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FOR VOTING 



ILLINOIS Farm Bureau iiit.inbtrs have 

 an important job to do on Nov ^ 

 That rt-sponsibility is to vote on the 

 Gatcway Amendment to the state lOnsti 

 tution and to acquaint their city Iriendv 

 with the im[X)rtance ot voting' on the 

 proposition. 



Adoption ol tile Cjateway Amendment 

 will be ditTit-iiit to secure, not because ot 

 any organized opiX)sition to it. but be 

 cause of lack of information. Adoption 

 also will require a favorable vote of a 

 .MAJORITY OF ALL THOSE VOTINC, 

 IN THE LLECTION. This means that 

 if a [x-rson casts a ballot in the general 

 elections, but fails to mark his ballot on 

 the Gateway Amendment, the ballot vir- 

 tually counts as a vote against the .imend- 

 menl. 



There are at least 10 good reasons for 

 voting "Yes" on the Gatewav Amend- 

 ment. Here they are: 



\ To make it possible to improve our 

 .State Constitution. Only two amend 

 ments have been adopted since 1891. 



2. To allow a two-thirds majority of 

 those voting on an amendment to adopt 

 it. The Gateway Amendment proposal 

 submitted in 19.^2 received an SO'Tr 



Yes" vote, but failed to carry because 

 ^M 10,000 did not vote on the proposal. 



V To make possible needed changes 

 in our State Constitution in an orderly 

 way, one, two or three at a time, thus 

 avoiding the turmoil, uncertaint) and 

 expense of a constitutional convention 

 Only a few changes are needed. 



1. To require that votes upon anv 

 change in our basic law be cast direct 

 ly upon the proposition and to keep con- 

 stitutional changes out of partisan poli- 

 tics. 



3. lo make possible a modernization 

 ol our state ta.N system. 



6. To make possible legislative reap 

 portionment in Illinois fair to both rural 

 and urban area-.. 



7. To make possible greater home rule 

 for metropolitan areas. 



ON THE 



> lo let voters who lake the pains 

 to vote ujxjn a proposition deiide basu 

 issues. 



9. To bring our state and loial gov 

 (.rnments up-to-dati. 



10. To make amendment ol our Stati 

 .onstitution pos>ibl(.- but not lasy 



Those are the reasons for voting yes 

 iin the Gateway Amendment. Now what 

 iloes this amendment do' 



Here s what it does. 



The Gateway Amendment alTeits only 

 the procedure of amending the State 

 Constitution. It does not change any 

 basic provisions of the Constitution. The 

 Gateway Amendment provides these 

 changes: 



1. Now, tonstitutional amendments 

 must receive a majority of all votes cast 

 in the election in order to be adopted 



Under the Gateway Amendment, a 

 jiroposal would be adopted if it re- 

 ceived the favorable vote of two-thirds 

 of those voting on the proposition. 



Now. an amendment ot only one 

 article of the (onstitution may be sub 

 mitted by the s.ime session ot the legis- 

 lature. 



Under the Gateway Amendment 

 changes in one, two or three articles 

 might be submitted to the voters at the 

 same session. 



3. Now the party circle method ot 

 voting upon constitutional amendments 

 lOuld be authorized. 



The Gateway Amendment would bar 

 the use of the part)- circle method and 

 require that the votes be cast directk 

 upon the proposition. 



The Gateway Amendment is supported 

 by both major political parties and by 

 many statewide civic organizations. 



The Gateway Amendment vote can 

 easily be the most important civic act 

 ot the year, so far as you are concerned 



Be sure to vote on the Gateway 

 Amendment and urge others to do like- 

 wise. Remember, failure to mark that 

 ballot is the same as a "No" vote. Don't 

 let it lose by default ' 



NEW SALES MANAGER 

 NAMED FOR PRAIRIE FARMS 



DAVl. HLNR^■. a former fieldman for 

 Frairic Farms Creameries who has 

 been in the Army 

 since March 19, 

 19 tl. will become 

 sales manager of the 

 company effec- 

 rivc Oct 1 



Henry will sue 



eed I P Countiss 

 who Is resigning to 

 hecome sales man 

 .iger for Pfister As- 

 sociated Growers, hybrid corn produce i- 



ind distribnforN 



Lnteniii; the Army in 1941 as a sec 

 i.mA lieutenant. Henry was granted a 

 leave of absence by Prairie Farms cream 

 cries where he had su[xrvi.sed the butter 

 laboratory in the Chicago cutting plant 

 and direitci i .impaigns to boost butter 

 c)ualitv 



While 111 ihe Army Henry was hrst 

 stationed at the subsistence research lab 

 ciratory of the U. S. Army Quartermaster 

 depot. ( hicago. where he instructed other 

 citficers in methods of inspecting dairv 

 l^oducts .ind processing plants 



In March. l'M2, he was assigned duU 

 in Australia and later in New Guinea 

 He later returned lo Australia and then 

 moved on with the U. .S. forces in their 

 campaigns to re\apture the Philippines 



At the time of his discharge Henry 

 held the rank of lieutenant colonel Dur 

 ing a good share of his duty in the Pacifii 

 Henn was working with iooA supplies 



He lOined the IA.^ stalf in 1940 and 

 worked as hcldman in quality supervisior 



of butter 



Henry is a ,i;raduate ot South Dakot.. 

 .M.ite College and Ohio State Universih 

 in dair\ manufacturing and dairy tech 

 nology. He has worked in s(v..-ral (rcan. 

 tries in South Dakota. 



Of the S.OOO.OOO head of slaugh- 

 ter livestock marketed from Illi- 

 nois farms and feedlots in 19<^ 

 more than 20 percent were sold 

 through cooperative sales agencies 

 says R. t. Ashby. University of 

 Illinois chief in live-stock market- 

 ing. 



James Laf;tr, who has served the ("limon 



C i>ijnt> Fjrm Bureau as bookkeeper tor sornt 

 iinrt. h.is t.fken i.r the duties of cfmnrv or 

 ^dnlzatl<)n direetoi effective Sept 1. 1946 

 He siKCccds Hi rm.in Brun-. who Irc-d in 

 luly 



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OCTOBER, 1946 



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