Tag: January 1950
Brannan Indicted for Price Support Program Abuse, Washington D.C., 1950
A scandal of epic proportions rocked the nation’s capital as Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan emerged from a closed-door meeting with the Senate Agriculture Committee, leaving behind a trail of cryptic remarks and a staggering revelation: over 39 million bushels of late-season potatoes had to be disposed of to maintain the government’s price support…
