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Show Would Effect Saving Uniting USD A Agencies Of Uintah Basin Gets Study An effort to coorelate the activities ac-tivities of the various agencies of the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture with the ultimate ul-timate hope of housing the county district agencies under the same roof was brought to the Uintah Basin last Thursday, Mar. 15, when representatives of the USDA in this area met at Roosevelt where the program was outlined and several steps were anticipated toward carrying carry-ing out the directive of the secretary sec-retary of agriculture. The meeting was called by Reed Lyons, Duchesne County P.M. A. chairman. Representatives Representa-tives of all U.S.D.A. agencies in Uintah and Duchesne counties were present, consisting of Mr. Lyons, Joe Clayburn, Ben Dye. Duchesne County P.M.A.; Leo J. Walker, Charley Wies. Morgan Mor-gan Hall, Uintah Countv P.M.A.; Wm. Hurst, Glen Lambert. Max Cluff, Forest Service from Vernal; Ver-nal; Louis A. Jensen, Duchesne county agent; Clair Acord, Uintah Uin-tah county agent; Arnold Taylor, Tay-lor, Uintah county F.H.A.; Joyce Rogers, Duchesne county F.H. A.; Howard Ivory, Roosevelt S.C.S.; E. Grant Parrish. Vernal S.C.S. State representatives at the meet were: H. E. Larson, state P.M.A. committee; Glen Baird, extension agronomy specialist; Gail Howard, F.H.A.; and J. A. Libby. S.C.S. Meetings of this kind are being be-ing held throughout the United States at the request of the Secretary Sec-retary of Agriculture. Charles Brannan. On Feb. 15, Sec. Brannan issued is-sued a memo requesting the various var-ious U.S.D.A. agencies to get together and coordinate their conservation services. The principal agencies are the P.M.A. and S.C.S. Each of these agencies have in the past carried car-ried out separat soil conservation conserva-tion programs. The P.M.A. has been responsible for conservation conserva-tion payments for conservation practices and the Soil Conservation Conserva-tion Service has furnished technical tech-nical assistance to the Soil Conservation Con-servation District to plan and apply conservation practices. Secretary Brannan's directive requested the Soil Conservation Service and the P.M.A. to get together in one office wherever possible and provide the ground work whereby the two agencies can work closer together. The P.M.A. will be responsible for signing farmers up for conservation conser-vation practices and allocating A.C.P. funds within the county. The S.C.S. will be asked to furnish technical assistance on the permanent type conservation practices and certify the work done meets the requirements set nn in ihs ATP hflnriHwlr The Forest Service will be given responsibility for assisting assist-ing private land owners with all woodland management and tree planting activities. This was formerly handled by the S.C.S. A survey of office space In Roosevelt indicated that no space is available where all the U.S.D.A. agencies can be housed. But it was recommended recommend-ed that the P.M.A. and S.C.S. be housed in the Huish office, next to the Peppard Seed building. build-ing. An effort will be made to Interest In-terest private capital to provide an office building that would house the S.C.S.. P.M.A.. Farmer's Farm-er's Home Adm., and Extension Service. The government is working on arrangements so that a reasonable return could be expected on the building and a long-time lease contract provided. pro-vided. The intent of the consolidation consolida-tion is to give the farmer a one-stop one-stop service so he won't have to be shuffled from one office to another and travel all over town doing it. The plan will also cut down on office overhead. over-head. It was also recommended that as soon as possible arrangements arrange-ments be made to keep the government gov-ernment offices open during the noon hour and Vi day on Saturday. Sat-urday. Additional instructions will be required before this can be effected because all U.SJ3.A, employees are employed on a basis of 40 hours per week. In another directive Secretary Brannan set up National. State, and County-National Agricultural Agricul-tural Mobilization committees. These committees are to be composed com-posed of representatives from the U.S.D.A. agencies. The chairman chair-man of the State and County Committee will serve as chairman chair-man of the National A.M.C. These committees will be expected expect-ed to handle special agricultural problems created because of the mobilization effort. |