Show FROM V ells ap ech tile the folio following win g is an wr taken from the text of Pres lder Roosevel ts relief statement t I 1 general interest to the far farmer and rural home dwellers the cure care of needy persijs perser s i I 1 rural a eis CIS is a problem qu t distinct and apart from that t 0 the industrial unemployed thel thea s chrity must be identified wi vi agriculture they mastbe must be in positions of sell self support I 1 many parts of the country thi calls fora change from common commer ial farming and dependence apos a single cash crop to the raisin of the various commodities nee leei ed to maintain the families relief funds therefore will th bt ex expended on behalf of rural fari fan alies in a manner and to an extent that will enable them 0 fo o achieve self support work for v wages from reli relief f funds is not at aai essential pait of this phase ci 41 the program and will be pro i I 1 ed coonly only in inso so f firato r ah it ii is necessary to accomplish ish the objectives no emeal f an extension oi of competitive fat faim n ing is contemplated but rat r the placing of thousands thousand s of per sons who have made their 11 1 in ing from agriculture re into a r avih the soil that wi I 1 provide them a security they do not now enjoy some of if the methods to be employed include building or re building to brov provide ide ade ii t f rm homes the pro provi viSh ild h i if cf f seed eced and of stock for other thai ahat co i mercial p r oses ases and aid t unities to these to ca eai s modest cash incomes throb through 1 f part time or sen seasonal em emilay I 1 A anent in small industrial enterprises there sh should als also 0 be i planned distribution of the rc i gular jobs on highways in the national and other public work prosecuted in agricultural cor con mun muni ties kies the plans call for com complete plate CD cn Opera 0 odwith i with the de dei artmont A Egri cult bic i ard rd N ii h the state and cot coi n nty ty agricultural departments throughout the country it substitutes ford for direct relief an opportunity to obtain okan andl and maintain seif supporting an accustom ed cd environment arid and completely divorces relief activities in rural areas from those in the cities only a careful survey can de t termine the number of families f an 1 in strand d populations f ut there are sufficient data dathal al eady collected to indicate a sit a aion lion of substantial proportions e solution of the problem of nse n se fa families involves their physical hy transplanting in a ilise rge majority of cases since a tre e as in which they are concen concen rated offer ne neither ther future employment at wages nor opportunities for self support through agriculture it is planned panned to explore t lis is difficult situation and in calla bo ration with the subsistence homes homestead tend division of the department part ment of the interior and with other federal and local a erciel gercie er cies 3 devi devise seand and apply deficit nit ty ly remedial measures which will affect an ap appreciable reliable reci able numbers of these families these measures willbe will be directed first at maln main tal tai nance on a small tracts tf f land and then at the d development e celop of supplemental industrial 0 opportunities to provide for A a normal standard of living |