THE FUTURE OF SMALLTOWN AND RURAL AMERICA: THE IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESS HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS PROBLEMS IN SMALLER TOWNS AND URBAN AREAS. United States. Congress. House. OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION PURSUANT TO H. Res. 5 and 19 RESOLUTIONS CREATING A PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS OF THE PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS MDW 20272 CONTENTS 72 Arnett, Alvin Jones, Executive Director, Appalachian Regional Brown, Philip, Director of Information, Rural Housing Alliance-- Cochran, Clay L., Executive Director, Rural Housing Alliance__ Conroy, Jerry, General Counsel, Department of Commerce_ Gavin, James A., Legislative Director, National Federation of Inde- Graves, Clifford, Director, Office of Planning and Management Grants, Department of Housing and Urban Development_ Hammerschmidt, Hon. John Paul, a Member of Congress from the Ingraham, Page L., Intergovernmental Programs, Appalachian Jackson, Samuel C., Assistant Secretary for Community Planning Mooney, Prof. Eugene L., Coalition for Rural America... Motley, John, congressional liaison, National Federation of Inde- Raphael, David, Assistant Director, Rural Housing Alliance.. Rockefeller, Hon. Winthrop, executive vice president, Coalition for Sebelius, Hon. Keith G., a Member of Congress from the State of Silverman, Jane A., National Association of Housing and Redevelop- Troilo, Art, Director, Office of Environmental Standards, Department of Housing and Urban Development__ Wagner, Aubrey J., Chairman of the Board, Tennessee Valley Au- 82 Whitaker, Constance, National Association of Housing and Redevelop- 52 Additional information: American National Standards Institute, Inc., letter to Hon. William L. "Why a Coalition for Rural America". "How Will America Grow? Directions for the Seventies' Franchise Journal, article, "Small Towns Hunger for Fast Food". Housing Act of 1949, suggested amendments to title V... Housing and Urban Development, Department of, "Status Report on Recommendations Contained in HUD 1970 Study Report". House Small Business Committee letter to Hon. Aubrey J. Wagner, Chairman, Tennessee Valley Authority, May 30, 1972.. Jackson, Samuel C., letter to Hon. Hubert H. Humphrey. Office of Management and Budget letter to Hon. John C. Kluczynski, Rockefeller, Hon. Winthrop, answers to subcommittee questions--- Survey of Current Business article, April 1972, "Total and Per Capita "State Projections of income, Employment, and Population". Tennessee Valley Authority Letter to Hon. John C. Kluczynski, Page A65 Al 89 THE FUTURE OF SMALLTOWN AND RURAL AMERICA: THE IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESS TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1972 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS PROBLEMS The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:10 a.m., in room 2359, Rayburn House Office Building, the Honorable John Kluczynski (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Kluczynski (presiding), Corman, Conte, and Stanton. Also present: Representatives Bergland and Hungate of the full committee; Donald B. Roe, subcommittee counsel; John M. Finn, minority counsel; and Myrtle Ruth Foutch, clerk. Mr. KLUCZYNSKI. The hearing will come to order. The Subcommittee on Small Business Problems in Smaller Towns and Urban Areas today commences hearings on the Future of Small Town and Rural America: The Impact on Small Business. Under the very capable leadership of our full committee chairman, Representative Joe L. Evins of Tennessee, our subcommittee has been able to continue its work in the field of rural America. Chairman Evins has been one of the most able and forceful spokesmen in the Congress to improve and enhance life in our countryside. Our hearings today represent an effort to determine the future of Small Town America. The impact on small businesses in rural areas is, of course, directly related to the question of whether small towns are able to continue in existence. The problems of rural areas have too often been ignored at their expense and that of the big city. Having the honor and privilege to represent the 5th Congressional District of Illinois (Chicago), I have a deep commitment to resolving the plight of metropolitan areas. Like many of my colleagues who also represent big cities, it is evident to me that the dilemmas facing the countryside must be properly dealt with before we can adequately stem the difficulties of metropolitan areas. Reports have reached us that the Federal Government is lessening its efforts to aid and assist Small Town and Rural America. I hope this is not the situation, and we look forward to testimony from federal officials resassuring us that the Government is actually increasing its efforts to provide Americans living outside of metropolitan areas the kind and quality of help that is so desperately needed. (1) |