DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1952

HEARINGS !

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2594 and S. 2645

BILLS TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE DEFENSE PRODUC-
TION ACT OF 1950, AS AMENDED, AND THE
HOUSING AND RENT ACT OF 1947,

AS AMENDED

PART 2

MARCH 17, 18, 19, 20, AND 21, 1952

Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency

11. S. Congress. Senate.

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY.
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2594 and S. 2645

BILLS TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE DEFENSE PRODUC-
TION ACT OF 1950, AS AMENDED, AND THE
HOUSING AND RENT ACT OF 1947,

AS AMENDED

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PART 2

MARCH 17, 18, 19, 20, AND 21, 1952

Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1952

(See consolidated table of contents, pts. 1 and 2, p. I)

S. 2557.

S. 2791.

S. 2873.

Statement of—

Andresen, August H., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Minnesota..

Page

1437

1369

1490

1405

Arnall, Ellis G., Director, Office of Price Stabilization, accompanied by

Gardner Ackley, economic adviser; Joseph Freehill, chief counsel;

Herbert N. Maletz, deputy chief counsel; and William C. Burt,

associate chief counsel; Edward F. Phelps, Director of Price

Operations; and Arval L. Erikson, Assistant Director of Food and

Restaurant Division_.

1229

Bailey, Cleveland M., a Representative in Congress from the State of

West Virginia.

1369

Behrens, M. I., National Retail Furniture Association.

Brockbank, Alan E., president, National Association of Home

Builders..

1024

1121

Carey, James B., secretary-treasurer, Congress of Industrial Organi-

zations

1082

Coulter, Dr. John Lee, consultant economist, National Renderers

Association, accompanied by F. B. Wise, secretary-treasurer

Danzansky, Joseph B., general counsel, National Association of Meat

Processors and Wholesalers, Inc.

Dworshak, Henry C., a United States Senator from the State of Idaho

Fleischmann, Manly, Administrator,_ Defense Production Adminis-

tration, accompanied by Gabriel J. Ticoulat, Deputy Administrator

for Defense Production Administration and United States repre-

sentative to IMC; Willard L. Thorp, Assistant Secretary of State

for Economic Affairs; and Benjamin Caplan, economic adviser,

Economic Stabilization Administration__.

Goodman, Leo, CIO housing committee-

Hall, Radford S., assistant executive secretary, American National

Cattlemen's Association.

1197

Hanson, Charles W., Carpenters Union, New York.

1367

Hardenbergh, Wesley, president, American Meat Institute.

Hayden, J. Francis, chairman, New York Building Congress, Inc..

Jones, Rowland, Jr., president, American Retail Federation, accom-

panied by Pres Bergin, assistant to the president.

Kaplan, Samuel, Glaziers' Local of Painters Union, New York

Knice, William, business representative, Sheet Metal Workers, New

York..

1145

1364

995

1368

1367

La Roe, Wilbur, Jr., general counsel, National Independent Meat

Packers Association__

1165

Liljenquist, I. Blaine, Western States Meat Packers Association,

Inc..

1172

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., a United States Senator from the State of

Massachusetts..

1438

Magnuson, Warren G., a United States Senator from the State of

Washington..

1111

McKissick, Ellison S., American Cotton Manufacturers Institute,

accompanied by Robert Jackson..

981

Minnoch, John K., executive director, National Hide Association...

Myers, Francis J., National Foundation for Consumer Credit....

Nelson Otto vice president, New York Building Congress, Inc-----

1221

1045

1366

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