Show r SMOOTS SMOOT'S PLAN r TO AID ALL U. U S. S I I AND CURB REDS Soldier Settlement Measure leasure Called Greatest Project In in America I By Francis G. G Matson atson j Herald Staff Correspondent I Washington 1 D C. C July Jul 6 The 6 The I greatest constructive measure over ever undertaken undertaken un- un by the tho S' S government This is the characterization given the Smoot Mondell soldier settlement bill mow pending before Congress Con ress The bill is ls on its final hearing before beCore the tho Hou House e committee on public lands and will wilt go I before the Senate committee within the the tho next two weeks The soldier settlement bill introduced Introduced Intro- Intro by Senator Myers I ers of or Montana and Representative Taylor of or Colorado both Democrats failed to come to a vote ote at atthe tho the last Con Congress ress Democrat le leaders were divided concerning it and al although although although al- al though its few supporters principally among mon the Republican minority made mado madea a loyal fight the bill failed falle Mondell SP Speedo CN New r Now however with a Republican majority majority majority ma ma- in both houses the condition is reversed Representative Mondell londell majority maty ma- ma ty leader of ot the House has been a great factor in the advancement of oC reclamation work ork undertaken by the government In the west an and many of oC the great projects in the west are monuments to his unflinching states stales manship With the opening of or the sixty sixth Congress Mr Mondell now in a post tion of influence undertook to perfect 1 the soldier settlement plan H He raised the appropriation from to I and proceeded to speed tho 4 1 I VI A A. A 1 t bill urn toward U passage 1 son as fast a as lr l- l r ble I t f The The Tho outstanding feature of or the Smoot- Smoot Smoot bill is Js that It is emphatically emphatically em em- all not a sectional measure The bill applies to every state having feasible projects for development thereby benefiting more than fort forty states according to data compiled bythe V by y the Interior department Utah Idaho 1 and Wyoming have many such Buch projects r and will obtain a substantial part of ot ott t the Immense appropriation and of ot other othera a appropriations which will be made for tor this work in the future Tiro o S toy TIe lac Debated The question of whether the bill will provide pro for or the double system of or colonization colonization coloni- coloni in communities as ai well as b by individuals will be threshed out by bythe bythe bythe the Senate and House committees in executive session Supporters of each eachor or of these plans have appeared before A t 4 the House committee Others like Ishop shop N. 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L Hansen of Salt Lake colonization colonization col- col a agent ent for tor the Mormon church advocated the double plan and recommended recommended recommended mended that the bill provide that details de- de tails such as aN these be bo worked out by bythe bythe bytho the tho administrators What that hal we have In mind says Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- Lane Is a happy compromise between een the French village o plan and i the isolated American farm fum home homo This Is f to be pe e brought about by means of good roads loads the shaping of oC farms so as as to minimize the distance between homes and the creation of centers with all modern ad advantages es To a certain extent it Is hoped that the bright blight I I I lights of or the city ma may be carried In InY Into into In- In I Y to the country Many of oC our returnIng returning return return- I ing soldiers express an admiration for forthe forthe the tho French village system an and it will vill willbe JI be possible for man many of them to adopt d this system if Ir they the truly desire it itu ft t t u Senator Smoot as the name of the soldier settlement bill hill indicates is tho the I 1 champion of or the bill In the Senate He lie liei I I i has as Incorporated In the bill hill man many prins prin- prin LIples s which have havo proved successful after operation in the thc colonization work pf or of the Mormon church Url Youn H PI nil Mentioned j it In a recent nt Interview on the question ques ques- tion Uon Senator Smoot said In Utah Utan we have e helped men to help but ha have haye e never pauperized pauper pauper- pauperized bed them b by giving them something for or nothing When he found more ImI Im- Im I on hl his hands than he could profitably employ at the moment N 11 ham Young set them to work building I needless needless- walls around Salt I IJ J ake bike that the they ml might ht earn their Hv- Hv ing and repay advances rather than titan eat t ithe the bread d of Idleness e t Senator Smoot has provided pro that the government go shall withhold at least 10 0 per cent ot of wages paid p soldiers While empl employed on construction so 80 ti I that hat the they shall have ha the necessary first first Installment to pa pay on lan land improvements improvements improvements improve improve- ments ments live stock and equipment and andt et t a good start on the road to thrift i nd d success ff All mono money so withhold t is provided will be placed at 4 per perit enl ent it Interest anti and repaid to the sol sol- fer ir in fug full in case he falls to t take kc an at the end of the employ employ- ri period I t 1 r That m members rS of the House commit commit- ee ce on lands are arc especially in- in erected In tho the plans plan worked out by be the Mormon mon church In hJ its colonization Ill ors arK was wall evidenced e during