Harry Truman actually said...

Supplemental water supplies are needed in order to maintain and expand local farming operations.

Letter to the Speaker Concerning Irrigation in the Grand Prairie Area of Arkansas.

08/21/1949

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The Republican Congress began immediately to try to turn the clock back, and the first one they took a whack at was the farmer.

It means that you are going to send Paul Douglas to the Senate, and Olive Remington Goldman to the House of Representatives, and Adlai Steve...

I appreciate most highly that introduction in this wonderful city of Greenfield.

The Republican Congress hit at the prosperity, of every farmer of the country.