Evening star., 1936-09-04
ASSURED
THROUGH WINTER,
ROOSEVELT SAYS
Leaves Landon Meeting in
Des MoineS-Kansan
Urges Rural Aid.
320,000 FARM FAMILIES
ESTIMATED AS TOTAL
Governors Think Burden of R. A.
and w. P. A. Will Be Greatly
Curtailed.
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry tne Associated Press.
DES MONIES, Iowa, September 4
President Roosevelt, heading for
Springfield, ILL.,, and continuance OF
his Midwest drought conferences to-
day, was understood to have assured
seven Governors at conference here
yesterday that all in need would be
cared for until Spring.
At separate conferences with each
Governor, the President discussed
ways of meeting immediate needs oi
farmers and their families through
the coming Winter and a general out
line Of longtime program.
AS for the long-range program, the
Chief Executive was said to have
stressed the need for dam construc-
ton. water conservation aud more
scientific use of land, including trans
formation of thousands Of acres oi
crop land into pasture and trees.
Landon Gives Views.
Gov. ALI M. Landon Of Kansas, Re-
publican presidential nominee, left a
recommendation with the President
which, in some respects, resembled the
proposals of the Presidents Drought
Committee. 1t called for:
Immediate relief work for needy
farmers on dams, roads, ponds and
general rural rehabilitation.
A long-range program of water con-
servation and flood control in which
the Federal and State governments
would cooperate.
Governors submitted estimates show
ing maximum Of 100000 farm fami-
lies in the seven States represented
would require w. P. A. and resettle-
ment aid this Winter.
AS the President and Gov Landon
went their separate ways the Nation
studied reports of the epochal meet
ing.
Before the Chief Executive headed
for Hannibal, Mo-, on his special train
and the Republican nominee pointed
his automobile toward the Kansas
capital at Topeka, Gov. Landon said:
I There was an exchange of views
That is always productive
He added that Il left a report, but
Il was largely covered by the Presi-
dents own line Of inquiry at the con-
ference"
Urged Rounded Program.
A letter that Landon wrote to Pres
ident Roosevelt in 1884 held that any
plan for the construction of dikes
along the lower Mississippi as flood
control measure would be worthless
without co-ordinated program call
ing for reservoirs and dams along the
upper Mississippi and its tributaries to
slow the flow and conserve water re-
sources of the Great Plains area.
The conferees met with a hearty
handclasp in the offices of Gov. Clyde
Herring in the Iowa State House. They
chatted amiably about fishing at a
chicken luncheon. They conferred for
40 minutes about the problems raised
by the drought. They engaged in
more conversation over their portions
of filet mignon at a dinner aboard
the Presidents diner.
But the Democratic and Republican
standard bearers steered clear of the
moot subject of politics, reported the
Governors and officials of six other
States, who sat in on the drought
conference.
"If You Take My Place"
"The nearest thing to politics
heard" one Governor related, was
when the President remarked to Lam
don, If you take my place in the White
House. be sure you don't use too big
boat to go fishing
But the President was just kidding.
He'd just been explaining that he
liked to go fishing on a small boat
because he didn't have to take a lot
Of people along"
"A grand day." was the way Mr..
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