SSCC Meeting (Cont.) 



be made of the need and type of Menwrandums of 

 Understanding that would be desirable for SWCD's 

 to negotiate with the Fish & Game Department. 



Other business at the meeting were reports. 

 John Schroeder told about the Agricultural 

 Stabilization Conservation Senrice Convention. 

 Torley Aasheim told about the Rural Area Develop' 

 ment Committee activities in pursuing resource 

 developments on Range, Weeds, Soils, and Forest- 

 ry. Herschell Kurd told of conpleted status re- 

 port of assistance the Soil Conservation Service 

 has supplied SWCD's. Carl Hunter reported on the 

 Research Building. It is completed and the ded- 

 ication will be June 22 in Sidney. Carl also 

 reported on his attendance at the Water Resource 

 Committee of NACD in Portland. 



Lowell Purdy told of his activity in writing 

 letters concerning the revolving fund and his 

 recreation connections with SSCC and RAD. He 

 also participated in Chinook and Havre meetings. 



The Executive Secretary report covered many 

 items and his visits to 2h districts since 

 January 19. 



GOODYEAR SOIL CONSERVATION AWARDS PHDGRAM 



Jndges for the 196U Goodyear Awards Program 

 met in Bozeman in March to judge the Goodyear 

 Score Sheets submitted by twenty-two Soil & Water 

 Conservation DLstricts in Montana. 



The Judges report that the top several were 

 very close in points. 



The names of the winners, together with the 

 names of all outstanding conservation farmers 

 which were submitted, have been sent to Goodyear. 

 It is their policy to announce the winners to 

 the press, etc., through their Public Relations 

 Department J and, until that time, the names of 

 the winners are not divulged. 



Announcements are usually made in September. 

 Plaques and Certificates of Merit are presented 

 at state and district meetings by Goodyear per- 

 sonnel. 



The filling out of score sheets by supervisors 

 presents a good opportunity for them to analyze 

 their program. It also presents a good chance 

 for judges to get a good picture of what dis- 

 tricts are doing and to possibly suggest where 

 improvements can be made in a district program. 



All districts are encouraged to enroll in the 

 1965 Goodyear Awards Program. 



NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS 



It has come to the attention of the State 

 Soil Conservation Committee that Soil & Vlater 

 Conservation Districts may be able to take part 

 in the Neighbortiood Youth Program of the Eco- 

 nomic Opportunity Act, 



The Nebraska Soil &. Water Commission has sub- 

 mitted an application and expect approval. The 

 program would provide work experience training 

 for eligible enrollees and provide a needed and 

 useful service to the local community and the 

 state. 



Under this program, local youth who are high 

 school dropouts or attending high school will 

 be en^jloyed full or part time in the Soil and 

 Water Conservation District as conservation aids 

 or clerks. Average enrollment is expected to 

 be one to two years. 



State Employment Service, County Extension 

 Agents and local school systems would recruit 

 enrollees. 



BATTLE OF THE BUDGET 



Efforts by the nation's Conservation District 

 leaders and citizens from every walk of life to 

 persuade Congress to increase appropriations 

 for listrict-related conservation and resource 

 development work and defeat proposed cuts in 

 ACP cost-sharing funds are coming to a head. 

 Public witnesses will testify before the House 

 and Senate Agricultural Appropriations Sub- 

 committees during the week of April 26. The 

 recommendations of these powerful Congressional 

 bodies will be made known, probably, during May. 



The response to the Budget Bureau's poorly - 

 conceived proposals to slash land and water 

 conservation activities on privately-owned lands 

 (at a time when the Administration is calling 

 for a massive, accelerated effort to conserve 

 and develop natural resources) has been contin- 

 uous, clear, and widespread. Responsible lead- 

 ers in all parts of the country are asking that 

 land and water conservation work in Soil & Water 

 Conservation Districts, with SCS and ACP help, 

 be given additional support and additional funds. 

 Cut-backs in the two programs are being opposed. 



Most encouraging have been the expressions of 

 concern by U. S. Senators and Representatives 

 from every part of the country, and those of 

 Senator Mansfield and Metcalf and Congressman 

 Olsen and Battin, 



After six months of using a new bour- 

 bon-flavored toothpaste, a test group re- 

 ported that they had 40 per cent more 

 cavities and couldn't care less. 



One of the greatest mysteries of life is 

 how the boy we were sure wasn't good 

 enough to marry our daughter, can be 

 the father of the smartest grandchild in 

 the world. 



