Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-11
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison

WASHINGI0N Feb Il.-Th,
t@'m n.aet.1Ca section of TT
Uu.eed Ss.s,~ employment Service
Ii 'a.H..ag H., .uusa job of Sce-
N- IA t...e - rHaugN farm Ia
Hus 20 pa. 4aJ cultivate and
harvest - -. csopS-lhe tooa
.AG n-eJ- ana ..j@E and poultry
N:cGuCt> taat are 10 win the war
THIS farm iaaor recruiting drive
= important. i" rs 'uSt as ne
t>>ary that tue tam producing
,ood for the tgluue forces br
fully manned ~ II Is % have those
.lGNtGH lG"cc> themselves. ConSe-
qpeu..T, when the nine million ad-
tIIuaa. men register for Selectye
service oa FEB. Is. they will make
81 occuraIoual registration. too.
providing a nationwide inventory
=. maNpOWer And among the hun
ured or more sklllS which will be
listed are those OF the more Spe-
5iah2ed agricultural trades such as
t.i,y farming, tractor jockeying
.arm machine operating.
Authorities on the farm labor
situation don fu.eSee that farm
.,Dor Will have - be drafted" 10
tahr eli the crops thls year There
".i. br uu Resort to HItl,rIan tie
.l-> a.. forced ula.S u.lsra uonS a.
s.YMme whole communities to re
!Iujr flu~l 3"cas tor c0nNcript aRl-
#IitulaI labor Instead. an effort
VII b" made to sc local resources
q uIanpoHcl aha woman power
and Youth power are lntelhgently
nNSAdlled tor each community
ttIlgn Job. anG that tie mobile MI
4rant labor force Is also intellI-
gently mCblL2ad and directed. Pub
he spirit and local patriotism are
20 be relied on 10 handle this farm
labor problem fer 1912 Next year.
Nobody is making any predictions
ABOUT how things are going to be
n 1913. or who's going to be do
.lg what
HIRES THE PICTURE
The. farm labor supply picture OF
the six million L. S. farms stacks
~ today approximately like this.
Tie Department of Agriculture
marketing service estimates the
.a2Ylcul'ural labor tor,e al around
6G million men. mace UP of 6 3
million farm family workers and
l., million hired hands This isn't
u4y act tura.e cenals, bat a Samp-
.Ins survey mace b? crop report
me agencies.
Figuring backward, the increased
agricultural prosIam ter this year,
DrCv.dius FOR all the extra food
needed to supply those allied ma
..ouS W..Ica lock to the United
states for food supplies, Will re-
QWre an estimated 100000 man
Years OF fern labor to produce
his isn't to be interpreted as
meaning tia: 100000 more farm la
0orers are to be required.
Much Of The labor going into this
increased farm program is OF sea-
sonal nature requiring extra help
IT planting or harvesting or can
riNg times me increased number
ol part-tine farm workers requlr-
90. therefore, may run as high as
100000 or 100000 Seeing that this
additional farm labor force IS on
hand at the right time for each
crop ! tae job OF farm placement
service.
I s. Employment Seryiee, re-
'ccAt.y tcaegaI.zcd b. Presidential
9ut.. LSa approximately $50 Of
.Ccs eoe,a.iu- in !l50 ot TIE 1900
.-..f:.- + tie U.itcd States.
~.oea ale tic full-time e;apl y
.reni offices where farm placement
.e,y.es M. keeD In e." ca tne
sra~-rouud farming operation. In
addition the." ar sOme 5000 tenn
so.ar. o. payt-t.mr farm employ
s,ert a-c.ts who are no;"d from
ne location 70 another 10 recruit
.1bOr for seasonal demands
VOLUNTEER SERVICES
IN some states. there az" TO,un-
tner employment offices 50 up,
manned by pUb.ie spirited cl'izens
county agents. farmers. store
keepers COOP managers, filling
station upfsa'Or. or AAA commit
,ecs ANY transient, o. unemplcT-
ed coming INTO contact with ,hcSe
.oluuteers are approached and urg-
81 - take farm joDS - ae.p mar
yes, tue cop
on top oI Tat @to -. mo-
bic elupio men o.ao. ~h!ch
',3t.. - ui,swaE lhtes.s M Mi
#g-,n'. c0mI.2 - lIcar ..gss'o"d
.u....' C!iIs.. n, ,aa' .E'.log
t.l,, c.oa.t-c t..au Gi" - '"o
l,! i. Il g.. or 2 tr!.i. VIZ Il .lpA
,arE stp 20 !..-r'l| ta".a- al IL
.ec'rG ~ farm "ae.r ~" l.
UorE
/ iii. in 1urf. the lce-.i'ire
riy.Dc which tie f:.a p,ace@"ut
.s.c,.on OF he L. s Fmp,9"mrnt
service nov set, il NJ =" ~ DrO-
.idc tie oxtra labor nea"r aH" 20
axe of the 1912 crop win
,hc war With food, j, ,l. .J..o"
. Department Of Agrku.@Uce .elan,
Food viii Win tnc Va!
WASHINCTON FARM
LABOR NEWS
Five main fa~rGl~ >sf ',ra.ag 10
lrduoe available fa~H .ayos up
p: tic d.an b, H4r md.#'rics
nm" culs'ir na a.G .e.etu..o
.nrylcc Ii-atI WGte. III .l1.4 rm-
5lo%mG' uncarr'a4 G1s,mear of
-, rant !a.E laD5.. aad 'lr escat-
9. IaUsr Geuan" a. H., r..s.d,d
reIr1a, aa.ln','4a t.o.~Ha 10
.oto!cl:ac 'ao. 1as.n. mrss un-
Dpca iall. ..pJ-, a.s.. ~. as
80 mountain 1rea ~. aa.c 10
- .l"3drG l., aadulCl.. naH cm-
z.oy4eut office In-u .suea ana
,14.cpr students "rmea u. the
Thousands. nay hagc - bc ro md
% uD Al harvest '.ro - ir.D AXE
g.I the crOr@. Farmer. age bong