Show PROPOSES PLAN TO ASSIST IDLE SUGGESTS TO SECRETARY OF COMMERCE construction OF WESTERN PROJECTS sinator senator borah of idaho has plan to help western people and at same time assist those out of work boise ida immediate diate development of many government goi eminent irrigation pr projects 0 lit in the west which cli will sie give oi on to thousands I 1 ot of men now nola out ot of work aik oik in ili various parts ot of the country Is tho the oal made by b united states senator IN W hl I 1 borah of idalio to of commerce Il hooker to tit solve tho the anem ent problem pi that la Is facing th tho united states nt at tho the present time A topi copy of the letter of senator clorah and tin tile proposal there therein fil has been received recycled rec cled in holso senator ent or borah points out that in addition to furnishing employment on to tho the unemployed tile the construction of ailiese projects and pushing them to early completion will mill supply homos for fir tunny many other oilier thousands of people 0 who lune have heen been waiting cutting for years for tile hie g government overn ment to finish irrigation 1 projects senator borales Ho Bo ralis ralls letter to la tn lit part aa 1111 follow follo iB a 1 I ani am informed through the press presa that you 1011 me are engaged in working out kind oan of n program to take care anro of tile the unemployed during tile the coming fall und n winter inter I 1 beg leave leae to MUG n suggestion to ou As ou on aro are doubtless well vell we e lime have it n great number of irrigation project in fit the west either ready for construction work vork or which have been bean begun unit delayed by reason ol of want of funds hundreds and even ean thou einda of people are waiting calling an opportunity to make homes upon these projects in spine agine instances of which I 1 suno have knowledge kin edgo they liae have been ing for a number of yeat yeata a I 1 think you ou will abree with me that this gov eminent cannot be more deeply interested lit in any proposition ann nan it ti it lit in getting as many people Us upon our mir land tind so arranging mat teis that hat they may homes 1 I assume that tho the government will in n taking care are of alie employed seek to find work ori for them rather lather lhnn to engage in the demoralizing program of feeding them without ork the only sane wholesome and decent way 0 o 0 t treat an Afner ican citizen when han lie ho ii t in want of tood Is to lint labor for him so ho that lie may inay pay for lila his food and not accept it tit nt the hands of char tty it if these projects c taken up and built tinder present conditions the unemployed at a full fall wage abc it seems to be one at least of tile most practical and desirable ve ave could do it in ili UK tile first place it t gives worl voik to a n large laige number of ed alei oby enabling them to take enre of and their fA families in ili the second place it pr provides oides nire nere arf age for tile making of homes and for foi increasing inci easing thin the production in ili this country lount rv in ili the thiril place ultimately all Illo lonois lloys expended upon these pro pio ejects will hill be repaid to tile tho govi dovirn ro allent any an ot of those these lands nio are worth ditl I 1 nuch moie than tile amount necessary to 0 o reci reclaim alin them and the go eminent |