VOTE NOVEMBER 5! 



By action of the lAA board ei di- 

 rectors, the RECORD is herewith re- 

 printing the voting records oi mem- 

 ben oi Congress and the Illinois 

 Generol Assembly, which were 

 originally carried in the March is- 

 sue. The Toting record oi Congress- 

 men is coniined to broad legislation 

 oi direct interest to agriculture and 

 does not reflect their position on the 

 important issues relating to inter- 

 national policies and relationships. 



Many oi these members oi Con- 

 gress and the General Assembly 

 are candidates for reelection on 

 November 5. The Association urges 

 its members to study carefully the 

 information published in this issue 

 of the RECORD and to actively sup- 

 port for election those candidates 

 who. by their records, have proved 

 themselves worthy of the confidence 

 of farmers. 



Form people represent only a 

 minority of the population. Only 

 through their united action at the 

 polls, wherein they place the in- 

 terests of agriculture above parties 

 and personalities, can they hope to 

 maintain fair representation in law- 

 making bodies. 



— VOTING RECORDS — 

 OF STATE LEGISLATORS 



(Continued from page 6) 



in the House by a vote of 204 to 126, 

 called for an appropriation of $3,000,000 

 for TVA to begin construction of a pilot 

 phosphate fertilizer plant in the Mobile, 

 Ala., area. 



The proposal to get a high-analysis 

 phosphate fertilizer pilot plant was only 

 one item in the Farm Bureau's broad fer- 

 tilizer program. The proposal was intro- 

 duced after it appeared that no action 

 would be secured during the sessions 

 on the Farm Bureau's main fertilizer 

 program covered in Senate bill 882 and 

 House bill 2922. These two bills will 

 be reintroduced in the 80th Qingress. 

 Voting record on the phosphate plant 

 proposal by Illinois Congressmen is 

 shown on opposite page. 



Another bill which was not enacted, 

 but which was supported by the Associ- 

 ation was the Flannagan Farm Credit 

 Bill. As introduced the bill would: 



(1) Provide an independent Agricul- 

 tural Credit Agency with powers, func- 

 tions and duties of FCA and FSA; (2) 

 Create a national bi-partisan board with- 

 in the agency to carry out policy of bill 

 in handling all types of farm credit, and 



(3) Authorize federal farm appraisers 

 to make appraisals public. 



Voting record on this bill is furnished 

 on page 8. 



ord or attitude upon local problems which 

 may affect the voters' decision. 



The first column of the report tabu- 

 lated on page 6 lists the number of regu- 

 lar sessions of the General Assembly dur- 

 ing which the respective members have 

 served. The second column carries the 

 legislative record of the legislators as de- 

 termined by their votes on agricultural 

 legislation during the last regular ses- 

 sion, together with their general attitude 

 on legislation supported or opposed by 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 throughout their terms of service. 



Ratings Used 



A member, to receive a rating of "Ex- 

 cellent" must not only have a satisfactory 

 voting record, but his general attitude in 

 recent legislative sessions must have been 

 generally recognized as actively sup- 

 porting the Illinois Agricultural Associ- 

 ation's legislative program.' To achieve 

 an "Excellent" record a member must 

 also have ser\'ed more than one two-year 



legislative period and must have taken a 

 favorable position on highly controversial 

 legislative proposals. 



First term members, to secure a "Ven 

 Good" rating, must have a satisfactory 

 voting record and must have actively 

 supported the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation's legislative program. This rat- 

 ing is the highest given any first tenr. 

 member. 



In accordance with the direction* 

 given by the delegates of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association, members of the 

 Association are advised that all members 

 of the present General Assembly seeking 

 reelection who are rated as "Excellent" 

 or "Very Good" are entitled to support 

 by all members and friends of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association in the coming 

 primary and general election. 



The records of members rated a? 

 "Good" are worthy of careful consider* 

 tion in comparison with the qualificationf 

 of new candidates seeking office. 



lAA ECONOMIC STUDY 

 COMMITTEE FORMED 



n RGANIZATION of a statewide com- 

 'J mittee of farmers to study present 

 and proposed farm and economic pro- 

 grams was completed Sept. 6 in the of- 

 fices of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion in Chicago. 



The group which will be known as 

 the lAA Economic Study Committee was 

 authorized by the lAA board of directors 

 and is made up of one farmer from each 

 of the Illinois downstate congressional 



districts and chairmen of the five stand 

 ing committees of the lAA board. 



At the first meeting the committct 

 named F. E. Morris, lAA vice-president, 

 Sangamon county, as chairman, and Er- 

 nest D. Lawrence, McLean county, as 

 secretary. 



The lAA Economic Study Committee 

 will function and operate similarly to 

 the statewide committee that was organ- 

 ized three years ago to study rural school 

 problems in Illinois. 



The second meeting of the committet 

 was scheduled for late September at 

 which Earl C. Smith, former lAA presi 

 dent, was scheduled to appeal. 



COMMITTEE NAMED TO STUDY FARM PROGRAMS 



Members of the lAA Economic Study Committee assemble In Chicago for their first meet- 

 ing. Left to right, standing: Leslie Mathers, Mason City; W. A. Dennis, Paris; Alfred 

 Rister, Omaha; Russell Hayes, Sparta; B. C. Fulling, Palestine; F. E. Morris, Buffalo; front 

 row: K. T. Smith, Greenfield; Gerald Waters, Edinburg; John Hanna Sr., Geneseo; Emesf 

 D. Lawrence, Dimvers; J. S. Bumgamer, McNabb; Otto Steffey, Strenghurst; E. E. Heughtby, 

 Shabbona; Leo Knox, Morrison, and Stanley Castle, Alton. G. O. Foirweother, Barring- 

 ten, and Lyman Bunting, Ellery, were not presem when picture was lokoii. 



OCTOBER, 1946 



