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He may sell them into the market place at less than the support level. 



Mr. AxDRESEN. If you have marketing quotas, there will be a pen- 

 alty for the sale of extra-produced cotton? 



Secretary Brannan. As we said on last Thursda}^ if you apply 

 marketing quotas, then you have to make some compensatory arrange- 

 ments between that provision and whatever kind of marketing quotas 

 would be established. 



The very fact of establishing marketing quotas would take into 

 consideration whether or not it wanted to recognize the unit limitation. 



\h\ AxDRESEX. In addition to getting a support loan on 180 bales; 

 for example, this farmer would also be entitled to the support pay- 

 ment on his over-all income. 



Secretary Branxan. Not under anything that I have recom- 

 mended. 



jMr. Axdresen. I Avant to get that clear in my mind. If he pro- 

 duces 180 bales, all he gets is the support loan on that 180 bales. 



Secretary Branxax. Just as it is today. 



Mr. AxDRESEX. He gets that on all of his cotton today? 



Secretary Braxxax. As to the 180 bales, just as it is today. 



Mr. AxDRESEX. So that will be the end of his income from the 

 Government, or the assistance the Government will give him will 

 extend only to the loan that he gets as a support loan. 



Secretary Braxxax. That is right. 



Mr. AxDRESEX. And the cost of the program for cotton will be 

 predicated upon the production of not in excess of 180 bales per farm? 



Secretary Braxxax. Or whatever other level the Congress sets it 

 at. 



Mr. AxDRESEX. You have suggested 180 bales. How much cotton 

 will tlier come under the loan program? 



Secretary Braxxax. I do not have the answer to that, sir. 



Mr. Ax^DRESEX. Would one of your experts have the answer to that? 



Secretary Brannan. After we do a lot of field work. We M'ill have 

 the answer to that after we do the field work which is partially author- 

 ized by the Congress now. 



The Chairman. Mr. Secretary, could you possibly tell that? 

 You would have to know all about export markets and domestic 

 consumption and so on. You would have to know what the price 

 was going to be. You cannot possibly tell what is coming under the 

 loan at any time? 



Secretary Braxxax^ That is exactly right. 



The Chairmax. That is what his question was. 



Secretary Braxxax. Then I missed it. I thought he was shooting 

 at an estimate. 



Mr. Axdresen. You could give us an estimate. /\Ye would like 

 to find out if there will be 5,000,000 bales under the loan or only 

 3,000,000 bales under the loan. 



Secretarv Braxxax^. Nobody on this earth knows the answer to 

 that. 



Mr. White. Will the gentleman yield for just one minute before 

 we pass this point? 



Mr. AxDRESEX. I will yield to Mr. Murray. 



Mr. Murray. As I understand the Secretary, the limitation of 

 support is on the 148 bales of cotton and if the farmer produces more 

 than that he will not even get the support for the 148 bales. Is that 

 right? 



