SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RELATED JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi, Chairman FRED MARSHALL, Minnesota WILLIAM H. NATCHER, Kentucky ALFRED E. SANTANGELO, New York H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota Ross P. POPE, Staff Assistant to the Subcommittee 521 Z165 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas ALFRED D. SIEMINSKI, New Jersey EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts TOM STEED, Oklahoma HUGH Q. ALEXANDER, North Carolina CHARLES A. BOYLE, Illinois ALFRED E. SANTANGELO, New York JOHN TABER, New York RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachuset H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota FREDERIC R. COUDERT, JR., New York EARL WILSON, Indiana BENJAMIN F. JAMES, Pennsylvania GERALD R. FORD, JR., Michigan EDWARD T. MILLER, Maryland CHARLES W. VURSELL, Illinois HAROLD C. OSTERTAG, New York FRANK T. BOW, Ohio HAMER H. BUDGE, Idaho CHARLES RAPER JONAS, North Carolina II KENNETH SPRANKLE, Clerk and Staff Director DON PAARLBERG, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE 0. V. WELLS, ADMINISTRATOR, AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE `OMER W. HERRMANN, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, MARKETING RESEARCH AND STATISTICS ROY W. LENNARTSON, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, MARKETING SERVICE HENRY G. HERRELL, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR MANAGEMENT ARTHUR J. HOLMAAS, DIRECTOR, BUDGET AND FINANCE DIVISION HARRY C. TRELOGAN, DIRECTOR, MARKETING RESEARCH DIVISION S. R. NEWELL, DIRECTOR, AGRICULTURAL ESTIMATES DIVISION FRANK E. BLOOD, ASSISTANT то DEPUTY MARKETING SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR, MARTIN D. GARBER, DIRECTOR, FOOD DISTRIBUTION DIVISION HERMON I. MILLER, DIRECTOR, POULTRY DIVISION WILLIAM C. CROW, LIAISON OFFICER, COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICULTURE JOHN J. KAMINSKI, CHIEF, BUDGET BRANCH, AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE D. B. DELOACH, CHIEF, MARKET ORGANIZATION AND COST BRANCH, MARKETING RESEARCH DIVISION H. L. FOREST, DIRECTOR, DAIRY DIVISION DAVID M. PETTUS, DIRECTOR, LIVESTOCK DIVISION CHARLES L. GRANT, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND BUDGET OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Mr. WHITTEN. The committee will come to order. We are glad to have with us Dr. Paarlberg, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture to present the Agricultural Marketing Service's estimates. JUSTIFICATION OF THE ESTIMATE In that connection, I would like to insert pages 1 to 3 of the justification in the record at this point. (The material referred to is as follows :) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE PURPOSE STATEMENT The Agricultural Marketing Service was established by the Secretary of Agriculture on November 2, 1953, under the authority of section 161, Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C. 22), Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1953, and other authorities. The Service aids in advancing the orderly and efficient marketing and the effective distribution of products from the Nation's farms. The domestic marketing and distribution functions of the Department are centered in this Service. The (1191) |