lU. Agr. Service Co. fori C. Smith. Pros. 



Doncdd Kirkpatrick, Sec. 



ni. Co-op Locker Service -...Dana Cryder. Pros. 



ni. F. Bur. Serum Asn.....S. F. Russell. Sec.-Mgr. 



ni. Farm Supply Co. C. H. Becker. Mgr. 



ni. Fruit Growers' Exchange L. L. Colvis. Mgr. 



ni. Groin Corporation Trank Haines, Mgr. 



ni. Livestock Mktg. Assn.-H. W. Trautmann. Mgr. 



ni. h«lk Producers' Ass'n. Wilfred Shaw. Mgr. 



ni. Producers' Creameries I. B. Countiss. Mgr. 



ni. Wool Mktg. Assn. S. F. Bussell. Sec.-Mgr. 



To advance the purpose for which the Form Bureau was 

 organized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the 

 business, economic, social and education interests of the 

 larmers of Illinois and the Nation, and to develop agriculture. 



APRIL. 1944 



VOLUME 22 - NUMBER 4 



By Earl C. Smith 



THE March issue 

 of the lAA Rec- 

 OIID carried the vot- 

 ing records of those 

 in public life repre- 

 senting the people 

 of Illinois in the 

 state legislature and 

 in the Congress of 

 the United States. 

 Publication of this 

 legislative analysis was in accordance 

 with action taken by voting delegates of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association at an 

 annual meeting several years ago. 



This record of representatives, of 

 course, does not cover all of the numer- 

 ous bills which have come before the 

 lawmakers of interest to agriculture. 

 However, it does cover the main issues 

 which measure the courage, statesman- 

 ship and non-partisan approach with 

 which the representatives have discharged 

 their responsibilities. 



The men and women who are nomin- 

 ated in the April 11th primaries and 

 who subsequently are elected to oflFice 

 next November will, in my opinion, carry 

 a responsibility never before placed on 

 the shoulders of the representatives of a 

 free people. Problems yet to be solved 

 in the successful prosecution of the war 

 — • determination of America's position 

 at the peace table — our f)Ost-war foreign 

 policy — reconversion to a peacetime 

 economy — the great problems which 

 lie ahead in maintaining a solvent gov- 

 ernment, without which we cannot hope 

 to maintain our democracy — to say 

 nothing of the fundamental and vital is- 

 sues which challenge our very form of 

 government and call for an early decision 



— these are some of the issues which will 

 face the men and women seeking nom- 

 ination at the April primaries. Uf)on 

 their wisdom, devotion to their country, 

 and their courage of convictions, in the 

 deliberations and decisions they reach 

 will largely depend the economic and 

 political course this nation will take for 

 many years to come. The making of 

 these decisions calls for a measure of in- 

 def>endent thinking, courage and states- 

 manship as never experienced heretofore 

 in the legislative history of our country. 



With the realization of the grave re- 

 sponsibility resting in the hands of our 

 elected representatives, every citizen of 

 voting age can well see how important it 

 is that he exercise his right of ballot. 

 The ballot is the foundation of democ- 

 racy. Only to the extent that individual 

 citizens exercise this privilege to the best 

 of their judgment and ability after care- 

 fully considering the issues, the position 

 taken on the issues by candidates for pub- 

 lic office, and with little if any emphasis 

 on party affiliation, can we hop* to main- 

 tain constitutional government and secure 

 legislation which will truly reflect the de- 

 sires and wishes of the majority of United 

 States citizens. 



Throughout the years of my leadership 

 in representing farmers" interests and 

 rights, I have never suggested or implied 

 how any individual might or should vote 

 on individual candidacies; but I do make 

 the broad appeal that support be given 

 only those seeking office in these critical 

 days who have openly and definitely com- 

 mitted themselves to the vigorous support 

 and protection of the various independent 

 branches of government as set forth in 

 the fundamental laws and organic struc- 

 ture of the country. 



APRIL. 1944 



