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SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE TO IN- VESTIGATE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
MAY 6, 1944
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1944
CONTENTS
General statement..
Origin and scope of Farm Security Administration programs_
Families colonized and regimented..
Rehabilitation loans and grants. -
Farm Security Administration circumvents acts of Congress_
Cooperative or communal projects. -
Full-fashioned hosiery mills and other manufacturing plants and equip-
ment___
Loans by Farm Security Administration to other cooperative associations..
Labor camps--
Liquidation of projects.
Ninety-nine year leases..
Tenant purchase program.
Regional offices...
Improvement in Farm Security Administration__
Production and subsistence loans to low-income farmers.
Duplication of credit agencies for assistance of low-income farmers_
Summary of conclusions of the select committee..
Legislation recommended...
H. R. 4384....
ITEMS IN APPENDIX
Statement of chairman of select committee of House Committee on Agri-
culture, to investigate the activities of Farm Security Administration, at
the beginning of investigation__
History of Farm Security Administration and its predecessors_
Executive Order No. 6747, dated June 23, 1934-
Executive Order No. 6910-B, dated December 1, 1934_
Executive Order No. 6983, dated March 6, 1935.
Executive Order No. 7027, dated April 30, 1935.
Executive Order No. 7028, dated April 30, 1935.
Executive Order No. 7041, dated May 15, 1935.
Executive Order No. 7143, dated August 19, 1935.
Executive Order No. 7200, dated September 26, 1935.
Executive Order No. 7396, dated June 22, 1936-
Executive Order No. 7530, dated December 31, 1936_
Executive Order No. 7557, dated February 19, 1937.
Executive Order No. 7649, dated June 29, 1937.
Executive Order No. 9070, dated February 24, 1942-
Executive Order No. 9280, dated December 5, 1942.
Executive Order No. 9315, dated March 15, 1943..
Executive Order No. 9322, dated March 26, 1943-
Comptroller General's Decision, A-63140, dated July 31, 1935.
Message from the President transmitting the report of the Special Com-
mittee on Farm Tenancy, dated February 16, 1937.
Letter from chairman of Special Committee on Farm Tenancy, to the
President, dated February 13, 1937.---
Letter from Chairman of National Resources Committee, to the President,
dated February 1, 1937.
Letter from Chairman of Advisory Committee, National Resources Com-
mittee, to the chairman, dated February 1, 1937.
Report of the President's Committee on Farm Tenancy-
List of members of Special Committee on Farm Tenancy.
Opinion of the Comptroller General, B-23881, dated March 5, 1942.
Opinion of the Comptroller General, D-23881, dated May 18, 1942
Letter from Director of Finance, United States Department of Agricul-
ture, to the chairman of the select committee, dated March 28, 1944--
Letter from Acting Director of Finance, United States Department of
Agriculture, to the chairman of the select committee, dated April 22,
1944.