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Sur Snr 8nr Survey vey to be Conducted by byCongress byCongress Congress to Aid IndustryWASHINGTON Industry IndustryWASHINGTON : peda WASHINGTON , May 15-A 15 A 1 - & - A spe- spe special $ pe- pe - pe-cla pe cla - da cial ) sena senate te committee conuntt.tee conuntttee . will start startto startThursday startThursday Thursday ' to pry Into tnto a pile ptle pale oe oere o re- re reports reports re reports - - ports to deckle decide principally wheth whetl- whetl whe whetlr whether # - ( er r " ' wool 001 growers need treed legislative leglslative legislativeprotection leglslativeprotection legislativeprotection protection from firma firnu firms that Ulat buyP bu.vp buye bu.v buv buy . p e wool clip worth annually about about$75000000 about75000000 $75000 75000 $ 76 000 000 said neTs news reportAfter reportsAfter reportA report\ report reports reportAAfter . \ After an Investigation invesUgatk > n lasting lasUng 2 2and 2and 2and and a half halt years Chairman AdamsD AdamscD Adams cD < ( D 0) 0 ) Colorado announced anpounted announ ed } the com com- cont- cont comIlittee contnlttee committee - ) mittee Ilittee nlttee ) would open hearings heannp to let leteveryone leteveryone leteveryone everyone who has bas , an Interest in inthis inthis Inthis this matter mattfto give his h1s t1Ls viewsOther views . . Other senators on the commit committee committee committee tee are Hatch New Mexico Mur Mlrr- Mlrr Mlrrray Murray - ray Montana and Walah Walsh Massa Mas.u- Mas.u Massa- Mas.uchusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts . - - MurIray chusetts , . Democrats and alid Fra.zjer Frazjer Frazier Fra.zjerNorth FrazierNorth . PrazlerNorth Mur-I Mur I North Dakota Republican Rf'publlcan Rfpubllcan ' The Thecommittee Thecommittee Thecommittee committee was W8.5 W85 . wasagreed -agreed agreed .greed greed . - SWlday Sunday SWldaythere Sundaythere Sundaythere there Is 1't 1t . ' little U lltoellhood likelihood l1hOOd it can canmake canmake canmake make a report to congress before beforethis beforethis beforethis this session adjourns We 11 get getstarted getstarted getstarted started and do as BA much as a.s . we can canAdams canAdams canAdams Adams saidCongr saidCongress said saidCongress Congr Congress ss passed a resolution rt'iolutlon rtiolutlon ' ' In InJuly InJuly InJuly July 1835 1935 authorlz1n authorizing the com corn commlttee cornmlttee cornmittee mlttee to Investigate imesUgat.e imesUgate , . all aU phases of ofproduction ofproduction ofproduction production marketing and Rnd trans transportatlon transportation transportatlon portatlon portation of wool Their chief eWer In Inerp inere Inere erp ere Y " < ' however howevt'rt howevtrt howevert ' * . commit committee commltt . < > ' e mem members membees members bers bees made clear clf'Bl clfBl ' ' was to look Into Intopersistent intopersistent Intopersistent persistent complaints compJalnt bv by woo1grow woolgrow woolgrowers woo1growers woolgrowerr ers err against firms nons In Boston Chicage Chi Chicago Chlcago cago cage 81 St Louis Louts Philadelphia PhUadelphla and andelsewhere andelsewhere andelsewhere elsewhere that traded In001 In \\001 001 soul soulthemselves \ woolthemselves 001themse1ves themse1ves themselves and also acted as a.s . seIJ sell seIJIng selling sellIng Ing agents for growersThf growersThe growers growersThe The Thf ' growers vehemently argued arguedthat arguedthat arguedthat that these theie ! dealers had a duty to tothe tothe tothe the wool woo1 men for whom they act acted acted acted ed as agent that conflicted connlcted sharp sharply - . sharpIly ly with their own Interests InterestsIn sharp-I sharp I In other words , ; said aid F R M.u Mu Mar M.ushall Marsha11 Marshall . shall sha11 of oC Bait Balt Salt Lake City secretary secretaryI secretaryof I of the National Woolgrowers Wooigrowers as assoc1atlon associatlon assoclatlon soc1atlon sociatlon The growers didn didnt t f feel feelthe feelthe l , the wool they sold to the thl ' dealer dealeron dealeron ; on conslgnintemt conslgmnleTllt consignntlenit could be gNen gtven gtvenfair givenfair I fair consideration conslderaUan If it