Word: drought
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sure of his ground, the President held White House conferences in rapid succession. He called for detailed reports on the extent of drought damage, summoned to Washington this week the governors of the twelve hardest-hit states to set up a National Drought Commission, unify relief measures. He asked and got railroads to cut freight rates temporarily. He was deluged with advice, professional and amateur...
Said he: "The situation is one to cause a great deal of concern . . . the drought has mainly affected animal feed, the bulk of direct human food production [is] abundantly in hand. Nevertheless there will be a great deal of privation . . . due to the loss of income. . . . The American people will proudly take care of the necessities of their countrymen in time of stress or difficulty...
...Presidcnt Hoover spells it "drought," the Federal Farm Board "drouth," Webster prefers "drought...
...between the moon's long-range variations and its consequent effect on tides, ocean temperatures and climate. Weather men knew last week that not until the atmospheric stagnation over the U. S. should be dissipated by the unknown combination of forces that regulate all weather, would the worst drought in U. S. meteorological history be broken...
Washington last week took recognizance of the drought, then nearly two months old. President Hoover recalled Secretary of Agriculture Hyde from a western trip, announced that the Federal Government would "leave no stone unturned" to give assistance to stricken husbandmen. With experienced directness the President took charge personally. Rapidly assembled at his order were Department of Agriculture reports by field agents on the exact location and degree of drought damage. Hardest hit apparently were Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia. Montana, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska. President Hoover summoned the governors of these twelve states to a White House conference...