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In May when the AAA began its operations, the agricultural season was already under way. In effect, the agency oversaw a large-scale destruction of existing crops and livestock in an attempt to reduce surpluses. For example, six million pigs and 220,000 sows were slaughtered in the AAA's effort to raise prices. Even some cotton farmers plowed under a quarter of their crop in accordance with the AAA's plans  <ref>''American History: A Survey'', Alan Brinkley, Tenth Edition, McGraw-Hill College, 1999, p. 879.  ISBN 0-07-303390-1.</ref> Due to the nature of the [[Great Depression]], many United States citizens saw the AAA as cruel: while they were often hungering, the federal government was destroying crops and livestock.  [[Adlai Stevenson]] and [[Telford Taylor]] worked in the AAA.

In May when the AAA began its operations, the agricultural season was already under way. In effect, the agency oversaw a large-scale destruction of existing crops and livestock in an attempt to reduce surpluses. For example, six million pigs and 220,000 sows were slaughtered in the AAA's effort to raise prices. Even some cotton farmers plowed under a quarter of their crop in accordance with the AAA's plans  <ref>''American History: A Survey'', Alan Brinkley, Tenth Edition, McGraw-Hill College, 1999, p. 879.  ISBN 0-07-303390-1.</ref> Due to the nature of the [[Great Depression]], many United States citizens saw the AAA as cruel: while they were often hungering, the federal government was destroying crops and livestock.  [[Adlai Stevenson]] and [[Telford Taylor]] worked in the AAA.

The American Liberty League which included such prominent Democrats as [[Al Smith]], the 1928 Democratic presidential nominee, John Davis, the 1924 Democratic presidential nominee, and Dean Acheson, the future Secretary of State under [[Harry Truman]]), referred to the [[economic planning]] of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration as "a trend toward [[Fascist]] control of agriculture."

The American Liberty League which included such prominent Democrats as [[Al Smith]], the 1928 Democratic presidential nominee, John Davis, the 1924 Democratic presidential nominee, and Dean Acheson, the future Secretary of State under [[Harry Truman]], referred to the [[economic planning]] of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration as "a trend toward [[Fascist]] control of agriculture."

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