Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-20
HYDE BODY MEETS
TO0RGAN|zE TODAY
Moderate to Heavy Rains
Reported Owe Much Of
Drought Area.

eanization to carry out the general pro
gram Of drought relief as agreed upor
at the governors conference held at thu
White iaouse last Thursday, President
Hoover will confer this afternoon witt
the members of the newly created Ma
tional Drought Relief Committee.
Fss.:s VIII be the initial meeting of this
important committee, of which Arthur
NJ. Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture, ha:
been named chairman. Committeeman
will devote their attention principally tc
working out q definite plan Of action tc
bring about coordination between Fed
eTal and state activities in the drought
stricken regions. They will also decide
tust how these activities will be divided
up and assigned to the supervision Of
the respective members Of the COM
fnittee.
The Department Of Agriculture re-
ported today that while rains this week
had brought material relief to many To-
calities, numerous sections were large
ly unrelieved.'
Corn Crop Losses Checked.
Deterioration of the corn crop was
said to have been checked in most sec
items by frequent showers and cool
weather, but material improvement In
the development will apparently be lin
tied"
Harvest of small grains is now largely
completed.
Temperatures were moderate in the
Eastern cotton belt. but continued abb
normally high in the West. while local
showers were rather general east Of the
Mississippi River. In the Western belt
the drought has been mostly intensified
by continued high temperatures and
lack Of rain.
Moderate to heavy showers occurred
during the week over large areas OF the
more droughty sections of the country,
the report said. These have brought
material relief TO many localities, es-
pecially in reviving pasture lands and
improving late truck crops and gardens
where they were not too far gone, In
replenishing stock water and In some
areas benefiting corn. The soil in many
the resumption Of blowing, especially In
the Western wheat belt.
The week brought the best rains In
a long time to large droughty areas
the most substantial being in Kentucky
parts of West Virginia, Southwestern
Indiana, Southeastern and much OF
Northern Illinois, extreme Eastern and
Southwestern Iowa much Of South Da-
kota, Nebraska and Kansas; rather gen.
orally in Missouri, North, Central and
parts of Western Tennessee; much OF
Arkansas, extreme Northeastern Okla
hena, Eastern Mississippi and more
generally in Alabama.
Extensive Areas Unrelieved-
Extensive areas are, however, largely
unrelieved. These include most OF
Ohio, New York. Michigan, Minnesota,
much Of Montana, extreme Western
Tennessee, Southern Arkansas and
Northern louisiana and most OF Ok
lahoma and Texas. In these sections
crops continued to deteriorate, but In
the Middle Atlantic area there was
some relief by light local showers and
much cooler weather"
In the southern portion Of the corn
belt the crop was SO far gene before
the rains came that only . limited
amount of the late-planted corn On
bottom lands can receive actual bene-
fit, the report continued, while IN other
considerable areas only q checking OF
deterioration is apparent.
In Ohio the crop has received little
or no relief and much Is being cut for
silage. Some Improvement Is reported
In Indiana, and corn has been helped
in parts Of Illinois, while In the Great
Plains States, from the northern third
of Kansas northward to South Dakota
much corn has been materially 0ene-
flied Deterioration continued In North
Dakota and Minnesota, while abou'
three-fourths of the acreage in Iowa Il
still suffering for rain, and much Of
that where the drought was relieved
cannot mature marketable ears. 1T
Wisconsin fairly good growth continued
but in Michigan the situation Is un'
relieved.
Plains Showers Forecast.
In addition to the rains which lei
over considerable portions OF the piain
states during the past "a hours, SHOW
and tomorrow.
Rain was expected in Southern Kan
sas. the Dakotas, Western Mtnnesots
western and Central Arkansas, Eastern
and Central Oklahoma and Northeas
Texas.
During the past "a hours, showers ais
were reported from Oklahoma ant
Northern Texas, with Oklahoma City re
porting the heaviest fall with Ia
inches; Omaha, Nebr., SO inch. an
Wichita, Kans., "a inch. Showers ais
fell in Southern Louisiana, Southern
Mississippi, parts of Alabama and in tn
South Atlantic States.
In addition TO Secretary Hyde, othe
members of the National Drought Relic
Committee as announced yesterday b
Mr.. Hoover are: Chairman Legge of tn
Federal Farm Board, Chairman Bestol
Of the Federal Farm Loan Board, Coy
Young of the Federal Reserve BoarC
Chairman Payne of the American Re
Cross, Chairman Ashton Of the Ameri
can Railway Association, Ogden Mill
Undersecretary OF the Treasury, ant
Henry M. Robinson chairman of tn
First National Bank of Los Angeles
Calf. With the exception of the latte
all of these members OF the eommitte
will be In attendance at this afternoon
meeting.
Holloway C0mmends Hoover.
A communication received at tn
White House today from w. J. Hollo
way, Governor of Oklahoma, in whic
he commended the President for tn
steps he has taken to aid the drought
stricken areas, expressed the though
that it is unjust and unwise for an
State to expect the Federal Governmer
ta furnish all the aid necessary in thi
crisis. Gov. Holloway intimated this
solving their own problems.
This communication was made publ
ut the White House today, without com
nent from the President.
1t follows in full:
= "As the Governor of Oklahoma,
wish to express my full approval for tf
steps you are taking to aid the drought
stricken areas of the country. than
YOU for your telegram OF today, adV1Sir