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situation demands strong unified Federal leadership since much of our grazing land is overstocked, run down and eroding. These lands must be restored to good condition, the watersheds upon them must be controlled and livestock production must be built up. This vitally essential program will not be achieved without unified Federal leadership, which the Department of Agriculture is best suited to provide. In summary, (1) trees and grass and grazing of livestock are agricultural functions; (2) the greater part of Federal responsibility for these functions is now in the Department of Agriculture; and (3) the purpose the land serves, rather than any division based on public and private ownership, should govern its placement in government. A division of patents, record-keeping, service, etc., is not a valid objection to the contemplated transfers since their administration would not be a difficult problem.

Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report - Proposes amendment to sec. 7 (a) (1) ex

tending exemption from proposed trans-
fer of Bureau of Land Management (in
addition to functions as respects mining
and mineral resources), as follows: "the
conduct of cadastral surveys, classifica-
tion of the public domain into proper
use, administration of homestead and
other land disposal and withdrawal laws
and custody of the public land records;"
and substitute new language for sub-
sections (e) and (f), as follows:

"(e) Transfer of functions under clause
(1) of subsection (a) of this section shall
not be construed to authorize the Secre-

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tary of Agriculture to transfer any land
into the national forests, but the land
presently administered by the Bureau of
Land Management shall remain in its
present category, and subject to the
present law, regulations, and policies
except for any such lands as may here-
after be classified for disposal, either for
permanent withdrawal or for other use
by the Secretary of the Interior."

"(f) Within twelve months of the date
of transfer of functions under clause (1)
of subsection (a) of this section the Secre-
tary of Agriculture shall prepare and sub-
mit to the Committee on Agriculture of
the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
of the Senate a program for combining
the management of forestry and grazing
resources under a single Forestry and
Range Service, together with necessary
legislation to assure that all lands in-
cluded in such program will be subject
to uniform laws and regulations with
respect to grazing and forestry uses."

Also proposed deletion of that part of
sec. 7 (a) (2) which provides: "The ad-
ministrative unit administering the func-
tions transferred from the Federal Se-
curity Agency, together with the Exten-
sion Service and the Soil Conservation
Service shall be included as autonomous
units in the Agricultural Consultation

Opposes

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(Transfers of property relating to secs. 7 (a) (1) and 7 (a) (2))

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(Requires that State vocational agriculture be administered in accordance with established practice through established channels)

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Witness

SECTION 8

(Direct appropriations for commodity supports in lieu of sec. 32 funds)

D. Howard Doane, former member Hoover
Commission Task Force on Agriculture,
on behalf of United States Chamber of
Commerce, Aug. 29.

John A. Baker, National Farmers Union,
Sept. 5.

William F. Finan, Assistant Director, Ad-
ministrative Management, Bureau of the
Budget, Sept. 7.

John J. Riggle, Assistant Secretary, National
Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Wash-
ington, D. C., Sept. 10.

Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan,
Sept. 11.

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(Abolishes local, county and State agricultural committees)

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SECTION 10 (a)

(Creates one State agricultural advisory council and one county agricultural advisory council in each State and each county)

Senator George D. Aiken, Aug. 28.

Dr. Arthur S. Flemming, former member
Hoover Commission, Aug. 28.

Dr. H. P. Rusk, dean of agriculture, Univer-
sity of Illinois and chairman, Hoover Com-
mission Task Force on Agriculture, Aug.
28.

D. Howard Doane, former member Hoover
Commission Task Force on Agriculture on
behalf of United States Chamber of Com-
merce, Aug. 29.

E. S. Trask, general manager, Upper Snake
River Dairymen's Association, Idaho Falls,
Idaho, Aug. 29.

Frank J. Brice, Waterbury, Conn., repre-
senting Junior Chamber of Commerce of
United States, Aug. 29.
Joseph F. Kaylor, Association of State For-
esters, Sept. 5.

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Does not favor abolition of committees.
Suggested serious consideration to placing
PMA programs on grant-in-aid basis to
be conducted by States in cooperation
with USDA. Believes committees (if es-
tablished as proposed in the bill) should
function only in advisory capacity.

Opposes both sections, as new committee structure would not give sufficient recognition to forestry activities; sec. 10 imposes semiadministrative authority on existing legally constituted local agencies; and such additional overlay of authority would set back fire control, reforestation and forest management programs many years. Amendment: Exempt all forestry and grazing activities.

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