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election. The convention would then 

 convene arid proceed to prepare its re- 

 port and recommendations. The re- 

 port of the convention would be sub- 

 mitted to the electors, probably at a 

 special statewide election. A majority 

 of all of the votes cast at the election 

 would be necessary in order for the 

 proposals to carry. 



The lAA is opposed to submit- 

 ting the proposal for calling a 

 constitutional convention at this 

 time. The Association recognizes, 

 of course, that certain provisions 

 of our state constitution require 

 amendment. It believes that this 

 can be accomplished through the 

 adoption of a Gateway amendment 

 which would make it possible to 

 submit amendiments to three ar- 

 ticles of the constitution instead of 

 one, as at present, at the same elec- 

 tion and would permit an amend- 

 ment to be adopted by the favor- 

 able vote of two-thirds of those 

 voting on the proposition instead 

 of requiring a majority of all votes 

 cast at the election. 



It has seemed to the Association that 

 a constitutional convention at this time 

 would not accomplish anything con- 

 structive. It is certain that the con- 

 vention would consider reapportion- 

 ment, changes in the revenue article 

 and possibly changes in the minority 

 representation provisions of our pres- 

 ent constitution. These are highly con- 

 troversial and any report approved by 

 the convention probably would be the 

 result of compromise. In order to make 

 certain that one compromise proposal 

 did not carry while another carried, the 

 ref>ort of the convention probably would 

 be submitted as a single proposal. 



It is the opinion of the Association 



that the cumulative opposition to the 

 different proposals would be such as 

 to defeat the entire report. In 1922 

 the constitutional convention proposal 

 received only 17% of the votes cast. 

 The expense involved in the holding 

 of a constitutional convention with 

 three statewide special elections, in ad- 

 dition to the expense of the conven- 

 tion itself, is estimated to run any- 

 where from two and one-half to four 

 million dollars. 



Then, too, there is the question of 

 whether it is advisable to attempt to 

 rewrite the basic law of the state under 

 present unsettled conditions. It would 

 seem to be very difficult to obtain se- 

 rious public consideration of constitu- 

 tional proposals. It has seemed to the 

 Association that more consideration 

 would be given to a proposal if only 

 two or three matters were submitted at 

 one time instead of an entire new con- 

 stitution or many different proposals. 

 For these reasons the Association has 

 opposed the calling of a constitutional 

 convention and favors a Gateway 

 amendment. 



WFA Annonnces Tentative 



Rates of Dairy Payment 



The War Food Administration an- 

 nounced on Feb. 15 tentative plans for 

 the continuance of dairy production 

 payments through the last nine months 

 of 1945. Continuation of the program 

 after June 30, 1945, it was announced 

 by WFA, would be contingent upon 

 approval by Congress and the rates of 

 payment remain subject to later re- 

 vision dependent upon war conditions. 



Under the new schedule, milk pro- 

 duction payments per hundred pounds 

 will be 25 cents lower in April, 1945, 

 than in April, 1944; 10 cents lower in 



Country Ijie Inaurcmce written in Chani- 

 paign county exceeded five million dol- 

 lars with the issuance of a policy to Mrs. 

 Roy Savage in February. Special Agent 

 Ed Schrodt presents the policy to Mrs. 



{Champaign Courier Photo) 



Savage as lerry Trimble, general agent 

 left looks on. Others shown are Mr. 

 Savage, their sons, Leonard, leit. and 

 Donald. The Savage family has farmed 

 in Champaign county 18 years. 



Lt. Col. John E. Bolond, medical director 

 for Country Life Insurance Company who 

 is on leave of absence serving in the 

 Army, sent this picture of himself from 

 Verdun, France. He has been in action 

 with the first, third and ninth American 

 armies and the British second. He was 

 sent into the St. Vith sector at the time 

 of the German break through in December. 



May and June; the same as last year in 

 July and August ; 25 cents down in Sep- 

 tember; and the same as last year in 

 October, November and December. 



The butterfat payment will remain 

 at 10 cents per pound until October, 

 when it will beincreased to 16 cents 

 per pound for the last three months of 

 the year. 



In Illinois the rates per hundred- 

 weight for all counties, as announced 

 by WFA, are as follows: January 

 through March, 60 cents; April through 

 June, 25 cents; July through September, 

 45 cents; and October through De- 

 cember, 70 cents. 



However, in addition to the pay- 

 ments specified above, a supplemental 

 drought payment of 10 cents per hun- 

 dredweight of whole milk and 1 cent 

 per pound of butterfat is effective for 

 the period January through March, 

 1945, in the following Illinois coun- 

 ties: Adams, Brown, Schuyler, Bond, 

 Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Greene, Jer- 

 sey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery, 

 Morgan, Pike, Sangamon, Scott, De- 

 Witt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Mason, 

 Menard, Tazewell, Champaign, Ford, 

 Iroquois, Piatt, Vermilion. Clark, Coles, 

 Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effing- 

 ham, Fayette, Jasper, Moultrie, Shelby, 

 Clinton, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair, 

 Washington, Johnson, Williamson, Ed- 

 wards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, 

 Massac, Pope, Saline, Wabash, Wayne, 

 White, Clay, Crawford, Lawrence, 

 Marion, Richland, Alexander, Jackson, 

 Perry, Pulaski, Union, Franklin, and 

 Jefferson. 



Have you classified yoat woods and pro- 

 tected it against livestock grazin/;? 



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