Word: cullum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Agriculture Department, guardian of the nation's farmers and cop on the beat of commodity speculation, had sworn testimony to the effect that a speculating combine-including some Government officials-had been formed to corner commodity markets. Agriculture's Commodity Exchange Authority got its evidence from Dyke Cullum, a speculator whose accounts had been manipulated. Under oath, Cullum told of being invited to join the group by a man who promised the connivance of Government officials with access to advance information on Government buying plans...