CARD DIVISION A RESOLUTION CREATING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO THE PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Small Business 18617 UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1957 CONTENTS Page Coleman, G. E., Jr., president, Nichol's, Inc., Exeter, N. H. Hergreaves, John, Carolina Poultry Farms, Federalsburg, Md_ 140 216 Larkin, Richard C., Chief, Program Analysis Group, Poultry Division, 16 188 Mason, Norman P., Commissioner, Federal Housing Administration___ 205 Martell, Charles, manager in charge of the marine department of the Planchon, Albert, general manager, Poultrymen's Cooperative of Con- Pritchard, Norris T., Head, Poultry Section, Marketing and Research Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agri- Turnbull, Don. M., executive secretary, the American Poultry & Hatch- 75 Answers to questionnaires prepared by McKinley & Co., Miami, Fla.-- Appendix submitted by Mr. Norman P. Mason, Commissioner, Federal Arbor Acres Farms, Inc., statement of, signed by Mr. Henry Saglio___ Barnes, Wendell B., Administrator of the Small Business Administra- 199 16 PROBLEMS IN THE POULTRY INDUSTRY THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1957 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE No. 6 ON FOOD INDUSTRIES OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT A STUDY AND Washington, D. C.. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:15 a. m., in room 1334, New House Office Building, Hon. Charles H. Brown (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Brown (presiding), McCulloch, and Shee han. Also present: Representative Horace Seely-Brown, Jr., of Connecticut, Mortyn K. Zietz, special counsel, and Mildred C. Darrow, minority secretary. Mr. BROWN. The committee will now be in order. Subcommittee No. 6 of the Select Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives is a duly constituted subcommittee of the House committee, and is composed of Hon. Joe L. Evins, Hon. James Roosevelt, Hon. Timothy P. Sheehan, Hon. William M. McCulloch, and myself as the chairman. The full committee is under the able chairmanship of Hon. Wright Patman. This subcommittee is charged with the duty of investigating and studying the problems of small business connected with food industries. The House of Representatives, in House Resolution 56, approved January 31, 1957, authorized the Select Committee on Small Business, to conduct a study and investigation of the problems of all types of small business, existing, arising or that may arise, with particular reference to (1) the factors which have impeded or may impede the normal operations, growth, and development of the potentialities of small business; and (2) the administration of Federal laws relating specifically to small business to determine whether such laws adequately serve the needs of small business. Pursuant to this authorization, this subcommittee begins today a factual and objective study of the poultry industry, and the problems confronting small businesses in this important segment of the business community. The Small Business Committee in a sense might be referred to as a part of the research department of the Congress, often dealing with what business would call pure research. We are not a legislating committee. Therefore there are no bills before us in these hearings. We report our findings and make recommendations to the standing committees of the House. May I add parenthetically that this function, in my opinion, is most important to good legislation. I am convinced that sometimes Congress, when it passes laws with the finest of intentions and the noblest 1 |