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Norbeck Denies Father Title Of Rural Credits Law
South Dakota politician Peter Norbeck disclaims being the father of the rural credits act while defending his record and promising to reveal how the system originated. He addresses losses alleged by Walter Willy and outlines the system’s history, governance, and links to four successive governors, plus notes on Ewert’s bank embezzlement cases and the deflation era impacting loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Norbeck
South Dakota
Redfield
Pierre
Walter Willy
Orbeck
Willy
Farm Loan
Rural Credits Department
Gunderson
Rural Credits Board
North Dakota
Norbeck
Ewer
A. W. Ewert
Ewert
Rural Credit Board
Clean
McMaster
Gundergon
League
Sioux Falls
State Examiner
Examiner
Federal
Coolidge
Senate Banking Committee
Omaha Federal Land Bank
State Rural Credit Board