Evening star., 1937-09-02

tration. Wallace also established 4
Farmers Home Corp. to handle legal
and business affairs Of the tenancy
program.
Directors of this include Alexander,
Harry L. Brown, Assistant Secretary Of
Agriculture. and DR.. A. G. Black. chief
Of the Bureau OF Agricultural Eco
nomics.
The land purchase end of the ten
ancy program was turned over to the
Bureau Of Agricultural Economics un-
der DR.. Black. Wallace selected DR..
L. C. Gray, veteran land use expert,
who has served both Agriculture and
Resettlement, to lead this division.
Received $3.50, ,0oo, 900.
During its official span Of life, Re-
settlement received some $45O,OO0 900
In Federal funds, chiefly from relief
ALLEGATIONS. The new agencies have
about sl4o,0O0,00O
This latter includes $40 900 900 pro-
vided for the tenancy program the
first year, about SIS, 1000 900 from the
current relief appropriation and
another $50, 900 900 from Resettlement
balances and administrative funds
Tugwells staff mounted to peak of
10000 workers, but this force had been
reduced to about 10000 in recent
months and officials said there would
be additional curtailmens.
AS for the Greenbelt project, stores
movies. beauty shops, garages and all
other business places in the COM
munity of 900 families will be owned
by their customers under an agree
ment between the Federal Government
and the Consumer Distribution Corp.
All the profit realized from the
business after operating expenses are
deducted will be returned to the
people who buy the goods or services
dispensed.
Filene, believing that co-operatives
are the best way to reduce prices to
the place where poor people can main
tain = sufficiently high standard of
living. set out to build q system of
stores to prove his point. For 4 year
or more surveys have been under way
in large cities in search of these sites
Greenbelt Is the first to be accepted.
Greenbelt is Different.
Ordinarily, Filene's non-profit cor
poration would set up in business by
getting people in the neighborhood OF
the store to buy In the venture at SIC
4 share. Thus immediate common
ownership would be established
Business would then be started
Prices would be established at or neal
the level OF other stores in the com.
munity. At the end of 4 stated tim,
the profits would be counted up, ant
divided among the customers in ratit
to their purchases.
The Greenbelt case will be some
what different, Herbert E. Evans o
New York. vice president of the Con
sumner Distribution Corp, said.
The town itself has not yet beer
occupied. Homes and stores wer
built first on = wholesale basis 50 tn
entire community could move in .
one time. Construction has been com
pleted on homes for 885 families, ,
school, = community house, . market
stores and filling stations. Occupan
cies are expected to begin In about ,
month.
When the town opens, the stores ant
business places will already be IL
charge of the Filene organization
These will include = general merchAn
disc store, = self-service food store, ,
meat market. . modern drug store, ,
motion picture theater, a barber shop
beauty parlor, = garage and service
station.
The businesses will be entirel!
financed by part Of the $l,000.00'
Filene gift. The Government will sup