Show PLANS TO SECURE SOLO fRS FUTURE OCCUPATION OF MILLIONS MILLIONS OF ACRES OF RECLAIMED LAND LANDBY LANDBY LANDBY BY RETURNED MEN Secretary Lane A Asks ks for Hundred MI Million Mil Mil- lion Dollars to Be Used in Making Life Easier for Men Who Fought for Freedom Washington Immediate consideration consideration tion of the Interior d departments department's request request re re- request re- re quest for for for the reclamation tion and occupation of acres of tillable soil soH in this country by returned soldiers was asked by Secretary Secretary Sec See Lane at an Informal meeting of members of ot congress held in the house chamber on on Friday This plan of the tire department not only will provide labor for thousands of men discharged from the military service Secretary Lane said but will greatly increase the resources of ot the nation Briefly the program contemplates that discharged soldiers be b employed I at current wages on vast reclamation schemes In many states states' and that they be permitted later to select a section of the tire reclaimed land for farming purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses the government furnishing money to pay for the cost of development develop develop- ment This money together with the full cost of the land and interest would later lilter be returned to the govern govern- ment The project will not cost the government government gov gov- a penny Secretary Lane said F Full ill 11 pa payment ment for for- forthe the land will cill willbe be made within forty years Necessity for haste In making the tire appropriation was emphasized by Secretary Secretary Sec See Lane Soldiers are being discharged dis discharged dis- dis charged from the service at the rate of thonsa thousands ds a day he said and provision provision provision pro pro- vision for employing them should be mad made soon It would be unthinkable that the government should permit these men mento mento mento to search search in vain for work vork he added after the they have willingly given up ip hood good jobs to help the tire country In its Its time of ot need ready to sacrifice their lives JIves if necessary necessary- Who can say that the demand for labor will not soon be satisfied and ad that th thOse these se soldiers will have to drift aimlessly from city to city living ng fro from fron n hand to mouth |