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October 12, 1933
Watauga Democrat
Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
Eleanor Roosevelt calls Chester Davis to protest the AAA's pig-killing program amid surplus pork, suggesting distribution to impoverished West Virginians instead. Her advocacy leads President Roosevelt to allocate $75M in pigs and farm products for unemployment relief.
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WOULD STOP KILLING PIGS
Washington.—The telephone rang in the office of Chester Davis, chief of the crop production division of the agricultural adjustment administration. His telephone had been ringing a lot, so he didn't pay much attention to it. It had been ringing because a lot of people had been complaining about the destructive program of killing little pigs. When Davis took up the receiver this time a voice said:
"Mr. Davis, this is Mrs. Roosevelt. I have been reading about the killing of all these baby pigs. Isn't that frightfully destructive? Isn't there some better way of dealing with the situation?"
Davis replied that he was afraid there wasn't. He explained how the midwest was surfeited with pork, that something must be done to raise the price of hogs. But Mrs. Roosevelt remained unconvinced.
"I understand what you are aiming at, but I can't understand why you need to go about it that way. People are starving, and yet you are destroying tremendous quantities of food. Instead of killing the pigs, why not give them to the mountaineers and miners in West Virginia? They are poverty-stricken and could make such good use of the meat."
This telephone conversation plus another personal talk between Mrs. Roosevelt and her husband were directly behind the President's recent announcement that $75,000,000 of pigs and farm products would be used for unemployment relief.
Washington.—The telephone rang in the office of Chester Davis, chief of the crop production division of the agricultural adjustment administration. His telephone had been ringing a lot, so he didn't pay much attention to it. It had been ringing because a lot of people had been complaining about the destructive program of killing little pigs. When Davis took up the receiver this time a voice said:
"Mr. Davis, this is Mrs. Roosevelt. I have been reading about the killing of all these baby pigs. Isn't that frightfully destructive? Isn't there some better way of dealing with the situation?"
Davis replied that he was afraid there wasn't. He explained how the midwest was surfeited with pork, that something must be done to raise the price of hogs. But Mrs. Roosevelt remained unconvinced.
"I understand what you are aiming at, but I can't understand why you need to go about it that way. People are starving, and yet you are destroying tremendous quantities of food. Instead of killing the pigs, why not give them to the mountaineers and miners in West Virginia? They are poverty-stricken and could make such good use of the meat."
This telephone conversation plus another personal talk between Mrs. Roosevelt and her husband were directly behind the President's recent announcement that $75,000,000 of pigs and farm products would be used for unemployment relief.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Misfortune
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Pig Killing Program
Aaa Policy
Eleanor Roosevelt
Unemployment Relief
Farm Surplus
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. Roosevelt
Chester Davis
President
Where did it happen?
Washington
Story Details
Key Persons
Mrs. Roosevelt
Chester Davis
President
Location
Washington
Story Details
Mrs. Roosevelt telephones Chester Davis to question the pig-killing program aimed at raising hog prices amid surplus, proposes giving pigs to poor in West Virginia; her talks with Davis and the President lead to redirecting $75M in products for relief.