TRANSFER OF BARTERED MATERIALS TO SUPPLEMENT STOCKPILE

The Commodity Credit Corporation is directed under title II of Public Law 540, 84th Congress to transfer strategic and critical materials not required for the national stockpile to the supplemental stockpile. These materials were acquired by the Corporation as a result of barter and exchange of price support commodities. The act authorizes appropriations to reimburse the Corporation for the value of materials transferred. The amount of $129 million in the estimate covers the value of the materials to be transferred during fiscal year 1959.

ANIMAL DISEASE ERADICATION ACTIVITIES

The Commodity Credit Corporation advances funds for eradication of foot-and-mouth and other contagious diseases of animals pursuant to authority contained in annual appropriation acts. The estimate of $1,056,500 is to repay the Commodity Credit Corporation for the advances to be made in 1959 for the eradication of vesicular exanthema of swine. The 1960 estimates propose a direct appropriation to ARS for this program.

GRADING AND CLASSING ACTIVITIES

The Commodity Credit Corporation makes advances to the Agricultural Marketing Service for classing and grading of agricultural commodities without charge to producers. Such advances used for classing cotton and grading tobacco not placed under price support loan must be repaid from subsequent appropriations. The estimate of $1,607,000 is to repay estimated advances in 1959. We have attempted to provide the committee with an explanation of the budget requests for the Commodity Stabilization Service, and are ready to provide any further detail that may be desired.

Mr. WHITTEN. Thank you, Mr. Berger.

Turning back, Mr. McLain, to the point we inserted the tables, I believe it would be well at that point in the record to list by years the amount paid out for nonbasic commodities where the Secretary had discretion-for dairy products, citrus, perishable fruits, vegetables and other commodities-whether purchased with section 32 funds, or milk purchased for the school lunch program, or whether it was for export. Supply that for the record.

(The table referred to is on p. 1701.)

PAYMENTS UNDER SUGAR AND WOOL PROGRAMS

Mr. WHITTEN. Also supply for the record the amounts paid out in the sugar and wool program to the 25 highest recipients. Mr. McLAIN. The highest individual recipients?

Mr. WHITTEN. Yes. You can limit that to the last 4 or 5 years if you like.

Mr. BEACH. I do not believe we have it available for back years.. I believe we have it available for the most recent crop year.

Mr. WHITTEN. Most recent crop years or year?

Mr. BEACH. The most recent crop year.

Mr. WHITTEN. You do not keep any past records?

Mr. BEACH. We could get it by going back to the counties but we do not have it in Washington.

Mr. WHITTEN. You might see what you can supply.

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Mr. McLAIN. On the Senate side they have made a request for the record of certain amounts of loans. If we went further than that we would have to go to the States to get it.

Mr. WHITTEN. I should think the Commodity Credit Corporation, paying out all this money, you would keep books in Washington as to those you paid it to last year.

Mr. BEACH. No, the books for commodity loans are kept in the county offices on individual loans. Beginning with 1958 we will have available the identity of every borrower.

Mr. WHITTEN. The Secretary was on Dave Garroway's program and indicated that the big cotton programs were outright grants to these people. But after all it is a loan which is substantially repaid. The people in California and the other sections know the facts but they do not get invited to Dave Garroway's programs and they do not get what they have to say in the press.

Mr. BEACH. We have the information on the five largest loans beginning with 1953 crops.

Mr. WHITTEN. I would like to have that and the 25 highest recipients for last year.

(The information requested follows:)

25 highest Sugar Act payments