This is the third hearing in a series of four conducted to exercise con- gressional oversight of the Food Distribution Program of the Department of Agriculture. The following witnesses presented testimony, statements, and exhibits pertinent to this purpose: Honorable Efrain Santiago, Secretary of Social Services, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Senator Eagleton of Missouri; Proctor N. Carter, Director, State Division of Welfare, Missouri; David McCullough, Director, Food Distribution Program, San Diego County, California; Warren H. Breland, Executive Director, Freeport, Long Island Economic Opportunity Council, Inc.; and, Richard Lyng, Assistant Secretary, Consumer and Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture. Appendix One, items pertinent to the hearing of September 22, 1971, includes such items as selected data on the Food Distribution Program, a study as of July 1971, Long Island Peoples Association (LIPA) Food Centers--store locations, and an organizational chart of the LIPA. Appendix Two, items pertinent to the hearing of September 23, 1971, includes such items as field review process, operating expense funds, post office issuance, and a letter of September 16, 1971 from Department of Social Welfare, County of Ventura, California. Appendix Three (letters and articles of interest) includes, as information previous to the hearings, letters submitted by Senator Percy, the Office of Emergency Preparedness, the Department of Agriculture, and the Agriculture Research Service. (JM)