LONG RANGE FARM PROGRAM 38490 STANFOR LIBRA HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION HELD AT COLUMBUS, OHIO JAN 11 1954 OCTOBER 20, 1953 Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture Serial R PART 10 UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1953 Hiner, G. M., Columbus, Ohio - 1582 Hope, Hon. Clifford R., a Representative in Congress from the State Snoddy, Mr., member, self-help committee of dairy farmers, Wayne County, Ohio.. 1545 West, Harry, New Philadelphia, Ohio.. 1555 1521 1477 Cook, E. J., New Vienna, Ohio, letter of October 16, 1953. 1509 1509 1574 Lowe, Earl, president, Ohio Cattle Feeders Association, telegram of 1574 Milk Market Survey Committee, Cleveland and Canton, Ohio: Greek, Darold I., attorney, Columbus Milk Distributors Asso- ciation, letter of August 27, 1953, to E. W. Gaumnitz, National LONG RANGE FARM PROGRAM MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1953 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a. m., in the statehouse, Columbus, Ohio, the Honorable Clifford R. Hope (chairman) presiding. Present: Representatives Hope (chairman), Dague, Harvey, Belcher, McIntire, Harrison, Poage, Albert, and Polk. Also present: Representatives Jenkins, Vorys, McCulloch, and Betts of Ohio. STATEMENT OF HON. CLIFFORD R. HOPE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF KANSAS The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. This hearing in Columbus is one of a series of hearings to be held throughout the country and all the agricultural sections during the interim between. the two sessions of Congress, the one that adjourned in August and the one that will begin in January. These hearings are being held for the purpose of giving farmers out over the country an opportunity to come before the committee and give the committee their views on agriculture policies and programs. The committee also has in mind learning more about agriculture in all parts of the country. I think our individual members are very well informed as to agriculture in their own areas, but none of us know too much about agriculture in other parts of the country. In this great country of ours we have such a great variety in our agriculture that it is necessary, if we are going to legislate on agriculture problems for the whole country, that the members have a pretty comprehensive idea of agriculture in the entire United States. And that is another purpose of our hearing. The principal purpose is to enable us to get the sentiment of the farmers, the grassroot sentiment, as to changes and improvements that might be made in our farm program. We had some very fine meetings. We anticipate to have a very fine meeting in Columbus today. Everything that is said in this meeting will be taken down by our reporter. The transcript will be printed and will be available to all members of the committee. At this hearing, of course, we do not have all the members of the committee present. In fact, we have the smallest number here, I guess, that we have had anywhere on our trip. It has been a rather long and arduous trip. Some of the members had engagements at |