_ r«H»v Leader position to a proposal in the conservation and the nation
• wonsv* budget that Congress author- wide benefits realized from
(Continued from Page 1) ize a revolving fund through this work," Monk declared.
„„♦<= would destroy the which Soil and Water Conser- “Landowners already contrib-
JLtum built up during vation Districts, and indivldu- ute far more than the govern
-30 years by the fed- al farmers and ranchers, would ment to conservation and de
li.!! state-local partnership that make $2O million in payments velopment of soil and water
hIV eiven our country unpre- to the federal government for resources. The results bene
oedented conservation know- scientific and technical as- fit all Americans - the busi
h w and progress” sistance provided by the Soil nessman, housewife, sports-
The Association headed by Conservation Service of the man, consumer, and especial-
Mnnk is composed of 3,000 in- Department of Agriculture ly the children who will in-
Sal Conservation D.ilncl,* ~T his proposal by , he Bn- >»nt onr .and - and all those
in 50 states, with two million reau of the Budget shows a •? Bth
cooperating landowners, large- total i ack 0 f understanding ctliet oenenciaiies
ly farmers and ranchers. about the national interest in Under the revolving
Monk voiced particular op-
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proposal, federal appropria
tions for “Conservation Oper
ations” of the Soil Conserva
tion Service would be reduced
from $104,223,000 to $84,103,-
000 in fiscal year 1966. The
$20,000,000 difference would be
made up by payments into the
revolving fund by Districts,
tamers, and other landowners
“The revolving fund propos
al, coupled with the recom
mended cut-back of 40 per
cent in cost sharing funds,
would result in a deciease of
at least 50 .per cent in the
application of conseivation
practices on the privately
owned lands of America, and
would reduce the quality of
the practices applied,” Monk
predicted.
“The revolving fund pro
posal would reverse a policy
of 30 years standing With
the creation of the Soil Con
servation Seivice in 1935,
Congress began a policy of
pioviding SCS technical as
fund
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sistance without charge to the
private landowners of the
country willing to adopt farm
wide conseivation pioguuns
on (heir piopcities. A reversal
of this policy is wholly un
acceptable to the nation’s 3,-
000 locally oi ganized and opci
ated Soil and Walei Con->ci
vation Dish icts,” Monk de
clared.
“I am immediately alerting
each of the 15,000 citizens
throughout the nation who
serve without pay on the gov
erning bodies of local Soil
and Water Conseivation Dis
tricts about the seriousness of
the proposed i evolving fund
and the other cut-backs,”
Monk said “It will be the
primaly issue at our national
convention next month ”
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