Box LG 3

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Correspondence regarding activities between the Southwestern Power Administration and the Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, service to Altus Air Force Base and Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base, concern that Hoover Commission report would harm REA, correspondents include Southwestern Power Administration, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

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Correspondence on various soil conservation projects, concern over Hoover Commission plan to transfer soil conservation from Department of Agriculture to Army Corps of Engineers, correspondents include Clinton P. Anderson, Soil Conservation Service, Agricultural Conservation Program Service.

Scope and Contents Cotton, acreage allotments, sweet potato crop, spotted alfalfa aphid control, livestock support program, grain market cell, breeding herd law, labeling of milk products for butterfat content, farm support program, comprehensive cotton program, livestock sold on account of drought, Federal Crop Insurance Program, surplus commodities, peanuts, grasshopper control program, flood control and disaster relief, imported commodities inspection, disposal of slaughtered hogs, securing feed for cattle,...

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January - February, correspondents include James G. Patton, president of National Farmers Union, Henry Bellmon, Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association, John Stennis, Oklahoma Cotton Ginners Association, National Cotton Council of America, Hubert H. Humphrey, American Farm Bureau Federation.

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March - April, correspondents include Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, National Farmers Union.

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May - December, correspondents include Oklahoma Farm Bureau, National Farmers Union, John Stennis.

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January, information on price supports for various commodities, press release from office of Hubert H. Humphrey signed by various senators, press release from Dwight D. Eisenhower, typescript concerning president's farm message, statement by National Farmers Union on president's message, Democratic National Committee analysis of Eisenhower's message on agriculture, resolutions of American National Cattlemen's Association, National Farmers Union Farm Income Protection Program.

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February - September, Department of Agriculture report, "Proposed Soil Bank Program," speech by Kerr, "Veto of the Farm Bill," Democratic Fact Sheets on veto of farm bill, copy of public law on Soil Bank Act, Library of Congress report, "The National Soil Bank Program: Arguments Pro and Con," Library of Congress report, "The Brannan Plan: A Proposed Farm Program," press release from Mike Monroney and Kerr.

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Copy of S. 3183, to provide an improved farm program, along with amendments, reports, drafts, and memos related to the bill, copy of amendments to H.R. 12, Agricultural Act of 1956, message of Dwight D. Eisenhower in vetoing H.R. 12, legislative analysis memo, "Farm Income Lost by Eisenhower Veto of H.R. 12."

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Copy of S. 3790, to strengthen the nation by providing auxiliary credit resources family-sized farms, typescript, "Analysis of Proposed Farm Credit Deficiency Bill," correspondents include Hubert H. Humphrey.