COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC MARKETING AND CONSUMER RELATIONS THOMAS S. FOLEY, Washington, Chairman

CONTENTS

H.R. 7287, a bill to prohibit trading in Irish potato futures on commodity

exchanges

Statement of:

Albair, Gilman, vice president, Maine Potato Council...

Amidon, Richard B., on behalf of the Empire State Potato Club,

Inc___

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Anderson, Merle, president, National Potato Council_
Bagnell, Douglas B., Fairhope, Ala..

Brooks, William F., president and general counsel, National Grain
Trade Council_.

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Bull, Chipman C., executive vice president, Maine Potato Council.-

Burns, Doyle, executive director, National Potato Council_

Bushman, Richard L., St. Louis, Mo..

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Caldwell, Alex C., Administrator, Commodity Exchange Authority,

U.S. Department of Agriculture__

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Clagett, John W., president, Association of Commodity Exchange
Firms, Inc..

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Collins, Donald, Caribou, Maine.

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Conlin, Donald B., chairman of the board, New York Cotton

Exchange

Donald, J. Frederick, banker, First National Bank of Aroostook,
Houlton, Maine__

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Eisensmith, Donald C., Fort Fairfield, Maine_.

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Ellis, Gerald, buyer and shipper, A. E. Mooers Co., Inc., Houlton,
Maine__

Frazier, Charles L., director, Washington staff, National Farmers
Organization

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Good, Lawrence, Monticello, Maine_.

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Gray, Roger W., Food Research Institute, Stanford University.
Guy, Norman A., Fort Kent, Maine__

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Hathaway, Hon. William D., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Maine_.

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Hieronymus, T. A., professor of agricultural economics, University of
Illinois.

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Irish, Ferd, Coudersport, Pa-

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James, Vernon G., past president, North Carolina Potato Growers &

Dealers Association.

Keenan, Richard T., former manager, Aroostook Federation of

Farmers, Caribou, Maine.--

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Kelley, Hon. Peter S., State representative from Caribou, Maine_-

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Ketchum, Brian, Mars Hill, Maine.

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Kyros, Hon. Peter N., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Maine_

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Mahany, Luman P., Easton, Maine_

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Maine Potato Council, supplemental statement..

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McCaleb, W. F., Jr., executive vice president, Association of Virginia

Melamed, Leo, governor and member, Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Melvin, Roger A., Monticello, Maine__

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Mercker, A. E., consultant to the New York Mercantile Exchange_

Michaud, Clifford, Van Buren, Maine-

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Michaud, Robert R., Grand Isle, Maine_

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Milliken, Leon E., Beaver Brook Farms, Caribou, Maine_

Mooers, John, Houlton, Maine____

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Muskie, Hon. Edmund S., a Senator from the State of Maine-

Ouellette, Norman D., Van Buren, Maine_

Powers, Mark J., vice president, Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

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Rand, L. E., president, L. E. Rand, Inc.---

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Reardon, Robert, president, F. J. Reardon, Inc.-

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Roach, Arnold, grower-member, Maine Potato Commission..

Vahlsing, Frederick H., Jr., chairman, F. H. Vahlsing, Inc.

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Violette, Hon. Elmer K., State senator, Van Buren, Maine-

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Watts, Llewellyn, Jr., chairman of the board, New York Mercantile

Exchange_

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Wilkens, George, executive vice president, Minneapolis Grain

Exchange

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Wilson, Henry H., Jr., president, Board of Trade of the City of

Chicago.

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Wright, Headlee, Monte Vista, Colo-

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Correspondence submitted to the subcommittee:

Andrus, Hon. Cecil D., Governor of Idaho, telegram.

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Baxter, John L., Jr., president, Lamb's, letter of January 31, 1972-

Campbell, John C., secretary-treasurer, New Jersey State Potato

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Association, letter of June 22, 1971.

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Carmichael, J. M., Monticello, Maine, letter of January 18, 1972.

Collins, S. W., Caribou, Maine, letter of February 8, 1971–

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Doloff, Maynard C., commissioner of agriculture, State of Maine,

letter of November 2, 1970_ _ .

Erwin, James S., attorney general, State of Maine, letter of October 26,
1970__

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Fletcher, W. Beverly, Green Acres Farms, letter of January 14, 1972
Garrison, E. Reed, administrator, Oregon Potato Commission, letter
of January 10, 1972.

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Lyng, Richard, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, letter of Septem-
ber 24, 1971, report on H.R. 7287.

McCormick, William J., letter of December 22, 1971..

McNutt, William, secretary, Ohio Potato Growers Association, letter
of July 26, 1971.

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Mitchell, Joel, president, Malheur Potato Growers Association, letter
of January 10, 1972__

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Moore, Edd, executive manager, Idaho Growers and Shippers Asso-
ciation, Inc., letter___

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Peabody, Arnold S., State senator, Augusta, Maine, letter of Octo-
ber 28, 1970__.

Pettengill, Theodore, Island Falls, Maine, letter of October 23, 1970--
Quigley, Donald E., Presque Isle, Maine, letter of March 23, 1972.
Reed, Walter M., Jr., president, Maine Potato Growers, Inc., letter
of December 31, 1970.

Ryan, Thomas W., Ryan Farms, letter of February 26, 1972
Rydalch, Nyal, assistant executive vice president, Idaho Farm Bu-
reau Federation, letter.

Sargent, Harold D., executive secretary, Wisconsin Potato & Vege-
table Growers Association, Inc., letter of December 20, 1971-
Sinclair, Alex, Louis N. Ritten & Co., Inc., letter of January 17, 1972
Sleeper, Nelson F., partner, Joseph Sleeper General Store, letter of
March 25, 1972_

Smith, George E., Jr., president, Tulelake Growers Association, letter
of June 24, 1971-

Smith, Robert N., Presque Isle, Maine, letter of January 6, 1972.
Stout, J. B., East Orange, N.J., letter of June 4, 1971__
Additional material submitted to the subcommittee:

An Assault on a Market-article from the Journal of Commerce and
Commercial, October 2, 1970_____

Killing Adam Smith-article from the Star-Herald, January 26, 1972-
Small Potatoes-article from Journal of Commerce & Commercial,
January 18, 1972.

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