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Southeast's Position Is Aid To JFK's Program
In the Year of possible farm aid decisions the Southeast holds key influence for Kennedy’s plan to build a broad system of farm commodity controls. Southeast strength contrasts with Northeast and West weakness, as Freeman, Murphy, Duncan, and Godfrey steer policy. Congress also shows Southern dominance in committees and leadership, shaping farm aid and price support. A separate note highlights John Franklin Nence named Young Texan of the Month for January by the Optimist Clubs of Texas and the Iry V. Post Foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southeast
Kennedy
Orville Freeman
Freeman
Minnesota
Charles Murphy
North Carolina
Murphy
John Duncan Jr
Duncan
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
House Agriculture Committee
Harold Cooley
House Agriculture Appropriations
Jamie Whitten
Mississippi
Whitten
Senate Agriculture Committee
Central South
Allen Ellender
Louisiana
Richard Russell
Georgia
John Franklin Nence
el Paso
Optimist Clubs of Texas
Iry V. Post Foundation
Nance
Austin
Nence
Tom Clark