Reminiscences of James G. Patton : oral history, 1979.

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Reminiscences of James G. Patton : oral history, 1979.

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Family and education, teaching experiences, selling insurance; politics of the Depression and agriculture: Smoot-Hawley Tariff, Agricultural Adjustment Administration; Truman administration and farm policy: Missouri Valley Authority and Pick-Sloan Plan, appointment of Charles Brannan as Secretary of Agriculture, controversy over flexible parity and price supports; federal farm programs and land use through the 1970s; war on poverty: role of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, Peace Corps, Community Action Programs; Vietnam; international food issues: shortages, Third World production, high tariffs; growth of corporate farming; president, National Farmers Union, 1940-46, role as lobbyist; McCarthyism; viability of Farmer-Labor coalitions; reminiscences of Presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Johnson and Kennedy, politicians Aubrey Williams, Sam Rayburn, Henry Wallace, Harry Hopkins, Orville Freeman, and Hubert Humphrey.

Transcript: 285 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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