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Show FAKE ; DROUTH PICTURESEditors PICTURES PICTURESEditors Editors and citizens cltJzens of the Dakotas have ha\e ha e \ severely severelycnt1clzed severelycriticized severelycriticized cnt1clzed criticized the Resettlement Administration for Clr- Clr cir- cir Clrculatmg circulating cir circulating - - culating culatmg faked pictures of drouth areas , according to toPleston toPreston toPieston Pleston Preston Grover Gro\er Gro er \ of the Associated ASSCClated Press , it Jt bemg being bemgcparged beingcharged beingcharged cparged charged that an attempt has been made to exag exag- exaggerate exag- exag exaggerate exaggerate - - gerate the effects of the drouth and give glve the impres Impres- ImpressIon impression impression - - sion that land values have ha\e ha e \ been permanently permanenttj destroy destroy- destroyed destroyed destroyed - edThe edThe ed edThe The newspapers ne\spapers ne spapers ' \ have ha\e ha e \ protested that in m a celtam certain celtamcase certaincase certaincase case a gO\ gO government gOernment \ ernment photographer "used used 'used " ' "used used " the skull of ofone ofone ofone one steer in 111 a number of different pictures , movmg moving movmgthe movingthe movingthe the skull about to make it appear that many cattle cattlehad cattlehad cattlehad had died for lack of food and waterZ waterMaury water waterMany Many .1allY 1allY Maury Z > . ether other pictures purporting purportmg to show scenes scenesof scenesof scenesof of utter desolation desoaUon ] \ were \ ere taken and circulated , , it IS issaid issaid said < > ald , , . which v.hlch vhlch did d1d not represent true conditions , , butere but \\ere ere \ wereonly a \ ereonly ere ereonly only propaganda for the resettlement ideaConsldermg ideaConsidering idea ideaConsidering Considering Consldermg the meager results so far obtained obtainedthe , the Resettlement Administration has been one of the themost themost themost most futile of all the New NeVw Deal agencies . It appears appearsto to have seized upon the opportunity opporturuty offered by the thedrouth thedrouth thedrouth drouth to try to perpetuate itself . , The faked "pictures pictures "picturesare picturesare " picturesare are but one phase cf of the propaganda used in the ef- ef effort effort ef effort - fort to justify its Jts continuanceThe continuanceThe continuance continuanceThe The fact is that most farmers fanners do not want to be'resettled be'resettled be ' resettled 'resettled ' ' as . wards v.ards vards of the government govenunent They pre- pre prefer prefer pre prefer - fer to fight their own battles and maintain mamtain their theirfreedom theirfreedom thelifreedom freedom from Federal regimentation and control contro ] |
