Small Business and Foreign Trade

-U.S. Congress. House.

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

PURSUANT TO

H. Res. 13

A RESOLUTION CREATING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT
STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS OF THE PROBLEMS
OF SMALL BUSINESS

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WASHINGTON, D.C.

MARCH 26, 27, 28; SEPTEMBER 10 AND 11, 1963

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Select Committee on Small Business

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SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS

JOE L. EVINS, Tennessee, Chairman

WRIGHT PATMAN, Texas
ABRAHAM J. MULTER, New York
TOM STEED, Oklahoma
JAMES ROOSEVELT, California
JOHN C. KLUCZYNSKI, Illinois
JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan

WILLIAM M. MCCULLOCH, Ohio
ARCH A. MOORE, JR., West Virginia
WILLIAM H. AVERY, Kansas
H. ALLEN SMITH, California
HOWARD W. ROBISON, New York
RALPH HARVEY, Indiana

BRYAN HASKELL JACQUES, Staff Director
RICHARD L. MITCHELL, General Counsel
HARRY OLSHER, Consultant

JUSTINUS GOULD, Counsel

CHARLES S. BELLER, Counsel

GREGG POTVIN, Counsel

CHARLES E. O'CONNOR, Counsel

JANE M. DEEM, Administrative Assistant

MYRTLE RUTH FOUTCH, Clerk

JOHN J. WILLIAMS, Minority Counsel

R.V.S. 14N63

CONTENTS

Testimony of—

Ballagh, Thomas C., president, Ballagh & Thrall, Inc., Philadelphia,

Pa..

Barger, Herman, Acting Director of the Office of International Trade_

Behrman, Jack N., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Domestic

and International Business__

Braderman, Eugene M., Director, Bureau of International Com-

merce_

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

Business, Washington, D.C..

Crook, Dr. Stanley, economic adviser, Small Business Administration_

Daniels, Draper, National Export Expansion Coordinator...

del Mercado, C. V., manager, international division, Owatonna Tool

Co., Owatonna, Minn...

Dorfman, Ben, Chairman, U.S. Tariff Commission.

Foley, Eugene P., Administrator, Small Business Administration_
Gibson, Joe, small business industrial specialist, Cookeville, Tenn.
Hanna, Keith, Assistant Administrator (Controller), Small Business
Administration__.

Horne, John E., Administrator, Small Business Administration; accom-
panied by Irving Maness, Deputy Administrator for Procurement
and Technical Assistance; William Simpson, Deputy Administrator
for Management and Research Assistance; C. R. Lanman, Deputy
Administrator for Financial Assistance; Keith Hanna, Assistant
Administrator (Controller); Fredric T. Suss, General Counsel; Dr.
Stanley Crook, economic adviser; William Sturdevant, congressional
liaison; Samuel Klein, Chief of Foreign Trade Division, P. & T.A.;
and Philip Zeidman, special assistant to the Administrator ---
Hotchkiss, Clarence F., president, Stow Manufacturing Co., Bing-
hamton, N.Y__

Howard, John B., Chief of Technical Service, U.S. Tariff Commis-
sion_..

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