WHAT CO-OPS ARE DOING
What Co-ops Are Doing Timely Events in the Co-operative Movement CO-OPERATIVE LEAGUE CONGRESS CHICAGO, III.—The 12th biennial congress of the Co-operative League of the USA will be held in...
...Canada, * * * DIRECTORS CALL CONFERENCE CHICAGO, III—Editors and educational directors of the regional cooperative associations affiliated with the Co-operative league of the USA voted at their meeting here to hold the fourth annual Conference on Cooperative Publicity and Education at Heidelberg college, Tiffin, O., June 25, 26, 27 and 28...
...Midland Co-operative Wholesale, Minneapolis...
...These regional federations serve 2,050 retail co-operative associations which last year served 744.562 patron-members...
...Membership figures were not available for the Eastern Co-operative wholesale, Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative association, or the Saskatchewan Co-operative wholesale, which together serve another hundred thousand consumers...
...At its congress In Kansas City in October, 1938, the league reported that the individual patron-membership of its affiliated co-operative organizations totaled 965,-000...
...D. C. This matter has been under discussion for more than a year...
...There is no magic in what the Swedish people have done, Mr...
...Hull, Hayes...
...The executive board of national cooperatives for the year will include: Messrs...
...Consumers Cooperative association, North Kansas City, Mo...
...The quarterly meeting of the board of directors of the Co-operative league here was followed by meetings of the board of directors of National Cooperatives, Inc...
...Harrisburg, Pa...
...Thus year the number is conservatively estimated at well over one million...
...and the United Farmers Co-operative of Ontario...
...In many circles, Mr...
...Howard A. Cowden...
...Assistant Secretary-treasurer: Stanley Colburn, manager, National Cooperatives, Chicago, III...
...Hosts to the congress will be the Central States Co-operative league and wholesale and the Co-operative Union of Chicago...
...Hedberg declared...
...Eastern Co-operative Wholesale, Brooklyn, N. Y...
...Indiana Farm Bureau Co-operative association, Indianapolis...
...The United Farmers Co-operative...
...Now we have supplemented the folk school program with a nationwide system of study clubs...
...Pacific Supply Co-operative, Walla Walla ; Wash...
...Hedberg said...
...111.—National Co-operatives, Inc...
...Paul, Minn...
...The conference will be open to teachers and college professors, religious, farm, labor and general adult education leaders interested in methods of co-operative education...
...Bowen said, this step will be looked upon as evidence that the co-operative movement in "growing up...
...Paul, Minn...
...Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, said at the conclusion of the meeting, "It is so simple after all...
...Saskatchewan Co-operative Wholesale Saskatoon, Canada...
...The secret of the success of working democracy in Sweden—evidenced by cooperatives, by freedom from debt and by universally high standards of living—lies in study groups and general education...
...Toronto, Ontario, was admitted to membership a year earlier...
...UNEMPLOYMENT IN SWEDEN WASHINGTON, D. C. — "The last illiterate in Sweden died several generations ago...
...he said, 'there would be 240.-000 study circles in constant operation and more than 3.000,000 of our people would be participating in them...
...Consumers Co-operative Associated, Amarillo, Tex...
...Congressman Jerry Voorhis of California is permanent chairman of the Unemployment conference...
...What Co-ops Are Doing Timely Events in the Co-operative Movement CO-OPERATIVE LEAGUE CONGRESS CHICAGO, III.—The 12th biennial congress of the Co-operative League of the USA will be held in Chicago, Oct...
...unemployment through the cooperatives which now a.t as a positive barrier against monopolies and their extortion prices," Mr...
...If you had educational groups established on a comparable basis in the United States...
...Those people learned to liv together and to understand each other and thus to work together and that is what democracy must be if democracy is to succeed...
...Anders Hedborg, international secretary of Swedens cooperatives, told a group of senators and representatives at the Unemployment Conference of congressmen last week, is one of the reasons for the success of the Swedish cooperatives...
...Farm Bureau Services, Inc., Lansing, Mich...
...Since congresses are held only once every two years, the Chicago congress will also be in the nature of a 25th anniversary celebration commemorating the founding of the Co-operative League in March, 1916...
...Secretary-treasurer: Howard A. Cowden, president, Consumers Cooperative association, North Kansas City, Mo...
...CO-OP WHOLESALE ADMITTED CHICAGO...
...The June conference, which is looked upon as an outstanding example of adult education at work, will be devoted to discussion of the most effective methods of publicity and adult education for the co-operative movement...
...We developed the most important economic attack on...
...Hedberg told the congressmen...
...purchasing federation ofconsumer co-operatives, and a committee meeting of co-operative editors and educational directors...
...E. R. Bowen, general secretary of the Co-operative league, pointed out in announcing the decision that the Washington office will provide access to valuable statistical materials being developed by the many types of research conducted by government agencies and will provide a means of "educating" congress about the significance of the co-operative movement...
...Superior, Wis...
...Officers elected for the coming year were as follows: President: I. H. Hull, general manager, Indiana Farm Bureau Co-operative association, Indianapolis...
...Pennsylvania Farm Burcai...
...Chairman of the board: A. J. Hayes, manager, Central Co-operative Wholesale...
...established itself as an International business federation of cooperatives at its quarterly meeting here when it accepted into membership its second Canadian co-op wholesale, the Saskatchewan Co-operative Wholesale of Saskatoon, Canada...
...Farm Bureau po-operative association, Columbus, O...
...A special committee was appointed to survey the possibilities of a program of national co-operative life insurance...
...The conference will hold % Joint meeting with the National Co-operative Recreation school, Tuesday evening, June 25 and has invited delegates at the recreation school to stay over for other sessions of the education conference...
...A special full-day session of the conference will consider "What Can We Do To Bring the Farm and City Together Through Economic Co-operation...
...Our success began when we adopt-the folk school method of the Danish people and induced our farmers and our young people to assemble for study and to think and learn," Mr...
...secretary-treas-user of National Co-operatives, reported to the board meeting that the coop wholesale associations affiliated with the organization handled $48,-708.823 worth of business for member co-ops last year...
...This...
...Inc., Chicago...
...Vice President: Joe Nolan, head ol petroleum division, Farmers Union Central Exchange, St...
...Nolan, Cowden, and L. A. Taylor, Farm Bureau Co-op Ass'n., Columbus, O. The organizations affiliated with Natonal Co-operatives include: Central Co-operative Wholesale, Superior Wis...
...PASS THIS PAPER ON It will Win New Readers...
...And there Is no obstacle in America which prevents you from attacking unemployment and other problems with the unfailing wca-pen of training and encouraging people to think...
...16, 17 and 18, the board of directors of the league decided at Its quarterly meeting here last week...
...Farmers Union Central Exchange, St...
...The Co-operatice Wholesale...
...The directors of the Co-operative league also formally authorized Its executive committee to employ the personnel necessary to establish a research and information office in Washington...
...Co-operatice Ass'n...
Vol. 10 • April 1940 • No. 14
