LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 





DEFENDS CO-OPS 



I have been reading page 10 of the 

 October issue (of the IlHnois Agricul- 

 tural Association Record) about "Farm 

 Bureau Co-ops Attacked," and find some 

 facts missing in the article. 



The article was spineless and not 

 vigorous enough. It did not even men- 

 tion the names of the Illinois or na- 

 tional group spreading the pamphlet. 



Compared with what I have read in 

 pages in farm publications in North 

 Dakota about the present congressional 

 committees investigating cooperatives, 

 the article was as strong as milk toast. 



What is the Association going to do 

 about reporting to its members the 

 whys and wherefores of the present 

 attack on cooperatives.' If the national 

 Republican party in Congress has voted 

 the investigation let's have the names 

 of the Illinois Republican congressmen 

 who voted in favor of the committee. 



The Association could well spend 

 some time and money looking into the 

 records of every man mentioned on 



[>age 10. From experience I know at 

 east one bad apple will turn up among 

 them. If they are incorporated, the 

 way they exercise their corporate power 

 can be examined. This group is prob- 

 ably connected with some national 

 group, and you should publish their 

 connection. 



The lAA does not have to stand by 

 and let lies be told about it. The 

 members know the truth, but the ar- 

 ticle said nothing about what the lAA 

 was going to do against the pamphlet. 



David V. Lansden 

 Board of Trade Building 

 Cairo, IlL 



The name of the organization attack- 

 ing Illinois Farm Bureau cooperatives is 

 the Illinois Associated Businessmen, 231 

 South La Salle Street, Chicago, III. 



STEAK IS CHEAP 



Here is one for the books. The first 

 concrete evidence that beef steak is not 

 too high. 



I drove into the Pontiac garage in 

 Champaign to get a wheel bearing re- 

 placed. Was told they could do it some- 

 time during the afternoon. 



When I told them I couldn't wait 



they said, "O.K., we'll fix it." I stayed 

 there and timed the mechanic. He re- 

 placed a tie-rod knuckle and the bearing 

 in 20 minutes. My bill was $11.01, 

 broken down as follows: tie rod knuckle, 

 $2.60; bearing, $3.45; bearing, $2.05; 

 tax, 16 cents; and labor, $2.75. 



I asked him what the labor rate was 

 and he told me it was a flat rate. I said: 

 "O.K., here's your money. I am a farm- 

 er and I would like to tell you that beef 

 steak is plenty cheap, my friend. At 

 that rate, an hour's labor is $8.25 and 

 there has never been a time in history 

 when it would buy so much cow!" 



Harry B. Claar 

 Effingham County 

 District One 

 Organization Director 



LIKES WOMEN'S PAGE 



I do enjoy the (Record) women's 

 section. It's always the first section read. 

 This month's article about Mrs. Milli- 

 gan's trip to Holland was especially 

 good, for just a few days ago she talked 

 to the ladies of our Home Bureau and 

 told of her eperiences and impressions 

 of the folks of Holland and we all 

 enjoyed it so much and learned so 

 much too — so it was nice to read the 

 article too. 



Qara Hawkins 

 Piatt County 



'BEST YET* 



Allow me to pass on to you many 

 compliments on your November issue 

 of the lAA Record. Personally, I 

 thought it was the 'best yet" edition, 

 and the many favorable comments from 

 various members in the county only 

 substantiated my impression. Some 

 members praised one article, others 

 another, etc., but all agreed every page 

 contained interesting, important infor- 

 mation for all concerned. 



Holland W. McKie 

 Organization Director 

 Staric County 



Keep cows off pastures until the ground 



is dry enough to prevent damage from 

 trampling. 



food Conditions 

 In Europe Worse 

 Than Year Ago 



FOOD conditions in Europe today are 

 reported to be worse than a year 

 ago. Spring floods, unseasonable 

 frosts and a summer drouth de- 

 stroyed basic crops, grain reserves 

 and livestock in country after country. 

 Farmers can better understand what 

 such disaster means than any other class 

 of American people. The situation is 

 critical. UNRRA has terminated its food 

 program. United Nations' and govern- 

 ment proposals will take many months of 

 study ana debate before they can be put 

 into action. Rations have been cut and 

 in some countries it is expected that 70 

 per cent of all children t)orn this year 

 will die before reaching their first birth- 

 days, and 75 per cent of those surviving 

 will have tuberculosis. 



An opportunity to save a child's life is 

 offered through CARE (the Cooperative 

 for American Remittance to Europe), a 

 non-profit cooperative of 27 of the 

 major relief agencies accredited by the 

 U. S. government for overseas relief. 



SEND A PACKAGE 



By sending a check or money order 

 made out to CARE, 189 West Madison 

 Street, Chicago, you can send a package 

 of clothing or food to a relative, a speci- 

 fied person or persons or group in Aus- 

 tria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, 

 Ireland, Finland, France, Germany, Great 

 Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the 

 Netherlands and Poland. If you have 

 no particular person in mind you can 

 specify the type of family either by re- 

 ligious denomination or race that you 

 wish to receive the package. The pack- 

 ages are distributed by a CARE agent 

 under police protection in cooperation 

 with local authorities. If you do not re- 

 ceive a signed receipt for your package 

 within 120 days, your money is re- 

 funded. 



Ten dollars will feed a family of four 

 for two weeks. No one receiving a 

 CARE package is denied regular rations. 

 To prevent any black market operations, 

 persons are limited to three packages per 

 month. 



Member relief organizations included 

 in CARE are the Church World Serv- 

 ice, representing the Protestant churches 

 and the War Relief Service of the Na- 

 tional Catholic Welfare Conference, rep- 

 resenting the relief agencies of the Catho- 

 lic churches. 



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