Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938

The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 provided price supports for farmers. In the account, its significance appears both in that stated benefit and in the way Harry S. Truman presented agricultural policy as part of his record in the Senate.

Policy and Farmer Income

The specific effect attributed to the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 is the provision of price supports for farmers. The account gives no further detail about the Act’s mechanisms or administration, but places its passage within a broader debate over farmers’ economic position and the distribution of national income.

Truman’s Support

Harry S. Truman supported the Act. After its passage, he argued in the Senate that agricultural progress depended on farmers receiving a fair share of the national income. His statement framed support for the measure as part of a larger concern with farmers’ ability to benefit from the country’s prosperity.

Place in His Senate Record

The Act formed one element of Truman’s legislative record, alongside his support for the Farm Tenancy Act of 1937 and other measures he cited during his Senate campaign. Its place in that record linked a concrete policy benefit—price supports—to his broader claim that public policy should address farmers’ economic circumstances.