General Farm Legislation: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Seventy-fifth Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to S. Res. 158, a Resolution to Provide for an Investigation of Agricultural Commodity Prices, of an Ever-normal Granary for Major Agricultural Commodities, and of the Conservation of National Soil Resources. Cotton, Tobacco, and Rice. October 15, 1937, Parts 1-7U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937 - Agriculture |
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Page 3 - For the purposes of this resolution the committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized to hold such hearings, to sit and act at such...
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Page 272 - Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day...
Page 429 - ... completely bent in this direction we can arrive together at a self-contained life, but the process of transition to this self-contained Utopia is certain to be extremely difficult. It may require a great amount of governmental aid to take care of people formerly engaged in import and export businesses. It will mean the shifting of millions of people from the farms of the South. But these are minor considerations, in comparison with the extraordinarily complete control of all the agencies of public...