Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., Letter to the editor doubts the accuracy of a poll announced in the Farm Journal magazine indicating that Governor Landon was gaining throughout the West. Reason: Farm Journal is owned by Joseph N. Pew, Jr., vice president of the Sun Oil Company. "The Pew family has been a heavy contributor to the Liberty League and Mr. Pew himself was shown to have contributed at least $2,000 to the Farmers Independence Council."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22521
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Agricultural Publishers Association Archives, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 5., Agricultural Publishers Association. Special Bulletin. 2 pages., Reports on influence of the farm press in identifying the source of an anonymous survey designed to gain publicity and make misstatements against other tractor manufacturers.