Show Dam Darn Projects Could Create A Million J Jobs Material l Makers fakers as Well As S Actual Construction Workers Would Benefit Jobs for thousands of skilled and andI I unskilled workmen will be created in every part of the country when congress approves plans and provides provides pro pro- provides vides funds for building more than irrigation and power projects proposed by the bureau of reclamation reclamation reclamation rec rec- in its postwar postwar postwar post post- war inventory Although these proposed irrigation and power projects will be located in the 17 western states where the bureau of reclamation since 1902 has been responsible for the conservation conservation conservation conserva conserva- tion and wise use of water res resources resources re re- re- re s sources their construction will create create create cre cre- ate job opportunities from Maine to California Behind every man on the construction construction construction con con- job there will be one or more helpers who may be thousands of miles away An employment an analysis lysis of the bureaus bureau's postwar inventory reveals that of the man-hours man of labor required to construct all the projects about man-hours man will be required re- re required required re re- at construction sites Materials from 31 States The materials needed for rec rec- uLL L L work 01 of which WHICH such SUCH basic U products ts as iron and steel cement electrical equipment and supplies foundry and shop machine-shop products and lumber are of primary importance importance importance tance must be obtained from widely separated sources Much of this material material material ma ma- and equipment will come from the 31 states outside the arid and semiarid regions of the west If funds are made available for construction of all the projects bureau officials estimate that more than men could be put to work the first year less than half of these at construction sites At peak employment in the second or third year almost men could receive pay envelopes in different different different dif dif- ferent parts of the country as a result result re re- sult suit of this mighty effort Agricultural and industrial enterprises enterprises enterprises enter enter- in the West will help to support support support sup sup- port and give homes to servicemen and others who have expressed the their r desire to settle on irrigated farms Of the westerners in the armed forces it is estimated that will wm want to return to the land Veteran legislation authorized and pending gives servicemen priority priority priority of settlement on bureau of reclamation reclamation rec rec- l mation projects On some projects projects projects public lands will be open to homestead entry |