GLICKMAN NAMES MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES TO NATIONAL TOBACCO ADVISORY COMMITTEE
                                            Release No.0251.98 


                              Alicia L. Ford     (202) 720-8998
                                                 aford@usda.gov
                                  Billy Cox      (202) 720-8998
                                           Billy_A_Cox@usda.gov
                                                               

GLICKMAN NAMES MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES TO NATIONAL TOBACCO ADVISORY COMMITTEE

     WASHINGTON, June 19, 1998--Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman has
named 14 members and their alternates to the National Advisory Committee for
Tobacco Inspection Services.  Members and alternates will serve two-year terms
ending June 9, 2000.

     The committee advises the secretary of agriculture on the level of
services needed to provide USDA-inspection for the major types of tobacco and
on fees to charge for these services, said Secretary Glickman.

     Newly appointed members and their alternates are:  Donnie Hugh Smith,
Willacoochee, Ga., and alternate Timothy Edwin McMillan, Enigma, Ga.; Clay
Hester Vernon III, Milton, N.C., and alternate Leland McKinley Simmons,
Newport, N.C.; Richard Arnold Enoch, Mebane, N.C., and alternate Elbert Ray
Pitt Jr., Macclesfield, N.C.; Alwood Byron Ervin, Richland, N.C., and
alternate Margie Humphrey Spivey, Lumberton, N.C.; Kenneth Stephen Ring,
Georgetown, Ohio, and alternate Larry Wayne Hall, Georgetown, Ohio; Donald
Keith Allen, Latta, S.C., and alternate William Edwin Dargan Jr., Darlington,
S.C.; Cynthia Kaye Compton, Honaker, Va., and alternate Lucy Armistead Conner,
Nathalie, Va.

     Reappointed members and their alternates are:  Earl Eugene Griffith,
Lothian, Md., and alternate Dennis Allen Gray, Lexington, Ind.; Terry Rye
Gilbert, Harrodsburg, Ky., and alternate Benjamin Lyle Clifford, London, Ky.;
William Hamilton Fritz, Cynthiana, Ky., and alternate Frances Ann Brown,
Olmstead, Ky.; Kerry Hade Lyons, Gracey, Ky., and alternate Charlie Benge,
London, Ky.; Trudy Busick Early, Gibsonville, N.C., and alternate Richard
Joseph Jenks, Apex, N.C.; John Leonard Hudson Jr., Newton Grove, N.C., and
alternate Glenn James Preddy, Franklinton, N.C.; Jeffry Lynn Aiken, Telford,
Tenn., and alternate Carl Hobert Bolton, Tazewell, Tenn.

     Appointees may serve a maximum of three terms as members or alternates.
                                
     Section 5 of the Tobacco Inspection Act of 1935, as amended by the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Public Law 97-35, requires the
establishment of a National Advisory Committee for tobacco producers for each
kind of tobacco.  The committee was established in March 1982.
                                
     The committee consists of tobacco producers representing all U.S.
tobacco production areas and meets at the secretary's request.

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