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REGISTER

FEDERAL
VOLUME 6

1934

A/ITEO %

NUMBER 99

Washington, Wednesday, M ay 21, 1941
Rules, Regulations, Orders TITLE 7AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER VIHSUGAR DIVISION OP
THE AGRICULTURAL ADJUST
MENT ADMINISTRATION
P art 821 S ugar Quotas DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF
AGRICULTURE ALLOTTING THE 1 9 4 1 SUGAR
QUOTA FOR THE MAINLAND CANE SUGAR
AREA

Preliminary Statement General Sugar Quota Regulations, Series 8, No. 1, Revision 1, issued by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to the provisions of the Sugar Act of 1937, as amended hereinafter referred to as the act , established a 1941 sugar quota for the mainland cane sugar area of 430,794
short tons, raw value.1
Under the provisions of section 205 a of the act, the Secretary is required to allot a quota whenever he finds that the allotment is necessary a to assure an orderly and adequate flow of sugar or liquid sugar in the channels of interstate commerce, b to prevent the disorderly marketing of sugar or liquid sugar, c to maintain a continuous and stable sup ply of sugar or liquid sugar, or d to afford all interested persons an equitable opportunity to market sugar or liquid sugar within the quota for any area.
Section 205 a also provides that such allotment shall be made after such hear ing and upon such notice as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe.
On January 31, 1941, the Secretary is sued the following finding:
Pursuant to the authority contained in section 205 a of the Sugar Act of 1937
Public, No. 414, 75th Congress, as amended, and on the basis of information now before me, I, Claude R. Wickard, Secretary of Ag riculture, do hereby find that the allotm ent of the 1941 sugar quota for the mainland cane sugar area is necessary to prevent the disorderly marketing of such sugar and to 1 All calculations are based on this revised quota.

afford all interested persons an equitable op portunity to market such sugar in the con tinental United States .

The Secretary, on the basis of that find ing and pursuant to General Sugar Reg ulations, Series 2, No. 2, Revised, gave due notice of a public hearing to be held at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on February 14, 1941, for the purpose of receiving evidence to enable him to make a fair, efficient, and equitable distribution of the 1941 sugar quota for the mainland cane sugar area among persons who mar ket such sugar in the continental United States.
The hearing was duly held at the time and place specified in the notice.
The presiding officer announced at the hearing th at the finding of necessity for the allotment of the quota was in the na ture of a preliminary finding based on the best information available to the Secretary at the time and that it would be appropriate at the hearing to present evidence on the basis of which the Sec retary might affirm, modify, or change such preliminary finding and make or withhold allotment of the quota in ac cordance therewith R. pp. 9-10.
Upon the preliminary question of necessity for the allotment, the represent ative of the Sugar Division testified that, on the basis of information available to the Department, an estimated total sup ply of approximately 600,000 short tons, raw value, of mainland cane sugar would be available for market in 1941. This estimate was based on a January 1, 1941, effective inventory2 of 155,000 short tons of sugar and an estimated production during the calendar year 1941 of 445,000
short tons of sugar from proportionate shares of sugarcane of the 1941-42 crop R. p. 19. The witness testified, further, that in view of the definition of marketing now in effect R. Exhibit 3, which would permit any processor to market during 1941 all of the sugar proc essed during such year, and the uneven distribution among processors of the Jan Effective inventory is the quantity of sugar on hand on January 1, 1941, plus the estimated quantity to be produced after January 1, 1941, from the 1940-41 crop of sugarcane R. p. 18.

CONTENTS
RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS
T itle 7A griculture:
Sugar Division, Agricultural Ad justment Administration:
PaSe Sugar quota, mainland cane area, 1941____________ 2497
T itle 10A rm y : W ar D epartment:
Procurement and Disposal of Equipment and Supplies:
Charges for electricity and gas__________________ 2500
Transport:
General transport regulations, transport messes_______ 2500
Transportation of individuals. 2501
T itle 32 N ational D efense :

Selective Service System:
Regulations amended:
Classification procedure----Delay by medical advisory board______________
Inadequate questionnaire. _
Notice arid records of clas sification ___________
T im e allowed to return questionnaire________
T itle 36P arks and F orests:
National Park Service:
General rules and regulations, permits, amendment----T itle 38P ensions , B onuses, and
2504
2504
2504
2504
2503

2505

V eterans R elief :

Veterans Administration:
Insurance, amendment------ - 2505
T itle 46 S hipping :

Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation:
Clearance of vessels to bellig erent states ------------- 2505
T itle 50W ildlife :
Fish and Wildlife Service:
Alaska commercial fisheries, amendments__________ 2505
NOTICES
Department of the Interior:
Bituminous Coal Division:
District Board No. 1, relief granted, e tc __________ 2510
Exemptions renewed:
General Refractories Co 2508
Inland Steel Co-------------- 2511
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