ALCOHOL PLANT TRANSFER HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 10514, H. R. 11189, and H. R. 11753 MARCH 31, 1958 Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture Serial ZZ 23885 UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1958 COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE HAROLD D. COOLEY, North Carolina, Chairman W. R. POAGE, Texas, Vice Chairman WILLIAM S. HILL, Colorado, Ex Officio Member of All Subcommittees CONTENTS H. R. 10514. A bill to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture certain alcohol-producing facilities of the United States, to require him to produce alcohol from surplus agricultural products and certain corn and wheat, to provide for the disposal of such alcohol, and for other purposes___ H. R. 11189. A bill to provide for the transfer to the Department of Agriculture of a certain Government-owned alcohol plant, for the pur- chase and use of grains in connection with the operation of such plant, H. R. 11753. A bill to provide for the transfer to the Department of Agriculture of a certain Government-owned alcohol plant, for the pur- chase and use of grains in connection with the operation of such plant, Berger, Walter C., Division of Commodity Stabilization Service, executive vice president of the Commodity Credit Corporation... Jensen, Hon. Ben F., a Representative in Congress from the Seventh Congressional District of the State of Iowa Johnson, Joseph G., engineer and owner-operator of the plant under consideration, accompanied by Leroy Welsh, Chairman of the Commission on Increased Industrial Use of Alcohol; Lewis Smith- berger, grain dealer and elevator operator, Stanton, Nebr.; and Sidney Caughey, United States Department of Agriculture. Miller, Hon. A. L., a Representative in Congress from the State of Additional data submitted to the committee by- Department of Agriculture: Report of the task group on industrial alcohol from grain of the 10 ALCOHOL PLANT TRANSFER MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1958 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The committee met pursuant to notice at 10 a. m., in room 1310, New House Office Building, Hon. W. R. Poage presiding. Present: Representatives Poage, Gathings, Albert, Thompson, Jones, Watts, Hagen, Johnson, Matthews, Hill, Hoeven, Simpson, Belcher, Harrison, Dixon, Smith, and Quie. Also present: Representatives Harrison (Nebraska), McGovern, and Krueger; John Heimburger, counsel; Mabel C. Downey, clerk. Mr. POAGE. The committee will please come to order. The full committee is meeting here this morning to consider legislation of an emergency nature which several of our colleagues have introduced on the matter of using soft corn for the production of alcohol which would involve reopening of a Government-owned alcohol plant at Omaha, Nebr. There are, I think, a number of bills that have been introduced on this same subject matter. There is one by Mr. Harrison and one by Mr. McGovern, as well as one by Mr. Hoeven, a member of this committee, and there may be others who have introduced legislation on this same subject matter. The bills will be inserted in the record at this point. (The bills referred to are as follows:) [H. R. 11753, 85th Cong., 2d sess.] A BILL To provide for the transfer to the Department of Agriculture of a certain Government-owned alcohol plant, for the purchase and use of grains in connection with the operation of such plant, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of the General Services Administration is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture, without reimbursement or transfer of funds, the Government-owned alcohol-producing plant at Omaha, Nebraska, known as Plancor Numbered 1608, together with the equipment, facilities, and other property pertaining thereto. SEC. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, upon such terms and conditions as he deems reasonable, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, to operate such plant or provide for the operation of such plant under Government supervision by lease or other arrangement, for the purpose of manufacturing alcohol from grains which, in the opinion of the Secretary, are inferior, damaged, deteriorated, or in immediate danger of damage or deterioration. SEC. 3. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to procure such grain by purchase without regard to the provision of law governing the making of contracts and by transfer, without reimbursement, of Commodity Credit Corporation owned stocks. SEC. 4. The Secretary of Agriculture is directed to operate the plant, or cause it to be operated, in such manner as to utilize to the fullest extent possible grains |