COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

W. R. POAGE, Texas, Chairman E. C. GATHINGS, Arkansas,

PAGE BELCHER, Oklahoma, Vice Chairman

Ranking Minority Member JOHN L. MCMILLAN, South Carolina

CHARLES M. TEAGUE, California THOMAS G. ABERNETHY, Mississippi CATHERINE MAY, Washington WATKINS M. ABBITT, Virginia

ROBERT DOLE, Kansas PAUL C. JONES, Missouri

GEORGE V. HANSEN, Idaho FRANK A. STUBBLEFIELD, Kentucky WILLIAM C. WAMPLER, Virginia GRAHAM PURCELL, Texas

GEORGE A. GOODLING, Pennsylvania MASTON O'NEAL, Georgia

CLARENCE E. MILLER, Ohio THOMAS S. FOLEY, Washington

J. HERBERT BURKE, Florida JOSEPH Y. RESNICK, New York

ROBERT B. MATHIAS, California ELIGIO DE LA GARZA, Texas

WILEY MAYNE, Iowa JOSEPH P. VIGORITO, Pennsylvania

JOHN M. ZWACH, Minnesota WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina

THOMAS S. KLEPPE, North Dakota JOHN G. DOW, New York

ROBERT PRICE, Texas
BILL NICHOLS, Alabama

JOHN T. MYERS, Indiana
G. V. MONTGOMERY, Mississippi
FRANK J. BRASCO, New York
JOHN R. RARICK, Louisiana

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H.R. 12066, a bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as

amended, to provide an additional source of financing for the rural tele-

phone program, and for other purposes.

Statement ofm

Avila, Charles F., president, Edison Electric Institute -

Bollinger, Harold R., president, Pioneer Telephone Co.

Fullarton, David C., executive manager, National Telephone Coopera-

tive Association.-

Lucier, Philip J., president, Continental Telephone Co.

Lynn, John C., legislative director, American Farm Bureau Federa-

tion...

Mott, Adm. William C., executive vice president, U.S. Independent

Telephone Association --

National Association of Manufacturers.

O’Konski, Hon. Alvin E., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Wisconsin.

Peterson, A. Harold, executive director and counsel, National TEA

Telephone Association --

United States Independent Telephone Association.

Correspondence submitted to the committee:

Duckett, Toral, executive vice president, Central Telephone Co. and

Affiliates, Lincoln, Nebr., telegram of August 14, 1967

Ewers, L. N., general manager, Morrison Telephone Co., Morrison,

Ill., letter of August 17, 1967-

Johnson, Rolla L., president, Gulf States-United Telephone Co., Tyler,

Tex., letter of August 11, 1967 -

Payne, Harold G., chairman, REA Borrowers Committee, letter of

June 1, 1967, to the President of the United States --

Pickelsimer, C. W., Jr., Citizens Telephone Co., Brevard, N.C., letter

of August 22, 1967-.

Popple, Paul M., Assistant to the President of the United States, letter

of June 17, 1967, to Harold G. Payne, Chairman, REA Borrowers

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