Soon after onetime AAAdministrator Chester Charles Davis, on a newshawk's tip, began to evolve the Soil Conservation Act as a substitute for unconstitutional AAA (TIME, Jan. 27), President Roosevelt gratefully sent him to Europe to look for possible U. S. grain markets. Said Mr. Davis then: "My job will be to size up in a realistic way just what the prospects are for American farmers to sell more of their goods." Last week, ending a six-week tour of Europe, Mr. Davis told newshawks in London: "There is not the slightest hope we...
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