Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-22
FARM BOARD MEN
MEET V|RG|N|ANS
$780, 600, 900 Drought Dam.
age Alienation Discussed
With Byrd Group.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Ways and means Of alleviating an
estimated drought damage in Virginia
Of 800, 100000 were discussed with
Farm Board members today by q dele
CATION headed by former Gov Byrd,
chairman of the Virginia Relief Com
mittee.
Probability that q definite relief pro-
gram would be decided upon today
after further conferences was ex-
pressed by Senator Swanson, q member
of the group.
Local Credit Discussed.
The principal plans, discussed with
James O. stone and G. B. Denmar,
board members. embraced establishment
Of state or local credit corporations
to advance loans to farmers through
the intermediate credit banks and the
formation of commodity cooperative
associations, which would work with
national co-operatives dealing with the
Farm Board.
Byrd said O meeting would be held
this afternoon with members OF the
American Railway Association.
His group, he said, wished TO have
the emergency freight rate reductions
on feed and live stock in drought areas
provide for milling in transit, and that
the emergency rate be fixed at the des-
tination, rather than at the loading
point.
Among the group was former Gov.
H. G. Stuart, John r. Hutchinson, state
director of agricultural extension; ".
v. Walden, president Of the intermediate
Credit Bank Of Baltimore and ]. p.
Whitehead, general counsel OF the
credit bank.
secretary Hyde. chairman of the Ma
tional Drought Relief Committee, began
q personal tour Of the parched regions
surrounding the Capital yesterday de-
termined to obtain first-hand knowledge
Of conditions arising from the drought.
Leaving Washington, the Agriculture
Secretary drove through the shenan-
doah Valley. where the drought, to .
large extent, Is stu unrelieved. He
planned to see other sections Of Viz
ginia and West Virginia.
WIN Return Next Week.
There was no indication that an ex-
tension Of the trip into other drought
areas was In view. Hyde will return
the first of next week. At that time
he will confer with Henry M. Robinson.
Los Angeles banker, who will direct the
coordination Of financial aid for
drought relief. Robinson VIII arrive
Monday.
Banking representatives on the State
Drought Relief Committees have been
called to Washington for Q meeting next
Tuesday to discuss the advisability OF
creating local and State credit corpora.
tons to lend money TO, farmers on easy
terms through intermediate credit banks.
Secretary Hyde had no fixed itinerary
on leaving Washington and had ar
ranged for no conferences. Rather, he
chose to inspect the area with no set
program to hasten him or limit the time
he might wish to spend In any SPECIFIC
region.
interviews Farmers.
At winchester Mr.. Hyde, accom-
panied by Representative J. A. CARRIER
of the seventh Virginia district, per-
sonaliy interviewed farmers and sur
veyed drought conditions.
He was told the situation was serious
and that most small farmers were con-
| fronted with the problem Of selling cat
tie ct loss or depending on loans from
source not yet known, for buying feed
Farmers said dealers were offering them
cents for calves and TO cents for
cows and steers.
Before leaving for other sections Mr.
Hyde indicated he believed farmers
| needing emergency assistance could
negotiate favorable loans through
Federal land banks.
Secretary Hyde's tour followed the
| Republican national committeeman
from Virginia. that the chairman OF
the National Relief Committee make q
personal inspection Of drought condi-
tions IN Virginia.
Generous Rains Predicted.
While fair weather was forecast gen.
| orally for the drought area west of the
| Appalachian Mountains for the next ~
hours, generous rains were predicted to-
| day for the parched region Of Virginia
and west Virginia now being toured By
Secretary Hyde.
"A disturbance OF the Atlantic Coast
| which caused storm warnings TO be dis
| played from Morehead City, N. c., to
Nantucket was expected TO cause rain
In the Central Atlantic States tonight
and to extend to the North Atlantic
l States tomorrow.
r. II. Weightman, weather forecaster,
| said the rain In the coastal plains
would be "very generous" In addition
| to the rains predicted for Virginia and
West Virginia, 1t was expected that there
| would be good rains In the drought
| areas of Maryland, extending as Tar
| West as the mountains. Rains were
also looked for in parts Of North
Carolina where some damage has been
caused by the drought.
Fair weather was predicted generally
| for the Mississippi and the Ohio River