Washington, Aug. 14.
President Hoover announced his programme of relief for drought-ree he fea of Tha plan pre vides for the placing of loans, pri-Wale of gover mer. The teed ince from the American Red Cros Saw help can be used to advantage.
The third has to do with incres ing employment, The fourth and inal point provides for a reduction of railway rates for human fond and for feed for livestocks Earlier in the day Presiden: Hoover held a conference with the State Governors, to whom he stressed the farmers! need for credit and discussed means for supplying it.
The Governors reported that conditions are most serious. Several expressed the fear that livestock must be sold at heavy losses unless there is early relief—United Press, Washington, Aug 14, The Conference of Governors the ten States in the drought area, convened by President Hoover, m the White House to-day in an effort to arrange an effective state of local relief, The Kentucky delegate, before the Conference began, stated that the maize crop in Kentucky would be only 10 per cent. of normal and the tobacco crop 20 per cent.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court of New York State has appointed 4 referes to investigate the allegation that food and milk dealers have formed a combine to raise prices, using the drought as am excuse.
The Conference of Governors has agreed to a programme of co-opera si tive relief, by which the Govern ments of federal States will work together to help over the winter families deprived of the mean of support through the failure of their The programme will be by means of public and private Jonns to the Red Cross and also by providing employment and reducing railway rates on food for livestock.
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