DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE / HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RELATED JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi, Chairman FRED MARSHALL, Minnesota H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota Ross P. POPE, Staff Assistant to the Subcommittee 33913 PART 3 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE LANGUAGE CHANGES AND GENERAL PROVISIONS LIBRARY OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL OFFICE OF INFORMATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE SOIL BANK PROGRAMS Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1959 S ツ 2165 1757/65 4.3.4 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas ALFRED E. ANTANGELO, New York JOHN TABER, New York H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota CHARLES RAPER JONAS, North Carolina MELVIN R. LAIRD, Wisconsin Elford A. CEderberg, Michigan GLENARD P. LIPSCOMB, California JOHN J. RHODES, Arizona KENNETH SPRANKLE, Clerk and Staff Director S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1960 THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1959. AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE WITNESSES CLARENCE L. MILLER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE 0. V. WELLS, ADMINISTRATOR, AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE ROY W. LENNARTSON, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, MARKETING SERVICES OMER W. HERRMANN, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, MARKETING RESEARCH AND STATISTICS HENRY G. HERRELL, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR MANAGEMENT ARTHUR J. HOLMAAS, DIRECTOR, BUDGET AND FINANCE DIVISION DR. HARRY C. TRELOGAN, DIRECTOR, MARKETING RESEARCH DIVISION S. R. NEWELL, DIRECTOR, AGRICULTURAL ESTIMATES DIVISION MARTIN D. GARBER, DIRECTOR, FOOD DISTRIBUTION DIVISION HERMON I. MILLER, DIRECTOR, POULTRY DIVISION JOHN J. KAMINSKI, CHIEF, BUDGET BRANCH, BUDGET AND FINANCE DIVISION W. C. CROW, LIAISON, COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICULTURE HOWARD P. DOWS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, FOOD DISTRIBUTION DIVISION CHARLES L. GRANT, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND BUDGET OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LEE A. DASHNER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Mr. WHITTEN. Gentlemen, we have with us now Mr. Clarence L. Miller, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Wells, Mr. Lennartson, and their associates. We are glad to have you gentlemen before us. I have been requested by my colleague from Kentucky to yield to him at this point. Mr. NATCHER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this is the first time that we have had the privilege of having our friend, Clarence L. Miller, before us in his present capacity as one of the Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture. Friend Clarence Miller is from the great State of Kentucky. He is from Shelby County, Ky., and although we are of different political parties, we agree on a great many things. We both believe |