Evening star., 1933-06-12
RURAL LIFE BASIC,
ROOSEVELT TELLS
FUTURE FARMERS
President Addresses Several
Hundred From Portico
of White House.
SAYS IT is NECESSARY
TO CONSERVE TIMBER
Trees Held as Important a Crop
as Wheat, Corn and
Other Things.

Speaking from the south portico Of
the White House, President Roosevelt
today told several hundred Future
Farmers Of America in convention here
OF his hope that they may be able to
bring home to the country the basic
advantages of rural life.
The President, clad In light -colored
summer suit, was greeted with burst
OF cheers and handclapping when he
emerged on the portico to speak to the
young farmers grouped on the lawn be-
meath him. Mr.. Roosevelt also urged
upon his listeners the necessity for con-
serving the timber supply of the United
States.
There is only about 80 or 40 years
timber supply in the United States"
ne SAID. We are using lumber about
1our times as fast as 1t grows. This
country could be made self sustaining
from conserving its own timber supply,
and this should be done. Each farm
has its own timber lot. and farmers
should do all they can to conserve this
TIMBER. The farms can be so handled
as to provide their own lumber needs.
Importance Of Trees.
1T must not be forgotten by the
farmer that trees are as important a
crop as wheat, corn and other things
grown
Mr.. Roosevelt told his listeners that
ne wished he had IAN opportunity to
participate" in their meetings.
Your meetings are of a great per-
sonal and official interest to me-" he
continued. I want you to know that I
appreciate the great work you are do
ing. I wish to remind YOU that YOU
young men and women are represent
ing the younger generation in agricul-
ture and that In your hands lies the
future OF American rural life.
7 do not hesitate to say that while
you are entering upon this great fu-
ture work that the odds are 1000 to !
you will not become millionaires as
farmers. But the odds are the other
way, too, because there Is more than
mere money involved. There is some
thing more important and that Is that
you are holding up for future genera
tions the soundest kind of American
life. You will never starve and you
will always have roof over your heads
and always will have educational IA
cilities for your families. These things
mean more than the advantages in In
dustrial life.
"I want you young men and women
to bring home to this country the basic
advantages of rural life. You are per-
forming real service for the future Of
this country, and want you to go back
to your respective States and keep up
the good work"
Register at Auditorium.
More than 1,5o0 members of the
group, from all sections of the United
States, registered at the Washington
Auditorium this morning for short
cofirO ,roJfyynipo rv fo nil
grimage in Washington and nearby
points.
Vernon Howell Of Guymon, Okla, ma
tional president of the organization,
made up of boys studying vocational ag-
riculture in this country, called the
meeting to order and gave detailed ac-
count of the pilgrimage. Before ad-
journing to the White House, where
their picture was taken, the boys were
entertained by Strickland Gillian.
The afternoons activities began with
a radio program at 1890 pm, when
talks were made by Howell, La Vern
Newton, Iowa LIS. Iowa, first vice
president; Paul aI3utcheon, Sink, w.
Lebanon, Tenn, fourth vice president,
and Leo Paulson, C&ncordia, Kans., stu
dent secretary. The boys are to visit
Arlington, Alexandria end Mount Ver-
non this afternoon. At Arlington the
national officers will place q wreath on
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and
at Mount Vernon a wreath will be
placed at the tomb Of George Washing
ton.
Tonight the embryo farmers will be
at Glen Echo, the trip to
the amusement park arranged by the
Greater National Capital Committee.