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Onetime agriculture missionary to Russia (in 1929) and Great Britain (in 1941) by Government invitation, white-haired, dapper Tom Campbell owns huge wheat acreage in Montana. On a visit to the White House, Campbell told President Truman that he was withholding all of his current crop—some 610,000 bushels—because he wanted to get as much as he could for it. One way to get farmers to sell, he said, was for the Government to peg the price of wheat at about $3.50 a bushel, some 50¢ above the current price. The President said he didn't blame Campbell for holding on to his wheat.
Long-suffering consumers, having berated Big Business for high profits and Big Labor for high wages, could now fire on a third target.