"I now request Congress to pass a straight Soil Bank Bill as promptly as possible."
"This bill does not meet their needs."
"I am ready to sign a sound Soil Bank Act as soon as Congress sends it to me."
"Our farm families are suffering reduced incomes."
"The problem is price-depressing surpluses."
"I conclude that the bill is contradictory and self-defeating even as an emergency relief measure."
"We now have sound and forward-looking legislation in the Agricultural Act of 1954."
"Nevertheless, the materials presented by the Department of the Interior convince me that a satisfactory and adequate basis has not been established for appraising the merits and the equity of the clai..."
"As a result, the record before me is one of unresolved disagreements of fact and law."
"In my judgment this is a case in which there has been an unfortunate failure in communications between the Executive and Legislative branches of the Government."
"I return herewith, without my approval, H. R. 6421, 'For the relief of Roy Cowan and others.'"
"The bill directs the payment of sums aggregating $276,568 to twenty-eight individuals in settlement of claims for damages based on the flooding of privately-owned lands."