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Orville Freeman
Freeman, former governor of Minnesota, became Secretary of Agriculture in the Kennedy administration in 1961 (he appeared on the cover of Time magazine, April 5, 1963).
Be sure to review Chaps. 1,2,6,7,17 of Silent Spring. You should be able to comment on benefits of pesticides, safety (to consumers and workers) and indiscriminate use, and especially on alternatives.
Bibliography
Graham, Since Silent Spring
"Rachel Carson's Silent Spring," CBS Reports [audio recording]
United States Department of Agriculture (1957-1965). Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
of possible interest & for further background [Note it is after 1963]: Freeman, Orville. 1968. World Without Hunger. New York: Frederick A. Praeger.
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