Word: congresses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Replied to persistent reports that the U.S. Congress, angry over Castro's treatment of U.S. capital, will cut Cuba's sugar quota while raising Mexico's. Said he: "If measures are taken against us, we will take the countermeasures required. What measures? Many...
...bolster the trade balance by making exports more attractive and imports more expensive, but would cut the standard of living. Second choice is some form of economic integration with the U.S. That would probably involve the reciprocal reduction or elimination of duties (a reciprocity treaty was approved by Congress in 1911, but the government of Premier Sir Wilfrid Laurier went to the Canadian electorate asking support and was defeated). But that would erode Canada's economic sovereignty, which many Canadians consider already sufficiently imperiled...
...ground. First of all, it will take the Navy at least five years to purge the birds: young gooneys leave Midway shortly after birth to wander, return only at the age of five. Furthermore, back in the U.S., outraged conservationists have organized a concerted protest to Congress against the projected slaughter...
Pick Your Acreage. The trouble for both farmers and taxpayers lies in the new corn-support laws passed by Congress last year. Under the old system, farmers who voluntarily restricted their acreage were protected by a support price of $1.36 per bu., while those who planted all they wanted to plant got only $1.06. The new law, supported by both Republicans and Democrats, aimed at compromise with a straight $1.12 per bu., with no attempt to control acreage. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson rashly guessed that there would be little increase in corn production. Even when farmers disclosed their...
...million worth of this year's corn, on top of an estimated $1.8 billion worth of previous years' corn.* Meanwhile, storage, transportation and interest on earlier corn surpluses are costing $1,000,000 a day, more than twice the cost of maintaining the U.S. courts and Congress. Total added outlay for this year's corn charged to the U.S. taxpayer this year: around $1 billion...