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<br />REMARKS
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<br />lhlp~ by boat through the Canal ana mun
<br />be hauled overland to him In fIJl'8CC whlcb :11
<br />t.d.1)' needed tor auppllee. What I am tl'Jlng
<br />to -:r Ja that tbtll relhumlng or population,
<br />brought. on by the war. 18 caualDg IOme N'rt.
<br />oua maladJustml"nt8 In our rood-production
<br />plant. We may have the production but It'.
<br />In the wrong: _polll.
<br />Allor the above merely l'l!lntorct'l the
<br />arguments whIch you ao well stated In YOUr
<br />recent oddr...
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<br />HON. CHARLES H. LEAVY
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<br />Mr. LEAVY. Mr. Speaker. on March 2
<br />there were printed In the CONGRISSI0NAL
<br />RECORD some remarks of mine on the
<br />subject War Demands tor Food and
<br />Fiber and CUrtaUment of Agricultural
<br />ImJXIrts May ReqUire New Farm Lands Mr. Speaker. I feel that the pointa
<br />Which, In the West. Must Come Through which Mr. Haw has so emphatically made
<br />Expediting the Federal Irrigation Pro. shOUld be called to the atlenUon of Con.
<br />gram. gress. the Department of Agriculture, the
<br />Having read my remarks In the War Production Board. and to the Bu-
<br />RECORD, Mr. John W, Haw, director, agrl- reau of Reclamation, to wh'Ch Is en-
<br />cultural development department of the trusted the development of Irrigated
<br />Northern Pacific Railway Co., with head- farm lands In the West,
<br />quarters at SL Paul. Minn.. has written That Mr. Haw ls not only one of the
<br />me on March 12, supplementing the ar- foremost authorities on western Iniga_
<br />guments contained: In my remarks which tion-agrlculture and ~ recognized as
<br />I feel need emphasis before ConRtess and such, but that he hIlS been foreslght€d
<br />the country at this time. I theretore In that he has been thinking and pJan-
<br />Lake the I1berty of Quoting a portion of nlng ahead, 18 evidenced by the tollow_
<br />his letter, as tollows: Ing extracts from a letter which Mr, Haw
<br />In OOtulldprlnR' the number ot crop aeffS wrote mOre than 17 months ago to Mr.
<br />Which are ncrded to 6upply our tood and O. S. Warden, president of the National
<br />ftber requlrementa, two tacton mU8t be oon- ReclamaUon Association, of Great FaUs.
<br />lllderl"d Finn, that our populaUon W In- Mont., tOUChing mBny of the phases ot
<br />cre8ll1ng at the rate ot about 800.000 annu- the subject which my n-marks of March
<br />ally at the presrnt Umt!. In the lut IO-J"Ar 2 covered. Having found a COpy ot this
<br />peorlod the Increue .u 8,~,OOO or a Httle
<br />Ieee thAn the entl~ population ot either letter Cram Mr. Haw to Mr. Warden,
<br />Canada or the Argentine; &eoOnd, that year by dated Oct<>ber 9, 1940, In my files while
<br />,ear crop acrf'll are alldlng out ot production preparing thJs statement. I take the lJb_
<br />due to tacton dlft'lcult It not ImpoMlble at erty oC quoUng from It here because I
<br />('Ontro1- En>>lon. both by wind and water. feel that even though written 17 months
<br />1a taking out ot culUvatlon a large number ago Mr, Haw has fairly WE'll described a
<br />ot acJ"ftl the country over annually. So, alao, sJtuaUon which actually exists In many
<br />a~ noxlolla wH'ds, RrlOw decline In ter-
<br />tlllty and hut, but by no me&m lput. seepage respects today. A portion of the Jetter
<br />and poor drainAge. ThUl latter ill particularly follows:
<br />tnle In many of the 80uthnn Statft:o There are at leut three eornpl"lIIng reuona
<br />In considering the need for the df'velop. why the Western StatM can, WIthout em.
<br />mf'nt ot Irrl,al.ftl lar.d In the western Inter- bal'TaNiment aggrealvely IIH't a continuation
<br />mountain country, we mUllt take Into ac- ot reclamation appropriAtions In the tace ot
<br />count the ract that the movementa, which the critical neflt tor hIghly stilled englnftrs
<br />you speat of In your II.ddreu, of ddense and h~ appropriatioDa for the national
<br />W'Orkel"tl and soldiers to the Paclftc coa!Ot RrCA detentle' program. In .Lating tbelle reasona I
<br />hu'e thrown our tood and ftlx-r crop acn-agp lUUlert there are cotulderaUona Involved In
<br />out ot killer. At; to many products, produc- winnIng a war ~yond pro"lslon ot troops,
<br />tlon mugt be reuonably CIOM to the point ut gum. bat..tlt!llhlpe, plan", and tanka. A
<br />con~mptlon, Th~ 11; partlcularl,. trup ot .:lund, wholeaome. hannonloualy Inter.....oven
<br />bulky, low+\'alue creps, PotatON are a cla..lc Internal economy 1II a ~nd line of dl!'fen.se
<br />lIIu.,tratIClh ot tbl., ^,'prslte crnllumpflon In any oountry at war, without which th@
<br />1& about 3V2 bushel. per capita and It 0 1I01d~eT tint line of de!('nse cannot be strong through
<br />boy, no\\' kcatt'd In San D:t"go, formerly a long campa18n, IDvolvlng unwual a8crlft~o
<br />I1vl"d In M3l1SaChU5etta, It doe. not quite This 1II wpH reeogt11Ud by European nat!cllla
<br />mPf't the altuaUon to _y (hilt the 3'7 bushel, now at WDr. Indeed. It I am not mlsln-
<br />which were tonnerlf gl'own In Maine and INl torml"d. Or,..! Britain's ~hld rel1an~e In wID.
<br />him In ).fAS&a~hu!lett.a can !IttH be proclun.'f'l nlng the prf'Sl!nt war Is the e,oentual dl~nu-
<br />In MalniP' and f'hlpJl@d to him In San Ole-go- gratlon (If the economy within the Axis
<br />parCeularly".h€'n th(' 31:: bushels cannot u. PowetJ Great Britain belle,'", undiP'rn1lned
<br />451 148-2181H (;l)
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