They were hoisting a glass on the New Frontier last week to Louisiana's Representative Harold McSween, a Democrat with a strong aversion for the Administration's controversial farm bill. For when the important vote came in the House Agriculture Committee, McSween said aye to the bill—and that was just enough to itch it through, 18-17.
For weeks, Committee Chairman Harold Cooley of North Carolina had been anxiously waiting for McSween, or one of three other Southern Democrats opposed to the bill, to change his mind and join the 17 Democrats who were for passage. All four were pressured by Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman,...
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