Zuckerman

In this action, the United States seeks to recover damages of $107,330.98 plus interest for an alleged breach of a contract between its agency, Commodity Credit Corporation, and the corporate defendants for the sale of potatoes pursuant to the 1949 Irish Potato Price Support Program. It is claimed that the corporate defendants breached such contract by selling potatoes to Commodity Credit Corporation when the corporate defendants were ineligible to participate in the price support program.

The 1949 Irish Potato Price Support Program was authorized by the Agricultural Act of 1948, 62 Stat. 1247 , 7 U.S.C.A. § 1301 et seq. That Act granted to the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to require compliance with production goals and marketing regulations as a condition to eligibility of producers for price support.

On January 26, 1949, the Secretary of Agriculture promulgated regulations governing the establishment of production goals for the 1949 crop of Irish potatoes, 14 Fed.Reg. 431. These regulations provided that the County Committees elected to assist in the administration of the Agricultural Conservation Program should determine the acreage goals for commercial farms…