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Soong family soybean move flags political impact
The column links a Soong family move to corner the soybean market with profits of about 30 million dollars, raising U S prices by roughly one dollar per bushel. It notes connections to T L Soong and H H Kung, and mentions export license bans tied to related wealth maneuvers. It also recounts GOP campaign tactics and 1952 target states outlined by Ab Hermann to swing Senate seats.
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Korea
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
T. L. Soong
T. V. Sooing
United States
Eugene Soong
L. K. Kung
H. H. Kung
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Louis Johnson
GOP
Ab Hermann
National Committee
Hermann
Senate
Missouri
Connecticut
McCarthy
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Francis Myers
Pennsylvania
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Frank Smith
John M. Butler
Tydings
Frank
Thomas
Dick Cardall
Arthur Watkins
Bennett
New England
Atlantic States
Arizona
New Mexico
Wyoming
Kentucky
West Virginia
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