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defense, ond white our population Is growing ot the rote of hourly two and ono-holf million people ooch poor, oar supply of fertile load is dwindling. There are two causes of that land less. One, of coarse, Is soil erosion. Another, and a growing threat, is the rapid encroachment of real estate developments, concrete airport runways, drive-in movies^actories and similar industrial or recreational^ expansions that take up spacespace that was once productive acres of fertile land.
Not nearly enough people really understand America’s land problems. Some do—Soil Conservation District Supervisors, a handful of conservation organizations, and a few enlightened individuals. A recent survey indicated that only 1 per cent or less of the city people— the folks who make up 84% of the voters— know what soil conservation means. Only a fraction of that 1 % has the slightest conception of Soil Conservation Districts.
American people must quickly be brought to recognize what’s happening to the land and decide to do something effective about it. That’s our first crossroads. Once past that decision, we come to a
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