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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.

While the AAA was paying out hundreds of millions to kill millions of hogs, burn oats, plow under cotton, the Department of Agriculture issued a bulletin falsely telling the nation that the great problem of our time was our failure to produce enough food to provide the people with a mere subsistence diet. The Department made up four sample diets. There was a liberal diet, a moderate diet, a minimum diet and finally an emergency diet ­below the minimum. The problems in agriculture were from over-production which resulted in low prices.  The figures falsely claimed that the United States did not produce enough food for the population to meet the minimum diet. <ref>[http://www.rooseveltmyth.com/book/hbzfrm.htm ''The Roosevelt Myth''], John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 1, Ch. 5.</ref>

While the AAA was paying out hundreds of millions to kill millions of hogs, burn oats, plow under cotton, the Department of Agriculture issued a bulletin falsely telling the nation that the great problem of the times was a failure to produce enough food to provide the people with a mere subsistence diet. The Department made up four sample diets. There was a liberal diet, a moderate diet, a minimum diet and finally an emergency diet ­below the minimum. The problems in agriculture were from over-production which resulted in low prices.  The figures falsely claimed that the United States did not produce enough food for the population to meet the minimum diet. <ref>[http://www.rooseveltmyth.com/book/hbzfrm.htm ''The Roosevelt Myth''], John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 1, Ch. 5.</ref>

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."