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Mr. Albert. Thank you. 



Mr. HoEVEN. I am just wondering, in view of the changed situa- 

 tion in China, and assuming that the Communists control the Govern- 

 ment and these tung areas, do you see any possibiUty of the United 

 States Government changing its attitude so far as reciprocal trade 

 agreements are concerned? 



Mr. Rowlands. Of course, that I cannot answer. We are in 

 hopes that it will. 



Air. HoEVEN. Has not that been the main bone of contention? 



Mr. Rowlands. Yes, sir. 



Mr. HoEVEN. It has been a fact that we have a policy here of 

 living up to those so-called reciprocal trade agreements and I am just 

 wondering if we are going to do that kind of business with a Com- 

 munist-dominated country, do you see any hope? 



Mr. Rowlands. We have a letter from the State Department. 

 Mr. Jordan has that and he can read it to you, if you wish. The 

 Nationalists are still in control of the Yangtse River. We are asking 

 for relief from that standpoint. We have tried to investigate every 

 avenue to get relief and we seem to run up against a stone wall. 



Mr. HoEVEN. The point that I am trying to make is this. You 

 can realize the futility of passing legislation concerning agricultural 

 products that are involved in the reciprocal trade agreements program. 



Mr. Rowlands. Yes, sir. 



Mr. HoEVEN. This committee means well and tries to do something 

 for agriculture. Then we find that we are up against a stone wall, 

 because what we have done or tried to do is in violation of the recip- 

 rocal trade agreements. I am just wondering whether there is any- 

 thing that can alleviate the situation as far as tung oil is concerned. 

 Assume that China goes entirely communistic. Then the question 

 will arise whether or not this Nation is going to insist on its reciprocal 

 trade agreements, or whether it will finally get down to protecting 

 American agriculture. 



Mr. Rowlands. I could not answer that question, but if we could 

 get to the place you speak of, it would satisfy me and, I think, our 

 people in the South very much. 



Mr. PoAGE. I was not here at the start of your testimony. Are 

 you the attorney of the Tung Nut Growers Council? 



Mr. Rowlands. No. 



Mr. PoAGE. I notice that you have presented a brief. 



Air. Rowlands. I am just a tung grower. 



Air. PoAGE. Will you tell us who prepared this brief? 



Air. Rowlands. The data in that brief are data that I have col- 

 lected. I have kept all of those Concannon booklets and Klein's over 

 the past 25 years. 



Air. PoAGE. I understand that. 



Air. Rowlands. Air. John Watts and I together — he is the pub- 

 lisher of the Tung World — prepared that brief. 



Air. PoAGE. Is Air. Watts present? 



Mr. Rowlands. He is. 



Air. PoAGE. I wonder if I could ask Air. Watts a question or two 

 in connection with this brief. 



