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While some -of the shortcomings have been corrected by the Department of Agriculture when found, ir <diould be remembered, as the Comptroller General points out, that contracts made by the Government with indivduals within -the letter of regulations in force at the, time of signing bind the •Government to continue payments over a period ,of years.
Here are just a few excerpts from the Comptroller General’s report (and it should be understood that, while he reports to Congress, he is an appointee of the President and lias no political reason to try to make Mr. Hensons department look had) :
“Preliminary estimates by the Department of Agriculture show that about 5.4 million acres, or 23 percent of the estimated 2d million acres uiuler conservation reserve contracts, had been devoted to hay and pasture, had been idle or summer fallowed, or had a history of <rrdp failure. It is estimated that the payments on this land will amount to about $54,(XX),000 annually. or about $270,000,000 over the 5-year average life qjf the con1 tracts. The soil Bank /Act establishes an extremely broad authority
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