Show RURAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR FOB DUCHESNE 6 COUNTIES HEARD AT MEETING WITH DIRECTORS Permanent Solution to Uintah Basin Problems Seen In Pos Possible ible Shifting From Lands To Resettlement Projects' Projects FEED LOANS MADE l FOR SMALL HERD NEEDS Financial Assistance Technical Advice Part Of Plan Permanent solution to some of the most urgent problems of tho the Uintah Basin was seen in the plan disclosed by C. C O. O Stott state dIrector di director director dI- dI rector of rehabilitation and Irvin Hull sate director of research and statistics by ERA managers rehabilitation rehabilitation rehabilitation re re- habilitation supervisors and social case workers of Duchesne and Uintah Uintah Uin Uin- tah counties who heard these plans at a meeting in Duchesne Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day afternoon Methods of transferring farmers from the present relief rolls roUs to the rehabilitation rolls roUs the budgeting of the rehabilitation cases plans for repayment of loans and other details of administration took up upa a good g deal of the time The meeting was held in the Legion Le re LeI Le- Le I gion Chateau at 1 p p. p m m. m after some difficulty had been experienced experienced experienced exper exper- I in getting all al the officials of the Ule two counties together tog thru r accidental tossing of notices A AI I full of the two coun coup county ty relief org was present I however to hear the plans Heber C. C Taylor district supervisor of or case workers was in attendance both to hear the outline and to enter into the Ule discussion Centers About Supervisor The county rehabilitation supervisors supervisors supervisors super super- visors one in each county were pictured by Mr Stott as being the coordinators between the three agencies agencies a- a contributing to farm relief re relief relief re- re lief the F FER E R A the extension I service of the agricultural department department department depart depart- ment and the Agricultural Adjustment Adjustment Adjustment Adjust Adjust- ment Administration Financial assistance for the purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase of capital goods for subsistence subsistence subsistence tence goods g for livestock feed and for the payment of some debt such as taxes and interest can can be supplied by the rehabilitation funds thru loans from the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation set up as a finance agency to handle the program I As most of those in need of the re rehabilitation services are expected expect expect- I ed to come from the ERA relief rolls the county relief manager is held responsible for much of or orthe the information which will decide the of cases I It is the duty of the county manager to appoint a rehabilitation I tion committee from which will come the first recommendations i I on cases submitted by th the social case workers who are the real entry to the program The individual individual indi indi- vidual or family remains on the relief rolls until the app application i goes oes through the route from the I case worl worker er through the tho com com- the supervisor and the I county manager to the state director director director dir dir- ector where final approval definitely definitely changes the status to th that t tI of a rehabilitation case casc I Loans Replace Dole Dolo From that time all ail assistance In Inthe Inthe the form of outright grant rant ceases ceases ceases ceas ceas- es but instead funds are arc advanced ed in the form df Of loans for tor the purchase of capital goods the tho feeding of livestock or for personal personal personal per per- subsistence and will be repaid repaid repaid re re- re- re paid by cash from produce or private enterprise cash from work projects or credit certificates certificates certificates cates from from- rural rehabilitation self liquidating projects The latter latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter type of projects none of ot which are yet operating can be set up by the corporation to furnish employment employment employment em em- t to to rehabilitation cas cases only and can Include such projects Continued on Page Pane 8 Rehabilitation Plans For Uintah Basin continued from page 1 as will so benefit a community as asto asto asto to be self liquidating as for instance instance instance in in- stance a reservoir or canal pro pro- Provides For Feed Provision is made for the farmer farm farm- I er who is not on relief roliS' roliS rolls rolls' and andI who has not enough livestock to I qualify for a livestock loan but too much to receive assistance from the ERA and yet is unable to provide feed for his stock These cases will vill be taken care of by loans not to exceed 2500 per month and to speed up action on them the county manager is given en full responsibility on approvIng approving approving ing these applications only Turning to the more permanent phases of the program Mr Stott explained the functions of f the theLand theLand theLand Land Policy Administration in inI I conjunction with the rehabilitation program This division has the authority to purchase al lands to be reverted to forest Indian lands or grazing land laud where it i is found that rehabilitation tion of families on these lands is impossible The Rehabilitation corporation on the other hand can purchase good land and organize resettlement areas where these families can make a new start in their fight for self sell sustenance Detailed Land Annl Analysis sis In connection with this program efforts are now being made to have a crew which is now making a detailed land and water an analysis in Washington county and which I is nearly completed moved to the Uintah basin for a similar survey l here Just what the results of or this survey will be e cannot of course be predetermined but that there is much land landon on which farmers are slowly starving to death is well known while it is easily guessed that I tracts of land such as many along the green river and in the Ouray valley Blue bench the South Myton Myton Myton My My- ton bench and others would make admirable sites for the suggested resettlement areas Those in attendance at the meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing in addition to the state officials officials officials of of- were Duchesne county rehabilitation rehabilitation re re- re habilitation supervisor Dwain y Pearson ERA manager Wm H. H Case their assistants and case caseworkers caseworkers workers and Uintah county rehab rehabilitation rehabilitation supervisor D. D Ivo Eames ERA manager Mr Lund and UIntah Uintah Uin UIn- tah tali county case workers |