Executive Order 6793 (July 11, 1934) appropriating funds "for the planting of forest protective strips in the Plains region as a means of ameliorating drought conditions"; various memos concerning the project; "Land Policy, Program, and Procedure in Relation to the Shelterbelt Project"; recommendations for the shelterbelt project; "Roosevelt Handles Tree Belt Plan Cautiously" by Paul Mallon and "Mid-Continent Forest Idea Strikes Popular Imagination (from the Washington Star, September 25, 1934 and no date); copy of The Forestry News Digest -- "Shelter Belt Planting Plans Edition" (February 1935).
The Donnely Collection of Presidential
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