Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-11-23
MAKE NO APOLOGIES
SPECIAL T4AES GO
LOANS MUST BE REPAID
ROOSEvELT-> FARMING
WORK REPLACES RELIEF
NEW PLANS FOR LIQUOR

NEW PLANS FOR LIQUOR
Generally considered, the expe
dition OF General Johnson and Sec
rotary Of Agriculture Wallace int
the farm belt OF the Middle IVES
TO set forth the Administrations
program can BE- set down as a very
successful soFtie. Cordial receptions
were The rule and many evidences
OF enthusiasm were observed.
Neither speaker made any
apology for any failure of the Ad-
m~inistTation, but instead recIted
what had been done in the pas and
made vigorous attacks upon all cri-
tics The problem at hand and the
efforts to solve ii were bluntly
stated and President Roosevelt was
offered as the only real hope OF
recovery. Observers report that the
President Is still popular in the
Middle west and that he retains
the confidence and support or the
vast majority OF agriculturists.
Special recovery levies, enacte
to produce $a7T. 200, 900 annually
for the public works program. will
be repealed on December 5th when
prohibition repeal Is consummated
BY the convention of the required
thirty-sfx states. The taxes to be
repealed include the extra-one-half
percent tar On dividends. the capt.
tai stock levy. and the exeess prof
its tax on corporations.
Amy idea that municipalities Sc
loans from the Public Works
administration will not be forced
to repay them Is d~fssipated by the
action OF Secretary Ickes In remov-
ing from office the Public Works
Engineer In Tennessee. This orfic-
iaI. In a circular letter, expressed
the belief that municipalities will !
not be expected to carry out their
and repay" the loans.
Immediately upon becoming
with this action, the Sc
rretary in a sharply worded tele-
gram. terminated the services OF
he state official. Mr.. Tckes insists
hat the loans are made on legal
security. taken because payment lis
expected. and that while thirty per
,ent OF the cost of labor and mater
ais are given In grants. the balance
Il the amount advanced Is a loan,
be repaid /
President Roosevelt il taking a /
hort vacation Mt Warm Springs, !
where he Ii very much In (
crested in building up a foundation
hat will assist others to regain !
heir health. He also owns about :
TOO acres OF hill land which he =
cquired some years ago to demon .
trate how a farm ma be built up
a meagre start. 1T Is a working a
arm. attempting to pay its own .
ray and show Improvement Like 7
Is farm In New York State, II AZ Q
to solve problems that con :
r0nt everyday farmers. About one .
undred acres are i'm cultivation
mt a cattle herd Is the outstanding
This now numbers more 2
one hundred animals and has !
cen built up from scrub stock by Y
he use Of pure bred sires. !.
/,
A plan 10 radically change the
ederaI relief program and provide !,
Employment for 1000. 900 or the r
this winter was outIin- +
by President Roosevelt last week K
a conference OF state and city N
ficials. The president insisted that IL
had no place in the admin r.
[ration of relief and he wanted Ii
lderstood that no n should ask
whether a person needing work is te
Republican. a Democrat. a Social RI
anything else"
Fuller details OF the u~ndertakfne RI
are released several days earlier. A,
10 men on relief rolls who have m
en- receiving $40 or less per tn
,nth to support their families are ar
lnsferred to the civil works pay be
where they viii probably get ba
$50 a month for the next
rec months Something like $780,
1000 has been set aside from the
&c public works fund and about =
90, 900 900 Is expected from the
1ergency Relief Administration. -
lille all details as to the work to i.
undertaken are, not vet clear. ii ~
$ made plain that states, coun- ~ -
elites and towns will be re- -
red to meet their share OF the -.
iertaking. IN
lik
sour points e stressed. that liz
men will automatically become me-
y. earning independent workers the
longer dependent ON charity: till
{ they will labor thirty hours a I'm
X, at the wage rate prevailing liz
their communities: that public NOT
e rolls now comprising three bee
lion families will be reduced: lice
| industry will benefit through Az
use OF greater quantities. OF ms be