Directory of U. S. Department of Agriculture 
Following is a partial list of officials of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, including the staff of the Office of the Secretary and other 
officials whose offices and activities are of interest to the seed trade. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

CLAUDE R. WICKARD......... cesevcccccee NECretary 
PAUL Ho APP ULB BY geccereicieclersireisisieiieerl orale Under Secretary 
GROVER B. HILL............. Rieve terse) sieve .ee- Assistant Secretary 
SAMUEL B, BLEDSOE... .. 2... 0.0205 esse <1 Assistant to the Secretary 
EMERY Be) DACOBS sissaiciertercissst cre hele ete'cleleiece Assistant to the Secretary 
THOMAS Seb EA WIEN e crarotsteherstereieiereretstclersteteastane Assistant to the Secretary 
CARTE EEA MED TE OINGE eis ratersteasestcstoveletaterenotelecarersietsvs Assistant to the Secretary 
R. L. WEBSTER... . Assistant to the Secretary 
Hy JcOVERB Yioiescectstectoteters eietel ccs ersiseisiste onesie Assistant to the Secretary 
GARDNER JACKSON ...........seeceseeeres Special Assistant to the Under Secretary 
MORDECAI J. B. EZEKIEL................. Economic Adviser to the Secretary 
W. W. STOCK BERGER bc cccrrc siscis seyeisc swiss Special Adviser to the Secretary 
STANLEY P. WILLIAMS.......cceccccccccce Hxecutive Secretary to the Administrative Council 
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION AND ADJUSTMENT ADMINISTRATION 
M. CLIFFORD TOWNSEND................ . Administrator 
deed OBO RINE ee iciepeteltersloretevere erciersiaielevsveterpictn .- Assistant Administrator 
VO HUN ME AVVALLS OING rd leaperstevetetelalereistaterciers ale taterare . Assistant Administrator 
AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT AGENCY 
FRED S. WALLACE, Chief 
E. D. WHITE, Associate Chief 
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE 
HUGH H. BENNETT, Chief 
J. C. DYKES, Assistant Chief 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ADMINISTRATION 
ROW Eee NDR CES O Nie eieicrs ateerelieteiannetetone Administrator 
CP Wirt KIELCE aie stevone roiaerebora incre rote vole ceerenerelstale Associate Administrator 
RALPH We OLMS PHA DR inmecmtsteiiats sierensaeleiatens Assistant Administrator 
BREDERICK Ve WAU GH ais wicjer ocir'e erence) s\ersie Assistant Administrator 
BUDD WAS sl ODM rere crema ce ierelercteesietesicjscefelle \orels Assistant to the Administrator 
Seo NIE WARE icvsiers mo cseveretunieyetetousisicieiecustanetepere Assistant to the Administrator 
INOR MEANT DS GOTAD eyetere alerelsierelelsi crete peisistatetstors Assistant to the Administrator 
df, 18}, ANOMCiCOIN Vos obodonacosoooDboonomoCENS Special Assistant to the Administrator 
Se UA TOM ais a sainra legis sists oterere suave siejerstsie.e% . Special Assistant to the Administrator 
AEG BAR LLB ILD srercicccreteleisreretels occcccececees Special Assistant to the Administrator 
Chiefs of Divisions and Branches: 
H. C, ALBIN, Chief, Special Commodities Branch 
C. F. KUNKEL, Chief, Distribution Branch 
T. G. STITTS, Chief, Dairy and Poultry Branch 
CARL H. ROBINSON, Chief, Cotton Branch 
CHARLES E. GAGE, Chief, Tobacco Branch 
EDWARD J. MURPHY, Chief, Grain, Feed and Seed Branch 
HARRY E. REED, Chief, Livestock Branch 
W. G. MEAL, Chief, Fruit and Vegetable Branch 
WILLIAM C. CROW, Chief, Transportation and Warehousing Branch 
J. M. MEHL, Chief, Commodity Exchange Branch 
W. B. ROBERTSON, Chief, Fiscal Branch 
FREDERICK C. McMILLEN, Chief, Personnel Division 
FRED J. HUGHES, Chief, Administrative Services Division 
MARVIN M. SANDSTROM, Chief, Marketing Reports Division 
W. H. DUGGAN, Chief, Investigatiéns Division 
OTIE M. REED, Chief, Program Appraisal Division 
DONALD E. MONTGOMERY, Chief, Consumers’ Counsel Division 
Grain, Feed and Seed Branch 
F. C. HEISS, Administrative Officer 
W. A. WHEELER, Seed Consultant 
Seed Division (Beltsville, Md.) 
