52C. Check dated October 21, 1961, payable to O. A. Thorp in 53. Letter dated March 2, 1962, to Harvey White from Wayne Q. Wimmett, chairman, Oklahoma State ASC Com- 53A. Letter dated May 8, 1962, to Jim Morton, chairman, Custer County ASC Committee, Clinton, Okla., from EXECUTIVE SESSION EXHIBITS MADE PUBLIC 1. Memorandum dated February 17, 1961, signed by John J. Aldridge, reviewer, re transfer of cotton from the allot- ment pool to Reeves County, Tex., with attachment..... 2. Letter dated February 20, 1961, to Ralph M. Raper, Direc- tor, Cotton Division, CSS, Washington, attention: Joe EXHIBITS-Continued 54. Letter dated June 22, 1961, to Hon. Harold D. Cooley, chairman, Committee on Agriculture, House of Repre- sentatives, from Orville Freeman, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, re House bill 1022 (see also 55A. Check dated October 21, 1961, payable to Chandler Co. in the amount of $1,765, signed by Russell E. Dill, drawn on First National Bank, Clinton, Okla., notation "For 55B. Check dated October 21, 1961, payable to Kelley & Maddox Farms, in the amount of $600, signed by Russell Dill, drawn on First National Bank, Clinton, Okla., notation 55C. Check dated October 21, 1961, payable to O. A. Thorp, in the amount of $1,250, signed by Russell E. Dill, drawn on First National Bank, Clinton, Okla., notation "Commis- 55D. Check dated October 21, 1961, payable to Joyce Gray in the amount of $443.75, drawn on First National Bank, Clinton, Okla., notation "Commission refund”. 55E. Check dated October 21, 1961, payable to Lindol Barker in the amount of $50, signed by Russell E. Dill, drawn on First National Bank of Clinton, Okla., notation "Com- 56. Letter dated April 9, 1960, to Lewis F. Wolfe, State admin- 58. Letter dated May 8, 1962, to Jim Morton, chairman, Custer County ASC Committee, Clinton, Okla, from Russell E. Dill, county office manager, Clinton, Okla... 59. Letter dated February 17, 1961, to Carl Albert, Congress of the United States, Washington, D.C., from Walter J. 60. Letter dated March 13, 1961, to Walter J. Arnote, McAles- 60A. Letter dated February 28, 1961, to Hon. Carl Albert, House of Representatives from Orville L. Freeman, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture... 61. Letter dated March 23, 1961, to Walter Arnote from Carl Albert, U.S. Congress, Third District, Oklahoma___ 61A. Letter dated March 22, 1961, to Hon. Carl Albert, House of Representatives, from Orville L. Freeman, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture.. 61B. Letter dated May 31, 1961, to Walter Arnote, McAlester, Okla., from Carl Albert, Representative, Third District, Oklahoma.. 62. Chart, "Pooled cotton allotment transfers as relates to Oklahoma". 62A. Chart, "Pooled cotton allotment transfers as relates to Alabama" 62B. Chart, "Pooled cotton allotment transfers as related to Georgia". 63. Form CSS-178, "Application for transfer of acreage allotment from allotment pool" 64. Form CSS-177, "Notice of displacement and designation of beneficiary". 65. Memorandum dated April 12, 1961, to chairman, Alabama 65A. Blank forms of contract and agreement. 66. Summation of a part of the meeting at Dallas, January 16, 1961, transfer of commodity allotments from pool, paragraphs 88-93, 3-PA (revision 1).. Proceedings of— July 6, 1962. 403 July 11, 1962. 501 July 12, 1962. 585 July 13, 1962_ *May be found in the files of the subcommittee. 679, 719, 735 VI 52C. Check dated October 21, 1961, pay the amount of $1,250, signed by drawn on Custer County State I52D. Check dated October 21, 1961, p.. the amount of $1,765 signed drawn on Custer County Stat 53. Letter dated March 2, 1962, to 53A. Letter dated May 8, 1962, EXECUTIVE S 1. Memorandum dated Feb 54. Letter dated June chairman, Comm 55A. Check dated Octob the amount of $1, 55B. Check dated Octob Farms, in the a 55C. Check dated Octo the amount of First National 1 55D. Check dated Octo amount of $4 55E. Check dated Octo in the amount o 56. Letter dated Apri istrative officer 57. Letter dated M 58. Letter dated M 59. Letter dated Feb 60. Letter dated Mar May be found in the files of TMENT OF AGRICULTURE HANDLING OF LED COTTON ALLOTMENTS OF BILLIE SOL ES FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1962 U.S. SENATE, PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., in the caucus room, Old Senate Office Building, pursuant to Senate Resolution 250, agreed to February 7, 1962, Senator John L. McClellan (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senator John L. McClellan, Democrat, Arkansas; Senator Henry M. Jackson, Democrat, Washington; Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Democrat, North Carolina; Senator Edmund S. Muskie, Democrat, Maine; Senator Karl E. Mundt, Republican, South Dakota; and Senator Carl T. Curtis, Republican, Nebraska. Also present: Donald F. O'Donnell, acting chief counsel; Paul E. Kamerick, assistant counsel; Alphonse F. Calabrese, investigator; Philip W. Morgan, chief counsel to the minority; and Ruth Y. Watt, chief clerk. The CHAIRMAN. The subcommittee will be in order. (Members present at the time of reconvening, Senators McClellan and Mundt.) The CHAIRMAN. Our next witness is Mr. Laurence Manwaring. Do you solemnly swear the evidence you are about to give before this Senate subcommittee shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Mr. MANWARING. I do. TESTIMONY OF H. LAURENCE MANWARING The CHAIRMAN. Will you please identify yourself for the record, giving your name, your address, and your present business or occupation? Mr. MANWARING. Mr. Chairman, I am H. Laurence Manwaring. I live at 514 North Oak Street in Falls Church, Va., and I am at the present time an employee in the Department of Agriculture as Director of the Soil Bank Division, in the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. I have been in that position since March of this year. Prior to that e I was Director of the Food and Materials Division from March 1 to March of this year. Prior to that time from 1953 to March |