I come now to the causes of the recession as developed from the testimony and statements placed in the record of the Finance Committee. Since we are still in the low side of the total cycle. the direct interest in the 1958 hearings. and in the responses to questionnaires sent out this spring. has been in the recession and the probable causes which produced it. A careful review of the committees record revealed more than 20 specific ideas of probable causes. all but one of whichsomebody suggested the epidemic of Asiatic flu as a cause of the recessioncan be correlated within four areas: First. Policies of the Federal Government. Second.