In drought-stricken Texas last week, a dust storm blew up over the Government's $150-million emergency relief program. In his weekly Rails Banner, Editor Ernest Joiner declared: "Fully half of the aid given here has gone into the hands of wealthy men. This writer, for one, is damned tired of his hard-earned money going into the pockets of wealthy men."
Feed and Grain Dealer R. C. Young of Lubbock was even more specific. He complained that some of the richest men in Lubbock and Crosby counties were turning up at his warehouse to pay $35 a ton for emergency feed, which he...
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