deign the exam- exam nation last week of ot Bishop Hansen Hanson t t members of the committee 16 lied I him with questions relative to 4 various plans In operation their I ct r t flan and relative success At ho tho conclusion of ot tho first days day's tes tes- testimony 1 mony man many members of ot tho the committee commit b tee ee ee declared that Bishop Hanson Hansen was the mo most t satisfactory witLess wit hes' hes Less ess that had yet appeared before hem hens t j. Spry Committee L Former Governor Spry another mcm- mcm or cr or of ot the commission appointed by hy e ov Simon Bamberger to appear be- be 4 4 rt the thc comm committees here also made a I n Impression In his appearance tho the House committee b Like manna from heaven to the t l I soldier Is Js the he way Governor J pr Pry characterized the tho Smoot- Smoot Smoot Ill ml Ill This I la irl not a a. sectional measure 4 I very ry state can receive benefits un under er If arty any state does not benefit it A ill be the tho fault 1 of ot the state and no not I tho the bill To my certain knowledge o I ere uro are largo large arAo areas of ot over cut tim tim- r a 1 Jr r r lands and wet lands in the south H. H at can bo ba reclaimed and utilized the provisions of or this bill sigh Thoun Thou Thou- n of ot acres acres of ot cu over cut lands in o northwest can be made available r settlement Arid lands lauds of 01 th p west westin in n n b be reclaimed and aban abandoned farms tarm id d d waste lands of or the north and east cast eastin in n 1 be he brought back into pro productivity Every soldier of oC tho the great war will benefits from this thin legislation Ither ther directly or Indirectly The Amern Amer- Amer wn n Legion in national and state meets moct- moct ls gs s supported the bill and 00 so far tar as I I I I have been able blo to ascertain it Is Universally Uni uni- ni I favored b by the soldier Hilt lillI to Yield ld Great Groat Benefit I I am strong for the bill because It will accomplish ish a vast amount of good not merel merely for tor the soldier but buttOr for tOr the states It will develop the countr country and will strengthen the al already already al- al read ready loyal attachments of ot the soldier to the gov government Tho owners of the soil become the he rulers of the nation If every ery American American Amer Amor- ican owned his own home whether It be a farm or a elt city lot he would be just that much a better citizen Tho money that this measure measure seeks to ap appropriate appropriate ap- ap te will be well Invested In no money was ever better Invested It I will all come back and yield manifold blessings I IThe The witness further told tho the committee committee com corn I 1 that Utah has already authorized author author- II the tho issuance of worth of ot bonds the proceeds of which willbe will willbe I be used to operate co-operate with government go agents In the administration of ot tho the bill and strongly urged that other states tal take e similar action Later r rId Aid Id to Soldier Foretold Replying to questions from members of ot the committee as to to whether the bill should b be extended in pe scope Mr lr t Spry said the measure is the foundation foundation I tion stone of the legislative structure that will be reared for tor the benefit of ot the soldier He expressed confidence I that the act will he so successful In Its Application tI to the soldier that appropriations appropriations appropriations ap ap- ap- ap in addition to the haltI half half- billion dollars will wm be demanded and granted and that assistance might later be extended lJ by the federal or state governments to I soldiers ol lers In ac acquiring acquiring ac- ac quiring individual farms What hat Is viewed generally as ono of or the tho most Important provisions of the Smoot Smoot-Mondell ell bill bill bill-a a feature which has haH been strongly supported b by Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Smoot Smoot-Is Smoot Is that tho the bill erects a substantial safeguard against ag WashIng washing Wash Wash- ling Ing bureaucracy The Mon Mondell ell bill provides that when an any state shall advance 25 26 5 per cent as much capital as the the general government government govern govern- ment for projects in that state the whole administration shall be taken o er by local authority at the point where subdivision begins Many n I states hn have 0 already alread taken steps stops in that tion California has proposed to duplicate duplicate duplicate cate per cent strong the th national fund available within her borders Thus the whole hole human problem the problem the I problem of selecting and directing set i 1 I tiers Including the organization of their social life and any co operative buying or selling agencies thc they may care to create will create-will will be under the leadership leadership leadership lead lead- of their homo home people Ilan Means Doom Duom of Bolshevism im Finally to quote from William E E. Smythe writing in the Review Re of ot Reviews Reviews Re Re- views The policy polk embodied in the Smoot- Smoot Mondell bill will make malte a new nc America It will send the roots of democracy deeper than they have ever struck be be- be fore Core It will give a n. new incentive to personal ambition and a keener edge edgo to that th quality of oC Individual Initiative th that t has made us what we are aro as a people It will erect an Impregnable barrier against Bolshevism And all this will be dono done under the Kindly lea leadership of tho nation operating co-operating co operating with the several states In paying its ItH tribute of or gratitude to the returning soldiers |