09/01/1940
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"Crop insurance and a system of storage reserves would help to protect the income of individual farmers against the hazards of crop failure."
"I am convinced that the plan it outlines is practical, socially desirable, and worthy of your thoughtful consideration."
"Loans may be made by the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, the purchase of farm lands and necessary equipment by farmers, farm tenants, cropp..."
"By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497, it is ordered as follows:"