14. Ag 8/2: FARM PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION HEARING BEFORE THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE ON OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON ADMINISTRATION OF THE FARM PROGRAM AUTHORIZED $4.700 JULY 6, 1972, RALEIGH, N.C. Printed for the use of the U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1972 ་ LAW LIBRARY NOV 16 1972 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY CONTENTS Page 17 Bunn, B. T., Franklin County ASCS committeeman, Louisburg, N.C-__ Carver, W. R., ASCS district director, Elizabeth City, N.C.. Haigler, B. B., Union County ASCS committeeman, Monroe, N.C. Hardy, W. A., Greene County ASCS executive director, Snow Hill, Hill, Bland J., Franklin County ASCS committeeman, Franklinton, Morgan, Tom, Union County ASCS executive director, Monroe, N.C. Naylor, Eugene, administrative officer, State ASCS office, Raleigh, Simpson, Roy, Union County ASCS committeeman, Monroe, N.C. Smith, James A., Greene County ASCS committeeman, Snow Hill, Slade, P. H., State ASCS office, Raleigh, N.C.. West, T. C., Jr., Chatham County ASCS executive director, Pittsboro, 19 FARM PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1972 U.S. SENATE, AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE ON FARM PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, Raleigh, N.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 4 p.m., at the Faculty Club, North Carolina State University, the Honorable Lawton Chiles, (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senators Chiles and Bellmon. (Note. For proceedings of the subcommittee prior to the hearing, see appendix.) STATEMENT OF ED AVENT, RALEIGH, N.C. Mr. AVENT. Gentlemen, if I may have your attention. This is Senator Lawton Chiles. He's a member of the Agriculture Committee in Washington. We're delighted you're in North Carolina, Senator, and we hope you'll come back again. Senator CHILES. We're now missing one Senator, Henry Bellmon, from Oklahoma. I am sure he will be coming in, but I think maybe we'd like to go on and get started. Senator Bellmon made a suggestion that we're always sitting in Washington listening to lobbyists and representatives coming up there when we get ready to write a farm bill, but we never get out to where farmers are, and to people who are involved in the program. He thought we'd better go around the country and try to hear and find out what the farmers think about the farm program, and we have started doing that. We had a meeting in Florida yesterday, and more meetings in your State today. We hope to go to the Midwest and Far West and find out how the program is working, and the present farm bill is working and what we should include in the bill next year. I understand this is a cross section of ASCS county and district personnel and if we could start over here, and have you give us a little of your thinking. You understand our time is short. If we could get a discussion going. If you'd give us your name. STATEMENT OF NORMAN E. KLUTTZ, WAKE COUNTY ASCS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RALEIGH, N.C. Mr. KLUTTZ. Norman Kluttz, Wake County. Of course, there are several comments I'd like to make. Basically, I think I will restrict mine to consideration of the tobacco acreage. As far as we're concerned |