R«v. Edward J. Flanagan 



Edward A. O'Neal 



Floyd E. Merrb 



J. W. Burch 



Haaill E. Schanck 



Farmers Opposed to Return^ 



of Price Controls ancf 



OPPOSITION of Illinois farmers to 

 the return of price controls and ra- 

 tioning was strong enough at the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association 

 annual meeting to be heard in 

 Washington. A newspaper in the 

 nation's capital phoned for further de- 

 tails. 



The 33rd annual meeting of the lAA 

 attracted a crowd of 5,000 to St. Louis, 

 one of the largest turnouts in the history 

 of the organization. 



While President Harry Truman was 

 asking Congress for the return of con- 

 trols, lAA President Charles B. Shuman 

 was making it clear to Chicago and St. 

 Louis newsmen that Illinois' 146,000 

 Farm Bureau families wanted no more 

 wartime controls and black markets. 



Crowds attending the general sessions 

 of the four-day convention heard the 

 lAA resolutions committee back Presi- 

 dent Shuman with a resolution which 

 stated in part: "Experience after the end 



of the war demonstrates that the Ameri- 

 can people will not accept or support this 



type of regimentation in peacetime 



We militantly oppose the reimposition 

 of price controls and rationing." 



As an alternative to the return of con- 

 trols. President Shuman suggested in his 

 annual report to the membership that one 

 method of minimizing present price in- 

 flation would be for labor and industry 

 to follow the abundant production prac- 

 tices of agriculture. 



"The first and most important need," 

 President Shuman said, "is for full pro- 

 duction by all groups — industry, agricul- 

 ture, and labor. Agriculture already has 

 demonstrated its willingness to maintain 

 production." 



Despite their concern with controls 

 and the numerous other difficulties that 

 trouble farmers, the folks attending the 

 St. Louis meeting were a high spirited 

 crowd who had come to combine business 

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It's been a" long time, back before the 

 war, in fact, since farmers have felt in 

 the mood to serenade townspeople with 

 loud, lusty soie-eeeeee's. 



The hog-calling accolade, a farm audi- 

 ence's highest expression of approval, 

 waf often in evidence during the general 

 sessions as the membership voiced their 

 approval of organization officers and 

 policies. 



Two questions of lAA policy brought 

 before a special meeting of Farm Bureau 

 presidents and farm advisers for their 

 consideration and before the delegate 

 body received a thorough examination on 

 the floor. Both proposals were finally ap- 

 proved by the delegate body. 



The first question provided that effec- 

 tive Jan. 1, 1948 associate members with 

 a few exceptions, joining a county Farm 

 Bureau with associate membership already 

 exceeding 10 per cent of the total mem- 

 bership must wait one year after joining 

 before they are entitled to the coopera- 

 tive purchasing and insurance services of 

 the lAA's associate companies. 



Where the associate membership is less 

 than 10 per cent of the county Farm 

 Bureau membership, the new associate 

 member is entitled to all privileges as 

 before. 



In an amendment to the proposal, a 

 spirited effort was made to change it so 

 that all new associate members would be 

 required to wait one year before being 

 entitled to the benefits and privileges of 

 membership. The amendment was de- 

 feated. 



The second question proposed that the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association join with 

 the Illinois Medical Association to help 

 deserving young men complete their 



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