Task Force Gives Rural Development
The report of the President’s
Task Force on Rmal Develop
ment, presented recently to the
Rural Affairs Council, contains
some 78 recommendations, rang
ing from the creation of a rural
development credit bank to a
study of the rate structure of
public carneis with mral grow
th in mind
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investment tax credits for at
tracting industry to non-metropo
litan growth areas
The cication of a rural deve
lopment credit bank
The recommendation that the
Nation’s industnes should launch
a campaign to establish jobs and
plant locations in countryside
America.
Gi eater use of funds for com
prehensive planning under Sec
tion 701 of the Housing Act.
A long term piogram of forest
lesource management of puvate
non-industry land, including re
forestation of economically mar
ginal crop land.
The report fuither recom
mends that the Interstate Com
merce Commission make an
analysis of the development im
plications of the rate structuie
of public carneis as these ielate
to the rural part of the country
as compared with the cities, and
among rural areas
At this stage, the Rural Affairs
Council has heard the report and
at foithcoming meetings will be
considering the specific recom
mendations made.
Other recommendations of the
repoi t included -
“The first function of the Coun
cil for Rural Affairs should be
to 'establish appropriate goals,
policies and priorties for the
economic and social development
of rural countryside America,”
the report said.
“The Task Force recommends
tnat new and revised programs
should be designed to preserve
and strengthen our decentralized
system of government: make
maximum use of private enter
pnsc. and aim to solve problems
lather than perpetually treat the
symptoms
‘‘We iccommend that Ruial
Development efforts be organiz
ed around piesent or potential
“growth centeis" and that Ruial
Development committees be or
ganized on county, multi-county
and legional bases
“We uige that communities
which aie too small to manage a
woithwhile Rural Development
piogiam themselves, unite with
other communities, towns and
counties to pool their stiengths
into viable economic growth cen
teis
“We uige the housing industiy
to develop special programs to
pi ovide better adapted, more ec
onomical housing for mral areas
“Educational programs should
be developed to assure people
living in the small cities, towns
and on the farms of Rural Amer
ica of educational opportunities
that are comparable in quality
and quantity to those provided
otheis in our society, including
pre-school, general education and
vocational and occupational edu
cation ”
The Task Force, a blue-ribbon
committee of concerned private
citizens appointed by the Presi
dent September 29, 1969, was
headed by Mrs. Haven Smith of
Chappell, Nebraska, national
chairman of the American Farm
Bureau Women,
Other members included Dr
Joseph Ackerman, managing di
rector of the Farm Foundation,
Dr. C E. Bishop of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, William
Erwin, a farm manager from Et
na Green, Indiana. Claude W.
Clifford, of Farm Journal, Dr.
Roy M. Kottman, of Ohio State
University, Clifford G. Mclntire,
former Member of Congress,
True D Morse, former Under
Secretary of Agriculture, Dr.
Eniiel W. Owens, of Prairie View
A&M College, A 1 A. Schock,
president of Nordica Food Com
pany, Incorporated. P Kenneth
Shoemaker, vice president for
governmental relations of Heinz
'Company, and Dr. Henry A.
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Wadsworth. Jr. of Purdue Uni
versity.
Its charge from the President
was to iccomniend "what might
be done in the pin ale and pub
lic sectois to stimulate rural de
velopment "
Ruial development is. however
many things -
Ruial development is aimed at
those with low incomes and the
undei employed, but it is not just
a poveity progiam howevei,
dealing with poveity is a No 1
challenge
Ruial development is a ‘peo
ple’ program to lift up those in
greatest need, whether disadvan
taged for economic oi social rea
sons but it is not a civil rights
program 01 a luial slum program
However, by cieating greater
oppoitunity for all, those who
will be helped the most are those
who have been the most disad
vantaged.
Ruial development is aimed
at job creation, but it is not just
an industrialization program
although jobs through private
enterprise is the key to long
lasting economic opportunity
It is aimed at improving Rural
America, but it is not just a farm
or rural program that benefits
only those in the rural country
side although this is where
the work will be done
Rural development is built on
local initiative, but it does not
depend solely on local resources
and local leadership, neverthe
less, local initiative is the key to
the success of rural development
Rural development is aimed at
a better quality of life, but rural
development is not just a social
program even though quality
of life and a better society is the
end product of rural develop
ment.
Rural development is aimed at
population and industrial disper
sion, but it is not just a land pol
icy or settlement program
however, physical surroundings
and environmental development
are vital for clean air, clear wa
ter, open space, scenic beauty,
recreation and room to live.
“Rural development, then, is a
combination of specific programs
directed toward a broad horizon
all intended to help create a
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nation of greater beauty, deeper
satisfactions and expanded op
poitunities foi ail Amencans,
now and in the futuic. both in
urban and ruial areas
“Ruial development will build
a new rural countryside Ameri
ca. and by building a new and
beltei Rural Amenca we will
build bettei cities and a better
America a new life foi the
country.
Additional recommendations
by the President’s task force.
“We recommend a national
campaign to involve people in
their local government
"The Task Force iccommends
the simplification and streamlin
ing of proceduies for applying
for Rural Development Assis
tance.
“We recommend that local
communities develop zoning
guidelines for future growth and
development, including plans for
adequate open space and recrea
tion.
“We lecommend that commun
ities inventoiy the capabilities
of local people and local resourc
es, study what is happening in
their areas, and lay out a pio
graro to stimulate local produc
tion and development.
“We urge private enterprise
groups to organize management
assistance for small business en
terprises in countryside Rural
America.
“We recommend a special ef
fort by banks, financial institu
tions and the Small Business
Administration to lend money
and provide management' aids
for small businesses in country
side America
“The Task Force recommends
that Land-Grant colleges and
universities step up their com
mitment to direct more of their
efforts toward the needs of coun
tryside communities and rural
people with special emphasis on
meeting the informational and
educational needs of low-income
groups.
“The Task Force recommends
that the Federal Highway Ad
be amended to provide for a
■classification in the Federal,
state highway system to be de*
signaled ‘Rural Development
Highways ’ These new short-mile*
age highways should lead ta
existing highways thereby serv*
mg local areas that have a high
development potential.”
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