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Pioneers to be honored for early farm programs in Iowa
Des Moines hosts a 35th anniversary event for the Triple A era with remarks by Secretary of Agriculture Freeman. Washington County leaders and state ASC figures recall FDR's 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act and the early farm program effort led by Henry A. Wallace while listing living pioneers and attendees.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Freeman
Triple A
Wallace
US Supreme Court
AAA
Spotlight
Agriculture
Washington County
C. C. Patterson
Washington
Patterson
Amos Stout
Charles Kennedy
H. L. Walker
Richard L. Stephens
Crawfordsville
Carl Oldfield
Marion Steansky
Wellman
Warren Morgan
Brighton
Richard Stephens
Messrs Kennedy
Walker
Stephens
Oldfield
Morgan
Hamilton County
ASC
Greeman
Howard Lins
Robert Pearson
Henry Berger
State A & C
Fred McLain
Nevada
Clarence Metcalf
Nichols
Herman Fennema
Mt. Ayr
Robert Smith
Manly
Maurice O’reilly
Fort Dodge
FDR
Ralph Smith
Newton
Arden McKee
Creston
Lester Wegers
Webster City
John Kimberly