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...Reuther and A.F.L. Leader George Meany had been sent out under the franks of Democratic members of the House Agriculture Committee. But when the high-parity bill reached the House floor last week, the farm-labor merger very nearly fell apart. And it was all because of the lowly peanut...
...leaders failed to realize that candy manufacturers, hurt by the high price of the peanuts they use in their products, had done an effective job of lobbying. Said Congressman Green, who has some candymakers in his district: "A peanut candy bar sells for a nickel. If peanut prices were at a reasonable level, more peanuts could...
...Costly Seed. Texas Democrat Robert Poage, a peanut supporter, tried to put the blame on the candymakers. Waving a peanut bar over his head, Poage cried: "Mr. Chairman, here is a candy bar I just purchased within the last five min utes. This is the only peanut bar you can buy in the cloakroom. This peanut bar weighs, according to its wrapper, one and one-eighth ounces. You can make more than 14 bars out of one pound of peanuts, if you made them all out of peanuts." Poage slowly unwrapped the bar, continued darkly: "As a matter of fact...
...more than three hours, the House resounded with arguments about peanuts. Illinois Republican Charles Vursell charged that the peanut advocates were trying to "deny the children of America the amount of peanuts they want to eat." Georgia's Representative Elijah ("Tic") Forrester snapped back: "The truth of the matter is that the children of the country today are getting more candy and more luxuries than ever before." Boston Democrat Thomas P. O'Neill said that peanuts have "no more right to be called [a basic crop] than cranberries or carnations." Replied Tic Forrester: "If the peanut program...
Various theories may explain the squirrel's mysterious death. A possible underlying cause was the severe winter which limited the peanut-throwing tourist trade. A variation of the nut theory insists that freshmen were feeding salted peanuts to number four, who then became overweight and fell victim to heart disease...