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Kennedy and Nixon Clash Over Farm Policy in 1960 Race
In a Washington column both candidates outline plans to end farm surpluses and lift farmer incomes. Kennedy urges parity income, supply controls, and rural credit while Nixon favors voluntary limits, price supports, and market expansion with a two-part program Operation Consume and Operation Safeguard. He would broaden rural development and form a farmer council to guide policy.
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