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Marvin Jones, the public life of an agrarian advocate / by Irvin M. May, Jr.
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TextSeries: Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 8.Publication details: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, �1980.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xv, 296 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- 058517461X
- 9780585174617
- Jones, Marvin, 1882-1976
- United States. Congress. House -- Biography
- Jones, Marvin, 1882-1976
- United States. Congress. House
- Agriculture and state -- United States -- History
- Legislators -- United States -- Biography
- Judges -- United States -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- HISTORY
- Agriculture and state
- Judges
- Legislators
- United States
- Regions & Countries - Americas
- History & Archaeology
- United States - General
- 973.9/092/4 B
- E748.J765 M38 1980eb
Contents:
Action note: Origins of an agrarian advocate -- The Panhandle kid -- The formative years, 1916-1920 -- The Harding years -- The crusade for the export-debenture plan -- The first crisis of Jones's leadership -- The hundred days -- The expansion of the AAA -- Building the new "farm house" -- The climactic year in Congress -- Congressional sunset -- Transition time -- The war food administrator -- Chief Judge, United States Court of Claims -- Property, contracts, and courthouse -- Bid me good morning.
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