Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1940 — Page 26

Agriulture Department. Expert Urges: Experiment i Attempt to Solve Tenant Problem and

‘Concentration

of Acreages.

By RUTH ‘FINNEY Times Special Writer

WASHIN GTON, Dec. 3

—This Sountiy: may have to try

Ba ownership of farm lands to solve the distressing “problems. growing out of increased use of machinery in farming, concentration of large acreages in a. few hands, and growth of farm tenancy, Dr. Walter E. Packard of the Agriculture Department has suggested to the House Committee

on: Interstate Migration. The * committee, organized to study|2s the problems of migrants who

roam from state to state look-

ing for work: and never finding enough to keep their families in health . and. decency, is concluding six ‘months: of ‘hearing. “It “has taken testimony in all parts -of ‘the country and is now hearing experts from various Government’ departments ' who have, grudied the ‘qustion. The 'com= - mittee, = headed .by Rep. John H. ' Tolan (D. - Cal), will reci ommend legisla1: tion to the next . session’ of Congress.’ : - Dr: Packard suggested that farms of tradi‘tional type might be oper-

as much per acre in fire protection,

and as a result provides work for |”

large numbers of persons and spends considerable “for materials. ' Dr. Packard ‘estimated that if all the forest :land - on the Pacific Coast were publicly - owned, all the migrants who have gone .to the coast in the past five years could be constructively employed, :many of ‘them permanently. / - Already owners of farm lan

looking to the Government to supp., -

33 GI "rated by indi“Ruth Finney viduals on Govent land, or that such land might be operated by settlers as a porate enterprise. An experinent of ‘this sort is already under way in California, at the Mineral King Ranch. The Columbia Basin Project in ashington-Oregon and the Central alley . Project in California would : Sako excellent laboratories for comprehensive trials of new ways of ‘adjusting farm tenure and land use to the revolutionary conditions created by machine production,” Dr. Packard said. He added that purchase of all undeveloped ‘land in both - projects for such experiments is. Fecnivine “surprisingly wide sup-

"Sees Aid to Conservation ! *Income would flow to the local county governments through payments in lieu: of taxation,” he said. “The adoption ‘of a -policy calling for an increase in public ownership - of farm land would be an important step toward ‘conservation, increased employment and. sound land tenure.”

"To ‘support ‘these statements he ¢ompared’ results from private and public .ownership of forests. ly two million of 108 ‘million acres of publicly owned forest land isl now unprotected from fire, he said, while pearly ‘half of the privately owned forest ‘lands are unprotected. 3 The Government spends 27 times

ration while they accept the income from the land, said Dr. Packard. ;

Cites Government Aid

“It is. Government that established and supports agricultural colleges for the training of young men. It is :Government that runs the experiment : stations where science is applied to the agricultural techniques.’ \ “The farmer and the landlord use roads. built by the Government, receive valuable bulletins supplied free by the Government, and get bailed out by Government when bank ruptcy looms ahead. It is the Government that provides weather fore. casts, directs control of insect pests and plant diseases, controls floods, drains lands, aids ‘in erosion control, develops large irrigation works, builds levees, helps finance railroads and control their traffic. It is Government that assists farmers in control of supply when surpluses pile up, and aids him when drought strikes.”

First Lady to Testify

But already more than half the farm land in-the United States is farmed by tenants and the ratio is increasing. Meanwhile, Chairman Tolan announced today that Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will testify before his group Dec. 9 or 10. The disclosure came as. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and Wage-Hour . Administrator Philip B. Fleming urged the group to extend the wage-hour law to workers en-

gaged in large-scale SfFiculture.

CAST IN PLAY A brother and sister will take the leads in the .junior ‘play of the Castleton High School to be given at 8 p. m. tomorrow in the school auditorium. They ‘are Leslie and Mary Benge, both juniors. The play will be “Behind the News.”

most of the costs of adminis;

Officials of the .Chevr

vrolet Commercial Body Division of General Motors and civic officials opened the

trick show in’ celebration of the division’s 10th anniversary and National Truck Week. Left to right, W.

J. Hanlon, Indianapolis Chevrolet zone manager; D. M. Klausmeyer, manager of the commercial body | plant; F. W, Wieland, Indianapolis Chevrolet city manager, and W. IL ‘Longsworth, Indianapolis’ Chamber of Commerce president, who >. cutting the tape to open the display. The show opened yesterday at the ‘Murat Temple and will continue through Friday, from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m. daily.

