AGRICULTURAL RELIEF 
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Mr. Fort. And you are the best posted man in the dairy products 
who has appeared before the committee, and I am asking you as the 
only expert we have had on that subject in order that we may prop- 
erly consider any piece of legislation and know what your judgment 
is as to the way we should legislate. 
Mr. SEXAUER. My judgment is that at the present time it is not 
necessary, and before 1t becomes necessary we will sit down with a 
force of experts and give it consideration from all angles and outline 
a plan. 
Mr. Fort. You think we should leave that to the board? 
Mr. SExaUER. No, absolutely not. I do not know how you are 
going to do this. You may or may not, as you wish—if the amend- 
ment is to be made to the bill before passage that dairy products 
should be put into the bill, if the committee as a whole wish to take 
that up, they probably will take it up with those men who are experts, 
and in that expert advice is not to be arrived at at a moments notice 
the suggestion I would have to give you here is that it should be 
from details, conscientious and long-time study of the intermove- 
ments cf the products and how it could be vest applied on all com- 
modities. 
Mr. Fort. Is the action of yourself and your association in endors- 
ing this based on detailed study—its own study? 
Mr. SExAUER. I do not believe it is necessary for milk, if it is 
given to the others; and we believe that the others have the same 
mtimate knowledge in reference to their commodities as we have as 
to milk. 
Mr. Fort. But your milk is now admissible under the bill without 
any further legislation, if we pass the Haugen bill in its present form? 
Mr. SExAuer. Mv understanding is that it is not. 
Mr. KincurLore “Well, it is. 
Mr. Fort. It is. What is the purport of page 17? (Reading:) 
In the case of any agricultural commodity other than grain, cotton, livestock, 
or tobacco, the board shall, in connection with its specification of the place and 
manner of paymeént and collection of the equilization fee, further specify the 
particular type of processing, sale, or transportation in respect to which the 
equilization fee is to be paid and collected. 
Milk is an agricultural commodity, is it not? 
Mr. SExavER. Right. Is there not somewhere else in the bill a 
method whereby it will be decided as to what commodities shall be 
entered into under that basis? 
Mr. KincuELOE. It is in the discretion of the board. 
Mr. Fort. It is discretionary with the board. 
or. SExAUER. Is there not also an advisory board in there some- 
where? ‘ 
Mr. Fort. Not with binding powers in the bill as introduced. 
Mr. SExAUER. I see. Perhaps I am wrong. 
Mr. Fort. If we are going to put it in with discretionary powers 
as to the advisory council, should we put the matter in so that dairy 
products could only be taken up in the advisory council or butter 
in the advisory council or milk products? 
Mr. SExauEr. You would probably put it in as dairy products. 
Mr. Fort. Which would include fluid milk? 
Mr. SExAUER. That would include fluid milk.