WHEAT ACEEAGE ALLOTMENTS AND MAKKETING QUOTAS 



FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1949 



House of Representatives, 

 Special Subcommittee of the 



Committee on Agriculture, 



Washington, D. C. 



Mr. Pace. The committee will please come to order. 



The committee felt the need of making a fm*ther investigation with 

 regard to the probability of marketing quotas on wheat and any- 

 needed changes in the marketing quota law, taking mto account the 

 plan submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture last Friday as set forth 

 begimiing on page 34 of the bill, entitled "The Agricultm-al Adjust- 

 ment Act of 1949." 



We have present this morning Mr. Frank Woolley, Deputy Ad- 

 ministrator of the Production and Alarketing Administration; Mr. 

 T. B. Walker, Chief of the Program Analysis Division of the Grain 

 Branch; Mr. Fred Entermille, Assistant Director of the Grain Branch; 

 and Mr. John Bagwell, a member of the staff of the Solicitor's Office. 



If it is agreeable to the committee and these witnesses, I suggest 

 that they all come forward and sit together so that the one who feels 

 best qualified can answer the questions. 



Mr. Woolley, is there any preliminary statement that you or any 

 of the other gentlemen would like to make before w^e go into the 

 details? 



STATEMENT OF FRANK WOOLLEY, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, PMA, 

 ACCOMPANIED BY T. B. WALKER, CHIEF, PROGRAM ANALYSIS 

 DIVISION, GRAIN BRANCH; FRED ENTERMILLE, ASSISTANT 

 DIRECTOR, GRAIN BRANCH; AND JOHN BAGWELL, MEMBER, 

 STAFF OF SOLICITOR'S OFFICE 



Mr. Woolley. Mr. Chairman, we felt that the committee was fully 

 informed on the general background of the question and that a need 

 for a formal statement was absent. 



Accordingly, we just came prepared to answer any questions the 

 committee might care to ask us. 



Mr. AxDRESEN. Mr. Chairman, I wish that Mr. Woolley would give 

 the committee just a brief summary of what the situation is under 

 existing law with reference to wheat, marketing quotas for wheat, 

 acreage allotments, in the event that we do not approve any other law. 



Mr. Woolley. You would like a summary of what would happen, 

 assuming that no action is taken by the Congress at all with respect 

 to marketing quotas on wheat? Mr. Walker, would you like to an- 

 swer that and give them the figures hers with respect to the carry- 



725 



