Dairy and the US Congress
Collection Overview
This collection documents legislative issues relating to dairy such as milk pricing, subsidies, and oleomargarine. Vermont's congressional delegation has a long and active history in matters relating to Vermont's dairy farmers and the dairy industry. George Aiken, Elbert Brigham, James Jeffords, and Patrick Leahy all served on Agriculture committees and their collections document many of the agricultural issues that faced Congress in the 20th Century.
Time Period Covered: 1941-1975
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Published: November 07, 2006, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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- Proxmire, William [2]
- Aplin, Richard D. (Richard David) [1]
- Benson, Ezra Taft [1]
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 [1]
- Kuchel, Thomas H. [1]
- O'Hara, Joseph Patrick, 1895- [1]
- Stratton, Samuel S. [1]
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- Dairy products -- Law and legislation -- United States [2]
- Agricultural price supports -- United States [1]
- Milk -- Cooperative marketing [1]
- Milk -- Prices -- United States [1]
- Milk hygiene -- Standards -- Law and legislation -- United States [1]
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Title: Dairy price supports - correspondence, 1958
Creator: Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984.
Date: 1958
Resource type: text
Topics include Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson's proposal to reduce dairy price supports; Aiken's response to Benson's proposal; proposed legislation from Senator Hubert Humphrey (MN).
Title: Dairy – Legislation – Correspondence, 1963
Creator: Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984
Date: 1963
Resource type: text
Topics include Class I milk marketing order proposals by Senator Proxmire (WI) and Senator McCarthy (MN), both of which were opposed by Senator Aiken; milk sanitation legislation; remarks of Rep. Samuel Stratton (NY) in the House of Representatives on federal dairy legislation; milk prices; milk production and surpluses; comments of Elmer Towne, Vermont Commisssioner of Agriculture, on Kennedy administration’s proposed dairy legislation.
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