Tobacco: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Tobacco of ..., 84-1, March 3, 10, and 14, 19551955 - 145 pages |
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... referendum be held before the expiration of the 3 - year period unless at least one- third of the growers request by petition for a referendum during that 3 - year period . Those are the five recommendations that the Department of Agri ...
... referendum be held before the expiration of the 3 - year period unless at least one- third of the growers request by petition for a referendum during that 3 - year period . Those are the five recommendations that the Department of Agri ...
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... referendum of that type , I would not be in a position to do at the present time . Mr. WATTS . You are a tobacco grower , aren't you ? Mr. MILLER . Yes , sir . Mr. WATTS . And you associate with tobacco growers all the time ? Mr. MILLER ...
... referendum of that type , I would not be in a position to do at the present time . Mr. WATTS . You are a tobacco grower , aren't you ? Mr. MILLER . Yes , sir . Mr. WATTS . And you associate with tobacco growers all the time ? Mr. MILLER ...
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... referendum would not be 96 percent . Mr. WATTS . It is not your opinion that it would be 66 % percent ? Mr. MILLER . I wouldn't say that , no sir . I still wouldn't say that . Mr. WATTS . You would agree with me that it would be touch ...
... referendum would not be 96 percent . Mr. WATTS . It is not your opinion that it would be 66 % percent ? Mr. MILLER . I wouldn't say that , no sir . I still wouldn't say that . Mr. WATTS . You would agree with me that it would be touch ...
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... referendum was held , that year and only that year were quotas voted out for the year 1939 . Mr. BASS . It was on a poundage basis that year ? Mr. MILLER . It was on a poundage basis that year . Some types of tobacco had a very ...
... referendum was held , that year and only that year were quotas voted out for the year 1939 . Mr. BASS . It was on a poundage basis that year ? Mr. MILLER . It was on a poundage basis that year . Some types of tobacco had a very ...
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... referendum of the growers before the planting . Mr. BASS . You mean it would require a referendum for them to carry out the regulation ? The 10 - percent cut has already been accepted . Mr. MILLER . Yes , sir . Mr. BASS . The 10 ...
... referendum of the growers before the planting . Mr. BASS . You mean it would require a referendum for them to carry out the regulation ? The 10 - percent cut has already been accepted . Mr. MILLER . Yes , sir . Mr. BASS . The 10 ...
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50 percent 75 percent acre acreage allotments appreciate Association of Kentucky BASS believe BERRY BRIDGFORTH Burley Association burley growers burley program Burley Tobacco Committee Burley Tobacco Growers BURNSIDE card tobacco certainly CHAIRMAN Clayton Stanley Commodity Credit Corporation Congress COOLEY crop district Eight State Burley Eight State Committee excess tobacco EZRA TAFT BENSON Farm Bureau February 23 feel fiber crops flue cured GILMER glad going Growers Cooperative Association HIGDON HULL increase JENNINGS legislation Lexington little growers marketing quota ment MILLER million pounds minimum acreage minimum allotment Missouri morning North Carolina overplanting penalty POLK poundage control present problem proposal Provide question recommendations red card red-card tobacco reduction referendum SCHOEPPEL Secretary of Agriculture Senator CLEMENTS seven-tenths SHUFORD small growers statement TAYLOR Tennessee Thank tion tobacco farmers Tobacco Growers Association Tobacco Growers Cooperative tobacco producers tobacco situation types of tobacco vote West Virginia WRATHER
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Page 32 - ... for peanuts of a type determined to be in short supply shall not be considered in the establishment of the allotment for the farm in succeeding years.
Page 5 - ... to sign such report, the allotment next established for such farm and kind of tobacco shall be reduced, except that such reduction for any such farm shall not be made if it is established to the satisfaction of the county and State committees...
Page 54 - ... tobacco; and Whereas, due to a shortage of labor and equipment and the need for the production of essential food and fiber crops, the production of burley tobacco has not kept pace with this increased usage; and Whereas small growers of burley tobacco could, if their acreage allotments were increased, produce additional burley tobacco without adversely affecting their production of essential food and fiber crops: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United...
Page 47 - You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.
Page 15 - ... tributaries and carry it by tunnel onto the east slope where we use it for irrigation and municipal and industrial purposes. Chairman HAYDEN*. And this water never gets into the Navajo Reservoir? Mr. BURNETT. That is correct. LETTER FROM SENATOR ANDERSON Chairman HAYDEN.
Page 69 - That is all, Mr. Chairman. The CHAIRMAN. I would like to say to those present from the Department of Labor, Mr.
Page 94 - I believe that is all I have to say. The CHAIRMAN. We thank you for it.
Page 2 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON TOBACCO OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, Washington, DC The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 am, in room 1310, New House Office Building, Hon.
Page 96 - March 25, 1959. Hon. EZRA TAFT BENSON, Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC DEAR MR. SECRETARY: I want to congratulate you and officials of the Department and of the Forest Service on your submission to the Congress of your "Program for the national forests.
Page 82 - We thank you for the privilege of appearing before this committee. The CHAIRMAN. Thank you very much, Mr.