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He goes on and says: 



However, since you are so interested as to ask for our opinion, our board of 

 directors has considered these questions and I am including herewith the answers. 



Then he repeats the questions and gives his answers and I can read 

 them. 



Mr. Pace. Go ahead and read the whole thing. 



Mr. LeCompte. The questions and the answers are as follows: 



1. Do tlie corn producers desire to place corn under marketing quotas? 

 Answer. There is grave question as to the practicability of controlling corn 



surpluses through marketing quotas. Every effort should be made to convert 

 corn and other feed grains into livestock and to increase consumption and expor- 

 tation of these products before quotas are considered. Marketing quotas for corn 

 should be proclaimed after these techniques and acreage controls have proved 

 inadequate to control surpluses. 



2. Should the commercial corn area be expanded? 



Answer. Yes, to the amount necessary to prevent excessive diversion of land 

 from other crops to corn. 



3. Should quotas apply to corn produced and fed on the farm? 



Answer. If marketing quotas are to be effective in controlling surpluses, it 

 will be necessary to apply them to corn produced and fed on the farm. However, 

 in connection with the marketing quota plan, consideration should be given to 

 an incentive plan to encourage the conversion of corn and other grain feeds 

 to livestock products. 



4. Should quotas apply to corn produced for silage? 



Answer. Yes, with the same considerations as indicated in the answer to 

 Question No. 3. 



5. Should competing grains, such as grain sorghum, oats, rye, barley, etc., be 

 brought under quotas at the same time? 



Answer. The production of competing grains, such as grain sorghum, oats, 

 rye, barley, etc., could be controlled to a satisfactory degree through acreage 

 allotments both inside and outside the commercial corn area. 



6. Should quotas apply to corn production throughout the Nation or be confined 

 to the commercial corn area, as now provided by law? 



Answer. If it becomes necessary to apply inarketing quotas, they should be 

 used only in the commercial corn area, but acreage allotments should apply to 

 other areas in order to prevent competition from these areas with the commercial 

 corn area. 



Mr. Pace. Thank you very much, Mr. LeCompte. The committee 

 is very glad to have that information. We want that kind of informa- 

 tion and what you have given us will be very helpful to the committee. 



Mr. LeCompte. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This letter might 

 go in the record. 



Mr. Pace. Yes, sir; thank you for coming. 



(The letter above referred to is as follows:) 



Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, 

 Des Moines 9, Iowa, March 24, 1949. 

 Hon. Karl M. LeCompte, 



House Office Building, Washington, D. C. 



Dear Karl: I want to thank you for sending me the letter from Mr. Pace, 

 chairman of the special subcommittee studying marketing quotas. 



It is our belief that it would be wiser to decide definitely the type of long-time 

 farm program we are to have in effect for the future years before making decisions 

 about smaller parts of that program, such as marketing quotas. In other words, 

 it is our feeling that we might be "getting the cart before the horse." 



However, since you were so interested as to ask for our opinion, our board of 

 directors has considered these questions and I am including herewith the answers. 



1. Do the corn producers desire to place corn under marketing quotas? 



Answer. There is grave question as to the practicability of controlling corn 

 surpluses through marketing quotas. Every effort should be made to convert 

 corn and other feed grains into livestock and to increase consumption and expor- 

 tation of these products before quotas are considered. Marketing quotas for 



