Flax Board
Bill Pleases
Federation
Members of the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs who have I
been much interested in recent!
months in efforts to revitalize the |
flax industry in Oregon are gratified
over the passage of a bill by the
state legislature, which, they feel,
justifies their activity.
The measure called for the creation of an Oregon flax and linen
board to study the needs and possibilities of this industry in Oregon,
and to work for its development. \
The board was appointed largely!
through the efforts of the state federation and its co-operating organizations, and has been instrumental
in obtaining the first federal grant
of $58,525 to the state for the erection of three processing plants for
flax fiber in the Willamette valley.
Other Industries
to Be Studied
With the creation of the Oregon
flax and linen board to carry on a
special research in furtherance of
these products, the federation's flax
development committee will study
other industrial possibilities in Oregon, and will co-operate in further
activity with the industrial divisions
in the state federation. Mrs. W. W.
Gabriel has been chairman of the
new committee of industrial development since its appointment by the
state executive board last January.
The General Federation of Wom-i
en's Clubs, at its Detroit convention
last June, indorsed club activities
along these lines, with the object of
increasing payrolls and creating employment in America.
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