COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Georgia, Chairman

JAMES O. EASTLAND, Mississippi

GEORGE MCGOVERN, South Dakota

JAMES B. ALLEN, Alabama

HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, Minnesota

WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, Kentucky

DICK CLARK, Iowa

RICHARD B. STONE, Florida

PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont

ROBERT DOLE, Kansas

MILTON R. YOUNG, North Dakota

CARL T. CURTIS, Nebraska

HENRY BELLMON, Oklahoma

JESSE HELMS, North Carolina

MICHAEL R. MCLEOD, General Counsel and Staff Director

SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL POLICY

HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, Minnesota, Chairman

HENRY BELLMON, Oklahoma

JESSE HELMS, North Carolina

ROBERT DOLE, Kansas

GEORGE MCGOVERN, South Dakota

WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, Kentucky

DICK CLARK, Iowa

RICHARD B. STONE, Florida

EX OFFICIO MEMBER

HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Georgia

SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, MARKETING, AND

STABILIZATION OF PRICES

WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, Kentucky, Chairman

CONTENTS

Statement of-

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

Butler, J. T., chief grain inspector, Memphis Board of Trade, Memphis,

Tenn

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Clark, Hon. Dick, a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa-

Dole, Hon. Robert, a U.S. Senate from the State of Kansas--

Heinkel, Fred V., president, National Farm Coalition-----

Hill, Dr. Lowell, professor of grain marketing, University of Illinois,

Urbana-Champaign, Ill_--

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Hoelck, Ted P., owner and chief inspector, Hastings Grain Inspection,

Inc., Hastings, Nebr.

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Humphrey, Hon. Hubert H., a U.S. Senator from the State of

Minnesota

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Jackson, Ralph T., executive vice president, American Soybean As-

sociation, Hudson, Iowa___.

McNamee, Virgil A., chief grain inspector, Toledo Board of Trade,

Toledo, Ohio, and director, National Association of Chief Grain

Inspectors

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McGovern, Hon. George, a U.S. Senator from the State of South

Dakota

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Oliver, Alvin E., executive vice president, National Grain and Feed

Association

Riley, Francis M., president, TNR Enterprises Boaz, Ala.

Slater, Joseph, chief grain inspector, Davenport Grain Exchange,

Davenport, Iowa, also secretary-treasurer, National Association of

Chief Grain Inspectors---.

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Vorhoff, Gilbert H., president, New Orleans Board of Trade, New

Orleans, La_____

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Webber, Clyde M., national president, American Federation of Gov-

ernment Employees.

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Williams, Robert J., director, Illinois Department of Agriculture,
Springfield, Ill__

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Wood, George M., vice president, F. P. Wood & Son, Camden, N.C., also

chairman, grain grades committee, National Grain and Feed

Association

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Young, Hon. Milton R., a U.S. Senator from the State of North

Dakota

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Miscellaneous documents:

Letter from Senator Humphrey to Hon. Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller

General of the United States__

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Letter from Senator Humphrey to Hon. Earl L. Butz, Secretary of

Agriculture

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Letter from Undersecretary J. Phil Campbell, to Senator Talmadge,

regarding S.J. Res. 88-

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"Going Against the Grain," reprint from Quad-City Times-an inde-

pendent newspaper--.

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"Grain Inspection: Who? What?"-Federal Licensed Grain Inspectors

Association, State of Iowa____

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Appendixes:

Appendix A.-List of export elevators in each grain division field office

circuit

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Appendix B.-Selected information about inspections under the

United States Grain Standards Act of 1916 administered by the

Department of Agriculture___

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Appendix C.--Volume of export inspections by kind of grain and
export port.
Appendix D.-Number of export inspections-all grains (by lots)
Appendix E.-Foreign buyer grain complaints received USDA-1971–
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Appendix F.-AMS grain division, referrals to OI 1964–75_.
Appendix G.-Indictments stemming from grand jury investigation-
District Court of the United States for the Southern District of
Texas, Houston Division___
Appendix H.-Indictments stemming from grand jury investigations—
District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of
Louisiana

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Appendix I.-Letter to Hon. Hubert H. Humphrey from Mr. Murray
Bell regarding grain inspection system...--

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