Yeutter Keeps Promise, Sells Holdings: The agriculture...

Yeutter Keeps Promise, Sells Holdings: The agriculture secretary has sold his interests in a number of companies as promised at his Senate confirmation early last year, financial disclosure reports showed. The sales of stock in RJR Nabisco, Philip Morris, IBM, Caterpillar, 3M, ConAgra, Emhart, Upjohn and several others fulfilled Yeutter’s pledge to avoid conflicts of interest or appearances of conflict. David L. Spradlin of the Agriculture Department’s personnel office said Yeutter had filed the annual disclosure on May 5, but it was returned for additional information and clarification. Yeutter joined the Reagan Administration in 1985 as U.S. trade representative. Previously he was head of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and had extensive business and farming interests.