4.B22':C7313

A BILL TO AMEND THE COMMODITY CREDIT
CORPORATION CHARTER ACT, THE STRATEGIC
AND CRITICAL MATERIALS STOCK PILING ACT
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

P87-18

88681

MARCH 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, AND APRIL 5, 1949

Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1949

STANFORD
LIBRARIES

CONTENTS

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H. R. 2682. A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter

Act, the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, and for other

purposes

Statement of—

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Blakemore, James R., Assistant Director, Corporation Audits Divi-

sion, General Accounting Office_-

137

Booth, Ronald C., vice president, Grain and Feed Dealers National

Association__.

120

Brannan, Hon. Charles F., Secretary of Agriculture-

Hoeven, Hon. Charles B., a Representative in Congress from the

Eighth District of Iowa..

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78

Johnson, J. P., representing the National Association of Refrigerated

Warehouses..

33

Johnston, Clement D., president, American Warehousemen's Asso-

ciation

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Johnston, Dale H., president, W. B. Johnston Grain Co., Enid, Okla.
Long, Robert L. supervisor, Corporation Audits Division, General
Accounting Office.

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137

Lovre, Hon. Harold O., a Representative in Congress from the First

District of South Dakota__

80

Parel, Don, associate director, Washington office, American Farm Bu-

reau Federation

Polk, Hon. James G., a Representative in Congress from the Sixth

District of Ohio...

Sanders, J. T., legislative counsel, the National Grange.

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

Scott, Walter R., executive vice president, the Board of Trade of

Kansas City, Mo___.

Smith, Russell, legislative secretary, National Farmers Union__
Todd, John H., counsel and Washington representative, the National
Cotton Compress and Cotton Warehouse Association_.

Additional information, communications, and statistics submitted for the

record:

Association of Refrigerated Warehouses, Missouri Valley Chapter,
telegram from, to Hon. Henry O. Talle__.

62

Brannan, Hon. Charles F., Secretary of Agriculture, letters of April 5,

1949, from, to Hon. Brent Spence.

142

Brannan, Hon. Charles F., Secretary of Agriculture, letter from, to

Hon. Lindsay C. Warren, Comptroller General of the United States-

Commodity Credit Corporation loan, purchase, and sales activities,

fiscal year 1949, through February 28, 1949.

144

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Jones, Hon. Marvin, chief judge, United States Court of Claims,

amendment submitted by---

General Accounting Office, letter and statement from, relative to

H. R. 2682_ _

Percentage of occupancy of coolers and freezers, by areas_

Percentage of total grain storage capacity filled in terminal centers

by districts, as of March 12, 1949.

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Sales of grain bins, June 1, 1948, to February 28, 1949.
Section-by-section analysis of proposed legislation....

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