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Show Coneaay Page 23A—THE SLADAY HERALD,Provo, Utah Sunday, April 19, 179 South Vietnam Plans Land Reform In Can Tho, in the Mekong government red tape and if it could work in a couatry where Delta rice bowl, South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu stood next to a pile of cucumbersairlifted from his own farm in the Central Highlands and signed into law a sweeping land reform program tion had told President Ngo so many hopes for the future of ~ Dinh Diem in that South Vietnam are being based 1954 official corruption is almost a continued U.S, support for is estimated to cost ae $100 way oflife. South Viet.am depended upon a “if’ and this was even more gram. about it at their Midway Yet as of this year, about 60 meeting and received a promise per cent of the 7.5 million acres of American support, The of land under cultivation in United States has pledged $40 But there also was another important. Tf the peasant could be meaningful land reform pro- million, President Thieu told Nixon affecting one million peasant convinced that the hectare of land (about2.5 acres) truly was South Vietnam still was being million toward the final cost families. his to till and to defend, and and probably will zo consideraThe pen stroke was to wipe that it was a gift te him from farmed by tenants, ‘The new program upon which bly deeper. out what U.S. rural develop- his government, then the Thieu ment experts had called “the government might have bought worst farm tenaacy pattern in more security for the country- the world” andto institute what these same experts called “one of the great non-Communist land reforms of the 20th Century.” There have been so many disappointments in South Vietnam that those who watched Thieu sign the measure into law hedged their hopes for it with many“ifs” . . . among the most important, if the program could survive the maze of a side than a million Vietnamese and more than a half million American soldiers had been able to provide in years of TTT GRAND oeIS) D4ae fighting. Three times under previous administrations, land reform CARPET ¢ FURNITURE programs had been undertaken in South Vietnam. The first to try it was the Emperor Bao Dai in the early '950's. The Ei Decorative 344 South 100 West 375-1841 dik AAS i Bestway PANELS sBrekiva Bridge d to be used for commuter transportation on the waterways surrounding the New York metropolitay area. (Herald-UPI Telephoto) "High-toned " Finish foe fine woods NowYou Can Decorate Your HomeIn WOOD PANELING [FAST © EASY ® ECONOMICAL! Reg. Mt. VernonBirch 11.80 Banister River Birch Greenbriar Pecan 11.80 Sutherland Pecar 12.30 Banister River Oak 12.30 Now $g75 $g75 sgao 12.30 $940 $g75 VINYL — SALE. $995 Prices as low as. \ eal wa PRATT & LAMBERT ONE TUBE PANEL ADHESIVE TONETIC WOOD STAIN © perfectfor paneling,trim, cabinetry, floors, doors © penetrates, won't raise wood grain @ brings out natural charm Imperial Paint Co. 83 East Center, Provo 373-8000 with Six Panels Purchased CHECK OUR PRICES ON QUALITY LINES OF CEILING TILE Cg ee 112s Specials Continue On NIST RCrcs bows a Prices Effective thru. Saturday @ ® © © GRAPE STAKES CEDARPOSTS CEDAR RAILS DEVOEPAINTS |f g |