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Mr. Ma~xcum. Yes; they have to have certain passes. I do not
gnow what they are.
The Cramrman. Even though they come and go frequently?
Mr. ManguM. Yes.
The Cuairman. If a little boy wanted to go across the line and
buy a box of matches, would he have much trouble?
Mr. Mancum. No; I do not think they are required to have a
pass. I would not be positive on that subject, but I do not think so.
The Cuamrman. That is a local exchange?’
Mr. Mangum. That is a local exchange between the towns.
The CuatrMaN. That goes on, all right, even with this border
patrol on the border?
Mr. MancuMm. Yes; they come right over the border.
The CuairMan. So that there can not be any particular retaliation
 along——-Mr.
 MancuM. No; there is no annoyance at this time.
The Cuairman. All right; we are very much obliged to you.
Mr. Mangum. Thank you.
Mr. WiLey. Mr. Chairman, if you can let me continue now and
finish with me, I would appreciate it very much.
The CuairMan. Very well.
(Thereupon, at 12.30 o’clock p. m., the committee took a recess
until 2 o’clock p. m.)

AFTER RECESS
(At 2 o'clock p. m. the committee reassembled pursuant to the
taking of recess.)
The CrarrMaN. The committee will be in order. Who is the
next witness?
Mr. CuestER B. Moore. Mr. McMicken will be our next witness.

STATEMENT OF K. B. McMICKEN, REPRESENTING THE ARIZONA
COTTON GROWERS ASSOCIATION

Mr. McMickeN. I have prepared a statement, Mr. Chairman.
The Cmaimrmax. We shall probably have to ask you some
questions. Please state your full name, your residence, whom you
represent, and where they are located.
Mr. McMicken. I reside in Litchfield Park, Ariz., and I represent
the Arizona Cotton Growers Association.
My 13 years’ experience in the Salt River Valley of Arizona was
chiefly devoted to the growing of Pima, an American-Egyptian
variety of cotton, developed by the United States Department of
Agriculture.
It does not come in’ competition in the market with any cotton
now grown in the South, as the sea island, the nearest type, has been
destroyed by the boll weevil. It is used for fine embroidery yarns,
thread, lace; it being exported to France for this purpose, and also
for fabrics; it was woven into fabrics for balloons, parachutes, and
airplanes during the World War and has a nation-wide value, inasmuch
 as it could again be used in our national defense should the
occasion arise that would cut off the United States from a supply of
silk, linen, or Egyptian cotton.
This type of cotton can only be grown in the érid section of the
Southwest in the irricated vallevs of Arizona and California, as it re-