Government becoming the prime purchaser of our domestic wool production. Government warehouses would bulge with unmarketable wool and this surplus would operate to further depress prices on the open market. At this point, I think the Secretary of Agriculture deserves a tribute for his splendid efforts in disposing of the Government-owned wool surplus after the initial enactment of this law.

The second alternative-higher tariffs on foreign-produced wool-also has some major disadvantages. Our manufacturers who purchase raw wool are not in a happy situation. To increase the cost of their raw material through an increase in wool tariffs would put them at a further disadvantage in competition with foreign cloth producers. Under the present act, the domestic wool production has moved orderly into commercial channels to the advantage of the producers, the manufacturers, and the Government.

In my State of Utah, wool production stands fifth in economic importance. In the legislation before you, we have found a sound solution to a very sticky problem. Let me urge you to reenact this law as it stands and not to endanger a major segment of our economy by attempting to apply the law's provisions to other commodities whose problem is not comparable.

Mr. MATTHEWs. I will ask our colleague, Congressman Dixon, if you will please introduce Mr. Don Clyde.

Mr. Dixon. It is my distinct pleasure and honor, Mr. Chairman, to introduce Mr. Don Clyde, of Heber City, Utah, who is the president of the National Wool Growers Association.

Mr. Clyde is a woolgrower in his own right, and has been over the years, operating quite a large sheep undertaking-about 4,000 breeding ewes. I would like to state that my intimate acquaintance with Mr. Clyde for many years prompts me to say that he is a man of principle and honor in every way, not only respected throughout the United States but particularly in Utah where we know him best. Mr. MATTHEWs. Thank you very much for that. We are really delighted to have you here.

STATEMENT OF DON CLYDE, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATION, HEBER CITY, UTAH

Mr. CLYDE. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I, certainly, appreciate the opportunity of the courtesy extended us to appear before you. I am president of the National Wool Growers Association. I am also a woolgrower, residing in Heber City, Utah. I have a flock of approximately 4,000 breeding ewes which summer in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah and winter in the desert area of that State. My sheep operation is typical of many others in Utah and surrounding States, which have been developed over a period of years to make the best possible use of the available grass and water resources.

The National Wool Growers Association became 92 years old just a few weeks ago. In fact, we were organized in New York State immediately following the Civil War. During all of those 92 years our organization has been the recognized spokesman for the sheep-producing industry of the United States.

I am here today to urgently request a renewal of the National Wool Act of 1954. In making this request, I am speaking not only for the membership of the National Wool Growers Association but for woolproducer groups in all the 48 States, 96 organizations in total.

I have a list of those 96 organizations, and I would like to file them with the clerk.

Mr. MATTHEWS. Without objection permission is granted to file them in the record.

(The list referred to is as follows:)

LIST OF SHEEP PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS WHICH AUTHORIZED DON CLYDE, PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATION, TO REPRESENT THEM IN A JOINT INDUSTRY REQUEST TO CONGRESS FOR EXTENSION OF THE NATIONAL WOOL ACT OF 1954

Alabama:

1. Alabama Sheep & Wool Growers Association, E. R. Howard, president, Route 1, Toney, Ala.

Arizona:

1. Arizona Wool Growers Association, H. B. Embach, secretary, 14 East Jefferson Street, Phoenix, Ariz.

Arkansas:

1. Washington County Sheep Association, Dick Johnston, Fayetteville, Ark. California:

1. California Wool Growers Association, W. P. Wing, secretary, 151 Mission Street, San Francisco, Calif.

Colorado:

1. Colorado Wool Growers Association, Robert Field, secretary, 4693 Franklin Street, Denver, Colo.

2. Colorado Wool Marketing Association, Newton Bowman, secretary, 101 Lipan Street, Denver, Colo.

3. Colorado-New Mexico Wool Marketing Association, R. E. Fryback, secretary, Durango, Colo.

Connecticut:

1. Connecticut Sheep Breeders Association, R. Eldred Doyle, president, Rural Free Delivery No. 2, Doyle Road, Rockville, Conn. Delaware:

1. Delaware Sheep & Wool Association, Mrs. Earl Rambo, secretary, Houston, Del.

Florida:

1. Northwest Florida Sheep Growers Association, Oscar Harrison, secretary, DeFuniak Springs, Fla.

Georgia:

1. Georgia Purebred Sheep Breeders Association, James White, Jr., president, 2734 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, Ga.

