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seen, for example, whether the soil bank, urged most earnestly by President Eisenhower and having .the support of all major farm or* ganizations, will prove of real value '*•
Modifications written into the soil bank program could help farmers in this section, including livestock and dairy people. Other pro' visions of the bill, authorizng in? creased purchases of farm surpluses for donation at home and abroad, and for the school lunch, program, could Assist our fruit and poultry farmers. The key will be the administration given the various parts of the bill by officials of • the Department of Agriculture —provided it becomes law.
In this connection, it is well to consider the role of the agricultural pressure* group. In recent yea,rs there have been many headlines about a fight between proponents of rigid and flexible price supports. That it has not been prmarily a partisan argument can be seen when we recollect that flexible supports first were advocated strongly
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