| Scope and content |
John B. Hutson (1890-1964) was a government official, agricultural expert, and U.N. official from Kentucky. He discusses his education and background; tobacco farming; A.A.A. tobacco program; Kerr Tobacco Control Act; Soil Conservation; C.C.C.; private farm organizations; World War II; O.P.A.; parity; price stabilization; Production and Marketing Administration; W.F.A.; U.N. Secretariat; and Tobacco Associates, Inc. |
| General note | Interviewer: Dean Albertson. Interview date: 1952-1953. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
John B. Hutson Oral History Interview (#OH0014), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Repository does not own copyright to the oral history collection. Permission to cite, reproduce, or broadcast must be obtained from both the repository and the participants in the oral history, or their heirs. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of John B. Hutson. |
| Biographical note | John B. Hutson (1891-1964) was a native of Murray, Kentucky. He received a B.A. from the University of Kentucky in 1917, a M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1930. He joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1921 and became an authority on agricultural marketing with a specialty in tobacco. From 1930-1933 Hutson was marketing specialist for the Foreign Agricultural Service, from 1936-1940 chief of the Tobacco Branch of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, and from 1941-1944 president of the Commodity Credit Corporation. Hutson was appointed undersecretary of agriculture in 1945 and then became assistant secretary general of the United Nations, with responsibility for financial services, a position he held through 1947. In 1947 he became president of Tobacco Associates, representing tobacco growers in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Hutson held that position until his death. |