2. Georgia Sheep & Wool Growers Association, Joe Butler, president, Camilla, Ga.

Idaho:

1. Idaho Wool Growers Association, M. C. Claar, secretary, Post Office Box 2598, Boise, Idaho

2. Idaho Wool Marketing Association, R. K. Hart, secretary, Box 547, Pocatello, Idaho

3. American Suffolk Sheep Society, C. W. Hodgson, secretary, Moscow, Idaho

Illinois:

1. Illinois Wool Marketing Association, Dale A. Rouse, secretary, 1208 South Central Avenue, Paris, Ill.

Indiana:

1. Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, Charles Poland, manager, 47 South Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Ind.

2. American Shropshire Registry Association, Mrs. Jessie F. Ritenour, secretary-treasurer, Post Office Box 678, Lafayette, Ind.

Iowa:

1. Iowa Sheep & Wool Growers Cooperative Association, Don Pullin, president, Waterloo, Iowa

2. Iowa State Sheep Association, Dewey Jontz, field representative, State House Des Moines, Iowa

3. American Hampshire Association-Roy A. Gilman, secretary, Stuart, Iowa

Kansas:

1. Kansas Purebred Sheep Breeders Association, R. F. Cox, director, Kansas State College, Manhattan, Kans.

Kentucky:

1. Kentucky Wool Growers Cooperative Association, R. R. Biddle, manager, 620 South Broadway, Lexington, Ky.

2. National Sheep Association, Sam R. Guard, secretary, Lousiville, Ky.

Louisiana:

1. Louisiana Sheep Growers Association, P. Chauvin Wilkinson, president, Port Allen, La.

2. Louisiana Sugar Belt Sheep Growers Association, E. H. Graugnard, president, St. James, La.

Maine:

1. Maine Sheep Breeders Association, W. P. McDonald, secretary, Vassalboro, Maine.

Maryland:

1. Maryland Sheep Breeders Association, Edward F. Shepter, president, Brightside Road, Baltimore, Md.

Massachusetts:

1. National Wool Marketing Corporation, David E. Judd, secretary, 281 Summer Street, Boston, Mass.

2. New England Sheep & Wool Growers Association, Joseph L. Lavien, president, Sheffield, Mass.

Michigan:

1. Michigan Cooperative Wool Marketing Association, Seldon D. Harvey, secretary, Post Office Box 49, Manchester, Mich.

2. American Oxford Down Record Association, C. E. Puffenberger, secretary, Eaton Rapids, Mich.

3. Michigan Sheep Breeders Association, H. A. Henneman, secretary, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.

4. Michigan Shropshire Breeders Association, East Lansing, Mich.

5. Michigan Lamb Feeders Association, East Lansing, Mich.

Minnesota:

1. Minnesota Wool Growers Association, Carl J. Nadasdy, manager, 101-27th Avenue, SE., Minneapolis, Minn.

2. Minnesota-Dakota Columbia Breeders Association, Sleepy Eye, Minn. 3. Minnesota Sheep Breeders Association, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn. 4. Northern Minnesota Sheep Producers Association, Norman L. Anderson, president, Middle River, Minn.

5. Southern Minnesota Sheep Breeders Association, Le Center, Minn. Mississippi:

1. Mississippi Purebred Sheep Breeders, Rogers G. Davis, president, Natchez,

Missouri:

Miss.

