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Secretary Brannan. Not using the 100 percent, you are not. 

 Mr. Pace. I was not quoting you then, but I was about to. Here 

 are your exact words on that — 



I recommend that the prices oi returns of these first priority oi group 1 com- 

 modities be maintained at not less than the full support price standard — 



which I interpreted as 100 percent. Is that right? 



Secretary Brannan. All right, sir. 



Mr. Pace. Am I right in saying that you recommended that they 

 be supported at 100 percent of the income support standard you have 

 worked out? 



Secretary Brannan. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Pace. Then you say that they should be supported at that 

 level, whether under controls or not. That means that you would 

 support one of those commodities at the full 100 percent income 

 standard whether or not they were under controls, marketing quotas 

 and acreage controls. 



My first question there is, what inducement would there be to a 

 producer to ever vote for marketing quotas if he could get the same 

 support without them as he could with them? 



Secretary Brannan. Mr. Pace, where in that statement have I 

 said that we would support them without reference to acreage 

 limitations, marketing quotas, or marketing agreements, or anything 

 else? If I have, let us correct that language right now. 



Mr. Pace. I am quoting you on page 48 of your testimony on 

 Thursday morning. 



Secretary Brannan. Mr. Chairman, might I ask if I am to be 

 given an opportunity to review my testimony before it is used against 

 me? 



The Chairman. Certainly. You have a right to revise your 

 remarks. 



Secretary Brannan. In this case, I might not be given that 

 opportunity. 



Mr. Pace. I will yield to your wishes, if you do not desire to be 

 quoted. 



Secretary Brannan. You certainly have a right to repeat what 

 the record says. 



Mr. Pace. Do you want to see it? 



Secretary Brannan. No, you go right ahead and read it, sir. 



Mr. Pace (reading): 



Senator Young. Is it proposed to have the same support-price level whether 

 the farmer is under acreage controls or quotas or whether he is not? The same 

 support-price level would prevail in both instances? 



Secretary Brannan. In the group 1 commodities, I would say that would 

 generally be the rule. 



Secretary Brannan. Mr. Chairman, may I beg leave to make that 

 answer consistent with my statement which I made at the opening 

 of these hearings? I have stated my views a number of a times 

 throughout my statement, and if you care to have me go through it 

 from page to page to point my views out, I will do so. 



Mr. Pace. Mr. Secretary, do not misunderstand me. If that 

 does not reflect your mature judgment, you not only may, but I beg 

 you to give us your mature judgment. 



Secretary Brannan. Let us refer to page 25 of the statement, for 

 example. 



