DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS NINETIETH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ᏢᎪᎡᎢ 1 BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT QE AGRICU GENERAL AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE DOCUMENT DEPARTMENT Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations 91-352 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1968 JULY 15 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas, Chairman MICHAEL J. KIRWAN, Ohio EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts ROBERT N. GIAIMO, Connecticut DAVID PRYOR, Arkansas FRANK T. BOW, Ohio CHARLES R. JONAS, North Carolina KENNETH SPRANKLE, Clerk and Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RELATED JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi, Chairman DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1969 MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1968 GENERAL BUDGET STATEMENT WITNESSES JOSEPH M. ROBERTSON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION CHARLES L. GRANT, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE JEROME A. MILES, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAROLD M. VINDAL, CHIEF, DIVISION OF BUDGET POLICIES AND OPERATIONS, OFFICE OF BUDGET AND FINANCE Mr. WHITTEN. The committee will come to order. We start the hearings on the 1969 Budget for the Department of Agriculture, of which, incidentally, more than 50 percent is probably of direct benefit to the consumers of this Nation. As we begin we start with the USDA budget director's presentation of the general budget statement. We have Mr. Robertson, Assistant Secretary for Administration here with us, together with Mr. Grant, Director of Finance, and his associates. Mr. Robertson, do you have any statement preceding that of Mr. Grant? Mr. ROBERTSON. No, sir. Mr. Grant speaks for the Department of Agriculture, sir. Mr. WHITTEN. We also have with us Mr. Jerome A. Miles, Deputy Director of Finance, and Mr. Harold M. Vindal, Chief of the Division of Budget Policies and Operations. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Mr. Miles, I believe you are new to the committee. We will be glad to have the record carry a brief summary of your background and experience. I believe Mr. Vindal has been with us before. (Biographical sketch of Jerome A. Miles follows:) Jerome A. Miles is Deputy Director of the Office of Budget and Finance, U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was born on a farm in Spink County, S. Dak., on January 17, 1931, and attended public schools in that State. In 1952, he was graduated with honors from South Dakota State College receiving a bachelor of science degree. He was awarded a fellowship by the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, where he received his master of public administration degree in 1953. After serving 2 years as an enlisted man in the Army, he came to work as a management intern in the Office of Budget and Finance, U.S. Department of (1) |