EDWARD J. MURPHY, Chief 
R. H. BLACK, Assistant Chief 
W. A. DAVIDSON, Chief 
Administration of Federal Seed Act—Enforcement Section 
W. C. PFAENDER, Chief ~ 
FEDERAL-STATE SEED LABORATORIES 
ALABAMA—Montgomery : 
Leland N. Allen, Associate Seed Technologist (Coop. Ala. Dept. Agr. & Ind.) 
CALIFORNIA—Sacramento : 
W. D. Hay, Associate Seed Technologist (Coop. Calif. State Dept. Agr.) 
INDIANA—West LaFayette : 
Elmer R. Clark, Associate Seed Technologist (Coop. Purdue Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta.) 
MISSOURI—Columbia : g 
W. R. Crispin, Marketing Specialist (Coop. Mo. Agr. Exp. Sta.) 
NORTH DAKOTA—Fargo: 
L. CG. Hanson, Agent (Seed Insp.) (Coop. North Dakota Seed Department) 
OREGON—Corvallis : 
Louisa A. Kanipe, Jr., Botanist (Coop. Ore. Agr. Exp. Station) 
SEED DOCKAGE UTAH—Ogden: 
MARYLAND—Beltsville : L. W. Grandy, Assistant Marketing Specialist 
W. C. Pfaender, Seed Technologist 
ILLINOIS—Chicago : 
C. L. Cannon, Senior Marketing Specialist 
H. H. Whiteside, Marketing Specialist 
MISSOURI—Columbia : 
W. R. Crispin, Marketing Specialist 
MINNESOTA—Minneapolis : 
M. J. Johnson, Senior Marketing Specialist 
W. R. Kuehn, Associate Marketing Specialist 
SEED VERIFICATION 
MARYLAND—Beltsville : 
M. H. Hess, Associate Marketing Specialist 
COLORADO—Denver : 
O. P. Wise, Assistant Marketing Specialist 
ILLINOIS—Chicago : 
C. L, Cannon, Senior Marketing Specialist 
H. H. Whiteside, Marketing Specialist 
MINNESOTA—Minneapolis: 
M. J. Johnson, Senior Marketing Specialist 
W. R. Kuehn, Associate Marketing Specialist 
MISSOURI—Columbia : 
W. R. Crispin, Marketing Specialist 
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WASHINGTON—Spokane : 
G. A. Hardgrove, Associate Marketing 
Specialist 
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 
H. R. TOLLEY, Chief 
ERIC ENGLUND, Assistant Chief 
DIVISION OF ARGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 
P. L, KOENIG, Principal Agricultural Statistician, 
Acting in Charge 
R. K. SMITH, Senior Agricultural Statistician, 
Assistant 
SEED SECTION 
G. C. EDLER, Senior Marketing Specialist 
T. J. KUZELKA, Agricultural Statistician 
DIVISION OF STATISTICAL AND HISTORICAL 
RESEARCH 
O. C. STEIN, Head 
DIVISION OF FARM MANAGEMENT AND COSTS 
SHERMAN JOHNSON, Head 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
J. B. HUTSON, President 
C. C. FARRINGTON, Vice-president 
H. B. BOYD, Vice-president 
Cc. C. BROWN, Vice-president 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION 
E. C. AUCHTER, Administrator 
P, V. CARDON, Assistant Administrator 
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY 
ROBERT M. SALTER, Chief 
F. P. CULLINAN, Assistant Chief 
M. A. McCALL, Assistant Chief 
E. G. MOORE, Chief, Division of Information 
M. A. McCALL, Chief, Division of Cereal Crops 
and Diseases 
