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Show ..egional Conservator To eaa an-American Project .n-i.i, l. id., Jur.k. ...Lu,,;,i.r u. boil Co..sir- . .1.-11 c-fclViCw 1..' ll.fi SOU'll.lWci,. .j.b.o.i iinc. Iy3a, is leaving nis . u-iv:..L to uecomd h,gio..ai Di--ce.or oi a projec. oeic.g spon--oi ed oy toe OU"ice ol I.-.ter-j.iierican ai-airs in southern Mexico and met of the Cwtral American countries. FiOyd D. Ma.Jiews, assistant riomal conservator, . a 'ill serve iiS acting regional const rvaror until Mr. Ca'iiKins' auccestor is nam'.d. Froi.m rogiomal Cneadquart.ra at Guatemala City, Gua.emala, Mr. uaikins will diree. a.T organization organiza-tion assigned to do such widely divers'Uied tongs as improving L'Saluh and sanitatico, .procuring Uui ruo-ber in Cem.ral America and soatorn M.xico and solidi-lyice solidi-lyice BacHAmerica.-i cultural and Lommcrcrad relations. Mr. Calkins is leaving Albuquerque Albu-querque Tuesday morning en-rou en-rou e to Winguxn where he will conifer witn government official, of-ficial, on details of ,lhe ne- pro-ject pro-ject which uh,as been autnorScd by 'Congress. He expects to leave ,for Guatemala Cny ft r a 10-day -slay M, uhe c ltol The organization w,h1(ft Mr Calkins i .vi J head is exipeot'cd to be of considerable size.d w id contribute dirccly to U;v war . neQ-:fn'.zed 'as one of tl'ie l.-i-l western statss, Mr. Calkins (first came to Albuquerque m 192o as a-sijiai-it regional Lorester in the Forest Service. In Jacaary, 1934, lie was nam-d regional director 1 of the Soil Erosion Service here, ,and in December, 1935, became regional co c.ervator .wCusav the ag 'Dcy was renamed as the Soil Conservation' Service. A native cf Ohio, he was educated edu-cated a. SwarUnmore College in p.-ri yivania, at tine University of Ca.iforr.ia ic BerkeLy, ami at the Yale University Forest School. From 190b until 1917, he s.rved (Ai.h She Forest Service Serv-ice at various stations Li A'ew Mexico 'acd Arizooa. H. tnen saw active '.-nilitary dutiy during the iir;t Aorld war i.ind re urr.ed to the Forest Service Serv-ice in DecaTjber, 1913 to serve as lor:st suipervisor and in other capaciti.'i in New Mexico and Arizona. Djn.'ig Mr. Calki.-.s' admir.ds-I admir.ds-I tration of SCS in uhe So-i-hwest .many erosio."' problems created ,,y t.i. dTouyht, ths iirzt World War pla.up and ur.'.vise land man.iagement have been r.medied. Likewiie, duricg .c.e pa t six years, approximately 50,000,000 acres hav; beer.' Lncluded in Soil Cons.rvalion Districts, organized organiz-ed by ranchers acd farmers in do anil ,all ," a.. '- cept th , i:: |