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mittee a formula that will be agreed, upon by the National Potato 

 Council. 



We have voted to appoint a special committee of 5, to be named by 

 our chairman, to try to work out a suitable formula. 



The second question was as to whether or not the industry favored 

 penalty provisions and from that we mferred that the committee 

 might be interested in our reaction on marketing quotas. 



We believe that the idea of penalty provisions and marketing 

 quotas both should be given serious consideration by the industry. 

 But, here, too, many of our areas have not had sufficient experience 

 or time for study of marketmg quotas and penalty payments to form 

 satisfactory judgment. 



We believe, therefore, that, for the time being, the support program 

 should be operated in line with present legislation with a recognition 

 that we all will be studying the possibility of penalty provisions and 

 marketing quotas. 



All of this is presented with the full recognition on the part of the 

 industry that future programs must be operated on a basis of reduced 

 costs to the very greatest extent possible in the interests of the na- 

 tional welfare and economy. 



Mr. Pace. Mr. Case, let me analyze that with you a moment. 

 First, you recommend a support of 60 to 90? 



Mr. Case. Yes. 



Mr. Pace. That is the law. Secondly, you recommend that com- 

 pliance be brought about by acreage goals and marketing agreements. 

 That is now the law. Third, you recommend that payments be 

 authorized as a measure of volume. 



Mr. Case. That is right. 



Mr. Pace. That is now the law? 



Mr. Case. That is possible under the law; yes. 



Mr. Pace. Then the only thing that you invite the attention of this 

 committee to would be trying to put in the law some formula pecul- 

 iarly applicable to the fixing of goals for potatoes? 



Mr. Case. Yes. It was our position that if you did intend changing 

 the law we thought that these first three provisions should be retained 

 in any new act. The last one is not at the present time in the law. 

 After a great deal of discussion the group did vote unanimously in 

 favor of having some formula written into the law that would deter- 

 mine the acreage allotment to States. 



Mr. Pace. In setting the 30-day request, when did you fix the 

 adjournment of Congress? 



Mr. Case. The President had a statement in the paper a couple of 

 nights ago saying July 25. 



Mr. Pace. Thirty days from now would be June 4. That would 

 be very little time lo draft a bill and get it considered by the House 

 and heard by the Senate committee and passed by the Senate, would 

 it not? In the light of the problem, I do not think you have asked for 

 too much time, but I think in the light of the existing situation in 

 Congress it would be very difficult to do anything m that length 

 of time. 



Mr. Cooley. Mr. Chairman, I would like to say it seems to me 

 that you, Mr. Case, should be able to reach an agreement regarding 

 the formula within a very short time because all of you know the diffi- 

 culties that we have had in the past regarding this one phase of the 



