CONTENTS

Statement of-
Wendell B. Barnes, Administrator, Small Business Administration;
accompanied by W. Norbert Engles, Donald A. Hipkins, and Robert
H. Montgomery, Deputy Administrators; Keith L. Hanna, Comp-
troller; Philip McCallum, General Counsel, and Jules Abels, Eco-
nomic Adviser_.

EXHIBITS

1. Letter dated May 22, 1956, from Wendell B. Barnes, to Senator Spark-

man, supplying additional information requested by the committee__

2. Small Business Report Criticized, reprint of article by Sylvia Porter,

from Washington Evening Star of April 16, 1956.

3. Summary of SBA loan activities, first quarter, 1956..

4. Summary status of SBA funds available as of April 13, 1956..

APPENDIXES

1. Second Report of the Attorney General of the United States, prepared

pursuant to section 207 (a) of the Small Business Act of 1953, as

amended, issued April 13, 1956----

2. Analysis of tax bills of interest to small corporations__

3. SBA Procurement and Technical Assistance to Small Business with

accompanying exhibits:

I. Introductory remarks_

II. Relationship of SBA with other Government agencies..

III. Procurement assistance to small business.

A. Joint set-asides; the joint determination program

B. Effectiveness of the joint set-aside programs with the

military services_.

C. Civilian agency set-aside program.

1. General Services Administration_

2. Veterans' Administration...

3. Department of Agriculture_.

4. Department of the Interior_

5. Post Office Department

6. Atomic Energy Commission.

7. International Cooperation Administration_

D. Certificates of competency..

E. Procurement aid to firms in disaster areas.

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I. Subcontracting opportunities; broadening the area of
participation by small business.

J. Qualified products list_

K. United States Government Purchasing Directory.
L. Specifications assistance; United States Specifications

Directory

M. Inventory of small plant facilities.

IV. Other production, products, and managerial assistance activi-

ties

A. Material shortages.

B. Equipment shortages_

C. Tax amortization

D. Production pools.--.

E. Products assistance program.

F. Managerial assistance programs.

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3. SBA Procurement and Technical Assistance to Small Business with

accompanying exhibits-Continued

V. Authorization to take prime contracts..

VI. Small Business Administration liaison officer with Department

of Defense. .

VII. Small business definition for procurement -

VIII. Comments relative to ODM report on defense procurement and

small business..

ACCOMPANYING SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION EXHIBITS

Exhibit A. Procurement and technical assistance activities (for the period

August 1, 1953, through February 1956, unless otherwise indicated) __.

Exhibit B. Procurement assistance statistics, Small Business Administra-

tion joint determination program, August 1, 1953 to February 25, 1956;

contract awards under joint determination program by States....

Exhibit C. Joint determinations, comparison of first and second half of

fiscal years 1954, 1955, and 1956.

Exhibit D:

Installations now covered by Small Business Administration procure-

ment center representatives___

Installations not presently covered by Small Business Administration_

procurement representatives...

Exhibit E. Comparative summary of March 10, 1954, and November 14,

1955, revised Department of Defense instruction 4100.9

Exhibit F. Small Business Administration joint determination program,

August 1, 1953 to February 25, 1956

Exhibit G. General Services Administration-Small Business Administra-

tion joint agreement --

Exhibit H. Proposed policy of the Veterans' Administration, in participa-

tion with the Small Business Administration, to assure that a fair share

of Veterans' Administration purchases are made from small business

pursuant to the Small Business Act of 1953 (title II, Public Law 163,

83d Cong., as amended)..

Exhibit I. Agreement between the Department of Agriculture and the

Small Business Administration for the development of a unified program

of assistance for small-business concerns..

Exhibit J. Agreement between the Department of the Interior and the

Small Business Administration for the development of a unified program

of assistance for small-business concerns.

Exhibit K. Agreement between the Post Office Department and the Small

Business Administration_____

Exhibit L. Joint memorandum of the Atomic Energy Commission and the

Small Business Administration.

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Exhibit M. Certificates of competency as of February 29, 1956-

Exhibit N. Typical examples of certificate of competency assistance..

Exhibit O. Typical examples of procurement counseling-

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Exhibit P. Typical examples of prime contract referral program_.

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Exhibit Q. Typical examples of subcontracting assistance..

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Exhibit R. U. S. Government Purchasing Directory.1

Exhibit S. U. S. Government Specifications Directory 2

Exhibit T. Typical examples of materials assistance.

Exhibit U. Six approved production pools.

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Exhibit V. Products list circular.2

Exhibit W. Distribution and sale of publications, July 1, 1955, to March
31, 1956

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Exhibit X. Cosponsored courses of administrative management for small-

business operators, school year 1955–56_---

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1 Retained in committee files. Copies available from Superintendent of Documents at 50 cents per

copy.

Retained in committee files. Copies available from Small Business Administration.