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The Carboniferous Dolomite Matter (AFRTS)

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar · July 13, 1954 · 30 min · 4,269 words

The transcript of “The Carboniferous Dolomite Matter (AFRTS)”, an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar first broadcast July 13, 1954. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar plays Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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John won as Johnny dollar bill Wesley Johnny what do you know about oil wells? Oh, I know I wouldn't mind owning one why There's something wrong with this we're willing to pay off. Oh, so why call me?

Johnny and who's to how it doesn't want the money. What does he want? Yeah? Well, I'm just broken up to help him do it We'll return to our program in a moment, but first I'd like to talk to you about housekeeping Recently, a woman was interviewing a prospective maid and asked her how she was on White Housekeeping.

Well, I'm sorry, ma'am, said the young lady. I'd never kept the White House. I admit, that's an old joke. But it generally gets a laugh. However, housekeeping is no joke. That's a job from which no one can escape, whether he lives in a house, an igloo, a military barracks, or a governmental building.

Yes, housekeeping is a very important job, even in our government. Someone has to see that the plumbing doesn't leak, that electricity, oil and coal aren't wasted, that the garden is kept in good shape, that the animals are fed, and that the people are the place outdoors in which to enjoy themselves.

Actually, all these governmental household tasks are the work of the Department of the interior, which at one time was called the home department. The biggest job of the department is conservation. The protection of the things that make our country a good place in which to live.

The land, water, oil, coal, forests, minerals, fish, and wildlife. These are our natural resources. If it weren't for the conservation work of the interior department, before too long, the farm and grazing lands would be washed or blown away, and all the wildlife would disappear from our fields and forests. Another important job of the Department is the development of

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