Investigation of the Production, Transportation, and Marketing of Wool: Hearings Before the Special Committee to Investigate the Production, Transportation, and Marketing of Wool, United States Senate, Seventy-fifth Congress, Third Session, Pursuant to S. Res. 160 (74th Congress) and S. Res. 278 (75th Congress) Resolutions Providing for an Investigation of the Production, Transportation, and Marketing of Wool, Volume 88,Partes 1-7

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