The Farmers Independence Council of America was an American political organization formed in the 1930s to oppose President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's effort to reform American agriculture through the Agricultural Adjustment Act

Agricultural Adjustment Act

The Agricultural Adjustment Act was a United States federal law of the New Deal era which restricted agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies not to plant part of their land and to kill off excess livestock...

 during the Great Depression

Great Depression

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. Originally considered a nonpartisan organization, testimony in front of the United States Senate Lobby Investigation Committee

United States Senate Lobby Investigation Committee

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 revealed the council had close ties with the American Liberty League

American Liberty League

The American Liberty League was an American political organization formed in 1934 by conservative Democrats to oppose the New Deal of Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was active for just two years...

 and Republican Party

Republican Party (United States)

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Reference

• Special to the New York Times. "Anti-New Dealers backed farm group", The New York Times. April 14, 1936. Page 1.