COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS-PRICE SUPPORT

H. R. 9814, H. R. 9819, H. R. 9869, H. R. 10011,
H. R. 10193, H. R. 10204, H. R. 10228, H. R. 10241,
H. R. 10269, H. R. 11092, and S. 3120

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FEBRUARY 6, 26, 28, AND APRIL 2, 1958

IMPROVED FARM PROGRAM

H. R. 4637, H. R. 5308, H. R. 7815, H. R. 7939,
H. R. 8059, and H. R. 10203

MARCH 18, 1958

TREATED FOR SEEDING PURPOSES

H. R. 3360, H. R. 4663, and H. R. 11581
MARCH 25, 28, AND APRIL 2, 1958

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UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1958

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

HAROLD D. COOLEY, North Carolina, Chairman

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

CONTENTS

WHEAT ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS-PRICE SUPPORT

H. R. 9814. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to

allow acreage planted to the 1958 crop of winter wheat in excess of

wheat acreage allotments to be considered in establishing such allot-

ments for the future..

H. R. 9819. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to

allow acreage planted to the 1958 crop of winter wheat in excess of

wheat acreage allotments to be considered in establishing such allot-

ments for the future..

H. R. 9869. A bill to compute wheat acreage allotments on the basis of

allotted acres.

H. R. 10011. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to

allow acreage planted to the 1958 crop of winter wheat in excess of

wheat acreage allotments to be considered in establishing such allotments

for the future..

H. R. 10228. A bill to amend section 101 of the Agricultural Act of 1949,

as amended, relating to price support on wheat..

H. R. 11092. A bill to exempt the production of durum wheat in the Tule-

lake area, Modoc and Siskiyou Counties, Calif., from the acreage allot-

ment and marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment

Act of 1938, as amended..

S. 3120. An act to amend the acreage allotment and marketing quota pro-

visions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, to pro-

vide additional allotments for farms in the Tulelake area, Modoc and

Siskiyou Counties, Calif., for the 1958 and 1959 crops of wheat, and for

other purposes--.

Statement of

Breeding, Hon. J. Floyd, a Representative in Congress of the Fifth

Congressional District of the State of Kansas... - -

Chenoweth, Hon. J. Edgar, a Representative in Congress of the Third

Congressional District of the State of Colorado___

15

Engle, Hon. Clair, a Representative in Congress from the Second

District of California....

83

Hughes, Herbert J., National Association of Wheat Growers; accom-

panied by Lester L. Mort and George Reid..

61

Kenfield, Leonard, president, Montana Farmers Union, and repre-

senting National Farmers Union...

Manwaring, H. Laurence, Deputy Administrator, Production Adjust-
ment, Commodity Stabilization Service; accompanied by W. K.
Schoonover, General Counsel's Office, and James Wyess, Commod-
ity Stabilization Service, Grain Division..

Thomson, Hon. E. Keith, United States Representative at large from
the State of Wyoming---

Additional data submitted to the subcommittee by
Albert, Hon. Carl:

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American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, D. C., letter of

February 28, 1958..

Bonneville County Grain Growers, Inc., Idaho Falls, Idaho,

letter and attachment of April 9, 1958...

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Additional data submitted to the subcommittee by-Continued

Breeding, Hon. J. Floyd:

Beutler, Milton, Meade, Kans., letter of January 27, 1958.

Burnett, Forrest W., Turon, Kans., letter of January 10, 1958-

Casner, Robert, Milton, Kans., letter of January 13, 1958..

Howell, Mrs. Wallace F., Conway, Kans., letter of January 12,

1958__.

Jackson, Ray, Syracuse, Kans., letter of October 18, 1957.
Williams, Clayton, Healy, Kans., letter of January 11, 1958..

Department of Agriculture:

Report on H. R. 11092, by True D. Morse, Acting Secretary, of

March 20, 1958..

Hughes, Herbert J., National Association of Wheat Growers:

Appendix A..

Appendix B-Farms with allotments of 15 acres or less..

Appendix C-1956 crop wheat___

Appendix D-Production in bushels (chart) -

Pago

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IMPROVED FARM PROGRAM

H. R. 4637, a bill to provide an improved farm program..

H. R. 5308, a bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as

amended, to establish a domestic parity plan for wheat.....

H. R. 7815, a bill to provide an improved farm program..

H. R. 7939, a bill to provide an improved farm program.

H. R. 8059. A bill to provide an improved farm program.

H. R. 10203. A bill to provide an improved farm program_.

Statement of-

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

Congressional District of the State of South Dakota..

129

Breeding, Hon. J. Floyd, a Representative in Congress from the Fifth

Congressional District of the State of Kansas.

115

Horan, Hon. Walt, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Washington..

135

Shofner, William O., Price Division, CSS, United States Department

of Agriculture..

133

Ullman, Hon. Al, a Representative in Congress from the Second
Congressional District of the State of Oregon.

Additional data submitted to the subcommittee by-

Department of Agriculture:

121

Report on H. R. 4637 by True D. Morse, Acting Secretary, of

April 22, 1957.......

95

TREATED FOR SEEDING PURPOSES

H. R. 3360. A bill to remove wheat for seeding purposes which has been

treated with poisonous substances from the "unfit for human consump-

tion" category for the purposes of section 22 of the Agricultural Adjust-

ment Act of 1933...

139

H. R. 11581. A bill to remove wheat for seeding purposes which has been

treated with poisonous substances from the "unfit for human consump-

tion" category for the purposes of section 22 of the Agricultural Adjust-

ment Act of 1933.

139

Statement of-

Beale, W. T. M., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic

Affairs; accompanied by L. I. Highby, International Economist;

John J. Czyzak, Assistant to the Legal Adviser; and William T.

Diroll, International Economist...

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158, 404

Bentley, Hon. Alvin M., a United States Representative from the

Eighth Congressional District of the State of Michigan

Burmeister, Gustave, Assistant Administrator, Agricultural Trade

Policy and Analysis, Foreign Agricultural Service, United States

Department of Agriculture; accompanied by Wilbur Youngman,

seed marketing specialist, Grain Division, United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture, Raymond L. Suppes, agricultural economist,

and A. Richard De Felice, Deputy Assistant Administrator..

Higman, William E., Chief, Division of Clarification, Bureau of

Customs

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149, 195

Krueger, Hon. Otto, a Representative in Congress from the State of

North Dakota.......

McIntosh, Hon. Robert J., a United States Representative from the

Seventh Congressional District of the State of Michigan.......

Additional data submitted to the subcommittee by-

Albert, Hon. Carl:

American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, D. C., letter of

March 25, 1958...

Code of Federal Regulations (sec. 10.106).

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Exhibit A-A proclamation by the President of the United States

of American imposing quotas on imports of wheat and wheat

flour.

Department of Agriculture, report on H. R. 3360 by Hon. E. T.
Benson, Secretary, of February 25, 1958, with letters from the

Bureau of the Budget and Department of State

143

164

Exhibit B—A proclamation by the President of the United States

of America suspending quotas on imports of certain wheat and

wheat flour

165

Exhibit C-Paragraph 729 of the Tariff Act of 1930.

166

Treasury Department, report on H. R. 3360, of September 16,

1957.

146

Department of Agriculture:

Imports of wheat for domestic use, fiscal years 1948–57------

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