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EMERGENCY PRICE CONTROL ACT

HEARINGS

Us. Congress. Senate

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY
UNITED STATES SENATE

SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 5990

AN ACT TO FURTHER THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY BY CHECKING SPECULATIVE AND EXCESSIVE PRICE RISES, PRICE DISLOCATIONS, AND INFLATIONARY TENDENCIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

DECEMBER 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, AND 17 1941

Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency

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CONTENTS

Anderson, Dr. Benjamin M., professor of economics, University of

California, Los Angeles, Calif__

Bland, Hon. Schuyler Otis, Representative from Virginia_
Brenckman, Fred, Washington representative, National Grange, Wash-
ington, D. C_--_.

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342

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Hetzel, Ralph, director of the economic division, Congress of Indus-
trial Organizations‒‒‒‒‒

285

Holman, Charles, secretary, National Cooperative Milk Producers'
Federation, Washington, D. C..

348

Jones, Rowland, Jr., Washington representative of National Associa-
tion of Retail Druggists, Washington, D. C.

427

Nystrom, Dr. Paul H., professor of marketing, Columbia University,
and president, Limited Price Variety Stores Association.

O'Neal, Edward A., president of the American Farm Bureau Fed-

eration

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Thomas, Hon. Elmer, United States Senator from Oklahoma_
Turner, P. C., president of the Maryland Farm Bureau, Parkton, Md__
Wingate, H. L., representing the Georgia Farm Bureau__

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Copy of amendment by Senator Taft to H. R. 5990_.
Letter from Senator Danaher transmitting a plan for the control of rents
by Richard F. Jones, Jr., 49 Pearl Street, Hartford, Conn_-

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