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Mr. Hope. I would like to ask one question of Mr. Watts. Do I 

 understand that Mr. Woolley, when he was giving expression to these 

 views, was talking about a support-price program on timg oil, or the 

 farm price-support program generally? 



Mr. Watts. He was talking about all support prices. 



\It. Hope. About all support prices? 



Mr. Watts. He had mentioned a couple of them. In fact, he said, 

 "We had prunes and cranberries in here last week and it looks as 

 though every time we turn around there is somebody asking for a 

 support price." So I pointed out to Mr. Woolley in the best manner 

 that I could, that tung oil could not be compared with prunes. 



Mr. PoAGE. I think, under the circumstances, probably the com- 

 mittee should invite Mr. Woolley to appear before it, before these 

 hearings are closed. 



Mr. Watts. That is a very good idea. 



Mr. PoAGE. It seems to me there is a matter here involved that is of 

 far-reaching importance, one that goes beyond the scope of these hear- 

 ings, and before we pass any judgment on the matter I wanted Mr. 

 Watts' position to be made clear and then for Mr. Woolley to have an 

 opportunity to make his position clear. 



Mr. Prichard is here and his statements are brought into ciuestion. 

 I am not charging anybody with misrepresenting anything here, but 

 I suppose Mr. Prichard's position is involved here, too. 



Mr. Watts. I might say that everything that I say here has been 

 published in our magazine. I have copies of it. 



Mr. Prichard. I will say for myself that I do not see how anyone 

 got the interpretation from anything that f said that the Department 

 of Agriculture was against a support-price program. I think the 

 record is abundantly clear on the recommendations of the Department 

 over a number of years. 



I should like to request that Mr. Woolley be given an opportunity to 

 appear, because I was present in his office and I did not get that im- 

 pression from anything that he said. 



Mr. PoAGE. We shall give Mr. Woolley an opportunity to appear 

 and express his o^^m views on the subject and his o\\ti ideas as to what 

 he said or intended to say. Of course, different people get different 

 impressions of what other people say. 



Mr. Watts. It was not that at all. It was not an impression. 

 Those were his words. 



Mr. PoAGE. Even so, I think Mr. WooUey should be given an 

 opportunity to make a statement. 



Air. Watts. I certainly do, too. 



Mr. PoAGE. And to explain his standpoint. I do not want to 

 make this an issue here. I simply wanted to find out whether it was 

 necessary to call someone else or not. It is rather clear that we 

 should call him and I think when he appears will be the appropriate 

 time to go into this matter. If Mr. Watts or Mr. Prichard have 

 nothmg further, to say, we thank you for the information 3^ou have 

 given the committee. We shall invite Mr. Woolley before the com- 

 mittee and give Mr. Woolley an opportunity to comment upon the 

 statements made on page 14 of this brief. 



\h\ White. Mr. Chairman, since prunes have been brought into 

 the question, and since prunes are grown in my State, I would like 



