First counselor J. Reuben Clark writes, "Sec'y [Ezra Taft] Benson's policies have about extinguished the small farmer and small cattleman." Benson has been Secretary of Agriculture in the Eisenhower administration.
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
Benson and Butz were the 2 worst. Henry Wallace under FDR was the best.
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