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H.R. 12066, a bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as

amended, to provide an additional source of financing for the rural tele-

phone program, and for other purposes..

Statement of-

Avila, Charles F., president, Edison Electric Institute-

Bollinger, Harold R., president, Pioneer Telephone Co-

Fullarton, David C., executive manager, National Telephone Coopera-

tive Association__

Lucier, Philip J., president, Continental Telephone Co--

Lynn, John C., legislative director, American Farm Bureau Federa-

tion...

Mott, Adm. William C., executive vice president, U.S. Independent

Telephone Association.

National Association of Manufacturers_

O'Konski, Hon. Alvin E., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Wisconsin..

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Peterson, A. Harold, executive director and counsel, National TEA

Telephone Association__

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United States Independent Telephone Association_ .

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Correspondence submitted to the committee:

Duckett, Toral, executive vice president, Central Telephone Co. and
Affiliates, Lincoln, Nebr., telegram of August 14, 1967__

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Ewers, L. N., general manager, Morrison Telephone Co., Morrison,

Ill., letter of August 17, 1967.

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Johnson, Rolla L., president, Gulf States-United Telephone Co., Tyler,

Tex., letter of August 11, 1967.

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Payne, Harold G., chairman, REA Borrowers Committee, letter of
June 1, 1967, to the President of the United States - -

Popple, Paul M., Assistant to the President of the United States, letter

of June 17, 1967, to Harold G. Payne, Chairman, REA Borrowers

Committee..

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Pickelsimer, C. W., Jr., Citizens Telephone Co., Brevard, N.C., letter

of August 22, 1967_.