GENEEAL FAEM PEOGEAM 



THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1949 



United States Senate, 

 Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, 



House of Representatives, 



Committee on Agriculture, 



Washington, D. C. 



The Senate and House Agriculture Committees met in joint session 

 at 10 a. m. in room 1310, New House Office Building, Representative 

 Harold D. Cooley, chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, 

 presiding. 



Present: Senators Thomas (chairman of the Senate Committee on 

 Agriculture and Forestry), Hoey, Holland, Anderson, Aiken, Young, 

 Thye, Kem, and Hickenlooper.. 



Representatives Cooley (chairman of the House Committee on 

 Agriculture), Pace, Poage, Grant, Granger, Ga things, McMillan, 

 Worley, Abernethy, Albert, Abbitt, Polk, Sutton, O'Sullivan, Davies, 

 'V\liite, Lind. Hope, Andresen, Murray, Hall, Hill, Hoeven, Simpson, 

 Bramblett, Dague, and Cotton. 



Delegates Bartlett of Alaska, and Farrington of Hawaii, and 

 Resident Commissioner Fern6s-Isern. 



The Chairman (Mr. Cooley). The committee will be in order. 

 We are delighted to have with us this morning the Senate Committee 

 on Agriculture and Forestry. We meet jointly for the purpose of 

 hearing Secretary Braunan, whom the chair is glad to recognize at 

 this time. 



I would like to ask the members of the House committee to forego 

 the privilege of asking any questions at all this morning, and I would 

 like to ask all the members of both committees to forego asking ques- 

 tions until the Secretary has concluded his statement. 



At the conclusion of the Secretary's statement, I will turn the meet- 

 ing over to Senator Thomas for the purpose of recognizing such 

 members as wish to ask questions. We hope to have the Secretary 

 back with this committee tomorrow morning, at which time we will 

 have an opportunity to ask such questions as we may desire. 



We would also like to have the Senate committee come back and 

 meet with us tomorrow morning, if possible. 



STATEMENT OF HON. CHARLES F. BRANNAN, SECRETARY OF 



AGRICULTURE 



Secretaiy Brannan. Chairman Cooley and Chairman Thomas, 

 and gentlemen of the House and Senate Committees on Agriculture 

 and Forestry, I want to say sincerely that I appreciate the opportunity 



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