Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-09-22 | Page 1 | New Aid Plans Pushed Ahead

NEW AID PLANS PUSHED AHEAD Br fly United Pta WASHINGTON Sept 22 22 Top Top speed was was' ordered today for execution tion lion of ofa a new relief program involving hog ing government purchase se of farm arm surpluses and their distribution to tc the needy President Roosevelt threw into the fresh tresh effort to raise commodity com corn prices and expand dire direct i relief re re- Uc lid lief at one s stroke roke He directed out daIs of the agricultural and relief relict administrations to expedite the plan in every way The government re recently purchased purchased pur pur- ch chased d and distributed pounds of ot cured pork N Now ow it is proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed to do the same e thing in varying varying vary vary- ing proportions with beet beef poultry cotton seed and dairy surpluses Likewise Like LUte wise vise surplus cotton will be bought made into clothing and given the destitute Previously undertaken re- re relief re rc- lief liel measures will go ahead without regard to the new program described as an effort eUort to raise the standards of relief self ef It will be finan financed d with funds of f the agricultural adjustment administration administration administration adminis adminis- and the federal relief administration admin which Jointly will put it in effect cUed In removing the surpluses from the market the White House assured as as- carefully applied safeguards will forestall any disturbance of ot regular regular reg reg- ular channels of production processIng processIng process- process Ing Lag and distribution Approximately families on relief rolls throughout the nation will receive the benefits of the program program program pro pro- gram along with producers of ot crops now depressed in value by sur sur- pluses Even with recent improvements In relief administration the announcement an an- said the amounts of ot food tood and clothing given the destitute still sun are inadequate On the other hand m on large part because these potential consumers ore are not able to to purchase p sc a normal horin l lamount amount of commodities huge stu sur- surpluses surpluses sur- sur pluses of basic food product products arc tre lutting the markets and making their production unprofitable to farmers