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a market for theii" prochiction. The importation of coarse wools, 

 and of a large quantity of Turkish mohair at the close of the war so 

 depressed the market for mohair that our domestic producers could not 

 compete without great loss. Even now, some of the producers m my 

 State have as many as five clips of unsold mohair. 



The Department of Agriculture has been doing great work iti trying 

 to find a solution to the marketing problem of the producers. This 

 has been principally m the field of research to find new uses for mohair. 

 This work is admii-able and should be continued; however, the nature 

 of the work is such that it will take much time. The Angora goat 

 raisers need to be helped soon. Theu" herds have been drastically 

 reduced in the past few years. They cannot continue in busmess 

 unless a market is found at once, or unless they can be brought under 

 the national farm program. 



STATEMENT OF HON. KEN REGAN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN 

 CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS 



Mr. Regan. That is my position also, Mr. Chairman. 

 Mr. Pace. We are happy to have your statement. 

 That will conclude for the present the hearing on mohair. 

 (Whereupon at 4:25 p. m., a recess was taken until Tuesday, May 10, 

 1949, at 10 a. m.) 



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