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UTILIZATION OF FARM CROPS

INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL AND SYNTHETIC RUBBER

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

UNITED STATES SENATE

SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. Res. 80

(78th Congress)

(Extending S. Res. 224-77th Congress)

A RESOLUTION FOR AN INVESTIGATION RELATIVE TO

THE PRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL,

SYNTHETIC ALCOHOL, AND SYNTHETIC

RUBBER FROM FARM CROPS

AND ON

THE PRESIDENT'S VETO MESSAGE, S. DOC. 243

ON S. 2600 (77th Congress)

PART 6

FEBRUARY 25, APRIL 1, 20, MAY 5, 19, AND JUNE 16, 1943

Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1943

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

ELLISON D. SMITH, South Carolina, Chairman

SUBCOMMITTEE ON S. RES. 224 (77th Congress) and S. RES. 80 (78th Congress)

Anderson, Hon. John Z., House of Representatives.

1663

Bennett, Dana, public relations counsel, National Grange, Wash-

ington, D. C..

1654

Downey, Hon. Sheridan, United States Senate_

Elliott, Hon. Alfred J., House of Representatives....

1662

1674

Granger, C. M., Assistant Chief, Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture__.

1666, 1677, 1694

Groggins, Philip H., Chief, Chemical Division, War Food Adminis-
tration____.

Guthrie, S. O., president, Fairfield Distillery, Bardstown, Ky.

Hill, Hon. Grover B., Assistant Secretary of Agriculture_

Jeffers, Hon. William M., Rubber

Board

King, W. H., Washington, D. C-----

Knutson, Otto, Iowa Farm Processing Cooperatives-
Mahon, Hon. George A., House of Representatives.

McArthur, William, Director, Grain Division, Commodity Credit
Corporation

Phillips, Hon. John, House of Representatives_.
Robinson, Harry A., president, Gulf Distilling Corporation, Gret-
na, La___

Tucker, I. W., assistant chemist, Enzyme Research Laboratory, Bu-
reau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry__
Whitman, Dr. Walter G., Chemicals Division, War Production
Board_____

Wells, O. V., chief program analyst, Bureau of Agricultural Eco-

nomics. Department of Agriculture---

Communications and statements of-

Alcohol as Motor Fuel___.

Director, War Production

1679, 1728, 1766, 1821

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1723

1654

1631

1636, 1655, 1742

1688

1769

Boyer, John W., Chemical Division, War Production Board....

1716,

1731, 1732, 1760, 1794, 1795

Briggs, Lyman J., Director, National Bureau of Standards_.

Davison, Ralph, Rear Admiral, United States Navy-

Eastern States Petroleum Co., Inc., Houston, Tex---

Farm Crops Processing Corporation, Omaha, Nebr.

Feeding of Wheat Slop to Steers.

1797

1796

1630

1732

1761

Frazier, W. C., Omaha National Bank Building, Omaha, Nebr
General Tire & Rubber Co. The, Akron, Ohio.

Jacobs, P. Burke, Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Peoria, I'l-

1694

Jones. Hon. Jesse, Secretary of Commerce_
Livestock and Feed Situation for 1943-44__

1792

1763-

Marshall, M. Lee, Deputy Administrator, War Food Administration_

McBride, Gordon W., Agricultural Research Administration_-_- 1694

Nelson, Hon. Donald M., Chairman, War Production Board---- 1630, 1803-

1829