You can decide how high your 

 property tax levy will be this 

 year ! How ? 



At 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6, 

 more than 1400 townships will 

 hold their annual town meetings. 

 In little more than an hour $20,- 

 000,000 will be appropriated for 

 the ensuing year. 



A big share of your land tax bill 

 will be determined at this town meet- 

 ing. Here's why. From 75 to 90 per 

 cent of all farm property taxes are 

 levied by the township and school dis- 

 tricts in which the property is located. 



Therefore, you and your neighbors 

 can control the greatest part of this 

 $20,000,000 tax on your farm prop- 

 erty. Most of the balance is controlled 

 by the county board of supervisors. 



All tax levies for relief, payment of 

 salaries and expenses of township of- 

 ficers and all other township purposes 

 (except roads and bridges) are made 

 by the voters present in the meeting. 



Resident taxpayers must be pres- 

 ent if they wish to exercise any 

 control over the township tax 

 levies. 



Citizens voting in town meetings 

 represent about the last vestige of gov- 

 ernment by direct control. The ma- 

 jority vote of citizens prevails in de- 

 termining the maximum amount of 

 money which may be spent by town 

 officials. It also determines the sum 

 to be raised from property taxes for 

 township purposes for next year. 



Illinois farmers generally have op- 

 posed altering political boundaries. 

 Now they have a genuine challenge to 

 meet in proving the merits of town- 

 ship government if judged on their 

 present degree of operating efficiency. 



Upon request, and to help farmers 

 inform themselves in advance of the 

 April meetings, the lAA property tax 

 department will forward forms to help 

 Farm Bureau members or committees 

 in studying the business affairs of their 

 individual townships. 



Remember this! To keep your 

 township taxes from being unduly 

 increased mark April 6 on your 

 calendar. On this day attend your 

 annual township meeting. 



How Did Your Congressman 

 Vote on the Toft-Hartley Law 



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FOR a number of years the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association urged the 

 enactment of national legislation to 

 correct abuses in labor management 

 relations and protect the public interest. 



The 80th Congress enacted the 

 "Labor Management Relations Act, 

 1947" and this legislation now is in 

 effect. ' The lAA and the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation vigorously 

 supported this legislation. 



The lAA annual meeting resolutions 

 adopted Nov. 20, 1947 at St. Louis, 

 commended the statesmanship of those 

 members of Congress from Illinois who 

 supported this legislation. 



Printed below are the voting records 

 of Illinois Congressmen on the Labor- 

 Management Relations Bill of 1947. 

 The House vote was taken April 17, 

 1947, and the bill passed by a vote of 

 308 to 107. On June 20, 1947, the 

 House voted to override the President's 

 veto of the labor bill 331 to 83. 



The lAA and AFBF favored passage 

 of the labor bill and overriding of the 

 President's veto. 



Labor- 

 Management 



Relations 

 Bill of 1947 



Sen. Lucas 

 Sen. Brooks 



1. Dawson 



2. Vail 



3. Busbey 



4. Gorski 



5. Sabath 



6. O'Brien 



7. Owens 



8. Gordon 



9. Twyman 



10. Church 



11. Reed 



12. Mason 

 1}. Allen 



14. Johnson 



15. Chiperfield 



16. Dirksen 



17. Arends 



18. Jenison 



19. McMillen 



20. Simpson 



21. Howell 



22. Price 



23. Vursell 



24. Clippinger 



25. Bishop 

 At Large, 



Stratton 



Nay 



Yea 



Yea 



Nay 



Nay 



Nay 



Yea 



Nay 



Nay 



Yea 



Yea 



Yea 



Yea 



Yea 



Yea 



Yea 



Yea 



Yea 



Yea 



Yea 



Yea 



Nay 



Yea 



Yea 



Nay 



Yea 



Overriding 

 Veto Labor- 

 Management 



Relations 

 Bill of 1947 



Nay 



Yea 



Nay 



Yea 



Yea 



Nay 



Nay 



Nay 



Yea 



Nay 



Yea 



Yej 



Y«t 



Y«» 



Yea 



Ym 



Yea 



Yea 



Yea 



Yet 



Yai 



y«« 



Ye* 



Nay 

 Yea 

 Yea 



Nay 



Ye* 



Gathermi at the eld Wabash railroad depot In Springfield to participate In the Lincoln 

 Friendship Train ceremonies are some of the Farm Bureau officials who sparked the drive 

 In their respective counties. This was one of the four trains that started out on Lincoln's 

 birthday. Left to right are: George Deppert, Tazewell Farm Bureau treasurer and county 

 chairman; (second man net Identified); W. Irving Brown, president, Menard Farm Bureau; 

 James Weaver, Menard; H. P. Becker, Tasewell; Dan L Clarke, lAA board member, Sanga- 

 mon; Evan Tcnrior, Sangamon Farm Bureau president, and Maurice Deal, president. Christian 

 Farm Bureau. Full report on participation will be carried in the next Issue of the lAA 



Record. 



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