CONTENTS Brown, Harvey W., president, International Association of Machinists. Buck, Hon. Ellsworth B., Congressman from the State of New York. Burleson, Omar, Member of Congress, Seventeenth District, Texas- Byrnes, John, Member of Congress, Wisconsin__ Chamberlain, Mrs. E. G., National Federation of Settlements_ Deuel, Dr. H. J., school of medicine, University of Southern California. Douglass, Wilson F., director of laboratories, Cudahy Packing Co.. Fifer, Russell, executive secretary, the Butter Institute, Chicago - Foote, Ellsworth B., Member of Congress, Third District, Connecticut Forand, Aime J., Member of Congress, Rhode Island.- Hays, Brooks, Member of Congress, Arkansas- 106 Henderson, J. D., national managing director, American Association 123 Hull, Merlin... 430 Jackson, Mrs. Dennis E., president, Consumers Conference of Greater 193 Jones, J. Roy, commissioner of agriculture, State of South Carolina, Mitchell, E. A., Member of Congress, State of Indiana 117 176 165 Nodar, Robert, Jr., Member of Congress, Sixth District, New York.. 200 III 1343562 Sommer, Hugo. H., professor of dairy industry, University of Wis- 402 Strauss, Anna Lord, president, League of Women Voters-- Strayer, George M., secretary, American Soybean Association__. Taylor, Tyre, general counsel, National Association of Retail Grocers__ Truitt, Paul, president, National Association of Margarine Manu- Twyman, Robert J., Ninth District of Illinois, Chicago, Ill. 120 126 156 Wiggins, Hon. A. Lee M., Under Secretary of the Treasury- 5 127 OLEOMARGARINE TAX REPEAL MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1948 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The CHAIRMAN. The Committee will come to order. Before we proceed, the Chair wants to make this announcement: I know the committee will all very much regret to learn that Mrs. N. E. Dodd, the wife of the Under-Secretary of Agriculture, passed away Saturday evening. The funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Hines Funeral Home, 2901 Fourteenth Street NW. I am sure that in view of the high respect all members of this committee have for Mr. Dodd that they all regret to learn this sad news. Mr. ANDRESEN. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire as to the division of time between the proponents for oleomargarine and those in opposition? The CHAIRMAN. The Chair has advised sides that the time will be divided equally. or a total of 10 hours, so it will be divided 5 know who we will charge Mr. Wiggins to. going to say. the spokesmen for both We have 5 days assigned, hours to a side. I do not I do not know what he is Mr. MURRAY. Charge him to oleo. The CHAIRMAN. We will work that out. As far as Government witnesses as such are concerned, we will take that from the total time. Of course, the committee may find it necessary to run past 12 o'clock or possibly have an afternoon session if we can get permission to do so, but we want to try to confine the testimony to 10 hours if it is possible. That is all we can definitely count on in any event. Mr. ANDRESEN. Then, Mr. Chairman, when the proponents of the legislation have occupied 5 hours of the committee's time, that will mean the end of their time? The CHAIRMAN. Why do we not leave it this way: If we do take more than 5 hours for the proponents, we will give an equal amount of time to the opposition. What I am thinking of is that we ought to close the hearing, as far as the proponents are concerned, at 11 o'clock on Wednesday. They may have occupied more than 5 hours up to that time, if we run past 12 o'clock on either day, but if they have, then the opposition will have an equal amount of time. Is there any objection on the part of any members of the committee to that arrangement? (The following was submitted:) Hon. CLIFFORD R. HOPE, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, House of Representatives. DEAR MR. HOPE: In response to your request of February 9 for a report on H. R. 5284, there is attached for the consideration of your committee a factual analysis of the ecnonomic effects of the bill. 1 |