GENERAL FARM PROGRAM 1149 



Secretary Brannan. At 60 percent of parity for the present year? 

 We are not, Mr. Hope, because the only potatoes which have moved 

 to market so far are those in the southernmost part of the country. 

 We might have the figure here on how much we have lost. 



Mr. WooLLEY. We asked for purposes of the budget of the Com- 

 modity Credit Corporation. It is estimated that iC will be $58,500,000. 

 That is a budget figure. 



Secretary Brannan. I do not think the figure is worth anything 

 because that was before the first evidences of intentions to plant were 

 known. 



Mr. Hope. You have the figures as to how much has been expended 

 up to date, have you not? 



Secretary Brannan. I am afraid we do not have that. 



Mr. Hope. That is all, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Pace. Mr. Cooley. 



Mr. Cooley. Mr. Secretary, in giving us the figure of $15,000,000, 

 what assumptions are you making with regard to production? What 

 part of the crop do you assume will be under control and what part 

 will not be under control? 



Secretary Brannan. I was assuming that the acreage goals or 

 limitations would be in eft"ect and that we would make payments only 

 to compilers. 



Mr. Cooley. Then you assume that most all of the potato pro- 

 ducers would comply with the goals that you fix? 



Secretary Brannan. That is right. 



Mr. Cooley. Do you think it would be well to try to support a 

 part of the production of the potato crop and not try to control all 

 of the production of it? In other words, what I have in mind is, if 

 you control the little fellow who is willing to comply and does comply 

 and you have a lot of conmiercial growers who plant large acreages 

 and bring about an abundant crop and break the price, then it will 

 be an expensive project for the Government. 



Secretary Brannan. It may be an expensive project for the Gov- 

 ernment for the first year, but it will be an expensive project for those 

 growers, too. 



Mr. Cooley. Do you not think that we should consider the ad- 

 visability of trying to control the entire production rather than a part 

 of the production? 



Secretary Brannan. By acreage limitations or marketing quotas? 



Mr. Cooley. Yes. 



Secretary Brannan. That would be a terrific job. There are 

 potato growlers in almost every county of the United States. To get 

 the vote for it, I think, would be most difficult. 



Mr. Pace. Will the gentleman yield right there? 



Mr. Cooley. Surely. 



Mr. Pace. Mr. Secretary, under the production payment plan as 

 applied to potatoes, you would in effect allocate acreage through your 

 goals? 



Secretary Brannan. As w^e have done now. 



Mr. Pace. And you would make payments only to those producers 

 who conform to those acreage allotments? 



Secretary Brannan. That is right. 



Mr. Pace. And you would have a new element to counter the over- 

 producer whereby all of those who conformed to then- goals would be 



