HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS OF THE GENERAL FARM PROGRAM PART 8 JANUARY 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, AND 23, 1956 Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY ALLEN J. ELLENDER, Louisiana, Chairman OLIN D. JOHNSTON, South Carolina GEORGE D. AIKEN, Vermont COTYS M. MOUSER, Chief Clerk Statement of— CONTENTS Aliota, Joseph L., Rice Growers Association of California, San Fran- Baker, John A., assistant to the president, National Farmers Union.. Blair, George B., general manager, American Rice Growers Co- Boles, Raymond, Grain Sorghum Producers of Southwest Kansas, Brightman, M. H., executive secretary, Dairy Industry Committee. Page 3908 3419 3291 3900 3581 3757 3614 Capehart, Hon. Homer E., a United States Senator from the State of Indiana....... 3375 Carter, L. C., general manager, Arkansas Rice Growers Co-op Association, Stuttgart, Ark. 3932 Chalkley, Henry G., vice president, American Rice Growers Cooperative Association, Lake Charles, La 3928 Cortright, George C., Jr., chairman, agricultural committee, Delta 3694 Curtis, Hon. Carl T., a United States Senator from the State of 3765 Dixon, Hugo, president, American Cotton Shippers Association, Memphis, Tenn 3703 Dockery, Joe R., Rice Program Development Committee, Cleveland, 3936 Farrington, R. L., General Counsel, United States Department of 3346 Freeman, Hon. Orville L., Governor of Minnesota_. 3827 Garver, Walter B., manager, agriculture department, Chamber of 3547 Gehlbach, Melvin P., chairman of the board of directors, Soil-Bank 3725 Hardy, Clifford H., executive secretary, National Cotton Ginners 3699 Healy, Patrick B., assistant secretary, National Milk Producers 3461 Hughes, Herbert J., vice president and chairman of the farm program 3765 3886 La Font, Harold M., Feed Grain Producers Association, Plainview, 3591 Lambert, Lloyd, Grain Sorghum Producers of Southwest Kansas, 3581 Leahy, Marshall E., vice president, Farmers Rice Growers Cooperative, San Francisco, Calif.. 3924 Lynn, John C., legislative director, American Farm Bureau Federation_.. 3482 Mahon, Hon. George H., a Representative in Congress from the 19th 3401 Mauritz, M. W., president, Texas Rice Promotion Association, 3932 McCaleb, Walter F., Jr., chairman, legislative committee, Vegetable McLain, George, chairman, National Institute of Social Welfare... 3599, 3600 3609 Statement of-Continued Page Mollin, F. E., treasurer, American National Cattlemen's Association, 3803 Montague, Joe G., attorney for Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers' 3811 Moore, Frank, Feed Grain Producers Association, Plainview, Tex_- 3591 3343 of Oregon.- Neuberger, Hon. Richard L., a United States Senator from the State Newsom Herschel D., master, National Grange_ 3408 3517 Paarlberg, Don, Assistant to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture.... 3338 Parker, Gilbert F., Tennessee Agricultural Council, Tiptonville, Tenn. 3688 3791 Patteson, Alan G., president, American Cotton Producers Association, 3676 3419 Patton, James G., president, National Farmers Union- Reed, Otie M., Washington representative, Joint Committee of the America. Shuman, Charles B., president, American Farm Bureau Federation. Stennis, Hon. John, a United States Senator from the State of Mississippi.. Stover, Fred W., president, Iowa Farmers Union, Hampton, Iowa... Thatcher, M. W., general manager, Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association, St. Paul, Minn.. 3614 3741 3931 3718 3600 3482 3819 3882 3629 Wells, O. V., Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, United 3338 Westrich, Myron H., Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, 3861 Woolley, Frank K., legislative counsel, American Farm Bureau Federation. Excerpt from press release, Murray Colbert To Speak Here in "Salute to Ike" 3345 S. 1396, 84th Congress.. 3350 Report, dated September 30, 1955, on S. 1396 from the United States 3352 Committee print, dated January 17, 1956, of a bill illustrating suggestions made by witnesses_ 3360 Synopsis of draft of bill illustrating suggestions made by witnesses_ 3371 3398 Summary of National Farmers Union full parity family farm income protection program. 3439 Statement filed by Edwin Christianson, president, Minnesota Farmers 3439 List of States in which chartered divisions of the National Farmers 3449 Map showing membership of the National Milk Producers Federa- 3463 Analysis of the Soil Bank Act contained in S. 2949 by the National 3464 Miscellaneous documents-Continued Page Methods of determination of class I milk prices, submitted by the 3475 Surplus Reduction and Soil Bank Act of 1956, proposed by the Ameri- 3495 Statement filed by Marion S. Monk, Jr., National Association of Soil 3532 Statement filed by Hon. Wayne Morse, a United States Senator from 3533 Statement filed by Homer L. Brinkley, executive vice president, 3537 S. 2949, 84th Congress_ 3539 H. R. 8137, 84th Congress_. 3617 S. 2871, 84th Congress.. 3620 Letter by Herschel D. Newsom, master, National Grange, relative to Letter by Chester Davis, Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, Table, 4 years' change in carryovers and production of grains, oilseeds, Statement filed by the Department of Agriculture, relative to storage Excerpts from hearings by Senator Committee on Agriculture and 3621 3622 3623 3624 3644 3645 3665 3673 Excerpt from the Memphis, Tenn., Commercial Appeal, dated January 3692 Statement filed by A. L. Storey, Missouri Cotton Producers Associa- 3720. Statement filed by the Agricultural Council of Arkansas 3723 Statement filed by M. P. Guthrie, president, Louisiana Delta Council, 3724 Excerpt from article on a soil bank from the Prairie Farmer, March 3732 Major features of the original soil-bank plan for American agriculture, 3739 3743 Table, support levels and actual prices of manufacturing milk and 3743 Table, purchases and dispositions of dairy products under the price Table, volume and estimated CCC loss on sales, donations, and other Table, volume and estimated CCC loss on sales, donations, and other Table, volume and estimated CCC losses from sales, donations, and 3744 3744 3745 3746 Table, volume and estimated CCC losses from sales, donations, and 3746 Number of milk cows on farms, milk production per cow, and tota! 3755 Statement filed by Clyde N. Rogers and Margaret S. Brugler, directors, 3762 |