Interview with Albert G. Clay, July 28, 1987

Interview Summary

Tobacco executive, educational background, founding of Burley Auction Warehouse Association in 1939, importance of Lexington in warehouse business, how leadership position came to him, history of the warehouse association, nesting, drastic changes since the beginning of the program, changes in buyers over the years, Clay Tobacco Company, role World War Two played in export business, imported tobacco, changes in 1950s and 1960s, Farm Bureau, his involvement with the Tobacco Institute in Washington D.C. and the National Tobacco Research Council, Tobacco Tax Council, Congressman John C. Watts as "Mr. Tobacco", importance of tobacco to Kentucky, role of the University of Kentucky, cooperation among tobacco groups, tenant farmers, use of tobacco as a matter of freedom of choice, newspaper coveage of tobacco

Interview Keyword

Heritage farms

Interview LC Subject

Agriculture--Kentucky Baling Berry, John M., Sr. Burley Auction Warehouse Association Burley tobacco Cigarette filters Clay Tobacco Company Export marketing Family farms Farm tenancy--Economic aspects International trade Lobbying Philip Morris Incorporated Tobacco industry Tobacco--Kentucky University of Kentucky (Lexington, Ky.) Warehouses Watts, John C. (John Clarence), 1902-1971 Agriculture

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