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Word: noncontract (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...force tobacco crop reduction and finance reduction benefit payments, the Kerr-Smith Act imposed a 25% processing tax on 1934 tobacco grown without AAA contracts, a 33% tax on the 1935 noncontract crop. Unable to sign contracts because their land was rented, the Penn Brothers of Kentucky's Fayette County were assessed $7,000. They appealed to Judge Dawson for a protective injunction. Last week he declared tobacco-growing an intrastate business over which Congress had no power, ordered the Penns' $7,000 refunded, denounced the Act's "naked unconstitutionality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: Tottering Table | 4/22/1935 | See Source »

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