ANNIVERSARY 



MEETING IS HELD; MILLION MEMBERS, GOAL 



said, 

 with 



rigorous .ution. but m.iy our action Ix 

 ^ukicd by iiiKompromiMri^ love ot )ustiic 

 and liatail ot" tvranny in all its forms. 

 Surely we iiave the spiritual strcn<,'th to 

 put aside malice 'and suspicion and self- 

 ishness, and to labor faithfully toward 

 the Christian ide.il of a world made up 

 of sovereign st.v'tes livint: together in 

 peace ami cooperating' totjether to guaran- 

 tee to ail individuals the freedoms and 

 rights that are their heritages as (hildren 

 of God," 



That unity antl harmony of interests 

 was e\ ident in the deliberations of the 

 delegates at AI HF annu.d meetint; was 

 indicitec] by lAA President and ATBF 

 Vice-President Farl C. Smith, who served 

 as chairman of the resolutions commit- 

 tee, when he said, "During all of the 

 deliberations of the resolutions i.ommittee 

 there wasn't a time when a voice was 

 .raised in an_i;er. ' ' 



Fric Johnston. |->resident of the C ham- 

 ber of Commerce of the United States, 

 one of the main speakers at the conven- 

 tion, declared that "Agrnulture must 

 maintaui a. high level of purchasing in 

 America to enable people to buv food 

 produced under a program of expanded 

 economy instead of curtailing produc- 

 tion." He also de-clarcd that the prin- 

 cipal solution to our postwar economic 

 problems lies in an expanding economy. 



and the pe.lce and securitv ot the world 

 depend upon it. 



Grover H Hrll. under-^el.retary ot 

 agriculture^ and assistant administrator 

 of the WI'A. praised farmers for their 

 outstanding job in food production and 

 declared that "no farmer would want to 

 cut his production now on the chance that 

 tJie war in Furope might be o\er in .i 

 few weeks or .i few months. N\'e can t 

 run that risk with the li\es of our tight 

 ing men." Hill also declared that dur 

 ing the postwar period farmers will nee I 

 their organizations more than ever. miA 

 he said it was up to farmers lo helj- 

 get sound .igricultural programs aiii) the 

 kind of understanding of those programs 

 that will give them the backing ot sound 

 public opinion." 



I. Vi'. Duggan^ governor. Farm Credit 

 Administration, declared that farmers 

 are now in the best financial position ii; 

 the history of American agriculture, bin 

 face difficult postwar conversion ]srob= 

 lems. 



Our agricultural income. lie said, 

 will be greatly influenced by the amount 

 of employment and our national income 

 However, even with full employment wc 

 may not have a prosperous .igriculturc 

 Also, full employmervt in industry is 

 going to depend upon the purchasing 



(('oiiirr/ufj ot:- pj^ 1'') 



lAA President and AFBF Vice-President 

 Earl C. Smith, chairman of the resolutions 

 committee, directs the reading of the res- 

 olutions lo the delegates at the AFBF an- 

 nual meeting. 



Eric lohnslon, president of the Chamber of 



Commerce of the United States, addresses 



the Farm Bureau convention. 



New 

 left to 

 Ot- 

 layes. 

 iry. 



Gold and blue service stars tell the story 

 of Farm Bureau members' sons and daugh- 

 ters who are fighting and dying for their 

 country. In the center picture is the me- 

 morial roll of honor of Farm Bureau lead- 



ers who died during the year. The names 

 of George W. Peek and Rex Peddicord of 

 Illinois appear on the roll. At right O, D, 

 Brissenden. lAA organization director, 

 reads the list of Illinois counties attaining 



the "Million Member" goal. In the back- 

 ground is R. B. Corbett, AFBF secretary- 

 treasurer, who presided at the session 

 recognizing counties attaining goals in 

 each of the states. 



JANUARY, 1945 



