Evening star., 1934-11-18
NEW FARM SURVEY.
URGED At SESSION
Commission Sought for
Study of Rural Government
Problems in U. S.

President Roosevelt was called upon
last night to appoint Country Life
Commission to study the farmers To-
cal government as q means OF speed
ing up rural progress.
The suggestion was made by DR..
Charles Josiah Galpin, formerly OF
the Division of Farm Population and
Rural Life of the Agriculture De-
partment. who was the principal
speaker In the National Rural Forum
of the American Country Life Asso-
ciation at the Raleigh Hotel. DR..
Galpin was discussing THE Signifl-
canoe of the Report of the Commis-
sion on Country Life Appointed by
Theodore Roosevelt" That commits
sion served IS years ago.
DR.. Galpin said the problem OF
the farmers local government is at
the base Of all farm life problems.
This piece of the farmers social
machinery Is widely recognized,e he
said, "as so antiquated that it has
become very ball and chain at
tached to all the farmers movements.
Three Directors Reelected.
Shortly before the evening session
the annual business meeting was held,
at which three directors were re-
elected and four new members were
added to the board Those re-eelcted
are Miss Mabel Carney, professor OF
education, Teachers College, Colum-
bia University; Miss Mary Minis Of
the Agricultural Extension Service,
Louisiana State University, and M. L.
Wilson, Assistant Secretary of Agri-
culture. The new members are
Harper Sibley. Rochester, N. Y; DIR.
H. A. Morgan, director of the T. v. A.;
Miss Bess Rowe, st. Paul, and Mrs.
LYDIA S. Lynch, Lexington, KY.
At the afternoon session, John r.
Hutcheson, director of the Virginia
Agricultural Extension Service, as
serted that elf there must be regi-
mentation" the farmers would much
prefer RECOMMENDATION by a friendly
Government than by groups which,
for the past Is years, have been able
to organize so that farmers could not
trade with them on fair basis"
most farmers" he continued, "do
not like the idea of regulation of
production and special subsidies for
such regulation either, but they will
be slow TO give up these things until
organized labor and organized indus
try show q willingness to meet them
on common ground"
A. A. A. Ohicial Speaks.
H. r. Tolley, assistant admins
traitor of the A. A. A, declared that
most Of the emergency work Of the
A. A. A. Is done and that now the
program has reached the stage to
plan for a permanent set-up. The
program, he added, is not only eco
nomic but also social in the goals it
has set to reach.
W. I. Myers. governor Of the Farm
Credit Administration, asserted that
farmers are saving more than $751;
100000 annually in interest, and an
amount almost that large in the elm
ination Of mortgage renewal charges,
under the Farm Credit Administra-
tion's refnancing program.
Saving on interest is only part
Of the picture" Gov. Myers said;
IAN excessive overhead Indebtedness
amounting to $65,O00,00O has been
voluntarily written of the books by
creditors in order to get farmers debts
down to point where the Farm
Credit Administration could reflnance
o reasonable Indebtedness
Today both afternoon and evening
sessions will be held. Col. Lawrence
Westbrook of the Federal Emergency
Relief Administration and Wallace
Mcclure of the State Department will
discuss Experiments in Planning
A. r. Mann, provost of Cornell Uni
versity, will be heard tonight.
Tomorrow six meetings will be held
In the forenoon.
At 2 pm. tomorrow. Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace, T. o. Walton,
president Of the Association of Land
Grant Colleges and Universities, and
Walton H. Hamilton of the N. r. A.
Executive Board will address joint
session Of the country life and land
grant college associations at the VII
lard.