I have directed officials of the Department of Agriculture to undertake, in cooperation with local and State authorities, such organization as may be necessary to meet the situation created by local drought and grasshopper destruction in the Northwestern and Central States.
Statement About Agricultural Relief for Drought and Grasshopper Infestations in Western Farmlands.
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