Agricultural Act of 1948: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Eightieth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2318, a Bill to Provide for a Coordinated Agricultural Program |
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... questions presented by the bill . Let me start by saying that I should like to make a series of intro- ductory remarks ... question as to whether we want to go into this general field before the report of the President's Commission on ...
... questions presented by the bill . Let me start by saying that I should like to make a series of intro- ductory remarks ... question as to whether we want to go into this general field before the report of the President's Commission on ...
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... question of long - range programs . When I speak as I do about this parity situation it is not to be critical that you put both things in the bill . I realize that there are many people and probably many of them are in this room who ...
... question of long - range programs . When I speak as I do about this parity situation it is not to be critical that you put both things in the bill . I realize that there are many people and probably many of them are in this room who ...
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... question , more or less what I have asked you before . Do you not think that as to any formula that we might write into the bill , the farmers pro- ducing our five to six basic commodities should receive for AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1948 21.
... question , more or less what I have asked you before . Do you not think that as to any formula that we might write into the bill , the farmers pro- ducing our five to six basic commodities should receive for AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1948 21.
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... question of whether we want to put hired labor in . A lot of people are opposed to that . Senator AIKEN . You will find by using the 10 - year moving average that the support level would have been lower during these recent years when ...
... question of whether we want to put hired labor in . A lot of people are opposed to that . Senator AIKEN . You will find by using the 10 - year moving average that the support level would have been lower during these recent years when ...
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... question of reorganization , then I think perhaps the statement of policy- Senator AIKEN . But if we wait on one factor , we ought to wait on the others , too , should we not ? As a matter of fact , the Hoover Com- mission , as it is ...
... question of reorganization , then I think perhaps the statement of policy- Senator AIKEN . But if we wait on one factor , we ought to wait on the others , too , should we not ? As a matter of fact , the Hoover Com- mission , as it is ...
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Page 1 - An Act to provide for research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work and the more complete endowment and support of land-grant colleges, approved June 29, 1935, (Public— No.
Page 5 - The Commission is authorized to secure directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this Act ; and each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by the...
Page 1 - An Act to provide for the further development of agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of...
Page 358 - ... practical demonstrations in agriculture and home economics to persons not attending or resident in said colleges in the several communities, and imparting to such persons information on said subjects through field demonstrations, publications, and otherwise ; and this work shall be carried on in such manner as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of Agriculture and the State agricultural college or colleges receiving the benefits of this Act.
Page 5 - The Commission shall have power to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as it deems advisable, without regard to the provisions of the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, as amended.
Page 5 - No appropriation shall be made for any single loan under this subsection in excess of $250,000 unless such loan has been approved by resolutions adopted by the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives.
Page 12 - (1) Through the exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture under this title, to establish and maintain such orderly marketing conditions for agricultural commodities in interstate commerce...
Page 12 - Statutes (USC, title 31, sec. 712), and section 5 of the Act entitled 'An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other purposes'.
Page 82 - If we don't do it here, they will do it on the floor of the Senate and on the floor of the House of Representatives, I am convinced of that.
Page 163 - If there is nothing further, the committee will adjourn until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, at which time the National Milk Producers Association and two potato groups are scheduled to appear.