Kentucky, Tenn. Legislators Fire Questions The Department of Agriculture and Congressman William M Tuck spoke out for Virginia Type 21 dark-fired tobacco, against a barrage of questions from Ken tucky and Tenn ssee legislators * during Washington hearings on a bill to separate Type 21. The bill is Congressman Wat kins M Abbitt's, and it would make Virginia’s leaf a distinctive type of tobacco to be considered on its own merits for quotas and 5 price supports. The hearings, before the House of Representatives tobacco sub committee of the Agriculture Com mittee. have brought together to bacco grower, processor and buy ing Interests with the subcommit tee and U S.D A. representatives. Many Testify Committee members heard Vir ginia spokesmen speak out forth rightly from 12 years of frustra tion on the subject of separation. T B Hall, general manager of the Virginia cooperative market ing organization, testified there is a short supply of the Virginia

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