Evening star., 1937-10-04

nient Dam across the Missouri River.
the President again stressed the need
for water conservation in the drought
regions and for placing farmers in
dry areas on good land.
Senator Burton K Wheeler. a lead
Ing opponent of his Supreme Court
enlargement plan and who has been
criticizing the New Deal in other di-
rections since Congress adjourned,
was not present He sent his regrets
from the West Coast. message which
later was acknowledged by Secretary
Marvin H. Mcintyre.
After relating how a wealthy un-
named New York publisher had urged
him to balance the budget through
dole and elimination of such SILLY"
projects as Bonneville. Grand Coulee
and Fort Peck Dams, the President
said such "0oubting Thomases" should
visit the West and see, as he has done.
the problems of that region. Yes"
he added with smile, they are the
kind of people who do not understand
when Jim Murray and Jim O'Connor
come into my Office week after week
and make perfect nuisances of them
selves and say to me, "Mr. President,
We have got to have power developed
at the Fort Peck Dam They are the
kind of people that say: Why, there
is all the power in the world up there,
why add more to it?'
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had done and would continue to do a
great many things for the ''preserva-
tion of our water out through the dry
areas and in taking people off land
where they cannot possibly live and
give them a chance to farm on good
land.
Earlier. the President had taken a
motor drive around the colossal Fort
Peck project. largest earth-flll dam in
the world. 1t is expected to be COM
pleted in two years at cost Of $l08,-
O0O.000
Provision for power has not been
authorized. Wheeler, in telegram to
the President, urged him to favor in
stallation of power units Immediately,
but the latter did not tax, a direct
stand on this.
MarveIs at Size Of Dam.
The President marveled at the viii
lagos, the scores at work despite the
Sabbath, the great length and breadth
of the earth and rock dam miles
long and half mile thick at the base
the vast spillway, the hydraulic
IroInnc tIo diuorcinv, I'm
Back at the train, he said he had
been thrilled by it not only because
1t is four times bigger than any other
earth-filled dam in the whole world
but because of what it is going to do
for the people of Montana and the
whole Missouri BASIN"
He said the New York publisher at
first "hemmed and hawed" when asked
how he would balance the budget
and could not answer, although he
was saying through his newspaper it
was perfectly simple to do it,"
He added he finally ascertained the
publishers philosophy when the lat
ter said "all this business of helping
people is running the country. Look
at my taxes. I have to pay half OF
all my income to the Federal and
State and local taxes"
Income Put at 100000.
The President said he "happaned
to know" the mans income was $4O0,-
600 year.
And that poor man." he added
"thought he was going to the pool
house because, after paying his taxes
he only had 100000 a year left"
Earlier, at Havre, Mont, the Presi-
dent told depot crowd the balancing
Of the budget Of human and natural
resources was just as important te
the future of America as that of the
Treasury, important as that may be