1072 GENERAL FARM PROGRAM • 



Mr. Prichard. The hearing was not m connection with that bill,. 

 Mr. Granger. At the session that I attended, I have attended three 

 sessions, and that bUl has been mentioned in some testimony, but no 

 questions that I have had regarding the bills, sir. 



(A letter from Mr. Prichard dated May 10, with an enclosure,, 

 follows :) 



Department of Agriculture, 

 Production and Marketing Administration, 



Fats and Oils Branch, 

 Washington 25, D. C, May 10, 1949. 

 Mrs. Mabel Downey, 



Clerk, House Committee on Agriculture, 



House Office Building, Washington, D. C. 

 Dear Mrs. Downey: As indicated in our telephone conversation this after- 

 noon, I am enclosing a copy of a memorandum which I request be inserted in the 

 records of the tung oil hearing. 



I suggest that this memorandum be inserted at the end of my other testimony, 

 and that it be preceded by the following statement: 



"In Mr. Lamont Rowland's statement, he quoted both me and Mr. Woolley 

 as being opposed to price-support programs. This statement is quite incorrect 

 as I indicated previously this morning. For the information of the committee, I 

 would like to file for the record a copy of a memorandum which I wrote to Mr. 

 Trigg and Mr. Woolley on November 17, 1948, regarding the October issue of 

 the Tung World, which contained a similar statement." 

 Sincerely yours, 



George L. Prichard, Director. 



Department of Agriculture, 

 Production and Marketing Administration, 



Fats and Oil Branch, 

 Washington 25, D. C, November 17, 1948. 

 To: Ralph S. Trigg, Administrator, F. K. Woolley, Deputy Administrator, Pro- 

 duction and Marketing Administration. 

 From: George L. Prichard, Director, Fats and Oils Branch. 

 Subject: Tung oil. 



For your amazement, I am attaching the October copy of the Tung World. 

 I regret that you seem to be slighted in this issue, but call your attention to 

 pages 16 and 17 which outline the position of Mr. Woolley and myself in respect 

 to support-price programs of the Department. Needless to say, we were mis- 

 quoted and can prove it by reliable witnesses. 



I do not intend to talk to these people without a transcript of the conversation 

 being made and recommend this procedure to you both. 



Mr. Pace. The Chair would like to state that tomorrow morning 

 the subcommittee will reconvene. The witness will be Mr. John 

 Davis, representing the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, at 

 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. 



We are indebted to you gentlemen for coming here and advising 

 the committee with regard to the tung problem. 



A statement by Mr. George Hixon, of Wichita, Kans., and a letter 

 from the chairman of the agricultural committee, New Orleans As- 

 sociation of Commerce, will be inserted at this point. 



Mr. CoLMEB. Just one final thing. I wonder if it would be appro- 

 priate if we CO aid have placed in the record the names of those who 

 are here but who did not have the opportunity to testify. 



Mr. Pace. Mr. Colmer, if you will assume the obligation of working 

 that out with Mrs. Downey, those names will be listed at this point in 

 the record. 



