Show SECRETARY L LAA 12 NES ES PLAN the forthcoming may issue of oe the I 1 reclamation record published by the U S reclamation service of the department of the interior contains an article showing the nationwide nation wide interest in and approval of secretary lanes plan to provide work and homes in soldier settlements on reclaimed land for our returned soldiers sailors and marines it Is stated that already over in quirles regarding the plan have been rep repelled repe ived elved from froin these men and that additional inquiries are coming in at the rate of five or six hundred a day many of the state legislatures have enacted sold soldier ier settlement t legislation in anticipation of similar action by congress at the coming special session in many ot of the states the governors have appointed special committees to work in cooperation with the federal government in conne connection with soldier settlement plans plan the american federation of f labor has endorsed tle the plan ln in its reconstruction program and the daughters of the american revolution 1 approved the plan by formal resolution at their recent convention scores ot of chambers of commerce boards of trade and lations zat ions as well as hundreds of newspapers have placed the sta stamp mp of their approval on the plan the last page of the record is in the form of a poster with the capion tion attention soldiers sailors aarnes ila rues which describes tho the plan and requests every ruan man interested to write to the department stating his name age becu occupation pation before enlistment whether th ether he has had previous experience in farming what kind or of farming lie he would like to take up and where there lie he bould be willing to work whether in his own or in some other state slate individuals receiving this copy of the record are requested to tear off the back page poster rand and post it in a c conspicuous place secretary lane hopes through this and other means to get in touch with every returned j soldier soldier sat sailor 1 or or mat marine ine who Is interested interested Ite te in hs his plan to provide work land and farm hoi homes lies for them hem |