1. American Corriedale Association, Rollo E. Singleton, secretary, 108 Parkhill, Columbia, Mo..

2. Midwest Wool Marketing Association, Frank C. Rice, 911 Wyoming Street, Kansas City, Mo.

3. Missouri Livestock Association, Wallace Smith, Columbia, Mo.

4. Northeast Missouri Hampshire Association, V. B. Vandiver, Leonard, Mo. 5. Montadale Sheep Breeders Association, E. H. Mattingly, secretary, 61 Angelica Street, St. Louis, Mo.

6. National Lamb Feeders Association, Carl Montegna, secretary, 200 Livestock Exchange Building, Kansas City, Mo.

Montana:

1. Montana Wool Growers Association, Everett E. Shuey, secretary, Livestock Building, Helena, Mont.

2. Northwest Wool Marketing Association, S. E. Whitworth, manager, Placer Hotel Building, Helena, Mont.

Nebraska:

1. Nebraska Wool Growers Association, Dwight Holaway, vice president, Crawford, Nebr.

Nevada:

1. Nevada Wool Growers Association, John E. Humphrey, secretary, Post Office Box 1429, Reno, Nev.

2. Nevada Wool Marketing Association, George Swallow, secretary, Ely, Nev.

New Hampshire:

1. New Hampshire Sheep Breeders Association, Edwin H. Keith, secretarytreasurer, North Sutton, N. H.

New Jersey:

1. New Jersey Hampshire Sheep Association, Mrs. E. L. Boardman, secretary, Bernardsville, N. J.

2. New Jersey Sheep Breeders Association, Rutgers University, New Bruns

wick, N. J.

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New Mexico:

1. New Mexico Wool Growers Association, Miss Isabel Benson, secretary, Box 421, Albuquerque, N. Mex.

New York:

1. New York State Sheep Growers Cooperative Association, Stephen B. Whitaker, manager, Penn Yan, N. Y.

2. New York State Purebreed Sheep Improvement Project and New York State Sheep Growers Association, Ithaca, N. Y.

3. New York State Corriedale Association, Fred C. Tilton, secretary, Holcomb, N. Y.

4. Schuyler County Sheep Breeders Cooperative, Robert Beattie, secretary, Hector, N. Y.

5. Western New York Lamb Feeders, Stephen Hawley, president, Batavia, N. Y.

North Carolina:

1. North Carolina Wool Pools, A. V. Allen, Secretary, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, N. C.

North Dakota:

Ohio:

1. North Dakota Cooperative Wool Marketing Association, A. C. Bjerken, manager, Post Office Box 1186, Fargo, N. Dak.

2. Missouri Slope Wool Growers Association, Center, N. Dak.

1. Ohio Wool Growers Cooperative Association, Paul A. Getz, manager, 2050 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio

2. Ohio Sheep Improvement Association, Ralph H. Grimshaw, secretary, Plumb Hall, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Oklahoma:

1. Oklahoma Sheep & Wool Growers Association, Otto S. Cox, Delaware, Okla.

Oregon:

1. Oregon Wool Growers Association, J. P. Steiwer, secretary, Fossil, Oreg. 2. American Romney Breeders Association, Withycombe Hall, Corvallis, Oreg.

3. Pacific Wool Growers, R. A. Ward, general manager, 734 NW. 14th Avenue, Portland, Oreg.

Pennsylvania:

1. American Cheviot Sheep Society, S. R. Gates, secretary, Lafayette Hill, Pa.

2. American Southdown Breeders Association, W. L. Henning, secretary, State College, Pa.

3. Continental Dorset Club, J. R. Henderson, secretary, Hickory, Pa. 4. Pennsylvania Sheep & Wool Growers Association, W. A. Thompson, president, Waynesboro, Pa.

