An Opportunity Lost: The Truman Administration and the Farm Policy Debate"Examines Charles Brannan's agricultural plan, the farm policy debate, and Harry S. Truman's quest for a long-range agricultural program. Assesses Truman's relationships with farmers and with politicians and the search for a workable peacetime program, especially as it related to the parity price foundation and price supports"--Provided by publisher. |
Contents
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3 THE EIGHTIETH CONGRESS TRIES TO FIX THE ROOF | 49 |
4 FARM POLICY AND THE ELECTION OF 1948 | 78 |
5 THE BRANNAN FARM PLAN Agricultural Panacea or Political Football? | 110 |
6 REACTION TO THE BRANNAN PLAN | 147 |
7 THE BRANNAN PLAN IN CONGRESS | 171 |
8 THE BRANNAN PLAN IN 1950 | 201 |
9 CONCLUSION | 229 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 243 |
INDEX | 263 |
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