HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON THE
MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-NINTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF

H. Res. 38

THE LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING INVESTIGATION OF RECORD
NATIONAL DEFENSE PROGRAM AS IT RELATES TO

THE COMMITTEE ON THE MERCHANT APR 2 4 1946

MARINE AND FISHERIES

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PART 2

AUGUST 14, 1945, JANUARY 15, 16, AND 17, 1946

Printed for the use of the

Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1946

COMMITTEE ON THE MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES

SCHUYLER OTIS BLAND, Virginia, Chairman

JOSEPH J. MANSFIELD, Texas
EDWARD J. HART, New Jersey
FRANK W. BOYKIN, Alabama
J. HARDIN PETERSON, Florida
HERBERT C. BONNER, North Carolina
JAMES DOMENGEAUX, Louisiana
HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington
EUGENE J. KEOGH, New York
RALPH H. DAUGHTON, Virginia
ELLIS E. PATTERSON, California
HUGH PETERSON, Georgia

RICHARD J. WELCH, California
FRED BRADLEY, Michigan

ALVIN F. WEICHEL, Ohio

CHRISTIAN A. HERTER, Massachusetts
RALPH E. CHURCH, Illinois

ELLSWORTH B. BUCK, New York

ROBERT HALE, Maine

SAMUEL K. MCCONNELL, JR., Pennsylvania
T. MILLET HAND, New Jersey

E. L. BARTLETT, Alaska

J. R. FARRINGTON, Hawaii

EDITH W. WILLIAMS, Clerk
ELIZABETH B. BEDELL, Assistant Clerk

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1945

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Foreword

Supplementing the testimony before the Food and Drug Administration at its hearings on July 17, 1945, and subsequent thereto, printed heretofore and incorporated as a part of the testimony taken on July 16, 1945, before the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries on the regulations on raw shucked oysters, there is incorporated as a part of that testimony for the benefit of the subcommittee and the full committee the further testimony before the Food and Drug Administration at its hearings on August 14, 1945, January 15, 16, and 17,

1946.

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CONTENTS

Hearings before the Administrator, Federal Security Agency, Food and Drug

Administration.