Evening star., 1935-01-13

or public works that will give q
to work and a new domain of
miles of working men.
ton, in getting revenue, In farming,
and so on.
First of all, our greatest problem Is
part Of the national problem of un-
employment. I have faith in Presi-
dent Roosevelt's New Deal for the
solution of that. So, I am going to
ask the Legislature to create a num-
ber Of new boards to cooperate with
the New Deal plans. First, want a
State planning board to plan the eco
nomic future of Oklahoma. We have
never had plan. Under that board
will be State housing board, a State
public works board and State new
industries board
'I have a State Conservation Com
mittee, which is studying plans Of
flood control, erosion control, re.
forestation and allied programs.
Houses to Be Built.
II have already worked out a plan
by which this State will buy from
10000 to 10000 f1ve-acre tracts of
land near the cities and towns for
subsistence homesteads. The Fed
eral Government, under its subsistence
homesteads plan, will build house on
each of those tracts. That will use
vast amount Of our idle building ma
terials and will put to work many of
the skilled builders who now are out
of work. Each home will cost about
s2,500. The State will furnish only
the land. The man who buys one Of
those homes will pay for it in 20 years
at the rate of SIS a month. So the
State and the Federal Governments
will lose nothing.
"The man who buys one Of those
homes will be given job on public
works There he will earn wages and
on his tract he will plant garden
and keep a COW and chickens. I have
now full surveys of more than 100
dams on the creeks and tributary
streams of Oklahoma that will create
lakes of from 5 to 100 acres. This
will give work to thousands this year.
for am going to get at 1t immedt.
ately. These small dams will be an
aid to the flood control plans Of the
Federal Government, which are on q
larger scale. In addition to that,
will put many to work terracing farm
lands that are subject to erosion, and
will have others at work in saving
soil.
Seeks Jobs for $4,000.
"I hope to put 10000 idle men to
work before Spring. The annual flood
loss in this State to buildings and
cattle alone is $4,000, 900, to say noth-
ing of the loss from soil erosion, so
all this work will be a good invest
ment.
Our new Industries Board Is work.
ing on plans to bring new industries
to Oklahoma-cotton mills for ex-
ample Why should Oklahoma send
its cotton away of to New England
to be made into cloth and garments
to be shipped back again? We will
go after new garment, furniture.
broom, shoe and all other kinds Of
factories that will use our raw ma
terials. That will put many to work"
Three of Mr.. Marland's most i'm
portant committees are his Revenue
and Taxing Committee, his Budget
Committee and his Civil Service Com
mittee. The Revenue and Taxation
Committee will not be ready with
its plan for q new taxation system
until next April. 1t is expected that,
under the proposed system, every one
who should pay a tax will pay 1t,
and there will be new forms Of taxa
tion that will not increase taxes so
much as equalize them and collect all
that are due.
No Longer in Politics.
The new civil service system will
apply to every one who works for
the State. To those who ask Mr..
Marland for Jobs in payment for
work they did in the campaign. he
replies: Il am no longer in politics.
I am now engaged in the business
Of scientific government. Only those
will be given jobs who prove they
are qualified to serve. And we shall
employ not a man more than is
needed to carry on the government"
by developing better system Of
tax levying, by civil service and by
the consolidation Of duplicate gov
ernment functions, I expect to cut
down the cost of the government Of
Oklahoma fully one-third," Mr.. Mar.
land said.
Mr.. Marland is planning State
constabulary and q State court Of
original Jurisdiction for the handling
ask the Legislature to establish one
central State court, in which all felony
cases will be tried, thus taking all
jurisdiction over such cases out Of
the local courts, where, owing to vari.
GUS influences, there are so many
miscarriages of justice in favor Of
the criminal.
Will Clean Out Criminals.
His State police force will patrol
the highways in every community
and will clean out the refugees Of
criminals in the wild hill country.
Where will you get the money to
do all Of that?" he was asked.
II am going to have a State police
that won't cost the State anything"
he answered. For example, we have
now in every county q gasoline in
spector and another man who Ia
motor car tag inspector, and yet
another who is a title fee collector.
I will abolish those offices and have
one State policeman do all that work
in addition to his regular police
work. That saving alone will pay
his salary" BY way of conclusion,
the new Governor said: II am going
right down the line to have this
State Cooperate with every feature
Of President Roosevelt's New Deal.
That is the peaceful revolution In
this country which must succeed II
this Government Is to survive"
And he added, as he arose: There
are 100000 children under II years
Of age in Oklahoma alone who do
not get enough to eat, who will not