WASHINGTON--Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard today demanded an immediate about-face from Farm Bloc opponents of his $100,000,000 incentive payment plan, warning that failure to act before spring planting time will rob the nation of vital war crops.
Launching an intensive Administration drive to overcome stubborn opposition to the program, he told the House Agriculture Committee that farmers cannot be expected to achieve the necessary extra production of essential crops without assurance that their extra costs will be covered
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