Benson Blues as Farmers Criticize Farm Policy
AIP Benson blues echoed through Senate Agriculture Committee hearings as farmers across Minnesota the Dakotas Oregon and Texas voiced discontent with the Eisenhower administration farm program. While some supported Benson, most testifying farmers blamed current policies for price drops surpluses and overproduction and urged measures including a soil bank to reduce production.
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UFI
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Benson
Minnesota
Dakotas
Oregon
Texas
Worthington
Minn
National Farmers’ Union
Farmers Fear Loss If Benson Remains Aide To Eisenhower
In Germany and at Ft. Riley, troops and dependents prepare to sail as 739 enlisted men 8 officers and 25 dependents head to New York for overseas. Republican leaders avoid naming themselves, but farmers push the belief that Benson’s continued role endangers political gains in farm states while urban professionals offer support. Senators Thye Giliani Young Mundt challenge Benson’s policies as critics argue flexible price supports fail to curb surpluses, and farmers link the sliding scale to Benson rather than Eisenhower. Many argue surpluses rise when price supports drop, blaming Benson for not keeping diversion controls on crops like wheat corn and cotton.
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Amerpricesican Farm Bureau Federation
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Farm Bureau
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U S General Talks With Rhee in Seoul Visit
Gen. L. Lemnitzer met with Syngman Rhee in Seoul as U S officials dodged direct comment on Korean reports and the Neutral Nations Truce Commission, while South Koreans claimed truce teams face spying from occupying forces and demonstrators pressed for protection.
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