that dealf'r dealfr dealer dealf'ralso dealeralso dealeralso ' also was trying to sell seJI ' wool 'WOOl of oC his hisown hisown hisownJ own ownJ J Btyron Blyron Byron Wllson Wilson secretary &ecretary ecretary & at of atthe ofthe atthe the W Wyoming CIm1ng Oming wool gnwws Jroers growers Jro- Jro " - ' e-rs e rs - one of ofthe ofthe ofthe the state . associations a.osoclll.t1ons aosoclll.t1ons aosoclllt1ons ; . that led In Int inthe Inthe t the demand for Cot tot t the- the theinvestigationB&ld - In Investigation Investigationsaid investigationB&ld investigationBld st1g1.t.1ol1 st1g1t.1ol1 st1g1t1ol1 st1g1.t.1ol1said ! . . said & the growers also were Wfff ' eager ellgt'r ellgtr ' to tohave tohave tohave have other prob1emrtaken problems4 problems taken up wn WIl wnlIOn WIlson Wllcon lIOn son here for the thf ' cqtnrnlttf'e cqtnrnlttfe committee committee ' hl'ar hlar hear hl'arIngs hearings hearIngs ' Ings explainedWe explainedWe explained explainedWe We want the matter of w001 wool w001shrinkage woolshrinkage woolshrinkage shrinkage examined As A it Is nowthe nowthe now | the dealer who buys buy8 buy8wool buyswool ) wool on con con81gnment consignment consignment 81gnment signment notifies notlnes tJt ttte tile grower how howmuch howmuch howtnuch much the .sh1'lnka .sh1lnka sh1lnka . shrinkage artnkagE ' deductlor deducUol deduction " Is IsThe isThe IsThe The ' \ grower gTO'I\ler gTO'I gTOI ler hac ha6 has no n'o no no'T noT ' ' ' ' ' heck 'heck 'heckAnother ' heckAnother ieck ieckAnother Another vexation rexaUon to fo ( o the grower growers growershe growershe ! > he said is the thf ' dealers df'all"rs dfallrs ' " arbitrary arbitrarydt'ductlons arbitrarydeductions arbitrarydeductions dt'ductlons dtductlons deductions ' for tagsBefore tagsBefore tags tagsBefore Before the tht " committee when the thehearings thehearings ' hearings start stBrt will wl1 ! beolumlnous be \olumlnous olumlnous soluminous soluminousreports \ voluminousreports olumlnousreports reports on 15 individual Indl\ldual Indl ldual \ wool firms firmsplus firmsplus firmsplus plus a general genera ] report and a sum summary summary summary mary of the thf ' entire entin ' InH'lStlgaUon InHlStlgaUon investigation InH'lStlgaUonas investigationThis InvestigationThis ' This . \ was \\as as ass prepared under the sup supervislon supervlslon ervislon ' of E S 3 ' Haskell HR.Skell HRSkell . of thf the thedepartment thedepartment ' department of agriculture who who"R'i whoass whowas "R'i Ri ass " . ' loaned to the committee to todirect todirect todirect direct the InquiryHelping inquiryHelping Inquiry InquiryHelping Helping Haskell Ilaskell were wen ' H V DeMott De DeMott DeMott Mott A J Shartle Shartlt ' and E P Doug DougI Douglas Douglas Douglas las To finance the thl ' Invt1gaUon investigation Invt1gaUoncongre'lS investigationcongress Investigationcongre-ss Investigationcongre ss ! ' ' ) congre'lS congrelS congress . ' - appropralted appropraited $ $10000 10000 $ orl orlglna1ly on onginally orlgln&lly orlglnlly glna1ly ginally & and 5ub&t 5ubt subsequently lUf'nUy lUfnUy & ' < ' provided providedanother providedanother providedanother I another $8500If $8500If $8500 8500 $8500If $ If the commltte committe should wCUld shgald } find that thatthe thatthe thatthe the dealer should not be permit permitted permitted permitted ted to serve sene the grower as agent agentand agentand agentand and at the tht " : same time buy . and a.nd sel sell sel001 sellwool sellwool ) \\001 001 wool \ for himself hlrn.self hlrnself . pro protective t.t tt . ' < : t1ve leg legl'llaUon legLslatlon legLslatlon l'llaUon lllaUon Lslatlon l'llaUonill ' \ will \\ill ill sill be recommended rt'commended rtcommended ' by bythe bythe bythe the commit committee commlttM PP ' one onf ' member mf'fnb mffnb metnb-r metnb r ' - r "aid aid said "aidThf saidThe " saidThe Thf The ' details detall'i detalli ' of this legislation legislationwould legislationwould legislationwould would have to be worked out H'TY HTY very H'TYcar'f verycare verycaret ' car'f carf care ! ' ! Ill illv ) } to prevent preeni pre\ pre \ eni , passib possible pslb.e pslbe : ) ' ! ; . a evaJ0115 evaions eva J0115 ions |