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 - Seventy-seventh Congress, Second 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

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