Of course, the Federal Government will try. With all these New Deal acts my husband has been suggesting to Congress, I wouldn't be surprised if he attempts to control the very weather! I told this to him, as a joke, but he blatantly informed me that he did, in fact, have many scientists at work on the very thing, and he expects to have a solution in the next few months. He mentioned something about the "Soil Conservation Service", but who knows if it will ever take action (2). I know he feels that he's to blame for all of this; he knows that all this loose topsoil is partially because of his AAA act to destroy all those fields out there. I do hope that he finds a way to redeem himself. He's come so far since his inauguration, and I know that the last thing he wants is to let the people down after he's done so much for those farmers. Nonetheless, at this point, I believe that the only solution to this issue is to pray for rain. In the meantime, all my prayers go out to the families that live every day in the dust.
1. Stovall Studio, "Approaching Dust Storm 5mi Away- Western Kansas," Dodge City, Kansas, April 14, 1935, http://www.kansas.com/news/article986206.html.
2. Eric Foner, John A. Garraty, "Dust Bowl," History.com, 1999, http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl.