GENERAL FARM PROGRAM 583 



Mr. Hope. Mr, Chairman, could I make this suggestion to Mr. 

 Goss? 



Mr. Pace. Yes. 



Mr. Hope. With reference to this question of what part the dis- 

 tributing trade should have in a situation of this kind, would it inter- 

 fere any with your concept of a board if we would leave the processors 

 and distributors off of it but set up an advisory group composed of 

 processors and distributors who might be consulted and whose sug- 

 gestions might be helpful in getting cooperation. 



We must have cooperation with the distributors and processors, 

 but suppose we leave them off the board and have them in the form 

 of an advisory group which can be consulted. Would that fit in 

 with your ideas ? 



Mr. Goss. It has possibilities that I would like to weigh. It ap- 

 peals to me except, as I said before, I have sat on so many advisory 

 boards that did not amount to anything. You have to find some 

 way of giving that advisory board an interest so they will really work 

 and help. Maybe you can work it out that way. We would like to 

 explore it with you. 



Mr. Hoeven. Will the gentleman yield? I think perhaps to in- 

 dicate what Mr. Hope has in mind, only yesterday, in passing the 

 Commodity Credit bill, we set up a board to administer the work of 

 the Commodity Credit Corporation and also set up an advisory 

 committee. 



Mr. Goss. We would like to study it. We can clearly see that it has 

 advantages. If you could maintain the interest of the processors and 

 distributors in helping to discuss and build their processing and build 

 their distribution around a sound plan, it would be all right. 



Mr. Pace. There is no objection to that. I agree with you that there 

 must be a diversity of programs. I am willing to write marketing 

 quota laws. I am willing to write the two-price system, the domestic 

 allotment plan. I am willing to write a certain amount of flexibility 

 under certain conditions of price supports. I think when that is done 

 there should not be a group of processors and distributors telling the 

 farmers which supports they will get, but it sliould be submitted to 

 the farmers of the Nation and let them vote as to whether they want a 

 two-price system or acreage controls. I think the farmers of the Na- 

 tion should control that program and not a group of men sitting in 

 Washington. 



Mr. Goss. If you could work out some sort of system where you 

 could get the cooperation of those groups — and the suggestion may do 

 that — we would certainly like to go through it with you. We do want 

 a board than can put some of these remedies to work. We do not think 

 there is a great deal of legislation needed to do it. 



Mr. Pace. I would go along with Mr. Hope's suggestion. 



Thank you very much, Mr. Goss. 



Mr. Russell Smith, will you please come to the witness stand ? 



Everybody knows Mr. Russell Smith, representing the National 

 Farmers Union, and he has some important testimony to submit to the 

 committee which was delayed. We will be glad to hear from you now, 

 Mr. Smith. 



