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1953

HEARINGS

ius. Congers Simate SEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 892, S. 1523, S. 1559, S. 1771, S. 1907, S. 1912, S. 1913, AND H. R. 5141
BILLS TO DISSOLVE THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE
CORPORATION AND TRANSFER ITS FUNCTIONS
AND TO CREATE A SMALL-BUSINESS
LENDING AGENCY

MAY 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, AND 27, 1953

Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency

33869

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1953

i...

Barchoff, Herbert, chairman of board, National Association of Inde-

pendent Business.

Brynildssen, Y., Acting Administrator, Small Defense Plants Adminis-

tration

Burger, George J., vice president, National Federation of Independent
Business__

Burgess, W. Randolph, Deputy to the Secretary, Treasury Depart-

ment_

Byrd, Harry F., a United States Senator from the State of Virginia___
Cooper, Owen, Mississippi Chemical Corp., Yazoo City, Miss.
Corwin, Harold B., Deputy General Counsel, Department of Com-

360

181

335

86

225

323

170

merce_

Cravens, Kenton R., Administrator, Reconstruction Finance Corpo-

ration_

60

Day, Albert C., director, Smaller Business Association of New Eng-

land, Inc...

372

Elliott, Maxwell H., General Counsel, General Services Administra-

tion

149

Humphrey, George M., Secretary of the Treasury-

113

Kaltenbach, general chairman, legislative and tax committee, Smaller

Business of America, Inc.

354

Kassalow, Edward, executive secretary, national economic policy

committee, CIO.

329

Kelly, William F., American Bankers Association.

Levett, Arthur, president, Horle Arms Co., Deep River, Conn_

Long, John A., executive vice president, Photoswitch, Inc. -

288

398

380

Martin, William McC., Jr., Chairman of the Board, Federal Reserve

System.

96

Moore, Ralph K., Blue Ridge Transportation Co., Inc.

305

Noonan, Joseph D., executive secretary, Smaller Business Association

of New England, Inc.---

373

Parsons, S. S., chairman of the board, Smaller Business of America,

Inc

345

Sheaffer, Craig R., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Domestic
Affairs.

Sparkman, John, a United States Senator from the State of Alabama__

Street, Gordon P., president, the Wheland Co., Chattanooga, Tenn...

Thompson, Clark W., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Texas

Thye, Edward J., a United States Senator from the State of Minnesota

Troy, Arnold, president and general manager, Eastern Metal Products

Co., Tuckahoe, N. Y..

Turner, Roscoe, Roscoe Turner Aeronautical Corp., Indianapolis, Ind