The Illinois Agricultural Association Record 





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Director of Information. Creston Foster; Editor, 

 Merrill C. Gregory, on leave of absence with the 

 United States Army; Director of Advertising. C. 

 M. Seagraves. 



Illinois Agricultural 

 Association 



Greatest State Farm Organization 

 in America 



OFFICERS 



President. Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, Talmccge Defrees Smithboro 

 Corporate Sec, Paul E. Mathias Hinsdale 



Field Sec, Geo. E. Metzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles Bloomington 



Asst. Treas.. A. R. Wright Varna 



Comptroller. R. G. Ely Chicago 



General Counsel. Donald Eirkpatrick 



Chicago 



BOARD OF DraECTORS 



(By Congressional Districts) 



1st to nth Harvey W. Adair. Chicago Hts. 



12th C. I. Elliott, Streafor 



13th Homer Curtiss, Stockton 



14th Otto Steifey, Stronghurst 



ISth Ronald A. Holt. Galva 



16th Albert Hayes, Chillicothe 



17th Charles Lauritzen, Reddick 



18th W. A. Dennis. Paris 



19th Charles B. Shuman, Sullivan 



20th K. T. Smith, Greenfield 



21st F. E. Morris. Buffalo 



22nd Alvm O. Eckert. Belleville 



23rd Chester McCord, Newton 



'24th Lyman Bunting, EUery 



'25th August G. Eggerding. Red Bud 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Dairy Marketing Willr»d Shaw 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing L. L. Colvis 



Grain Marketing George H. litner 



Legal Donald Kirkpotrick 



Live Stock Moikeliitg S. F. Russell 



Office _ _ - C. E. Johnston 



Organization ^ O. D. Brissenden 



Produce Marketing » -..T. A. Gougler 



Publicity - - Creston Foster 



Research and Toxotioa. X. H. Simerl 



Rural School Relations John K. Cox 



Safety _ C. M. Seagraves 



Sales Service W. P. Sandiord 



Soil Improvement John R. Spencer 



Transportation-Claims G. W. Boxter 



Young People's Activities Ellsworth D. Lyon 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



'Country Life Ins. Co Dave Mieher. Mgr. 



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



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



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



IlL Agr. Service Co Earl C. Smith, Pros. 



Donald Kirkpatrick. Sec. 

 111. Co-op Locker Service Dana Cryder. Pros, 

 ni. F. Bur. Serum Assn. S. F. Russell, Sec.-Mgr. 



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



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



ni. Groin Corporation. Frank Haines. Mgr. 



ni. Livestock Mirtg. Assn...H. W. Trautmaiua. Mgr. 



ni. Milk Producers' Assn Wilfred Shaw, Mgr. 



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

 ni. Wool Mktg. Assa S. F. Russell, Sec.-Mgr. 



To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was 

 organized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the 

 business, economic, social and educational interests of the 

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



MARCH. 1945 



VOLUME 23 - NUMBER 3 



STATEMENT ON PARITY REVISION 



MEMBERS of the executive commit- 

 tee of the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation early in February issued a 

 statement voicing opposition to re- 

 vision of the parity formula at this 

 time. 



The statement issued Feb. 8 is as fol- 

 lows: 



On several occasions during the war 

 period the American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration has been solicited by various 

 groups representing agriculture to co- 

 operate in seeking revision of the parity 

 formula in the Agricultural Adjustment 

 Act. 



This matter has received serious con- 

 sideration by the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation. Certain proposals are again 

 being made for the revision of this for- 

 mula. After again reviewing all the fac- 

 tors and interests involved, the Federa- 

 tion believes it would be inadvisable, at 

 least for the period of the emergenq', 

 to seek any change in this formula. 



The Federation recognizes varying de- 

 grees of merit in certain of the proposals 

 being offered, but is convinced that 

 should the subject matter be opened up 

 for legislative review and consideration, 

 it would result in: 



1. Public reaction which, regardless of 

 soundness of a,ny change, would be 

 that this was an effort of farmers 

 to take advantage of wartime con- 

 ditions to secure a raise in price 

 levels of farm commodities. 



2. In some quarters it would be in- 

 terpreted as opening the way for 

 justifying a revision in the so- 

 called "Little Steel Formula", which 

 formula farmers believe should be 

 maintained. We believe the re- 

 vision of the parity formula and the 

 "Little Steel Formula" at this time 

 would lead into an inflationar)' 

 spiral which would not be in the 

 best interest of farmers, workers, 

 or the Nation as a whole. 



The Federation, however, recommends 



and ■will support efforts to 'have the 

 proper agency of government compute 

 parity or comparable prices for the non- 

 basic commodities such as dairy prod- 

 ucts, livestock, wool, citrus fruits, and 

 other products in accordance with the in- 

 tent of existing agricultural legislation. 

 Among this legislation are included Sec- 

 tion 301 of the Agricultural Adjustment 

 Act of 1938, as amended; Section 2 and 

 8(e) of the Agricultural Marketing 

 Agreement Act of 1937 ; the provisions of 

 the so-called "Steagall Amendment" or 

 Section 4(a) and 4(b) of Public Law No. 

 147, 77th Congress; and the provisions 

 of the Emergency Price Control Act. We 

 insisted upon making the laws effective. 



Harry Bryson of Iowa 



Named to Staff of AFBF 



Harry Bryson, since 1941 organiza- 

 tion director for the Iowa Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation, has been hired as an 

 organization director and consultant 

 with the American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration. Bryson's immediate respon- 

 sibility will be to build membership in 

 the western region, but he will be avail- 

 able as consultant for the other regions 

 to a limited extent. 



A native of Missouri, Harry was 

 graduated from Iowa State College in 

 1931. and spent 10 years in vocational 

 teaching and county agent work be- 

 fore going to work for the Farm Bu- 

 reau. He played a big part in build- 

 ing Farm Bureau membership in Iowa 

 from 50,000 to more than 75,000 in 

 three years. His outstanding work in 

 Iowa, reflecting a broad grasp of con- 

 structive principles of membership 

 building, led to his promotion to a 

 larger field. 



How big is your War Bond investment.' 



Remember that it's goin>; to take a lot of 

 bonds to win this war. Remember too that 

 the more bonds you own, the better off 

 you'll be in the post-war period. 



MARCH, 1945 



