BILLS TO PROVIDE FOR CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY FOR 1 HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER, Iowa EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine EDWARD V. LONG, Missouri MAURINE B. NEUBERGER, Oregon THOMAS J. MCINTYRE, New Hampshire II MATTHEW HALE, Chief of Staff RVS 9 CONTENTS Pago Brakke, Andrew, chairman of the board, Great Plans Wheat, Inc.- Connor, John T., Secretary of Commerce; accompanied by Alexander Trowbridge, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Domestic and Inter- national Affairs; Forrest D. Hockersmith, Director, Office of Export Controls; and Robert E. Giles, General Counsel. Day, J. Edward, counsel, American Walnut Manufacturers Association.. Gott, Donald H., executive director and secretary, American Walnut Manufacturers Association____. Harris, Herbert E. II, legislative counsel, American Farm Bureau Federa- Hartke, Vance, U.S. Senator from the State of Indiana_ McGovern, George, U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota. Palmby, Clarence D., executive vice president, U.S. Feed Grains Council. Petrus, J. B., president, Midwest Walnut Co... Smith, Harry J., secretary, Committee of American Log Exporters--- STATEMENTS, LETTERS, AND DATA Amos-Thompson Corp., Edinburg, Ind.: Letter from B.A. Roth, execu- Brewster, Daniel B., U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland: Statement_ Connor, John T., Secretary of Commerce- Commodities which could be considered in short supply under Hartke Dirksen, Everett, Ú.S. Senator from the State of Illinois: Statement. Drexel Enterprises, Inc., Drexel, N.C.: Letter from Sam W. Freeman, Edwards & Sons Lumber Co., Cameron, Mo.: Letter from Kenneth N. III Freeman, E. E., Jr., president, George E. Tomlinson Co., Inc., Win- Iowa-Missouri Walnut Co., St. Joseph, Mo.: Letter from D. W. Duncan, Kroehler Manufacturing Co., Louisville, Ky.: Letter from Paul E. Rum- Largent, Anderson & Larrick, Winchester, Va.: Letter from J. Randolph McGovern, George, U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota: Letter on foreign shipping rates for wheat__ Statement, "Misuse of the Export Control Act". Mersman Bros., Celina, Ohio: Letter from R. J. Miller Miller, Jack, U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa: Statement_ Omar Azouni & Co., Inc., New York, N.Y.: Letter from Omar Azouni_ Randolph, Jennings, U.S. Senator from the State of West Virginia: State- Smith, Harry J., secretary, Committee of American Log Exporters, Com- H. D. Bennett, Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers, Inc., Cincin- Harold J. Heck, professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown Mack A. Cook Walnut Co., Neosho, Mo.: Letter_ Telegrams addressed to Senate Commerce Committee in opposition to Telegrams, by State, to Senate Banking and Currency Committee: The committee met at 10:15 a.m. in room 5302, New Senate Office Building, Senator A. Willis Robertson (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Senators Robertson, Douglas, Proxmire, Williams, Neuberger, and Hickenlooper. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will please come to order. We have before us a bill to extend the Export Control Act which has passed the House. The extension of this law will probably cause no great trouble in our committee or in the Senate, because everybody wants to continue the control of certain types of exports which will expire this month, otherwise people might be selfish enough to ship in behind the Iron Curtain items that would be very harmful to us from a military standpoint. An indefinite extension of the act along with some noncontroversial amendments, was recommended by the administration in a bill, S. 1332, which was referred to this committee. The agency reports on this bill will be included in the record at this point. (The agency reports follow :) GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, Hon. A. WILLIS ROBERTSON, Washington, D.C., March 26, 1965. Chairman, Committee on Banking and Currency, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Reference is made to your request for the views of the Department of Defense with respect to S. 1332, 89th Congress, a bill to provide for continuation of authorty for regulation of exports, and for other purposes. The bill would extend indefinitely the Export Control Act of 1949, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2021-2032), which otherwise would expire on June 30, 1965. It would also amend section 5 of the act to amplify existing noncriminal remedies for violations of the Export Control Act. Since the need for control over the export of strategic commodities probably will continue for the foreseeable future, the Department of Defense recommends enactment of S. 1332. The Bureau of the Budget advises that, from the standpoint of the administration's program, there is no objection to the presentation of this report for the consideration of the committee. Sincerely, L. NIEDERLEHNER, Acting General Counsel. 1 |