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Smaller FA system urged for displaced farming families
Philip G. Beck of the Farm Security Administration urged a program to provide a family size farm for each family willing to work. Speaking before a congressional fact finding committee, he said defense dislocation worsened agricultural strain as poor land is crowded out by large commercial farms. He cited 3,700 displaced farm families across Missouri Illinois Iowa Ohio and Indiana.
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Philip G. Beck
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Rep. Toland
California
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Missouri
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