Rhode Island:

1. Rhode Island Sheep Cooperative, Irving Hazard, president, Saunderstown, R. I.

South Carolina:

1. South Carolina Sheep Breeders Association, Inc., Ola Forbes, president, Mountville, S. C.

South Dakota:

1. Western South Dakota Sheep Growers Association, John H. Widdoss, secretary, Belle Fourche, S. Dak.

2. South Dakota Wool Growers Association, Robert Dailey, president, Flandreau, S. Dak.

Tennessee:

1. Tennessee Wool Growers Association, P. A. Merriwether, Clarksville, Tenn.

Texas:

1. Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers' Association, Ernest Williams, secretary, Cactus Hotel Building, San Angelo, Tex.

2. American Rambouillet Sheep Breeders Association, Route 1, Box 533, San Angelo, Tex.

Utah:

1. Utah Wool Growers Association, James A. Hooper, secretary, 855 South Fourth West, Salt Lake City, Utah

2. Utah Wool Marketing Association, James A. Hooper, secretary, 855 South Fourth West, Salt Lake City, Utah

3. Columbia Sheep Breeders Association, Alma Esplin, secretary, Box 315, Logan, Utah

Vermont:

1. Vermont Sheep Breeders Association, Don Balch, secretary, Burlington, Vt.

Virginia:

1. United Wool Growers Association, K. A. Keithly, manager, Dayton Pike, Post Office Box 187, Harrisonburg, Va.

2. Southwest Virginia Sheep Breeders Association, G. Allen, Jr., secretary, Blacksburg, Va.

3. Valley-Northern Virginia Sheep Breeders Association, Blacksburg, Va. Washington:

1. Washington Wool Growers Association, Philip B. Kern, secretary, East Cherry Lane, Ellensburg, Wash.

West Virginia:

1. West Virginia Wool Marketing Association, F. L. Miles, secretary, 476 Hite Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

2. American & Delaine-Merino Association, Charles M. Swart, secretary, 4000 Water Street, Wheeling, W. Va.

3. West Virginia Purebred Sheep Breeders Association, F. L. Miles, secretary, Morgantown, W. Va.

Wisconsin:

1. Wisconsin Cooperative Wool Growers Association, R. E. Richards, manager, 530 East Corcoran Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis.

2. Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative & Wisconsin Livestock Breeders. Association, Dr. A. L. Pope, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.

Wyoming:

1. Wyoming Wool Growers Association, J. B. Wilson, secretary, McKinley, Wyo.

2. Wyoming Wool Marketing Association, W. T. Kirk, manager, 401 East 15th Street, Cheyenne, Wyo.

Mr. CLYDE. Sheep are produced in all of the 48 States. In fact, Government records will show that out of the 3,057 counties in the United States there were only 15 of them where sheep are not produced and consequently only 15 counties which were not actually benefited by this program.

In behalf of we people who raise sheep and wool in the United States, I want to express to the Congress our deep appreciation for your foresight in passing the National Wool Act of 1954. This action clearly indicates your recognition of the serious problems our industry was facing and a sincere desire to place our strategic wool industry on a sound economic footing.

It is also with pleasure and pride that we report to you what has been accomplished and the sincere effort on the part of the American woolgrower to make the National Wool Act work. The act is helping create stability out of a chaotic condition which existed in one of America's oldest industries in 1954. It has enabled us to begin a long-term program to completely rehabilitate an enterprise which has played an important role in the affairs of the Nation.

As woolgrowers we are truly appreciative of the great confidence you have placed in us and the wonderful support that you have given our industry. It has replaced fear and despair with hope and confidence that the future of our industry will again be bright.

We had seen approximately a 50-percent reduction in sheep numbers between 1942 and 1954. Six years prior to 1954, in 1948, a 25-percent cut in the tariff on imports of raw wool was negotiated under the Trade Agreements Act. Duties on wool textile were likewise reduced in 1948.

Our tariff protection was further reduced by the inflation which our country experienced between 1942 and 1954. The drop in the value of the dollar when applied to a cents per pound duty on wool imports,