Evening star., 1932-11-16
DIR. FUTRALL HEADS
LAND GRANT GROUP
Elected President at ConcIu
sion of 46th Annual Con-
vention Today.

DR.. J. G. Futrall Of the Arkansas
State College was elected president Of
the Association of Land Grant Colleges
and Universities at the conclusion of
the forty-sixth annual convention this
morning in the Willard Hotel
Other officers chosen were: DR.. T. o.
Walton, Texas, vice president; Thomas
p. Cooper, Kentucky. secretary and
treasurer, and the following members
Of the Executive Committee: DR.. r. A.
Pearson, University of Maryland; A. r.
Mann, Cornell; F. E. Turneaure, Wis
consin F. B. Mumford, Missouri, and
c. A. Lory, Colorado.
The following were named chairmen
Of subSections: r. Y. Winters, North
Carolina, agriculture; E. J. Kyle, Texas,
resident teaching; U. p. Hedrick, New
York, experimental station work; c. w.
Creel, Nevada, extension work; s. B.
Earle, South Carolina, engineering, and
Marie Dye, Michigan, home economics.
Sessions were held this morning by
the agriculture, engineering and home
economics sections. Experts in those
fields addressed members of the asso-
citation.
Definite recommendations for restor-
ing agricultural prosperity were made
last night by a special committee Of
the association.
Farm Committee Members.
The committee was composed of
Thomas Cooper, dean of the College of
Agriculture, University of Kentucky,
chairman; H. r. Tolley, Giannini
Foundation, University of California;
H. w. Munford, dean Of the College Of
Agriculture, University of Illinois; NJ L.
Wilson, head Of the department of agri-
cultural economies, Montana State Col
lege; George F. Warren, head of the de-
partment Of agricultural economics,
Cornell University, and L. N. Duncan
director Of the agricultural extension
service Of the Alabama Polytechnic In
stitute.
The outstanding problem, the report
stated, is to close the gap between
prices Of farm products, now at only
SIS per cent Of pre-war averages, and
farm costs at 140 per cent.
To this end, the following recon-
mendations were made:
Modification of those policies Of eco
nomic isolation and national self-suf-
flciency which prevail throughout the
world and which make it difficult for
the United States to maintain the VOL
ume of its exports.
EurJner deVelopment OF the Federal
Land Banks. ITO keep present farm
business intact" it was stated, land to
prevent the wholesale dispossession of
farmers there is need for governmental
action in supplying short-term credit to
meet maturing obligations"
Reduction of governmental services
and activities through increasing eff
cheney in the administration of gov
ernmental units.
Change in the tax system so as to
obtain a greater proportion of revenue
from sources other than farm property
Reductions in transportation costs. II
prices Of farm products and other COM
moditieS remain at a lower level than
prevailed before the depression.
Other Legislation Named.
New land policy legislation providing
for permanent land-use planning, CO.
ordinated land-use research and the
beginning of retirement of submargtnal
lands from agricultural uses.
Another statement, issued jointly by
the National Advisory and Legislative
Committee on Land Use and the Ma
tional Land Use Planning Committee,
emphasized dangers Of a wholesale and
"unguided" campaign to turn the Ma
tons unemployed into farmers. 1t was
pointed out that the remaining public
lands in the West offer little oppor-
tunity for farming.