The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-31

10 the oTouGn area anu CuIl
 Here is an actual sample of how the land purchase plan works:
 Several RA agents drove up to the farmhouse of George silcrest, in Phillips County, Montana, not far from the Canadian border. Silcrest had 800 acres Of dry land which he had homesteaded In 1920. moving west from Indiana.
 They talked with silcrest about his crops over the past fifteen years. He said he had met with more failures than successes, that unless he could get hold Of some land where water was available he might as well give up.
 RIA on the Job
 RA offlcials offered to buy his 800 acres, and to sell him an irri. gated tract on the ''AEllk River project", not fer away, They also offered to extend him credit to- ward the purchase of this new farm.
 On the irrigated land sllcrest could raise crops of winter feed for his cattle. His own 300 dry acres would be turned back to grazing and become part of Q gov. ernment grazing district. silcrest would have to get his living from cattle In the future, forget about grain farming entirely.
 ''What about Che house2" Sil- crest asked. Arrangements would bo made to move Che house over Co Che new ''Mllk River" location, he was told.
 SILCREST TOOK THE OFFER.
 This procedure iS being repeat. cd with thousands of other farTns CTS in the Great Plains area. Red Tape
 Some rugged indlvidualistS turn Q cold shoulder to government aid. They are not forced to sell out. RA buys tracts around them, and leaves them to fight 1t out alone.
 The chief obstacle RIA is on. countering, however, is not rugged indivldualism. It is government red tape.
 A farmer who accepts on IRA offer expects to get hls money In Q week or Q month. Actually ho is kept waiting Ave, six, or seven months, while four sep. ArNto agencies s- Resottlement,, Justice Department, General Accounting Ofllce, and Treasury --pOre over his abstract of title and finally authorize govern. ment purchase.
 But when c few checks do fnAl- ly trickle through into Q district, and word gets around that the government is talking with cash, the rest is much easier for reset- clement.
 G.Women
 Q-Boss J. Edgar Hoover wants the world to know that recent stories about "d-wonen" are with out foundation.
 "ThOre Is no such person as 8 0.woman," he says. We are not able Co employ women be- cause our staff Is too small to permit specialization. All cur agents must be able te handle any kind of . job, and women detectives are only valuable for aneOlAliRed types of cases"
 NOTE: There are women clerks in the Bureau of Investigation but, in his own ofiice, Hoover, Q bach- elor, has only men. His personal secretary and clerks are men. Harvard Feud
 The recent appointment of Ar thur A. Ballantine, assistant Sec- retary of the Treasury under Hoover, as administrative aSSlst- ant to Republican National Chair. man John Hamilton, revived an old feud between Ballantlne and President Roosevelt.
 The two men were classmates at Harvard, and when the President ran for editor of The Crimson, Ballantine was his opponent. Roosevelt won the election and rec peated 1t c year later when he defeated Ballantine for permanent class president.
 Balanced Budget
 Those revised budget estimates for the current fiscal year that will be made public when tho President returns from his dust bowl trip will uncork some snap. py political footwork.
 Contained in the statistical document will Do the announce. Inent of c prospective balanced budget by 1888.
 This declaration, supported by optimistic figures, will Do th0 New Deal answer to the republl. can charge of reckless spending and Governor Landon's appeal as Q budget balanCer.
 Administrationites are sensitive on both points and tho supple. mental budget will be used to do. note e potent counter.blast. Scout Conference
 This budget was tho subject of c secret conference ct the White House several days before the President left. Present at the meeting were Secretary Morgon-
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