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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1958

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

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JAMIE L, WHITTEN, Mississippi, Chairman

FRED MARSHALL, Minnesota
WILLIAM H. NATCHER, Kentucky
JAMES B. BOWLER, Illinois

H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota
WALT HORAN, Washington
CHARLES W. VURSELL, Illinois

Ross P. POPE, Staff Assistant to the Subcommittee

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AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM

COMMODITY STABILIZATION SERVICE

GREAT PLAINS PROGRAM

LANGUAGE CHANGES AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE

SOIL BANK PROGRAM

SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE

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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman

MAHON, Texas

HARRY R. SHERPARD, California
ALBERT THOMAS, Texas
MICHAEL J. KIRWAN, Ohio
W. F. NORRELL, Arkansas
JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi
GEORGE W. ANDREWS, Alabama
JOHN J. ROONEY, New York
J. VAUGHAN GARE Virginia
JOHN E. FOGARTY, Phode Island
ROBERT L. F. SIKE, Florida
PRINCE H. PRESTON, Georgia
OTTO E. PASSMEN, Louisiana
DUIS C. BADAUT, Michigan
SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois
FRED MARSHALL, Minnesota
JOHN J. RILEY, South Carolina

ALFRED D. SIEMINSKI, New Jersey
JOE L. EVINS, Tennessee
HENDERSON LANHAM, Georgia
JOHN F. SHELLEY, California

EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts

DON MAGNUSON, Washington

WILLIAM H. NATCHER, Kentucky
DANIEL J. FLOOD, Pennsylvania

WINFIELD K. DENTON, Indiana

TOM STEED, Oklahoma

HUGH Q. ALEXANDER, North Carolina JAMES B. BOWLER, Illinois

JOHN TABER, New York

RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts
BEN F. JENSEN, Iowa

H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota
WALT HORAN, Washington
GORDON CANFIELD, New Jersey
IVOR D. FENTON, Pennsylvania
ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, Kansas

FREDERIC R. COUDERT, JR., New York
CLIFF CLEVENGER, Ohio

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 MELVIN R. LAIRD, Wisconsin

KENNETH SPRANKLE, Clerk and Staff Director

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

FOR 1958

TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1957.

STATEMENT OF THE SECRETARY

WITNESSES

HON. EZRA TAFT BENSON, SECRETARY

EARL L. BUTZ, ASSISTANT SECRETARY

ERVIN L. PETERSON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY
MARVIN L. McLAIN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY

KENNETH L. SCOTT, DIRECTOR, AGRICULTURAL CREDIT SERVICES
RALPH S. ROBERTS, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
R. L. FARRINGTON, GENERAL COUNSEL

DON PAARLBERG, ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY

JOSEPH C. WHEELER, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND BUDGET OFFICER

Mr. WHITTEN. The committee will come to order.

We are pleased to have with us today the Secretary of Agriculture. We are glad to have you, Mr. Benson, as well as your associates. Secretary BENSON. Thank you,, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to be here with my associates. I would like to express appreciation for the fine cooperation we have had from this committee as it has been reported to me from many members of our staff who have been here before you at the hearings.

Mr. WHITTEN. Thank you. We have had very good cooperation from them and we are appreciative of that.

The reason, I might say, Mr. Secretary, for having your appearance so late in our hearings is because we wanted to have your opinions on several new programs. There have been various new programs such as the soil bank and the Great Plains program started in the past year and we thought that at this time you would be in a little better shape to know what the situation is and also might be more helpful to the committee. So that is the reason we delayed your appearance until this late point in the proceedings.

Secretary BENSON. Thank you. Shall I proceed with my prepared statement?

Mr. WHITTEN. We will be glad to have you do so.

Secretary BENSON. And then we will try to answer later any questions you may have.

Mr. WHITTEN. Thank you. Will you proceed?

GENERAL STATEMENT

Secretary BENSON. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, in response to your invitation, I am pleased to again discuss with you the progress of agriculture.

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