AGRICULTURAL RELIEF 
Mr. Gray. A chairman and secretary. 
Reading the sugeested changes in paragraph C: 
Each advisory council shall meet thereafter at least twice each year at a time 
and place designated by the chairman or upon call of a majority of its members at 
a time and place designated in the call, notice of such call being sent bv registered 
mail at least 10 davs before the date of the meeting. 
The change in that reading from that which lies before you in the 
bill relates to the time and place of the meeting. In the bill as printed 
such time and place shall be designated by the board. It is suggested 
that the time and place of meeting shall be designated by the chair- 
man of the council or by a majority of the members of the council, 
leaving the council a self-governing and self-convening institution. 
Reading on, in paragraph D there is no change except to cut out 
the word “commodity,” leaving the designation to be ‘‘advisory 
council’ rather than ‘commodity advisory council.” 
Mr. KincHELOE. Mr. Gray, I do not get the first part of your 
amendinent. How many members of the advisory council are there 
supposed to be from each farm loan bank district? 
Mr. Gray. Seven. 
Mr. KincHELOE. That will be 84 members all the time? 
Mr. Gray. Yes. 
Mr. KINCHELOE. Suppose that this board, in its discretion, would 
only declare an operative period on seme product that it is not raised 
all over the country. Why would we need all these 84 men? 
Mr. Gray. They would meet whenever conditions arose in the 
different districts that would make it necessary for the Federal Farm 
Board to be in operation. 
Mr. KincuELOE. If you make a board for each commodity, would 
not that board of men who are ervnerienced in raising that commodity 
know more about that comm ~~ "~n fellows who were just gathered 
up indiscriminately fr aan districts. 
Mr. Gray. I thir’ 
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than that, then? 
Mr. Gray. Is not that answered by turning over to section 7, Mr. 
Kincheloe, which has to be changed somewhat. owing to the fact that 
we have changed section 4? 
Mr. KixcHELOE. I am going on the idea that you have changed 
section 4. I am asking if 1t is not better than the other provision, to 
have those fellows representing that commodity. 
Mr. Gray. It is felt by those of us In these conference groups 
that— 
Mr. McSwr—x3  (interposing). Can one of the groups of seven 
meet without © ~ es! being called together? 
Mr. Gray. Oh, yes. 
Mr. McSweeNEY. They can meet in any one of these land-bank 
districts? 
Mr. Gray. Yes. 
Mr. Jones. Have you any provision as to what should constitute 
a quorum in a case of that kind, before the board could act? 
Mr. Gray. I believe, as I recollect the amendment, there is no 
designation as to what would constitute a quorum. 
Mr. Jongs. Could they find the other groups, the other 77 men?