Word: droughts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...greatest historians of our day" fail to mention the Drought conference between President Roosevelt and Governor Landon over the "March of Time...
...When the Drought brought Franklin Roosevelt and Alf Landon together in Des Moines last month, each one had yet to speak a word in direct criticism of the other. Hence not even political innocents were surprised that the Nominees met without embarrassment, conversed in warm good fellowship, parted with expressions of mutual admiration...
...such boons as AAA, FCA, RA which he has in the past three years offered Agriculture, in a swift play from Hyde Park he upped this already respectable ante. He appointed a committee headed by Rural Electrification's Morris L. Cooke to figure out a long term anti-drought program. He appointed another committee headed by Secretary Wallace to draw up plans for some form of crop insurance on at least one or two major crops. He wrote to the Senate and House Agriculture Committees urging legislation to provide easy credit to enable tenants to become farm owners. Promptly...
...Continuation of [drought] relief checks . . . seed loans and other necessary assistance...
...Harvard's Tercentenary (see p. 22) Franklin Roosevelt again demonstrated the rainmaking ability which month ago made him a hero in the Drought belt, two weeks ago made him a Noah in North Carolina, last week made him a Jonah at Cambridge...