CONTENTS Page Statements of- Alderfer, E. G., assistant executive director, CARE_ Bartholomew, David M., on behalf of Great Plains Wheat. Behre, C. Edward, Friends Committee on National Legislation.... Derwinski, Hon. Edward J., a Representative in Congress from the Empie, Paul C., executive director, National Lutheran Council.__ Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences Freeman, Hon. Orville L., Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department Gaines, James P., executive vice president, the Rice Millers' Associa- 113 Grace, J. Peter, president, W. R. Grace & Co 128 Graham, Harry L., legislative assistant to the national master, 63 Grow, Howard, assistant to the executive vice president, American 116 Hadassah, Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc... 113 133 .Hasty, Walter A., Jr., assistant director of legislative service, Na- 45 Kastenmeier, Hon. Robert W., a Representative in Congress from the Kendrick, Ken, vice president, National Association of Wheatgrowers. Lincoln, Murray D., president, Nationwide Insurance Cos--- Lynn, John C., legislative director, American Farm Bureau Federation. ence_ 126 83 1 109 Miller, Tom Hall, president, American Partners, Inc.- Myers, Melvin, director, material resources and services, Church Naden, Kenneth D., executive vice president, National Council of Palisi, Joseph J., chief, social projects department, food-for-peace 157 Tom, C. Allen, vice president, National Association of Wheatgrowers_ 116 174 Communications submitted to the subcommittee: Biernacki-Poray, W. O., president, American Research Hospital in Campbell, Carĺ C., assistant director, foreign trade, National Cotton Reuter, Richard W., executive director, CARE, Inc., letter of June Welbes, John, executive vice president, Oregon Wheat Growers Additional information submitted to the subcommittee: J. Waters, Assistant Administrator for Material Resources, AID, Proposed section 309 of title III, Public Law 480, submitted by Rep- "The Food-for-Peace Program," a report of the Food-for-Peace Com- U.S. Government assistance for Skopje......... EXTENSION OF PUBLIC LAW 480-TITLES I AND II TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1964 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:10 a.m., in room 1310, Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C., Hon. W. R. Poage (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present Representatives Poage, Jones of Missouri, Matthews, Stubblefield, Harding, Matsunaga, Dague, and McIntire. Also present: Representatives Cooley, Grant, Johnson of Wisconsin, Purcell, Duncan, Olson, Hoeven, Quie, Findley, and Dole. Christine S. Gallagher, clerk; Hyde H. Murray, assistant clerk; John J. Heimburger, general counsel; Robert Bruce, assistant counsel; and Francis LeMay, consultant. Mr. POAGE. The subcommittee will please come to order. We are very much pleased this morning to have so many members of the committee with us, and we are very delighted to have the chairman of the full committee with us, as well as to have other members of the full committee present who are not members of the subcommittee. We have, of course, the Secretary of Agriculture and members of his staff present with us. We will start this discussion of Public Law 480. We should like to have you tell us of the present working of the program and any improvements or changes that you may suggest in the program for future use. This program has been accepted as one which has done a great deal of good. But, like all others, it is not a perfect program. And as it has operated we have begun to see opportunities to make changes in it. We would like to discuss any changes that you think are advisable. We should like to hear from you as to those things that you think should not be carried on. We will be glad to hear about those, too. So, Mr. Secretary, we will be delighted to hear from you. STATEMENT OF HON. ORVILLE L. FREEMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; ACCOMPANIED BY C. R. ESKILDSEN, ACTING ADMINISTRATOR, FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE; EDWARD M. SHULMAN, DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL; RICHARD H. ROBERTS, DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR, FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE; AND HILTON BATEMAN, CHIEF, REPORTS AND ANALYSIS BRANCH, PROGRAM OPERATIONS DIVISION, FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Secretary FREEMAN. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and Chairman Cooley and gentlemen. First, Mr. Chairman, may I express my appreciation for your courtesy in scheduling this meeting today and postponing that of yesterday. As the chairman knows, I went home yesterday to bury a very dear aunt of mine who, incidentally, served on this Hill for over 15 years 10 years here in the House as a Secretary for Congressman Youngdahl and then Congressman Miller, and then Congressman Henry, and then went over and served as administrative assistant to Senator Humphrey. And she made the arrangements for the marriage of Mrs. Freeman and myself here during the war. My wife lived with her while I was in training at Quantico. She was an extraordinary person. And I felt that I must be at that sad occasion. I appreciate your courtesy, Mr. Chairman, and that of this committee, in making that possible. am honored to testify and, particularly pleased personally to testify in favor of this bill to extend titles I and II of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. These titles are basic parts of Public Law 480, under which we have been operating, for nearly 10 years, a program that already stands out before the world as a monument to the practical economic wisdom and the high moral purpose of the people of the United States. The Congress can be justifiably proud of having enacted, with bipartisan support, this food-for-peace program under Public Law 480. Rarely has any governmental policy and program contributed so much to so many people and to so many diverse interests. It serves all of the people in the United States by promoting greater economic well-being at home and greater security in our relations with the rest of the world. It enables this Nation to advance the interests of its own citizens as they seek to meet their responsibilities to less-favored peoples. It effectively serves the foreign policy interests of the United States while it helps to expand our export trade. It contributes to domestic economic well-being for both agriculture and commerce while it has been a major factor in helping to end famine in the free world. It relieves hunger and suffering and promotes education among men, women and children in underdeveloped parts of the world; and at the same time it helps those nations to an accelerated takeoff in economic growth that will speed the day when they will become partners with us in commercial trade opening to us and to our children the last, vast underdeveloped market in the world. In addition to its history of developing commercial markets, Public Law 480 has a net favor |