Evening star., 1921-12-23
PAT GROVE HERE,
URGES SOLDIER AID
Reformed "Bad Man" Pro-
poses Distributing Farms
to Service Men.

Pat Grove. former train robber.
kidnaper, and bad man." who once
! was hunted by police and posses.
with a reward of $4,000 Offered for
his capture. was in Washington yes
terday comforting with officials of
the government and of the American
/ Federation of Labor. on general well
| fare measures, with prevention Of
crime his principle object.
He saw Attorney General Daugh-
| erty and outlined his plans for the
! distribution of farms to deserving
former soldiers and for the establish
ment of federal reserve sanitariums
| and federal reservations for govern
| ment employees, and received assur-
| ances from the Attorney General that
| consideration would be given to a
committee representing the movement
| if one would call when plans reach
! higher state of perfection.
/ Promises by Gompers.
From President Gompers of the
| American Federation of Labor. Grove
received a promise of cooperation
and active help as soon as the legis-
lative committee OF the federation
| reassembled after the holidays.
| Among the proposals submitted by
/: Mr.. Grove are the following:
! "A forty-acre farm to each de-
serving soldier. who is desirous of
taking up agriculture.
That cuItivators shall have fifty
/ years time in which to pay for the
| said farms.
| THAT special government legisla-
| tion devise details of tenure and
ways and means to cope with any
contingency arising out of the pri-
vate cultivation of said properties.
| ant
| federal reserve sanitariums for the
purpose of curing the nations drug
| addictS in a humane manner, thus
| making it more difficult for agents
of the dangerous drug business.
! Urges Drug Penalties.
That the government pass at the
| same time laws concerning protec-
| ton of drug addicts confined to the
| Sanitariums mentioned in the fore
going provision, preferably making
the penalty for the purpose of selling
| drugs to their inmates or being IN
| strumental in doing so not less than
two years and not more than ten
years in the federal penitentiary for
| the first offense and not less than
; ten years nor more than fifty years
| for the second offense.
That part of the federal reserve
sanitariums be set aside for small
estates. preferably ten-acre home
! y
| similar pursuits, to be given to gov
! ernment employees who, through ad-
! vanced age in the service. are re-
tired on the usual pensions"
Set of Explanations.
| Appended to the proposals is set
of EXAMINATIONS of benefit to the gov
ernment of such legislation. Some of
! them follow:
.The total acreage required for
900, 900 soldiers would be 10000, 900
acres. The value of the land per acre
is practically nothing at present on
account of its condition The cost of
| improvements to the government in
making the land desirable for habita-
, ton would not exceed S1O0 per acre.
or 4,0OO, ,OOO. 900. The value of the same
I.land after improvements would he
$4,000 900. 900, and would. according to
/ estima tas, show a gross profit to the
| government of approximately $4,000,
100000.
More than Is per cent of the crime
committed in this country would never
have been perpetrated if the proper
environment and opportunity had been
given the large army of youths now
confined in state Institutions" said
| Mr. Grove. LAS citizen, it may
interest you to know that some 40O,-
900 persons are annually commit ed
| to various terms Of Imprisonment by
the courts Of this country, more than
| 100000 of them neglected youths,
victims of economic conditions"