BRIDGE WILL BE

Debt on Span at Evansville ‘To Be Cleared Within Two Months.

Earning now an average of $900 per day, the toll bridge across the

Ohio River between Evansville and Henderson, Ky., will be debt free and tolls lifted within the next two months. This was shown by an audit of bridge funds submitted to Governor Townsend yesterday by Edward P. Brennan, chief examiner of the State Board of Accounts, Governor Townsend instructed the State Highway Commission to contact Commission and make plans for making the bridge free at the earliest possible time. The actual opening of the bridge to free travel depends upon the Kentucky Commission. The bridge was built for more than four million dollars by Indiana in 1932 and Kentucky. sold bonds to pay for its half. The tolls from the bridge have been used “eritirely to: retire Kentucky's bonds. {The report showed that on Oet. 31 the bridge fund had ‘a balance of $140,000, with only $50,000 in Kentucky toll bridge bonds outstanding. These are to be called on Jan. 1.

TOLL-FREE SOON|;

; election.

the Kentucky Highway({

APPROPRIATES $5393 MORE ELECTION COST

¢The County Council today appropriated $5393 to pay additional election and registration expenses incurred because of the increased registration ‘and vote in the general - A total af $3000 will be paid out as salaries: to. extra - election and registration clerical help; $1768 for hauliyg ‘and installing voting machines, and $625 for additional registration equipment. The Council today also, approved a request for $6000 for food costs at Sunnyside Sanitorium.

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122 of 28 Appointed Will Be

(Graduated From Indiana U.

. Twenty-eight medical ‘students who will graduate next June were appointed today to interneships at the Indiana University Medical Center. The announcement was made by Dr. Willis D. Gatch, dean of the I. U. School of Medicine. Twenty-two of the 28 are I. U. medical school students:. They, are: Victor F. Albright, Bedford; Joseph Rilus Eastman Jr. 970 N. Meridian St.;. Mars B. Ferrell, Fortville; Ray Firestein, South Bend; Lester L. Hardy, Lexington; Laura Hare, 87 W. 43d St.; Carroll W. Hasewinkel, . 1213 N. LaSalle St.; John E. Meubi, Jeffersonville; Don E. Johnson, Reynolds; Herbert L. Joseph, Ligonier; Quentin. Kintner, North Manchester; | John Francis Ling, Hebron; Ralph H. Nestmann, Wheeling,” W. Va.; Leo Robert Nonte, Loogootee. Ottis Niel Olvey, Noblesville; Harry Dick Schell, Rome City; Lawson F. Smith, 3802 N. Emerson Ave.; Destiny Edmund Storey, Washington, Ind; George A. Vail, F't. Wayne; Donald E. Vivian, New Castle; J. T. Whallon, 5120 Park ‘Ave, and H. Haskell. Ziperman of New York. Other new intermes and their schools are: George M. Johnson, Campbellsburg, University of Louisville; John Thomas Read, Columbus, O., Ohio State University; Glenn Q. Voyles, Omaha, Neb. University of Nebraska; Ambrose C. Estes, Columbia, Mo., University of Pennsylvania; Charles E. Test, 42 W. 43d St., University of Chicago, and ‘Robert C.

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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 8 (U. P).— It was a sad home-coming‘day for

“Captain” Fred ,Staduander, 22, of |’

Pittsburgh. Enlisted :in the army four months ago, Stadtlander was sent to Arlington, Va., as a private in the United 3 States Army. Came leave - time, Stadtlander wanted. fo; impress the folks ‘at home, so he “borrowed” a captain’s uniform and ‘boarded a train for Pittsburgh. A doughty corporal, Brady. Charles, a veteran of many cam-;

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paigns, also: boarded the train with his cousin, Private W. H. Lepley. Private ‘Lepley watched curiously as Corp.’ Charles several times

saluted - the -bogus captain. Finally

he ‘turned to‘ his cousin and asked:

“Why. are you saluting him? You don’t have-to. He enlisted in Pittsburgh, with, me four. months ago.” Corp.‘ Charles, angered by the trick ‘pulled: by: the “captain,” wired Pittsburgh police, who accosted

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