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COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
HAROLD KNUTSON, Minnesota, Chairman

DANIEL A. REED, New York
ROY O. WOODRUFF, Michigan
THOMAS A. JENKINS, Ohio
BERTRAND W. GEARHART, California
RICHARD W. SIMPSON, Pennsylvania
ROBERT W. KEAN, New Jersey
CARL T. CURTIS, Nebraska

NOAH M. MASON, Illinois

THOMAS E. MARTIN, Iowa
ROBERT A. GRANT, Indiana
HAL HOLMES, Washington
HUBERT S. ELLIS, West Virginia
JOHN W. BYRNES, Wisconsin
ANGIER L. GOODWIN, Massachusetts

ROBERT L. DOUGHTON, North Carolina
JERE COOPER, Tennessee
JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan
MILTON H. WEST, Texas
WILBUR D. MILLS, Arkansas
NOBLE J. GREGORY, Keutucky
A. SIDNEY CAMP, Georgia
WALTER A. LYNCH, New York
AIME J. FORAND, Rhode Island

HERMAN P. EBERHARTER, Pennsylvania

GORDON GRAND, JR., Clerk
T. J. POLSKY, Assistant Clerk

SUBCOMMITTEE ON TARIFFS AND FOREIGN TRADE

BERTRAND W. GEARHART, California, Chairman

RICHARD M. SIMPSON, Pennsylvania
HUBERT S. ELLIS, West Virginia
JOHN W. BYRNES, Wisconsin
ANGIER L. GOODWIN, Massachusetts

ROBERT L. DOUGHTON, North Carolina
JERE COOPER, Tennessee
NOBLE J. GREGORY, Kentucky
AIME J. FORAND, Rhode Island

SERGE N. BENSON, Adviser

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Abbink, John, representing National Foreign Trade Council.

Baerman, Ralph, economic consultant and research assistant for

232

144

Senator Eastland of Mississippi –

78

Barnes, Albert Mac C., attornev, New York, N. Y.

393

Besse, Arthur, president, National Association of Wool Manufac-

turers

125

Brannan, Charles F., Assistant Secretary of Commerce_

Clayton, William L., adviser to the Secretary of State_

282

415, 433

Coulter, Dr. John Lee, consulting economist and statistician.

Foster, William C., Under Secretary of Commerce_

Goss, Albert S., master, National Grange__
Harrison, George M., grand president, Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks

369

160'

94

420

Heinz, H. J., II, president, H. J. Heinz Co., and chairman, United

States associates of the International Chamber of Commerce..

Lerch, John G., attorney.

189

153

Marshall, Hon. George C., Secretary of State_

237

Martin, Robert F., executive secretary, Vitrified China Association,

Inc.

333

Murchison, Dr. Claudius T., president, Cotton Textile Institute, New

York, N. Y

140

Northrop, Dr. Mildred B., associate professor of economics, Bryn

Mawr College__

205

Ogg, W. R., American Farm Bureau Association_

Pfeiffer, Curt G., United States Chamber of Commerce.

250

215

Rose, H. Wickliffe, president, American Tariff League, New York,

N. Y

Rosenthal, Morris S., president, National Council of American Im-
porters, Inc.

6, 42

322

Ruttenberg, Stanley H., associate director of research, Congress of
Industrial Organizations

313

Shreve, Earl O., president, United States Chamber of Commerce_

Smith, Russell, legislative secretary, National Farmers Union.

215

306

Strack bein, O. R., executive secretary, America's Wage Earners Pro-
tective Conference..

48

Taft, Charles P., president, Federal Council of Churches of Christ in

America.

291

Briefs, statements, tabulations, etc., submitted for the record by-
Air Transport Association of America, communication from, to Mr.
Knutson

530

American Farm Bureau Association:

Competitive and noncompetitive agricultural imports of the

United States, for selected years, table_-

279

Percent agricultural exports and imports are of total exports and

imports of the United States, by 5-year periods, 1857-1946, and

1947, table.

275

Percent of agricultural exports and imports to total, 1857-1946,

and 1947, charts.

275

Percent of United States food production exported in fiscal year

1946-47, chart.

277

Quantities of United States agricultural exports, by 5-year periods,

1925-44, 1945, and 1946, table.

276

Quantities of United States agricultural imports, by 5-year periods,

1925-44, 1945 and 1946, table....