HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON BILLS TO PROVIDE INSURANCE AGAINST NATURAL AND 69096 PART 1 OCTOBER 31 AND NOVEMBER 1, 1955-WASHINGTON, D. C. NOVEMBER 3, 1955-NEW YORK, N. Y. NOVEMBER 4, 1955-GOSHEN, N. Y. NOVEMBER 9, 1955-BOSTON, MASS. NOVEMBER 10, 1955-PROVIDENCE, R. I. DECEMBER 19, 1955-RALEIGH, N. C. Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1956 COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY J. W. FULBRIGHT, A. WILLIS ROBERTSON, Virginia Arkansas, Chairman HOMER E. CAPEHART, Indiana J. H. YINGLING, Chief Clerk H Aitken, Harold L., Executive Assistant Administrator, Federal Civil Ballentine, L. Y., commissioner of agriculture, State of North Carolina_ Barnes, Wendell B., Administrator, Small Business Administration Belanger, J. William, president, New England Conference of CIO Bell, Lloyd B., member, South Carolina House of Representatives.. Bergin, Edward D., mayor-elect, Waterbury, Conn.- Bisland, Edward, Jr., member, board of supervisors, Sullivan County, Bisson, George A., insurance commissioner, State of Rhode Island.... Brown, Edwin C., secretary-treasurer, Rhode Island Federation of Bunker, Ellsworth, president, American National Red Cross- Cleaveland, Stuart, president, W. W. Mertz Co., vice president, Con- necticut Retail Merchants Association, and chairman, smaller stores Cole, James E., mayor, Port Jervis, N. Y.. 374 Coleman, Kevin K., mayor, Woonsocket, R. I., and William S. 603 Condon, Maj. Gen. Robert, director of civil defense, and chairman of Cooley, Harold D., a Representative in Congress from the State of 286 Cretella, Albert W., a Representative in Congress from the State of 745 Crystal, Frank, New York, N. Y. 254, 276 Cully, Joseph, president, Staten Island Flood Control Association.. 315 506 Daley, Fred, president, Torrington Flood Control Association_ Dichter, Irving, executive board member, District 6, International 807 III Dodd, Thomas J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Driscoll, John J., secretary-treasurer, Connecticut CIO council; ac- Duffy, John J., Rosendale, N. Y... Ervin, Sam J., Jr., a United States Senator from the State of North Falcey, William H., civil defense director, Mercer County, N. J.. Farrell, John H., executive secretary, Southeastern North Carolina Farrell, William S., executive director, Industrial Development Foun- 789 880 Fogarty, John E., a Representative in Congress from the State of 579 Follin, James W., Director, Urban Renewal Administration_ Forand, Aime J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Freeman, Hovey T., president, Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Providence, R. I., accompanied by Ambrose B. Kelly, general Gary, John, Ellenville, N. Y Gesaldo, Frank, alderman, Middletown, N. Y. Gold, Charles, commissioner of insurance, State of North Carolina.. 387 345 387 831 855 Grace, Dorice S., assistant attorney general, Commonwealth of 542 Gurda, Michael A., Black Dirt Emergency Committee, Orange 367 Hammond, Maynard, member, Board of Supervisors of Deer Park, 347 Harriman, Averell, Governor, State of New York. 260 Hussey, W. H., Ocean Drive Beach, S. C.......... Hunt, Jarvis, general counsel, Associated Industries of Massachu- Harris Seymour E., chairman, New England Governors' Textile Herd, J. Victor, president, American Insurance Association. 450 756 429 819 329 318 535 Kaiser, Charles F., Ellemville, N. Y. Jones, Roger W., Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Budget for Jones, Christopher H., Black Dirt Emergency Committee, Orange 869 367 30, 57 Kelly, Ambrose B., general counsel, Associated Factory Mutual Co.. 387 632 414 Latini, Peter, alderman, Port Jervis, N. Y. Le Mon, F. E., Warwick Township, N. Y. Macdonald, Torbert H., a Representative in Congress from the State Marshall, Burton, member, Board of Supervisors, Town of Rochester, Mason, Norman P., Commissioner, Federal Housing Administration__ McMurray, Joseph P., commissioner of housing, State of New York.. Meistrell, Frank J., Deputy Administrator, Housing and Home Mertz, Henry, Wallkill Valley, N. Y. Michaels, Mortimer, member, Board of Supervisors, Sullivan County, Mann, Julius, State director, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Murray, Hugh H., Jr., for the National Association of Mutual Insur- 895 Noonan, Joseph D., on behalf of Smaller Business Association of New 554 Olmstead, Orvil R., assistant Commissioner for Programs, Public O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State O'Reilley, Edmund J., president, Rosendale, N. Y., Flood Committee__ Pahucki, Barney J., Black Dirt Emergency Committee, Orange Parsells, Norman King, majority leader, House of Representatives, Patterson, James T., a Representative in Congress from the State of 177 520 764 747 Payne, Frederick G., a United States Senator from the State of Maine. Penny, Earl F., president, North Carolina Association of Mutual Policastro, Thomas F., president, Rhode Island State Industrial Union Council, CIO, accompanied by Lionel M. Gauvin and Joseph E. Desrosiers of Woonsocket, R. I., and Lawrence N. Koule Reid, Robert Newton, Vice President and General Counsel, Federal 179 Reynolds, Walter H., Mayor, Providence, R. I 600 Ribicoff, Abraham A., Governor, State of Connecticut. 656 Roberts, Dennis J., Governor, State of Rhode Island 584 Rogers, Edith Nourse, a Representative in Congress from the State 437 Sadlak, Antoni N., a Representative in Congress from the State of 730 Schoonmaker, John S., town of Rochester, N. Y 384 Scott, Kenneth L., Director, Agricultural Credit Services, accompanied 226 Seely-Brown, Horace, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the 744 Segal, Robert, counsel, Massachusetts Federation of Labor.. 551 |