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...cotton Senators to the White House to demand that gin cotton be freed as well as farm cotton. Their argument was that the freeze would actually force prices up by keeping down production and encouraging merchants to upgrade their cotton to get better prices. Agriculture Secretary Charles F. Brannan, who wants a 60% boost in cotton production this year (from 10,000,000 to 16,000,000 bales), agreed...
Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan yesterday named an agricultural mobilization policy board of 15 permanent members, including Seymour Harris, professor of Economics, and John D. Black, Henry Lee Professor of Economics...
...helped to knock off a number of Democratic candidates in November, was likely to have more influence in the 82nd Congress than he had had in the 81st. On domestic matters, a conservative coalition of Southern Democrats and Republicans would dominate the show. Such Truman dreamboats as the Brannan Plan, the Ewing Plan, the civil rights bill, would not be launched. On foreign policy, the 82nd would be filled with shifting, unpredictable coalitions...
...helped it grow by leading the campaigns for better schools and colleges and new industries. Though generally Republican from the days of Lincoln, the Oregonian has never stuck to a straight party line, has fought for such Democratic measures as federal aid to education, opposed such things as the Brannan Plan...
...know how the dickens to answer a thing like that," said smiling, candid Charlie Brannan. "As far as I know, I'm staying. I don't know anybody who suggested my getting out who was for my being there in the first place...