Secretary of Agriculture Freeman was correct when he stated recently that urban problems need to be attacked in rural areas. In a recent editorial the Washington Post stated: The folly of making urban poor out of the rural poor is being more widely recognized. Instead of accepting the notion that rural emigration is inevitable--or even admirablethe idea is arising that megalopolis may not be the answer to all our social and economic and political problems. The Federal Government. as well as State and local governments. organizations. institutions and foundations in the private sector are already attacking a variety of problems created by economic imbalance. However. we lack an overview. The problem needs to be approached in its totality. All sectors of society have a real mutuality of interest in understanding the interrelationships between economic development and demographic change. The flood of migrants is no better for the city than for the depopulated areas. The public and private sectors of our economy could do much to encourage population shifts into more productive and progressive channels. Since we presently lack a national overview. the first step is the creation of a Commission on Balanced Economic Development.
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