Show washington N FROM OUR congressman MA W K GRANGER report from the farm security administrator setting out gut the condition of borrowers from the farm security administration sines since the beginning 0 of the present emergency it has been generally recognized that the health welfare re and morale of our people are vitally important to national defense providing for these needs among amon low income farm families has as been one of the essential contributions of the farm security administration to the nations defense efforts during the past year we have just completed a spec ial survey undertaken last winter to measure the progress being made by borrowers from f Z the farm security administration it indicates indicate 3 the gains in terms of money living standards and capacity for self support which have been made during 1940 by handicapped handicap pea and low income farm people all over the country in the first district ol 01 utah there were active standard rehabilitation borrowers at the end of 1940 the survey showed 0 that the average borrower earned a net income of 1065 during the year as compared with in the year before he borrowed from farm security in other words the typical family increased its anual net income by 23 per cent also significant are the gains which these people made in net worth since it is one of the best measures of permanent manent improvement in living standards borrowers in your district increased their average net worth over and above all debts including their obligations to the government by 28 per cent since coming on the program these figures mean that farm security borrowers in the first district hac added a total of to tn the wealth of their ania and have increased their total annual incomes by naturally this growth in prosperity and purchasing power has been reflected on the books of merchants and other businessmen iness men of the district we were pleased to find that borrowers in your district are rapidly repaying their rehabilitation loans already has been repaid on loans totaling 5 although much of the money does not fall due for four or five years in view of the fact that none of the borrowers from farm security were able to get adequate credit anywhere else and that many or of them formerly were on relief we feel that this repayment record Is a tribute to the honesty and industry of these needy farm people there is ample evidence that the great majority of them are getting back on their feet and becoming permanently self supporting in laree jame measure this progress Is due to the advice and technical guidance in sound far nd home management mana which accompanies each farm security loan greenland the danish colony of Gre greenland enand is the tha largest island in the world with a total of square miles it is almost as large az the united states east ot ol the M mississippi ippi the distance from the part to the northern 1 most part of the island is about I 1 1647 miles milca the distance from brorn st johns john newfoundland to godthaab greenland is 1420 miles the population of greenland is approximately fishing and hunting huntin are the principal and almost only occupations of most food clothing and export products principally pally codfish and whale and seal blubber are obtained from the s zea sea the most important industry Is the mining of a mineral used principally as a flux in the manufacture of aluminum aluminium the only known deposit oi of this mineral in the world is located at in southwest greenland is now being extrac extracted te d at an annual rate of over metric tons a year and is the principal export annual shipments have ave averaged razed in the neighborhood of and united states trade statistics for 1940 show imports from greenland i i valued at and exports valued at naval academy course 1 reduced to three years bills were introduced simultaneously in the senate and the howe houe that will red reduce uce the course of study at the naval academy from four years to three the move was designed to accelerate the supply of ensigns for the enlarged navy bill to purchase foreign ships president Roosevel ts request for authorization to purchase foreign ships immobilized in american ports will be studied in committee then hurried to the floor of the house for quick passage TS Is houi your subscription paid up |