TESTIMONY OF PKODUCEE GEOUPS AND MEMBEK8 

 OF CONGKESS 



WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1949 



House of Representatives, 

 Special Subcommittee of the 



Committee on Agriculture, 



Washington, D. C. 

 afternoon session 



Mr. Pace. The committee will come to order. 



I will ask that all the witnesses who are present come up front. 



Mr. Case, are you ready to proceed? 



Mr. Case. Yes, sir. I am sorry I was late, sir. 



Mr. Pace. I might say that I am delighted to observe the presence, 

 as an indication of the deep interest in the subject, of our distin- 

 guished colleague, Mr. Fellows of Maine, which is a great potato- 

 producing State. Will you come up here and sit with us, Mr. Fellows? 



Mr. Fellows. Thank you. 



Mr. Pace. Mr. Case, I understand you have had a little meeting 

 since the committee's recess. 



Mr. Case! Yes, Mr. Chairman. The committee has three or four 

 resolutions. I am very sorry to say that we are typing them as 

 hurriedly as possible. We did not break away from here until quite 

 late. 



In the meantime, I would like very much to ask one of our col- 

 leagues from Florida to tell the committee a little about the operations 

 of the 1948 program. The potato men did suggest the program and 

 I would like him to tell how it has operated so far this year, the 1949 

 program. 



Mr. Pace. We will be delighted to hear you. Wlio do you want 

 to present? 



Mr. Case. Mr. Cox from Florida. 



STATEMENT OF J. A. COX, PRINCETON, FLA. 



Mr. Pace. Are you a member of some association, Mr. Cox? 



Mr. Cox. I am a potato grower. I pointed out to the National 

 Potato Council yesterday that one of the desired effects and one of 

 the most important effects that we wanted to bring out in the new 

 program is being accomplished. That is, the better grades are going 

 to the market. For the first time in the history of our deal, there were 

 no U. S. No. 1 potatoes bought in my immediate area. There were 

 several cars of U. S. No. 2's bought and they went on the market. 

 At the present time, according to the latest figures I have received, 

 88 percent of the total purchases have been U. S. No. 2's, or B size. 

 Only 12 percent were U. S. No. I's. 



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