Discrimination Against Members of Farmer Cooperatives: Substitute amendmentU.S. Government Printing Office, 1966 - Agriculture, Cooperative |
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act or practice action agricul agricultural products Agriculture amendments Agriculture and Forestry amended bill ANGEVINE association of producers bargaining associations believe Capper-Volstead Act Chairman co-op coercion Committee on Agriculture commodities competitive cooperative associations cotton ginner court Department of Agriculture discrimination ducers DUNKELBERGER enactment engaged EVERETT JORDAN exemption Farm Bureau Farmer Cooperative Federal Federal Trade Commission George Aiken glad GRAHAM growers HEALY hearing HELMBRECHT independent cotton independent gin Independent Ginners Association independent handlers independent processor industry injunction interfere intimidation join June 14 KUCIK membership ment NADEN National Canners Association National Tax Equality noncooperative objection organization original bill prepared statement processing cooperative producers of agricultural prohibited proposed amendments protection provides reason record Secretary of Agriculture Section Senator AIKEN Senator JORDAN September September 28 Starke Taylor Subcommittee substitute Tax Equality Association testimony Texas Independent Ginners Thank tion U.S. Senate unfair practices unlawful violate
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Page 177 - person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.” Amend the title so as to read: “A bill to control unfair trade practices
Page 177 - (e) The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section and shall exercise the same without regard to whether the aggrieved party shall have exhausted any administrative or other remedies that may be provided by law.
Page 176 - (f) To conspire, combine, agree, or arrange with any other person to do, or aid or abet the doing of, any act made unlawful by this Act. “SEC. 5. (a) Whenever any handler has engaged or there are reasonable grounds to believe that any handler is -a-bout
Page 176 - civil action in the appropriate district court of -the United States by filing with it a complaint (1) setting forth facts pertaining to such pattern or practice, and (2) requesting such preventive relief, including an application for a permanent or -temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order against the handler, or handlers, responsible for ‘such acts or practices.
Page 176 - Act of 1929, as amended (49 Stat. 317; 12 USC 1141j (a)), or in section 1 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to authorize association of producers of agricultural products', approved February 18, 1922 (42 Stat. 388; 7 USC 291). “(d) The term ‘person' includes individuals, partnerships, corporations¿ and associations.
Page 203 - It is my understanding that at this time it- is the declared policy of the Congress of the United States that the Government should assist and protect, insofar as is possible, the interests of small business concerns in order to preserve and strengthen the competitive free enterprise system. It is to defend the American free enterprise system and to preserve fair competition that I appear before you
Page 179 - of the Office of General Counsel. Senator JORDAN. Glad to have you, also. Mr. ANGEVINE. And J. Kenneth Samuels, who is Director of the Marketing Division of the Farmer Cooperative Service of the US Department of Agriculture. Senator JORDAN. Thank you. We are glad to have you with us. You may proceed as you wish, sir.
Page 176 - It is, therefore, declared to be the policy of Congress and the purpose of this Act to establish standards of fair practices required of handlers in their dealings with producers of agricultural products and their cooperative associations.
Page 218 - It is, therefore, declared to be the policy of Congress and the purpose of this Act to establish standards of fair practices required of handlers in their dealings with producers of agricultural products and their cooperative associations.
Page 176 - (c) Any person injured in his business or property -by reason of any violation of, or combination or conspiracy to violate, any provision of section 4 of this Act may sue therefor in the district court of the United