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H. R. 3623. A bill to encourage the improvement and development of

marketing facilities for handling perishable agricultural commodities--

H. R. 4250. A bill to encourage the improvement and development of

marketing facilities for handling perishable agricultural commodities__

H. R. 4504. A bill to encourage the improvement and development of

marketing facilities for handling perishable agricultural commodities__

Statement of-

American Farm Bureau Federation regarding proposed legislation to

encourage the improvement and development of marketing facilities

for handling perishable agricultural commodities..

Bellamy, J. W., Jr., president of the National Bank of Commerce,
Pine Bluff, Ark..

Brott, J. U., American Bankers Association.

Crow, William C., Agricultural Marketing Service, United States

Department of Agriculture.--

Di Vito, Dominic A., vice president of the National Association of
Produce-Market Managers.

Ford, Hon. Gerald, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Michigan...

Graham, James, manager, Raleigh Farmers Market, accompanied by
James Trotter, Raleigh, N. C..

Hannah, Arthur J., chairman of the Grand Rapids Food Market Au-

thority, on H. R. 3623 and the need for Federal legislation to aid the

financing of wholesale marketing facilities for perishable agricultural

commodities_ .

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Mayer, Arnold, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of

North America, AFL-CIO__

Patton, James G., president, National Farmers Union.

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Shelly, Joseph S., executive secretary, Vegetable Growers Association
of America__

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Welsh, Philip F., general attorney, on behalf of Association of American

Railroads

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Additional data submitted to the committee by-

Anfuso, Hon. Victor L.:

Masciarelli, Anthony, commissioner, Department of Markets,

New York, N. Y., letter of April 9, 1957_

Cooley, Hon. Harold D.:

Cherniak, Jules S., secretary-treasurer, National Association of

Produce Market Managers, Albany, N. Y., letter of March 26,

1957.

Cribb, Kenneth, Spartanburg, S. C., letter of March 18, 1957.

National Association of Refrigerated Warehouses, Inc., Washing-

ton, D. C., letter of March 21, 1957-

National Potato Council, Washington, D. C., letter of March 20,
1957__

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