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Every President since Truman has despaired of federal farm policy and tried to change it. Some have succeeded in making adjustments; the level of price supports, a plan under which the Government guarantees that commodity prices will not fall below a certain set amount, was lowered slightly in the Johnson Administration, for example. In the face of a powerful farm bloc in Congress, however, no President has dared to seek major changes in agricultural policy. But Richard Nixon, faced with growing consumer outrage at food prices and with no need to seek reelection, last week unveiled a daring plan that...
...year later the Senate was disturbed enough by F.D.R.'s impoundment policies to impose some restrictions on them. But the House would not go along, arguing that in time of war. the Chief Executive's power over the budget should not be restrained. In 1949 Harry Truman withheld funds to build a 58-wing Air Force when he thought a 48-wing would do. President Johnson cut back funds appropriated for a variety of domestic programs...
...reading of presidential history, it seems past Chief Executives such as Lincoln, both Roosevelts and Truman used strong Executive action to save the Union, restore our economy and defeat tyranny abroad...
...Harry S. Truman, Truman...
...column, he became one of the most widely read chess authorities. -Died. Sidney W. Souers, 80, director of the forerunner to the present Central Intelligence Agency; in St. Louis. A highly successful Missouri businessman and World War II Naval Intelligence expert, Souers was chosen by his old friend Harry Truman in 1946 to oversee creation of the Central Intelligence Group, the first peacetime espionage operation in U.S. history. The agency evolved into the CIA the following year, and Souers moved on to the White House to become the first executive secretary of the National Security Council...