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     2- Completion of purchases of additional acreage which 
        has already been surveyed and is in process of 
        acouisition 
 
     3- Cooperation with states which are working on plans 
        for migratory bird conservation on public lands 
 
 
     The work outlined above would provide immediate employment 
 
for from two to ten thousand men depending on the extent to 
 
which the proposal is acted upon. Probably 751 of the money 
 
made available for this part of the program would be spent for 
 
labor. 
 
     The important work of migratory game bird restoration 
 
appears to be exactly the type of project contemplated in the 
 
National Industrial Recovery Act. In Section 202 of that law, 
 
Congress directs the preparation of a comprehensive program 
 
of public works including the "construction and improvement 
 
of publicly-owned inetrumentalities and facilities"; the 
 
"conservation and development of natural resources," and the 
 
furthering of projects heretofore started "to serve the 
 
interests of the general public". 
 
 
                   UPLAND GA BIRD R"STO1SATION 
 
     The restoration of upland game birds offers an answer to 
 
two questions of great importance: What to do with a substantial 
 
part of the acreage taken out of crop production and how to 
 
increase farm income quickly and permanently* 
 
     Congress has declared that the restoration and propagation 
 
of garie birds is a duty of the Federal Government.* 
 
     The plan proposes that farmers, particularly those who 
 
cooperate with the governmient in reducing acreage devoted to 
 
 
*See "Bu