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TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, March 7, 1940. Letter to Congressman Lex Green, in full: "I was interested in your letter of February 24 accompanying Bill H.R. 8260 to 'promote industrial prosperity' through the establishment of engineering experiment stations. I have referred your letter and the bill to the Bureau of the Budget and to the National Resources Planning Board." Signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and also signed by Lex Green. In fine condition.
On February 1, 1940, during the 76th Congress, Lex Green had introduced H.R. Bill 8260: 'A bill to promote industrial prosperity, to increase industrial employment, and to develop and conserve the natural resources by aiding and promoting research in the engineering experiment stations connected with colleges and schools of engineering in the several State and Territorial universities and colleges, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.' (See: U.S. Congressional Record, 1940, part 1, volume 86, p. 960.)
The bill promoted scientific research in agriculture and industry, to be conducted at experiment stations located throughout the United States and overseen by institutions of higher learning. Engineering experiment stations were just one part of a larger political discussion about the value of a modern, more scientific approach to agriculture. Research conducted at such stations yielded invaluable information about the local environment and climate; soil types; disease and drought resistant crops; ways to prevent erosion and soil exhaustion; and methods to increase efficiency, sustainability, and profit.
The following year, on April 21, 1941, Congressman Green introduced similar legislation, H.R. 4454, which again targeted the intersection of agriculture, industry, and engineering. It was immediately endorsed by the Executive Committee of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities.
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