EXHIBIT 3 United States domestic exports to U. S. S. R., total and by principal commodities, monthly, January-November 1947 [Value in thousands of dollars] Animals and animal products, edible: Animals and animal products, inedible: Leather manufactures. Other products. Vegetable food products and beverages: Vegetable products, inedible, except fibers and wood: Nonmetallic minerals: EXHIBIT 3-Continued United States domestic exports to U. S. S. R., total and by principal commodities, monthly, January-November 1947-Continued Prepared in the Department of Commerce, by Special Programs Branch, Areas Division, Office of International Trade, from basic data of the Bureau of the Census, February United States general imports from U. S. S. R., total and by principal commodities, monthly, January-November 1947 [Value in thousands of dollars] 1948. Prepared in the Department of Commerce, by Special Programs Branch, Areas Division, Office of International Trade, from basic data of the Bureau of the Census, February 1948. The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Heselton, may I comment right there that it might be that there is some justification for the importation of furs to supply the comfort that fuel oil to our people does not supply. Mr. HESELTON. I hope that will be some comfort to our people so that they may keep warm one way or the other. Now, Mr. Foster, the first of this week the committee staff asked the Office of International Trade to reexamine the announced program for the first quarter of this current year, did they not? Mr. FOSTER. Yes, sir. Mr. HESELTON. Do you have the bulletin of January 2 before you? Mr. FOSTER. Yes, sir. Mr. HESELTON. I will draw your attention to these two statements [reading]: This quota continues the policy of restricting exports of major petroleum products to the maximum extent possible until the current domestic shortages are alleviated. That represents a clean-cut recognition on the part of the Department that there is a domestic shortage, does it not? Mr. FOSTER. Yes, sir. Mr. HESELTON. And you propose to implement the statement of the bulletin by some constructive and vigorous action? Mr. FOSTER. That is right, sir. Mr. HESELTON. Then you went on, or the Department went on, to say that the 12,000,000-barrel quota figure compares with the shipments of more than 17,000,000 barrels in the first quarter of 1947. Now, an analysis of the figures showed that as to the export of gas oil and distillate fuel oil, if the program was carried out and if you achieved your target of 50 percent reduction in Canadian exports, we will have shipped in excess of 584,617 more barrels in the first quarter of this year to all countries, including Canada, than we did in the first quarter of 1947. That, at least, was the analysis that was made and was checked by the staff and appeared to be correct. Can you comment on the correctness of that analysis? Mr. FOSTER. No, sir, I cannot. I will be very glad to have it checked, however, by our staff. Mr. HESELTON. Has not your staff been working on that for a week now? Mr. FOSTER. Yes, sir. Mr. HESELTON. Is not somebody prepared to say whether that is right or wrong at this time? Mr. FOSTER. I will inquire. I do not happen to know. Mr. Stull, Mr. Congressman, who is a member of our staff in the Office of International Trade, is a petroleum expert. Mr. STULL. The 12,000,000 and the 17,000,000 apply to the same countries. In other words, there was a list of countries and a country quota break-down, and that 12,000,000 applies to those same countries. It does not include Canada, and it does not include anything except those countries that are specifically stated in the press release. Mr. HESELTON. Let me ask one further question. Did you see the analysis that was made? Mr. STULL. I do not know what analysis you are speaking of, sir. |