COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE HAROLD D. COOLEY, North Carolina, Chairman W. R. POAGE, Texas, Vice Chairman E. C. GATHINGS, Arkansas JOHN L. MCMILLAN, South Carolina PAUL B. DAGUE, Pennsylvania MRS. CATHERINE MAY, Washington RESIDENT COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO POLANCO-ABREU, Puerto Rico CONTENTS Page Bassham, A. E., Wynne, Ark. 154 71 Bender, Richard J., vice president and director of purchasing, An- Blair, George B., general manager, American Rice Growers Cooper- ative Association, Lake Charles, La... Bowman, Morris, vice president, Arkansas Farm Bureau; Gerald Geiger, California Farm Bureau, and H. G. Hardee, Jr., Louisiana Farm Bureau, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Brooks, Hon. Jack, a Representative in Congress from the State of Broussard, Joe, II, president, the Rice Millers' Association and, also, Burns, Hon. John A., Governor of the State of Hawaii.. Carter, L. C., executive vice president and general manager, Arkansas 190 Dore, Gordon E., vice president, the Supreme Rice Mill, Inc., 202 Gipson, J. A., Agricultural Council of Arkansas, Dermott, Ark... Goff, Robert B., vice president of River Brand Rice Mills, Inc., and Gonzalez-Suarez, Oscar, testifying for Puerto Rico Rice Consumers Graham, Harry L., legislative representative, the National Grange, 192, 196 Harris, Glen R., director, Rice Growers Association of California, 86 III Hogue, E. E., Weiner, Ark. 156 Hula, Melvin, Hazen, Ark. 143 Jaenke, E. A., Associate Administrator, Agricultural Stabilization and 142 Jessup, Stewart, Almyra, Ark.. 143 Johnson, Hon. Harold T., a Representative in Congress from the Lauppe, Lorris, director, Rice Growers Association of California Leahy, M. E., executive vice president, Farmers Rice Cooperative, San Long, Hon. Speedy O., a Representative in Congress from the State Mc Beene, Guy, Wynne, Ark.. Mc Kinley, William L., secretary-general counsel, Gerber Products Co., Prewitt, T. A., Jr., McGehee, Ark. Prewitt, T. A., Sr., Tillar, Ark Sisk, Hon. B. F., a Representative in Congress from the State of Correspondence submitted to the subcommittee: Alfaro, Juan Diaz, Toa Alta, telegram dated April 27, 1965- Page 172 230 County of Colusa Chamber of Commerce, Colusa, Calif., letter of 229 187 215 219 Fisher, R. A., Wynne, Cross County, Ark., letter.. Inouye, Daniel K., U.S. Senate, letter dated April 8, 1965- 172 188 214 216 231 172 Mills, Wilbur D., Congress of the United States, House of Representa- 214 Morales, Jesus, Naranjito, telegram dated April 22, 1965– 172 N. F. Davis Drier & Elevator, Inc., Firebaugh, Calif., letter dated 219 Polanco-Abreu, Santiago, letter to Hon. Paul C. Jones, dated May 7, Ponce Chamber of Commerce, Ponce, P.R., letter dated April 27, 1965_ statement, dated May 12, 1965- 171 171 218 172 171 231 171 231 The National Rice Users Conference, Washington, D.C., letter and 219, 225 Translation of petitions from Puerto Rico. 169 Viera, Gumersindo, Caguas, telegram dated April 28, 1965. Additional information submitted to the subcommittee: 172 California rice growers will be the pawn in the administration's farm Frequency distribution of number of farms and acreage allotted to such 227 24-25 26 232 191 |