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February 23, 1949

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HOOVER GROUP SPLIT ON POSSIBLE SAVING IN FARM SERVICES; Acheson, on Commission, Hits $80,000,000 Figure in Study of Agriculture Department REPORT ASKS OVERHAUL Agency Urged to Regroup Its Present Functions, Take On Range and Forest Work FARM STUDY SHOWS HOOVER GROUP RIFT

By Clayton Knowlesspecial To the New York Times

comm submits 6th rept, on Agr Dept; Acheson and J H Rowe Jr dissent on comm estimate of $80 million annual saving; rept urges concentration of direction and end of overlapping; urges end of Agr-Interior Depts conflict in soil-conservation, range, forest and allied services; urges major land agencies grouping in Agr Dept; that agr, natural resources and pub works be united in single agency; that food products regulation be shifted to Agr Dept and functions relating to other products be placed in reorganized drug bur administered by pub health agency, rather than by Food and Drug Adm, FTC, Pub Health Service and others; J K Pollock and Rowe dissent; rept urges Agr Dept personnel reorganization and dept functions div into 7 units; urges Farm Credit Adm and Farmers Home Adm direction by Agr Credit Service; urges field orgn overhauling; recommendations on farm price supports and conservation payments to farmers

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CĂ©sar Aira

1949CĂ©sar Aira, Argentine author and translator[†]

CĂ©sar Aira is an Argentine writer and translator, and an exponent of contemporary Argentine literature. Aira has published over a hundred short books of stories, novels and essays. In fact, at least since 1993, a hallmark of his work is a truly frenetic level of writing and publication—two to five novella-length books each year. He has lectured at the University of Buenos Aires, on Copi and Arthur Rimbaud, and at the University of Rosario on Constructivism and StĂ©phane MallarmĂ©, and has translated and edited books from France, England, Italy, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, and Venezuela.

Marc Garneau

1949Marc Garneau, Canadian engineer, astronaut, and politician (died 2025)[†]

Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau was a Canadian Armed Forces officer, astronaut and politician. Garneau served as a naval officer before being selected as an astronaut as part of the 1983 NRC Group. He became the first Canadian in space on October 5, 1984, and flew on three Space Shuttle missions. From 2001 to 2005, Garneau was president of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Garneau entered politics and was elected to the House of Commons in 2008, serving as a Montreal-area member of Parliament (MP) until 2023. A member of the Liberal Party, Garneau served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from January to October in 2021 and as Minister of Transport from 2015 to 2021.