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Eisenhower: “The world supply and demand situation in agricultural products requires in the interest of the general welfare, an…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 1954
The world supply and demand situation in agricultural products requires in the interest of the general welfare, an orderly and gradual liquidation of our surpluses.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Statement of Policy, Approved and Issued by the President, on Foreign Trade as Related to Agriculture.

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