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ILLINOIS' 123,500 Home Bureau 

 members were represented at the 

 annual convention of the Associated 

 Women of the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation by 12 voting delegates. 



The meeting was held Dec. 16-17 at 

 the Hotel Sherman in Chicago in con- 

 junction with the annual convention of 

 the American Farm Bureau Federation. 



Illinois delegates were: Mrs. Arthur 

 Gundlach, Belleville; Mrs. Archie P. 

 Mcintosh, Oreana; Mrs. E. D. McGuire, 

 Makanda; Mrs. W. M. Kimmelshue, 

 Manteno; Mrs. William Parks, Reyn- 

 olds ; Mrs. A. R. Rohlfing, Farmington ; 

 Mrs. Elsie Mies, Urbana; Mrs. Loren 

 Johnston, Altona; Mrs. Stanley Castle, 

 president, Alton; Mrs. C. W. Cutler, 

 La Grange; Miss Myra Robinson, Kan- 

 sas, and Mrs. Charles Converse. 



Principal speaker at the Sunday after- 

 noon vesper service was Harold E. Stas- 

 sen, former governor of Minnesota re- 

 cently discharged from naval service 

 with the Third Fleet in the Pacific. 



Speaking on the subject "Stepping 

 Stones on the Path of Peace," Stassen 

 paid tribute to American farmers and 

 their families for the "phenomenal 

 production of food and farm produce" 

 during the war. 



"High industrial production, a prof- 

 itable agriculture, well-paid jobs for 

 labor, good earnings for management 

 and capital, a stable money, and indi- 

 vidual liberty for all, are six insepar- 

 able essentials to a successful free econ- 

 omy in America," Stassen said, "and 

 are therefore also stepping stones on 

 the path of peace. 



"The rapid strides of science have 

 made us all neighbors around the 

 globe," he said. "It is essential that we 

 learn to live as such. We know that 

 neighbors live together on a basis of 

 good faith. 



"I know that it is not necessary to 

 emphasize to this audience the fact that 

 a large portion of the pathway of peace 

 must be built by world-wide coopera- 

 tion in an effective manner. You know 



Harold E. Stassen (above), iormer gov- 

 ernor of Minnesota, addresses 1 1th annual 

 convention of Associated Women of Amer- 

 ican Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago 

 Dec. 16. 



that no nation can insure its peace by 

 actions exclusively inside its own 

 boundaries. And the discovery of the 

 atomic bomb has made imperative the 

 development of government on a 

 world-wide basis." 



In the annual message of. the presi- 

 dent to the delegates, Mrs. Roy C. F. 

 Weagly, president of Associated Wom- 

 en, declared for a world organization 

 "whose underpinning is the earnest de- 

 sire for peace in the hearts of many 

 millions of men and women. 



"The world has become a neighbor- 

 hood," she said, "we must make it a 

 brotherhood. 



"Unless the principles of the Char- 

 ter of the United Nations' Organiza- 

 tion are inculcated in the minds of 

 children in the public schools, there is 

 grave danger that future generations 

 will slide back into the same kind of 

 isolationism as followed after the first 

 World War. Youth must be given the 

 world view essential to the implement- 

 ing of the Charter. They must be 

 taught their individual and collective 

 respvonsibility in an international so- 

 ciety." 



Summary of Resolutions Adopted at the 

 Wth Annual Meeting of The As- 

 sociated Women of the Amer- 

 ican Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration, December 

 17, 1945 



FOREWORD 



THE major objective of our family 

 organization is the development of 

 a full and satisfying life for rural 

 people. Adequate standards of living 

 for the farm home and the farm com- 

 munity depend upon adequate farm 

 income. Farm women should under- 

 stand the problems that confront 

 American agriculture and should as- 

 sume responsibility through the Farm 

 Bureau in helping to solve them. 



HOME 



We believe as mothers and home- 

 makers that it is our duty to revitalize 

 our homes with faith, courage, unity, 

 determination, tolerance and under- 

 standing. 



CHURCH 



We urge that our rural families 

 develop a deeper appreciation of 

 spiritual values through larger enroll- 

 ment in Sunday schools, more liberal 

 financial support, and greater coopera- 

 tion in church programs. More ade- 

 quate salaries for better-trained rural 

 ministers and better homes for their 

 families are urgently needed. 



CITIZENSHIP 



We reaffirm our faith in the Amer- 

 ican way of life by accepting our re- 

 sponsibilities and privileges as citizens 

 in an active, intelligent manner. We 

 urge farm women to study and discuss 

 local, state, national and international 

 issues in order that they may take ef- 

 fective action. 



HEALTH 



We believe in the extension of vol- 

 untary group prepayment services on 

 some type of an insurance plan that 

 provides greater flexibility and would 

 be more likely to succeed over a wide 



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