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Show Midwestern Grain Representatives Warn Of Socialism Leak Through CCC Midwest grain elevator representatives rep-resentatives told Senators they re fearful that the huge Commodity Com-modity Credit Corporation will m them out of business. They accused the CCC of "by-nassing" "by-nassing" normal trade practices and ofa"incredible inefficiencies" ?n operations. The delegation from Minnesota Minneso-ta Iowa, North and South Dakota Da-kota put their case before the Senate Agriculture Committee. The committee is considering a bin to increase the CCC's borrowing bor-rowing powers from its present S4 500 000,000 to $6,750,000,000. Chairman Elmer Thomas (D) 0f Oklahoma, has called the CCC which carries out the government's gov-ernment's farm price support program, the "world's largest corporation." "Gentlemen, if you let the n-ain all pass into government channels you are going to socialize social-ize it as has been done in Canada Can-ada England, and many other i countries," Oscar Olson, presi-' presi-' dent of the Farmers Elevator As-1 As-1 sociation of Minnesota, warned. He noted that the law setting up the CCC reads that regular : channels of trade should be : used by the corporation "where-ever "where-ever practicable." He added: "We find this part of the law is not being lived up to . . . We " feel that the Commodity Credit - Corporation is attempting' to set up its own marketing organization organi-zation ..." Leo C. Lester, president of the farmers' cooperative elevator eleva-tor at Worthington, Minnesota, agreed. He appeared on behalf of the Southern Minnesota Managers' Man-agers' Association and the Western West-ern Grainmen, an association of elevator managers. Mr. Lester said members of the two associations are complaining com-plaining about slowness of the CCC in submitting grain grades and reporting weights. Further, he testified, there are many instances in-stances where shippers have received re-ceived no pay for the handling of their shipments for "periods in excess of eight months." Leland C. Miller, Cedar Rapids, Rap-ids, Iowa, recommended that when Congress increases CCC borrowing authority, it also write into the law "an affirmative affirm-ative and unequivocal requirement require-ment that the corporation shall use the usual and customary channels of trade and commerce." com-merce." He said he knew of one instance in-stance where government employees em-ployees removed grain from a storage bin on a farm and loaded load-ed on boxcars. He added this was done without having consulted con-sulted the local elevator man who had a contract with the CCC to perform such services. |