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FARMERS OPPOSE 

 RETURN TO CONTROLS 



( Continued from page 6 ) 



On animal health, the resolution reads 



in part: "We must continue to 



recognize the dangers resulting from 

 the promiscuous movement of diseased 

 animals If present statutes can- 

 not effectively control the dissemination 

 of animal diseases, such statutes should 

 be strengthened by amendment." 



Other highlights of the lAA conven- 

 tion in St. Louis included an evening 

 of entertainment to a packed house at 

 the Municipal Auditorium, a safe-driving 

 contest for Rural Youth, the annual Rural 

 Youth Talk Fest, and a radio quiz con- 

 test in which four Illinois men. President 

 Shuman, Vice President Morris, Farm 

 Adviser Truman May of Madison county, 

 and A. O. Eckert of St. Clair county, 

 were pitted against four Missouri Farm 

 Bureau leaders. Illinois won. 



Another group of Farm Bureau people 

 appeared on the WLS Dinnerbell hour 

 including lAA President Shuman, AFBF 

 President O'Neal, former lAA President 

 Earl C. Smith, lAA directors and organi- 

 zation men. 



Attending the convention as observers 

 were foreign agricultural students Ken- 

 neth Osborne, 21, of England, and Mig- 

 uel Bechara, 30 of Brazil. Osborne was 

 studying U. S. farm youth groups and 

 Bechara was studying the relationships 

 between farm organizations and the ex- 

 tension service. 



Numerous conferences and annual 

 meetings of the lAA's associated com- 

 panies were held in conjunction with the 

 convention. Members will find most of 

 these important meetings covered fully 

 in other pages of the Record. 



FARM SUPPLY CO. 

 HITS PEAK YEAR 



{Continued frnm page 10) 



cisions must be judged in the future — 

 and judged they will be. 



"Therefore, let us face the future with 

 humility. Let us seriously consider our 

 responsibilities to the people we serve. 

 May we search diligently and carefully 

 the basic objectives of this organization 

 and, finding them, let us act with bold- 

 ness and with courage." 



During the morning session. President 

 Fred E. Herndon reviewed the basic 

 principles and fundamental policies that 

 have blueprinted the Illinois Farm Sup- 

 ply Comfjany's pattern of development 

 and progress. 





PromiiMnt people In their relations with IlllnoU agriculture are shown on the speakers' 

 platform during the Wednesday night session of the lAA convention. 



At the afternoon session. Dr. Joseph 

 G. Knapp, principal agricultural econo- 

 mist for the Cooperative Research and 

 Service Division of Farm Credit Admin- 

 istration, gave a brief history of the com- 

 pany interpreting its progress in the 

 eyes of an outsider who has watched its 

 growth since 1934. 



F. E. Herndon 



C. H. Becker 



All members of the board of directors 

 were re-elected. They are: Glen Geiter, 

 Dakota; George Chappie, Dwight; 

 Charles Keslinger, Lafox; John P. White, 

 Washington; Fred E. Herndon, Macomb, 

 Frank J. Flynn, Murrayville; Jesse L. 

 Beery, Cerro Gordo; J. P. Redman, Cairo; 

 R. H. Monke, Litchfield; F. E. Morris, 

 Buffalo; Otto Steffey, Stronghurst. 



SCHOOLS CONFERENCE 

 SCANS PROGRESS 



(Continued from page 27) 



lack of a common understanding on the 

 part of rural and urban people. 



"In Montgomery county," said Row- 

 den, "We are recommending four com- 

 munity unit districts. Certainly the 

 wishes of any school community should 

 be taken into consideration because you 

 are going to draw boundary lines. It is 

 your responsibility, our responsibility to 

 get those lines as nearly correct as pos- 

 sible without disturbing too many com- 

 munities." 



The chairman next called on Harlan 

 Beem, past president of the Illinois As- 



sociation of County Superintendents, to 

 discuss the fxjssibilities of the county 12 

 grade unit. 



In the discussion jjeriod following, a 

 number of questions arose pertaining to 

 school reorganization, mainly of a legal 

 nature. Answers to the questions asked 

 above were attempted. Harlan Beem ex- 

 plained that although there was still 

 some doubt about who pays the bonded 

 debt of a district that has become a part 

 of another district, yet the Attorney Gen- 

 eral has ruled that the bonded debt is 

 spread over the entire new district. Har- 

 lan added, "But it will take a court case 

 to decide this issue beyond doubt." 



Luther Black answered the question re- 

 garding the future status of^ township 

 treasurers and trustees by stating, "Re- 

 organization into larger districts will not 

 affect the school townships at all. If 

 you have a consolidation you still have a 

 treasurer and school trustees. It is the 

 obligation of the school board that may 

 be elected by that district to chose any 

 one qualified treasurer to handle their 

 funds in that new district. After the 

 board selects a new treasurer, then the 

 other treasurers will have nothing to do 

 except handle the township funds." 



In answer to what would be the coun- 

 ty superintendents' duties under the coun- 

 ty 12-grade plan, it was said that his 

 duties would be supervisory as they are 

 now, but that they would be somewhat 

 simplified because of the fewer reports 

 to handle. 



As to whether reorganization of 

 schools would increase the amount of 

 financial support to be shouldered by 

 farmers. Dr. Lindstrom said, "I feel that 

 the valuation per child is not a good 

 measure of comparable ability to support 

 schools. In Champaign county, for ex- 

 ample, 52 per cent are in Champaign- 

 Urbana. A lot of these families have no 

 or very little property. Therefore, the 

 per child valuation is low whereas there 

 are people living in town who own farms 

 and have no children. 



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