H. W. BARRE, Chief, Division of Cotton and 
other Fiber Crops and Diseases 
D. M. Crooks, Chief, Division of Drug and Related 
Plants 
C. E. LEIGHTY, 
Agriculture 
0. S. AAMODT, Chief, Division of Forage Crops 
and Diseases 
L. M. HUTCHINS, 
Pathology 
R. MAGNESS, Chief, Division of Fruit and 
Vegetable Crops and Diseases 
L. EMSWELLER, Floriculture Investigations 
R. BOSWELL, Vegetable Investigations 
L. WADE, U. S. Regional Vegetable Breeding 
Laboratory, Charleston, South Carolina 
S. SCOFIELD, Chief, Division of Irrigation 
Agriculture 
. A. EDSON, Chief, Division of Mycology and 
Disease Survey 
. ¥. MORRISON, Chief, Division of Plant Ex- 
ploration and Introduction 
STEINER, Chief, Division of Nematology 
W. BRANDES, Chief, Division of Rubber Plant 
Investigations 
. W. PARKER, Chief, Division of Soil and Fer- 
tilizer Investigations 
_ E. KELLOGG, Chief, Division of Soil Survey 
._ W. BRANDES, Chief, Division of Sugar Plant 
Investigations 
. W. GARNER, Chief, Division of Tobacco In- 
vestigations 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT 
QUARANTINE 
P. N. ANNAND, Chief 
AVERY S. HOYT, Associate Chief 
S. A. ROHWER, Assistant Chief (Regulatory) 
F. C. BISHOPP, Assistant Chief (Research) 
W. L. POPHAM, Assistant Chief (Control) 
F. H. SPENCER, Assistant Chief (Administration) 
Washington, D. C. 
ROLLA P. CURRIE, in charge, editorial office 
J. A. HYSLOP, in charge, insect pest survey and 
information : 
D. L. VAN DINE, in charge, fruit insect investi- 
gations 
J. F. MARTIN, in charge, plant disease control 
C. M. PACKARD, in charge, cereal and forage 
insect investigations 
W. H. WHITE, in charge, truck crop and garden 
insect investigations 
W. HARNED, in charge, cotton insect investi- 
gations 
F. W. MUESEBECK, in charge, insect identifi- 
eation 
P. CLAUSEN, in charge, foreign parasite in- 
troduction and control investigations 
. R. SASSCER, in charge, foreign plant quaran- 
tines 
. M. GADDIS, in charge, domestic plant quaran- 
tines 
. E. DOVE, 
and animals 
Chief, Division of Dry Land 
Chief, Division of Forest 
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C. BAKER, in charge fruitfly investigations, 
Colonia Anahuac, Mexico 
. A. HOIDALE, in charge, Mexican fruitfly con- 
trol, Harlingen, Texas 
G. BREWER, in charge, Japanese Beetle con- 
trol, Bloomfield, New Jersey 
A. SHIELDS, in charge, gypsy and brown-tail 
moth control, Greenfield, Mass. 
. E. McDONALD, in charge, pink bollworm and 
thurberia weevil control, San Antonio, Texas 
J. I. HAMBLETON, in charge, Bee Culture, Belts- 
ville, Md. 
F. C. CRAIGHEAD, in charge, forest insect in- 
vestigations, Beltsville, Maryland 
R. C. ROARK, in charge, insecticide investiga- 
tions, Beltsville, Maryland 
CLAUDE WAKELAND, in charge, 
control, Denver, Colorado 
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