94909

HEARING

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 188, H. R. 1270, H. R. 2139, H. R. 2871,

H. R. 3984, H. R. 5497, H. R. 5857, H. R. 6607,

and H. R. 6702

CONTENTS

H. R. 6607. A bill to provide for the transfer of the assets of the Colorado

Rural Rehabilitation Corp. to the State of Colorado____

Statement of—

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Scott, Kenneth L., Director of Agriculture Credit Services, Depart-
ment of Agriculture___

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Smith, Henry, Deputy Administrator, Farmers' Home Administra-
tion___

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Additional data submitted to the subcommittee by-

Hill, Hon. William S.:

News release of April 3, 1957_

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H. R. 1270. A bill to amend section 302 of the Packers and Stockyards Act

of 1921 so as to make such act inapplicable to stockyards which engage

exclusively in the sale of livestock on commission at public auction___

H. R. 188. A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act to prevent
sudden and unreasonable decreases in the price of hogs and cattle which
are sold at stockyards or to packers subject to that act--

Statement of

American National Cattlemen's Association.

Baker, A. Z., president of the American Stock Yards Association__

National Farmers Union____

Petus, D. M., Acting Director, Livestock Division, accompanied by

John Zelinski, Chief, Rates and Registration Section, Agricultural

Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture___

Additional data submitted to the subcommittee by-

Department of Agriculture, report on H. R. 1270__.

H. R. 2139. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to require

reasonable bonds from packers---.

Statement of-

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Budge, Hon. Hamer H., a Representative in Congress from the Second

Congressional District of the State of Ohio____

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Hardenbergh, Wesley, president, American Meat Institute____

Killick, John A., executive secretary, the National Independent Meat

Packers Association_.

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Additional data submitted to the subcommittee by-

Budge, Hon. Hamer H.:

Agricultural Marketing Service, Roy W. Lennartson, Deputy Ad-

ministrator, letter of February 14, 1957_

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Table A.-Losses incurred by commission firms and dealers, regis-

tered under the Packers and Stockyards Act to operate at super-

vised markets, due to failure of packers to pay for livestock

purchased from such registrants__.

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Table B.-Examples of losses resulting from failure of packers

to pay for livestock purchased from producers and others not

registered under Packers and Stockyards Act---

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Table B-1.-Claims of livestock producers and sellers for livestock

sold to Danville Packing Co., Danville, Ill., in 1948, ultimately

settled at 52 cents on the dollar_.

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Poage, Hon. W. R.:

American Meat Institute, Washington, D. C., letter dated May

13, 1957----

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