of Agriculture for the performance of the inspection services in which these men were engaged provided that the Inspectors would be assigned and appointed by the State, their salaries were determined by the State, they were not subject to Federal Leave and Insurance Acts, nor subject to the Federal Retirement Act.  They were paid entirely from fees collected for the inspection work performed.  Their qualifications as Inspectors were subject to license by the Federal Government and the Federal Government occasionally checked the quality of their work, to see that the purposes of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 were being served.  This constituted the sole contact exercised by the United States.  Work assignments were issued solely by state authorities.  Moreover, since these menworked for the State of Georgia they also enforced state standards on matters not affected by federal legislation.  Both Hayes and Shippey were covered by workmen's compensation obtained by the State of Georgia.  They were never on the federal payroll, but were paid from funds contributed by neither the state nor the federal government.


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The clinching testimony was offered by Mr. Arthur Sowell, Supervisor of the Federal-State Inspection Service in the State of Georgia.  Mr. Sowell took all the applications, hired all the men, did all the firing in the State of Georgia, and assigned his 423 men to each of the eleven districts in the State.  He appointed all Supervisors, and, in fact, had hired Mr. Hayes and Mr. Shippey.  Mr. Sowell testified,