Show MEETING OF OFT WEST T STATES SUITES I Seventeen Western Vestern States Met at Portland to Consider Relief Measures and Public Policies I On October 28 at Portland Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon seventeen states were represented represented represented in in a meeting called by Gov Geo H. H Dern Dem of Utah for the he pur pur- pose of giving the unemployment problem consideration and to consider consider consider con con- sider general matters affecting the west There was ample evidence that the western states assembled there regard the unemployment situation as the most urgent Demand Demand Demand De De- De- De mand for an enlarged and aced aced- crated program of public works was agreed to be the most pressing pressing pressing press press- ing matter before congress when it assembles next month But the land question was also given attention A Wyoming representative representative rep rep- said The growth of bureaucracy in the national administration administration administration ad ad- ministration Is the coming m men men- n- n ace He demanded that the government government government gov- gov gov gov- relinquish its hold on the lands held th It is also given as important that the machine has taken away from men so much labor that suf suffering fering must follow that to get these families taken care of re requires requires requires re- re quires the use of more farm homes One speaker said I do not propose propose propose pro pro- pose to put these families on farms to increase the production over-production but in order to give them an opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- op- op to make a living Unemployment Unemployment Un- Un employment Is not temporary It Itis Itis Itis is a permanent thing Industry never will take these men back again Lets Let's have some of this Uintah Basin put into practical use for these starving families |