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 74Tr CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 778 . AUGUST 27, 1935. 931 (4) The extent to which said corporations avoid income taxes, if at all, and the extent to which officers receiving such salaries paid inco me taxes thereo n. Third. The extent of concentration of control and of monopol Exte nt of control an d mon opo ly in p roc ess- in the man ufac turi ng, proc essi ng, ware hous ing, dis trib utio n, a n in g, etc ., farm prod- marketing of representative major farm products which is main- nets ' tained or has been obtained by any corporation or other organization, including- (1) Meth ods and devices used by such corporations fo r obtaining and maintaining their control or monopoly of the manufacturing, mark eting, processi ng, warehousing, and distribu tion of such co m- modities, and the proportion of any such major farm commodity handled by each of the large units involved ; and (2) The extent to which fraudulent, dishonest, unfair, and injuri- ous methods are employed in the grading, warehousing, and trans- portation of such farm products, including combinations, monopolies, price fixing, and manipulation of prices on the commodity exchanges. Fourth. The extent to which the cooperative agencies have entered agencientof coop erative into the processing, wa rehousing, and marketing of r epresentative major farm products and the general effects of such cooperative agencies upon the producer and consumer. Fi ft h. The ex tent to which o ther countries have adopted o r pro- stud ies of foreign policies . moted processing, warehousing, and marketing agencies of a public, quasi-public, or cooperative sort for the simplification and cheapen- ing of the p rocessing, war ehousing, and m arketing of agr icultural products, and other administrative agencies which may have been set up for the p rotection of t he farmer-produ cer and the con sumer. Sixth. Any conclusions and/or recommendations with regard to Recommendations. increasing the income of farm producers or other recommendations with regard to the improvement of the economic position of farmers or consumers growing out of the inquiry. SEC. 2. The Department of Agriculture, the National Recovery ate geneies to cooper. Administration, the Department of Justice, and other agencies of the Government are directed to cooperate with the Commission in such inquiry to the fullest extent possible. Power to obtain data, SEC. 3 . For the purposes of this resolution the Federal Trade Com- e tc. mission shall have the same right to obtain data and to inspect income-tax returns as the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and to submit any relevant or useful information thus obtained to the Congress or to either House thereof. SEC. 4 . For the purpose of carrying out this resolution the Fed- tencleraisdietion ex. eral Trade Commission, the Attorney General, and the courts of the u Vo . 38, . 717 . .1 S. C p ., p.514. United States shall have and may exercise all of the powers and jurisdiction severally conferred upon them by the Act entitled "An Act to create a Federal Trade Commission, to define its powers and duties, and for other purposes ", approved September 28, 1914. Sum authorized for SEC. 5 . There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any salaries and expenses, money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of Pest, p. 1257. $150,000 whi ch shall be av ailable for exp enditure, as th e Federal Trade Com miss ion may dire ct, for expe nses and all nec essa ry d is- bursements, including salaries, in carrying out this resolution and prosecuting litigation necessary in aid of the powers conferred hereunder. SEC. 6 . The Federal Trade Commission is directed to present an Preliminary and final interim report to the Congress on January 1, 1936, describi ng the reports . progress made and the status of its work hereunder, and a final report with recommendations for legislation not later than July 1, 1936 . Approved, August 27, 1935.