To Create the Farm Tenant Homes Corporation: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of ..., 74-1 on S. 1800, March 5, 1935 |
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... cotton income in 1932 . We recognize that the operation of the cotton programs has prob- ably added to the immediate difficulties just as relief policies have injected additional complications into the usual tenant and farm- labor ...
... cotton income in 1932 . We recognize that the operation of the cotton programs has prob- ably added to the immediate difficulties just as relief policies have injected additional complications into the usual tenant and farm- labor ...
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... cotton , tobacco , corn , and wheat . In many counties of the Mississippi Delta more than 80 percent of the farmers are tenants . Hundreds of counties in the corn - growing regions of the Middle West have more than 50 percent of all ...
... cotton , tobacco , corn , and wheat . In many counties of the Mississippi Delta more than 80 percent of the farmers are tenants . Hundreds of counties in the corn - growing regions of the Middle West have more than 50 percent of all ...
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... cotton , even when land was available for any other purpose . There were exceptions , of course , but as a whole the failure of the South to develop a system of diversified farming , even for the bare necessities of a decent diet , were ...
... cotton , even when land was available for any other purpose . There were exceptions , of course , but as a whole the failure of the South to develop a system of diversified farming , even for the bare necessities of a decent diet , were ...
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... cotton begins to bring a price , the people go back to the old system . Senator BANKHEAD . You can't hold them off of it . Mr. GRAY . It was inevitable that the system made for an inade- quate and unbalanced diet with insufficient ...
... cotton begins to bring a price , the people go back to the old system . Senator BANKHEAD . You can't hold them off of it . Mr. GRAY . It was inevitable that the system made for an inade- quate and unbalanced diet with insufficient ...
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... cotton and tobacco , a man can make so much on 3 to 5 acres . In wheat , he could not do it . I was dis- cussing ... cotton and tobacco like a glove , but how many farmers have you got out in Kansas who don't raise wheat ? " He said ...
... cotton and tobacco , a man can make so much on 3 to 5 acres . In wheat , he could not do it . I was dis- cussing ... cotton and tobacco like a glove , but how many farmers have you got out in Kansas who don't raise wheat ? " He said ...
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Page 3 - ... the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the holder the amount thereof which is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and thereupon to the extent of the amount so paid the Secretary of the Treasury shall succeed to all the rights of the holders of such bonds.
Page 3 - Any and all notes, debentures, bonds or other such obligations issued by the corporation shall be exempt both as to principal and Interest from all taxation (except surtaxes, estate, inheritance, and gift taxes) now or hereafter imposed by the United States, by any territory, dependency or possession thereof, or by any state, county, municipality or local taxing authority.
Page 4 - The Corporation shall be entitled to the free use of the United States mails in the same manner as the executive departments of the Government.
Page 3 - States, and such guaranty shall be expressed on the face thereof, and such bonds shall be lawful investments, and may be accepted as security, for all fiduciary, trust, and public funds, the investment or deposit of which shall be under the authority or control of the United States or any officer or officers thereof.
Page 4 - An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes...
Page 3 - The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase any notes and other obligations issued hereunder and for that purpose he is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, and the purposes for which securities may be issued under that Act, as amended, are extended to include any purchases of such notes and obligations.
Page 5 - Corporation, or, without being duly authorized, draws any order or issues, puts forth, or assigns any note, debenture, bond, or other obligation, or draft, bill of exchange, mortgage, judgment, or decree thereof...
Page 3 - Secretary of the Treasury may at any time sell any of the notes or other obligations acquired by him under this subsection.
Page 3 - Such stock shall be subscribed for by the Secretary of the Treasury on behalf of the United States, and payments for such subscriptions shall be subject to call in whole or in part by the Board and shall be made at such time or times as the Secretary of the Treasury deems advisable.
Page 5 - Issued or purporting to have been issued by the corporation, or (4) passes, utters or publishes, or attempts to pass, utter or publish, as true any falsely altered or spurious...