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Show Committeemen Are Anxious To Assist Seventy-five committeemen in twenty-three counties of Utah are contributing their time, efforts and in some cases, actual expense for the purpose of settling debts, particularly particu-larly farm debts. Often, after the stress and strain of extenuating circumstances and conditions, new methods and plants are evolved and applied to the working work-ing out of difficult problems. We can scarcely find in American procedure, pro-cedure, a more potent and effective method of settling farm financial difficulties than the one now used in 39 states of the union. It is a departure depar-ture from old methods and the applying ap-plying of new ones. It is a veritable New Deal effectively applied in this troublesome field of endeavor. Upward Up-ward of 2000 committees and 10,000 persons have accepted appointments from the governors of their respec-i tive states to work without pay, with I the hope that they may be able to i assist their fellow citizens who are-in are-in financial distress. j It is apparent that the time hasl come in which all persons, irrespective irrespec-tive of their preferred leg-al rights, are yielding to the demands of justice jus-tice and fair play and are willing to accept the invitation of an unbiased, fair-minded committee to meet with them and in a conversational and friendly way work out these complicated compli-cated financial problems. This is the method used by the farm debt adjustment ad-justment committees. In 23 counties of the state Governor Gover-nor Blood has appointed men to act in this important and useful capacity. capa-city. If you could hear the stories and read the reports that come fronij these committees, as they solemnly work, you would be convinced that this departure from old methods is gaining respect and making headway; head-way; and that a new deal for settling set-tling farm debt troubles is in vog-ue. Sam White of Beaver, J. C. Smith of Milford, and George Marshall of; Minersville compose the Beaveri county farm debt adjustment committee. com-mittee. One of the things that deeply concerns con-cerns the state committee is to know (Continued on last page) o Committeemen Are Anxious To Assist (Continued from first page) how to get correct information about this organization across to every farmer who is in a distressed financial finan-cial condition and who is or may be threatened wiLi foreclosure. The committee wants him to know that a friendly group of his fellow citizens has been organized by appointment from the governor into a committee for the purpose of assisting him in solving his farm debt difficulties. If you are one of them, it will give you courage and fill you with new hops if you will in confidence lay your problem before any member of your local committee. You will be received with kindness by any member of your committee and that they will give the same care and determination determina-tion to the solving of your problem as they would if it were their own. Added impetus was given this work last week when R. L. Jex, Utah director of the, Federal Land Bank of Berkeley, and Alvin T. Anderson, special investigator for the Farm Credit administration of Washington, D. C, met with members of the State Farm Debt Adjustment committee and the supervisors, and discussed the development of this work in other sections. Mr. Anderson complimented compli-mented the Utah state committee, the supervisors and the county committees commit-tees on the excellent progress made in this state. He also reported that farm debt adjustment has been approved ap-proved under FERA as a preferred project, indicating that funds will be provided for its continuance for an indefinite period. |