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...only "the one-fifth that gives us trouble." Plaintively, he predicted that the November elections would vindicate him, that politicians who repudiated him and his program would be defeated. On and on he rambled, fervently, insistently. Then the passer-by went his way, and Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson-disheartened by the failure of his programs, burdened by the staggering costs of farm subsidies that he had once hoped to abolish, damned by farmers, ignored by Congress, repudiated by many fellow Republicans -finished his meal in lonely silence...
Addison knows how to use the magic of the pot-of-gold word, uranium. His principal asset is a machine called the Benson Upgrader, with which it is theoretically possible to refine low-grade uranium ore several times over until it is fairly bursting with creamy-rich atomic goodness. The only difficulty is that the Benson Upgrader, which is something like a gravel washer, does not work very well...
Gratitude. Born in Brooklyn, Addison was a fast-talking operator and fight promoter before he discovered uranium. Amassing leases that, by his word, cover 300,000 acres in Western states, he began borrowing money from friends in 1956. When he hooked onto the Benson Upgrader, he borrowed some more. His battle cry was: "We just need another $30,000 to get this thing off the ground...
...trying to draft a bill to bring some order into the ever-growing mess of farm subsidies and surpluses, challenged the Democratic Congress to pass a reasonable bill on its own. The Democrats reasoned that it would be better to pass no bill and let Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson harvest some more blame for farm discontent. But word has drifted back from the farm belt that Democrats may well be blamed if they do not pass a bill. Probable next move: drafting of a farm bill as unreasonable-by Ike's terms-as possible, to ensure an Eisenhower...
...steady stream of stories trickled into the nation's press, attributing Nixon's views to "high authorities," "Nixon spokesmen," or "well-informed circles." Thus the U.S. learns that Nixon intends to speak out on his own after the nomination, that he considers Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson a political liability, that he has played a major role in getting the Administration to revise itself on old-age medical-assistance programs...