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Show WESTERN CONGRESSMEN CONGRESSMENI CONGRESSMENTO I ' TO PUT ON DRIVE TOEXPAND TO TOEXPAND : EXPA EXPAND D RECLAMATIONWashington RECLAMATION RECLAMATIONWashington RECLAMATIONI I Washington- Washington Washmgton WashingtonAug . - . Aug 15SIgns 15 -SIgns SIgns - - Signswere Signswere ' were plentiful today that west western western ern congressmen will put on afull a afull afull full scale drive soon after con congress congress congress gress reconvenes to e expand ' pand the themtenor theinterior theinterior mtenor interior departments department s land rec ree reclamatIon reelamation reclamation lamatIon programThey programThey program programThey They believe belleve that severalhundred several severalhundred severahundred hundred thousand of the na nation naLion naLion tion Lion s demobilized veterans wIll wIllbe willbe wilbe be seeking seekmg a piece of land tosettle to tosettle tisettle settle down on And about theonly the theonly thionly only farming farmmg land left availableis avulableIS avulable available : IS the raw country that can beput be beput biput put under irrigation west o " ' thE theMississippi th-Mississippi th Mississippi thMississippiChairman ' - MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPIChaIrman Chairman Murdock ( D Ariz ) Anz Arlz ) 1of of the house irrigation and rec reclamatIon reclamation reclamation lamatIon committee told a re reporter reporter reporter porter he would attempt to clear clearthe clearthe dealthe the deck for soldier settlement settlementby settlementby settlementby by pressing pressmg for immediat3 Immedlat immediate ' " action ac actIon action tIon on his bill which would wouldgIve wouldgive woulcgive gIve veterans preference right nghts rights nghtsm rightsin ; in m obtaining obtammg reclaimed reclalmEd : landsIn landsIn lands landsIn In the senate enate Senator 0 Ma Mahoney Mahoney Mahoney honey ( ( D Wyo ) ) has taken a aleadmg aleading ileading leadmg leading part in m demanding demandmg that thatplans thatplans thaplans plans be prepared for a comprehensrve compre comprehenslve comprehensive henslve hensrve program of projects to toassIst toassist tassist ( assIst returning returnmg soldIersMurdock soldiersMurdock soldiers soldiersMurdock Murdock said that recent sur surveys surveys surveys veys have shown more than thai800 800 000 soldiers are mtereste mterested interested mterestedIn interestedin mterestein < in acquiring land of their ownEven ownEven own ownEven Even at the best we couldn couldnpossibly couldnpossibly t tpossIbly possIbly supply more than 200 200000 000 of them in m the next 15 or 20 20years 2 2years 21years years he saIdTremendous saidTremendous said saidTremendous Tremendous land proJects project projec _ could be put under irrigation irrlgati0tu irrieatinsoon , , , 60111Washington - " ! soon In in both CalIfornia Pnl Pnl60111 , . , ) -6-0111 6 0111 - and . , j Washington Washmgton and smaller pro ro m in other western states statespcording lC- lC ac- ac < -pcording pcording - - cordIng lCcordIng according to Murdock |