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HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

UNITED STATES SENATE

SEVENTY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 123, S. 653, S. 1197, S. 1698, S. 3133, S. 3680

S. 4323, and S. 4427

BILLS RELATIVE TO FARM RELIEF

APRIL 26, 27, 28, AND 29, 1932

Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture

COMMID

GEORGE W. NORRIS, ARTHUR CAPPER, Ka PETER NORBECK, Sor LYNN J. FRAZIER, No JOHN THOMAS, Idaho H. D. HATFIELD, Wes JOHN G. TOWNSEND, FREDERIC C. WALCO

II

CONTENTS

Statemenı uf:

Page

Bestor, Paul, farm loan commissioner, Federal Farm Loan Bureau... 23.

Bowen, A. E., Oklahoma City, national organizer, National Producers
Alliance..

175

Brenckman, Frederic, Washington representative, the National

Grange

156

Elbert, Robert G., Manhasset, Long Island.

115

Ewing, Charles A., president, National Livestock Marketing Associa-

tion, Decatur, Ill.

91

Gray, Chester' H., Washington representative, American Farm

Bureau Federation.-

134

Hearst, Charles E., vice president American Farm Bureau Federation. 159

Howell, Robert B., United States Senator, Nebraska.

97

Lemke, William, Fargo, N. Dak...

162

O'Neal, Edward A., president, American Farm Bureau Federation - 106, 152

Simpson, John A., president, National Farmers' Union, Oklahoma

City -

146

Stone, James C., chairman, Federal Farm Board.

62, 89, 102

Thatcher, M. W., representing Farmers National Grain Corporation.- 189

Wilson, M. L., professor of agricultural economics, Montana State

College

55