area which were not in the 1957 commercial corn area. A farmer in one of these new counties who had entered into an acreage-reserve agreement or conservation-reserve contract prior to January 1 and prior to the mailing to him of a notice of farm corn acreage allotment should not be disadvantaged as a result of such subsequent change in the status of his producing area. Consequently, any farmer who was in a noncommercial corn county at the time he signed an acreage-reserve agreement or conservation-reserve contract should be permitted to retain the benefits of such soil bank contracts without regard to such later developments.

Sincerely yours,

MARVIN L. McLAIN, Assistant Secretary.

(Whereupon, at 10:30 a. m., the subcommittee adjourned.)

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H. R. 9518, H. R. 9519, H. R. 9532, H. R. 9535, H. R. 9539, H. R. 9675, H. R. 9859, H. R. 9895, H. R. 9921, H. R. 9973, H. R. 9995, H. R. 10016, H. R. 10049, H. R. 10192 and H. R. 10567

FEBRUARY 11 AND 12, 1958

Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture

Serial RR

23102

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1958

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
HAROLD D. COOLEY, North Carolina, Chairman

WILLIAM S. HILL, Colorado, er officio member of all subcommittees

CONTENTS

H. R. 9518.

H. R. 9519.

H. R. 9532.

H. R. 9535.

A bill to extend the National Wool Act of 1954-

A bill to extend the National Wool Act of 1954.

A bill to extend the National Wool Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 910)_

A bill to extend the National Wool Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 910).

H. R. 9539. A bill to extend the National Wool Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 910).

Statement of—

Anderson, Hon. Leroy H., a Representative in Congress from the

Second District in the State of Montana____

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88

Baker, J. A., director, division of legislative services, National Farmers

Union...

108

Barrett, Hon. Frank A., a United States Senator from the State of

Wyoming..

100

Berry, Hon. E. Y., a Representative in Congress from the State of

South Dakota___

14

Clyde, Don, president of the National Wool Growers Association,

Heber City, Utah....

46

Crowder, J. A., of Washington, D. C., representing the Boston Wool

Trade Association, Philadelphia Wool and Textile Association, and

National Wool Trade Association___.

Dawson, Hon. William A., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Utah.......

45

Engle, Hon. Clair of California..

344

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14

Etchepare, Paul, representing the National Lamb Feeders Associa-

tion, Denver, Colo....

58

Fisher, Hon. O. Clark, a Representative in Congress from the 21st

District of the State of Texas

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85

Fulton, Dan, of Ismay, Mont., president of the Montana Wool
Growers Association_

Jackson, C. W., director of public relations, National Grange..

Kincaid, T. A., president; accompanied by Ernest L. Williams, execu-

tive secretary, of Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers' Association, Ozona,

Tex----

Lemmon, James H., president of National Wool Marketing Corp.,
Lemmon, S. Dak..

McLain, Hon. Marvin L., Assistant Secretary; accompanied by Frank

W. Immasche, Commodity Stabilization Service, and F. Richard

Burke, Agricultural Marketing Service. --

Marsh, Edwin E., executive secretary of National Wool Growers

Association, Salt Lake City, Utah..

116

Moss, Hon. John E., a Representative in Congress from the Third

Congressional District of the State of California.

122

O'Dunne, Eugene, representing National Association of Wool Manu-

facturers, Washington, D. C...

98

Smith, Arthur, secretary-treasurer of the Utah Livestock Production

Credit Association, Salt Lake City, Utah.

80

Thomson, Hon. E. Keith, a Representative in Congress from the

State of Wyoming..

12

Watkins, Hon. Arthur V., a United States Senator from the State of

Utah, with exhibits 1 and 2 included...

113

Winder, G. Norman, president, American Sheep Producers Council-

Yarborough, Hon. Ralph, a United States Senator from the State of

Texas...

66

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Additional data submitted to the subcommittee by-

Clyde, Don:

List of sheep producer organizations authorizing Don Clyde to
represent them.

Department of Agriculture:

Number of stock sheep in the United States; domestic production,

imports and consumption of wool; wool prices and payments

under the National Wool Act of 1954 and 70 percent of duties

collected on wool and wool manufactures...

Report on H. R. 9539 by True D. Morse, Acting Secretary, of

January 16, 1958.

Fisher, Hon. Ö. Clark:

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Proposed committee amendment to the bill for Wool Act renewal_

McLain, Hon. Marvin L.:

Exhibit C-Foreign value of wool imported into the United States

and import duties..

Exhibit D-Prices paid by farmers.

Exhibit E-Pasture-feed conditions, October 1, 1956-

Exhibit F-Prices for wool at Boston and Sydney, Australia..

Exhibit G-CCC holdings of wool accumulated from 1952 to

1954, price-support loan program.

Exhibit H-Average price received in the open market by

growers and incentive payments for shorn wool...

Exhibit I-Number of stock sheep in the United States; domestic

production, imports and consumption of wool; wool prices and

payments under the National Wool Act of 1954; and 70 percent

of duties collected on wool and wool manufactures (table)....

Exhibit J-Number of goats clipped; production and consump-

tion of mohair, and farm price of mohair in the United States

(table)

Exhibit K-Number of farms and ranches reporting sheep and

shearing sheep in 1949 and 1954 (table).

Exhibit L-Production of shorn wool, by States (table) -

Exhibit M-Estimated mill consumption of wool, cotton, rayon,

acetate, other man-made fibers and silk, United States, 1938

to date (table)

Exhibit A-Stock sheep and lambs on farms January 1..

Exhibit B-United States duty-paid imports of wool by specific

countries of origin ... ....

Exhibit N-Price per pound of wool and other textile fibers, 1938

to date (table) -

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Exhibit 0-Duties collected on wool and wool manufactures

imported into the United States (table) - -

37

Exhibit P-Projections of payments under wool payment program

and duty collections avaiable for payments through the 1958

marketing year with incentive price at 62 cents for the 1958

marketing year (table)_.

Exhibit Q-Wool payments through October 31, 1957, for the

1955 marketing year (table).

Exhibit R-Wool payments through November 30, 1957, for the

1956 marketing year (table).......

Campbell, Phil, Atlanta, Ga., telegram of February 3, 1958.

Smylie, Gov. Robert E., telegram to Hon. Hamer Budge..---

Exhibit S-How wool payments are figured (table)....

Poage, Hon. W. R.: