Reagan signs farm bill as critics analyze it
| Washington
Overly generous to peanut and sugar programs, but too stingy on dairy and grain price supports. That's what the critics claim about the $11 billion farm bill that President Reagan signed into law Wednesday.
The compromise bill - the result of two months of backstage political negotiation - finally cleared Congress last week on a tight 205-to-203 House vote that came in the last hours before lawmakers headed home for the holidays.