GENERAL FARM PROGRAM 1071 



Department of Agriculture, 

 Production and Marketing Administration, 



Fats and Oils Branch, 

 Washington 25, D. C, May I4, 1948. 

 Subject: Tung oil. 

 Mr. H. C. Maull, 



Chief, Strategic and Critical Materials Division, 

 Bureau of Federal Supply, Washington, D. C. 

 Dear Mr. Maull: We hereby offer you 78 tank cars (approximately 60,000 

 pounds each tank car) of domestic tung oil for your stock-piling program for 

 delivery cx-tank Xew York area, at ? price of 25 cents per pound plus freight and 

 handling charges. This material has been accjuired by us from producers under 

 Government price-support program. 



We will appreciate if you will let us have a prompt reply. 

 Very truly yours, 



George L. Prichard, 

 Director, Fats and Oils Branch. 



Department of Agriculture, 

 Production and Marketing Administration, 



Fats and Oils Branch, 

 Washington 25, D. C, June 29, 1948. 

 Lt. Col. D. E. Ferriss, 



Civil Affairs Division, Department of the Army, 

 Pentagon Building, Arlington, t'a. 

 Dear Colonfl Ferriss: We have on several occasions discussed with you the 

 matter of our sro.^ks of tung oil for export to Germany, and other areas, if possible. 

 We have approximately 6,000,000 pounds stored in Harbor Tank Storage at 

 Guttenberg, N. J. This is American-produced tung oil, acquired under Govern- 

 ment price support, and if tung oil is required in a.ny of your areas we are sure you 

 will agree that the American product should be given preference. If there is an 

 interest we will be glad to discuss prices and other particulars of sale. 

 Very truly yours, 



Robert M. Walsh, Acting Director. 



Mr. Prichard. Just one other item that I think should be inchided 

 in the record, ^\h\ Chairman, and that is the production of tung oil, 

 domestically, during 1948, and in May it was 1,908,000 pounds; in 

 June, 507,000 pounds. There was no production in July, August, 

 September, or October, and in November it was only 528,000 pounds, 

 and in December, 1,150,000 poinids. 



The record of sales will show that all of the oil was sold between 

 June 7 and September 10. I think, Air. Chairman, that gives jou 

 all of the information in your record that was mentioned by Senator 

 Holland this morning. 



Mr. Pace. Any fiu'ther statements that you care to make? 



Mr. Prichard. No further statement. 



Mr. Pace. You could not give them a support-price program at an 

 early date? 



Mr. Prichard. I could not. 



Mr. Granger. Did you saj^ you appeared on the other side in 

 support or opposition to the Gillette bill? 



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