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UTILIZATION OF FARM CROPS

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INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL AND SYNTHETIC RUBBER

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

UNITED STATES SENATE

SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. Res. 80

(78th Congress)

(Extending S. Res. 224-77th Congress)

A RESOLUTION FOR AN INVESTIGATION RELATIVE TO

THE PRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL,

SYNTHETIC ALCOHOL, AND SYNTHETIC

RUBBER FROM FARM CROPS

AND ON

THE PRESIDENT'S VETO MESSAGE, S. DOC. 243

ON S. 2800 (77th Congress)

PART 6

FEBRUARY 25, APRIL 1, 20, MAY 5, 19, AND JUNE 16, 1943

Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1943

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

ELLISON D. SMITH, South Carolina, Chairman

SUBCOMMITTEE ON S. RES. 224 (77th Congress) and S. RES. 80 (78th Congress)

UNITED STATENCY

JUL 19 '43

CONTENTS

Statement of-

Page

Anderson, Hon. John Z., House of Representatives.

1663

Bennett, Dana, public relations counsel, National Grange, Wash-

ington, D. C.

1654

Downey, Hon. Sheridan, United States Senate_.

Elliott, Hon. Alfred J., House of Representatives....

1662

1674

Granger, C. M., Assistant Chief, Forest Service, Department of

Agriculture.

1666, 1677, 1694

Groggins, Philip H., Chief, Chemical Division, War Food Adminis-
tration___.

Guthrie, S. O., president, Fairfield Distillery, Bardstown, Ky-

Hill, Hon. Grover B., Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.

Jeffers, Hon. William M., Rubber Director, War Production

Board.

King, W. H., Washington, D. C-----

1811

1819

1684

1679, 1728, 1766, 1821

1723

Knutson, Otto, Iowa Farm Processing Cooperatives_.

Mahon, Hon. George A., House of Representatives.

1654

1631

McArthur, William, Director, Grain Division, Commodity Credit

Corporation

1636, 1655, 1742

Phillips, Hon. John, House of Representatives__

1688

Robinson, Harry A., president, Gulf Distilling Corporation, Gret-
na, La.

Tucker, I. W., assistant chemist, Enzyme Research Laboratory, Bu-
reau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry..
Whitman, Dr. Walter G., Chemicals Division, War Production
Board____.

1769

1804

1704, 1732, 1734

Wells, O. V., chief program analyst, Bureau of Agricultural Eco-

nomics. Department of Agriculture-

Communications and statements of-

Boyer, John W., Chemical Division, War Production Board__

1716,

1731, 1732, 1760, 1794, 1795

Briggs, Lyman J., Director, National Bureau of Standards__

Davison, Ralph, Rear Admiral, United States Navy-

Eastern States Petroleum Co., Inc., Houston, Tex-

Farm Crops Processing Corporation, Omaha, Nebr

Feeding of Wheat Slop to Steers--

1797

1796

1630

1732

1761

Frazier, W. C., Omaha National Bank Building, Omaha, Nebr.

General Tire & Rubber Co. The, Akron, Ohio..

Jacobs, P. Burke, Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Peoria, Il-

1694

Jones, Hon. Jesse, Secretary of Commerce_.

Livestock and Feed Situation for 1943-44-

1792

1763

Marshall, M. Lee, Deputy Administrator, War Food Administration.

McBride, Gordon W., Agricultural Research Administration_-_- 1694

Nelson, Hon. Donald M., Chairman, War Production Board--- 1630, 1803

1829