COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

ELMER THOMAS, Oklahoma, Chairman ALLEN J. ELLENDER, Louisiana

GEORGE D. AIKEN, Vermont SCOTT W. LUCAS, Illinois

MILTON R. YOUNG, North Dakota CLYDE R. HOEY, North Carolina

EDWARD J. THYE, Minnesota OLIN D. JOHNSTON, South Carolina

JAMES P. KEM, Missouri SPESSARD L. HOLLAND, Florida

BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER, Iowa GUY M. GILLETTE, Iowa CLINTON P. ANDERSON, New Mexico

JOYCETTE K. JONES, Clerk

SUBCOMMITTEE

OLIN D. JOHNSTON, South Carolina, Chairman SPESSARD L. HOLLAND, Florida

MILTON R. YOUNG, North Dakota GUY M. GILLETTE, Iowa

BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER, Iowa

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Statement of -

Fakler, Herman, vice president, Millers' National Federation,

Washington, D. C...

FitzGerald, D. A., Dr., Director of Food and Agriculture Division,

Economic Cooperation Administration, Washington, D. C.

Parel, Don, associate director of the Washington office, American

Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, D. C.--

Sanford, H. E., chairman, National Grain Trade Council, Portland,

Oreg-

Smith, Russell, legislative secretary, National Farmers Union,

Washington, D. C..

Trigg, Ralph S., Administrator, Production and Marketing Adminis-

tration, and President, Commodity Credit Corporation, U. S.

Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C..

Miscellaneous documents-

S. 2383, 81st Cong., 1st sess.

S. 2287, 81st Cong., 1st sess.

Letter from Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan, dated

July 18, 1949, requesting enactment of S. 2383.

Letter from Acting Secretary of Agriculture A. J. Loveland, dated

August 8, 1949, reporting adversely on S. 2287...

Table showing procurement with free dollars by ECA-financed

countries of wheat and wheat flour under the international wheat

agreement, August 1 through September 15, 1949..

Legislative history of ECA appropriations relative to operations under

the international wheat agreement.-

Statement filed by Mr. Don Parel, associate director of the Washington

office, American Farm Bureau Federation.-

Amendment to S. 2383 by Senator Anderson...

Statement filed by Mr. J. T. Sanders, legislative counsel, the National

Grange---

Supplementary statement filed by the Department of Agriculture,

relative to proposed amendments by the National Grain Trade

Council...

Supplementary statement filed by the National Grain Trade Council..

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