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Show J( FARM ELECTION STRATEGY mocrats May Stand Pat on Farm Policy mO'' cording to reports circulating P Washington, the adminis-is adminis-is unlikely to change its olicy in the face of the aping ap-ing presidential campaign, ategy. observers are report-11 report-11 be to concentrate on the :hat a Republican victory in Juld endanger existing bene-the bene-the farm program, and side-g side-g any controversial issues that might arise. Democratic advisors point out that the plan worked well in' 1944 and 1948. In 1949 the administration administra-tion pushed the Brannan plan wnich would hava made much greater use of federal subsidies to maintain agricultural prosperity. National farm organizations put up stiff re-1 sistance to the plan and it failed to get approval -of the congress. |