AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 3588

A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPULSORY INSPECTION BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OF POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS

AND

S. 3983

A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPULSORY INSPECTION OF POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE MOVEMENT IN INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE OF UNSOUND, UNHEALTHFUL, DISEASED, UNWHOLESOME, OR ADULTERATED POULTRY OR POULTRY PRODUCTS

80695

JUNE 18, 19, AND 26, 1956

Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1956

CONTENTS

Statement of

Aiken, Hon. George D., a United States Senator from the State of
Vermont..

Alp, Herbert H., director, poultry department, American Farm Bu-
reau Federation..

Baker, John A., coordinator of legislative services, National Farmers
Union..

Barker, Shirley W., director, poultry department, Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America (AFL-CIO),
Chicago, Ill.

Bennett, Hon. Wallace F., a United States Senator from the State of
Utah...

Beyers, Herbert, secretary, Norbest Turkey Growers' Association,
Salt Lake City, Utah...

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Booras, Mrs. J. A., assistant to legislative chairman, Housewives
United..

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Bucy, Charles W., Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General
Counsel, United States Department of Agriculture...
Butz, Hon. Earl L., Assistant Secretary of Agriculture..
Carbaugh, Harry C., president, Tennessee Egg Co., Chattanooga,
Tenn., representing the Southeastern Poultry & Egg Association, the
Georgia Poultry Federation, and the Alabama Poultry Federation..
Carpenter, Dr. Cliff D., president, Institute of American Poultry
Industries, Chicago, Ill...

Christgau, T. H., manager, Poultry and Turkey Processing Opera-
tions, Land O'Lakes Creameries, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn..
Danish, Andrew E., president, Northeastern Poultry Producers
Council, Troy, N. Y.

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Fulbright, Hon. J. W., a United States Senator from the State of
Arkansas.

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Furnish, Kenneth C., Sr., manager, Cordova Poultry Plant, Schluderberg-Kurdle Co., Cordova, Md...

196

Gill, Joseph N., commissioner of agriculture, State of Connecticut,
Hartford, Conn.

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Harvey, John L., Deputy Commissioner, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Haskin, Dr. Aaron H., city health officer, Newark, N. J----
Hawks, Charles D., general manager, Arkansas Poultry Federation,
Little Rock, Ark.

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Heinze, G. A., executive secretary, Minnesota Poultry, Butter & Egg
Association, Minneapolis, Minn...

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Housh, Chester C., National Turkey Federation, Elkton, Va----
Jerome, Wallace H., Wisconsin Turkey Federation and Wisconsin
Turkey Marketing Cooperative, Barron, Wis..

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Veterinary Medical Association, Chicago, Ill......

Johnson, Hon. Lester, a Representative in Congress from the Ninth
Congressional District of Wisconsin-

Kingman, Dr. Harry E., Jr., assistant executive secretary, American

Kline, Russell, Morton Frozen Foods, Inc., Louisville, Ky...
Koppenhofer, Don, secretary, Koppenhofer Bros. Co., Deshler, Ohio
Kumpe, J. O., president, Southwestern Association and general man-
ager, Arkansas Poultry Cooperative, Inc., Bentonville, Ark___
Miller, Dr. A. R., Chief, Meat Inspection Branch, Agricultural Re-
search Service, United States Department of Agriculture_
Miller, Hermon Í., Director, Poultry Division, Agricultural Marketing
Service, United States Department of Agriculture..