COEN ACEEAGE ALLOTMENTS AND MAEKETING QUOTAS 



THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1949 



House of Representatives, 

 Special Subcommittee of the 



Committee on Agriculture, 



Washington, D. C. 

 The subcommittee met at 10 a. m., Hon. Stephen Pace (chau-man) 

 presiding. 



Mr. Pace. Gentlemen, the committee will please come to order. 

 We will this morning hear witnesses on the methods by which the 

 corn acreage allotment would be determined under existing law. We 

 hope the witnesses will have recommendations drawn up from their 

 experience, as to any needed changes. The first witness will be Mr. 

 T. B. Walker. Mr. Walker will you come around and identify yourself 

 for the record. 



STATEMENT OF T. B. WALKER, CHIEF, PROGRAM ANALYSIS 

 DIVISION, GRAINS BRANCH, PRODUCTION AND MARKETING 

 ADMINISTRATION 



Mr. Walker. My name is T. B. Walker. 



Mr. Pace. And what is your official connection, Mr. Walker? 



Mr. Walker. I am chief of the Program Analvsis Division, Grains 

 Branch, PMA. 



Mr. Pace. Mr. Walker, I am going to ask the committee counsel, 

 Mr. Parker, to open the questions, and then we will join in with him 

 later. 



Mr. Parker. Mr. Walker, at the outset will you try to tell to the 

 committee how the corn acreage allotments are determined under the 

 present law, that is, the law prior to the amendments of the Agricul- 

 tural Act of 1948? 



I understand with respect to corn the acreage allotment must be 

 determined not later than February 1? 



Mr. Walker. That is right. 



Mr. Parker. Will you start with the national acreage allotment 

 and tell us how that is arrived at, and then go down, step by step, 

 until you get to the farm allotments. 



Mr. Pace. Pardon me, Mr. Parker. Do j'^ou not think he should 

 fix the marketing quotas, the over-all marketing quotas? 



Mr. Walker. Marketing quotas have never been applied to corn. 



As I take it, your question is that you would like me to take up 

 how the national allotment is determined first? 



Mr. Parker. That is correct. 



Mr. Walker. Under section 328 of the Agricultural Adjustment 

 Act of 1938, provision is made for the establishment of a national 



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