Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-22

A "joint congressional committee OF
expenditures in the conduct of the war
is provided in an amendment fathered
by Senator Weeks Of Massachusetts
and Senator Owen Of Oklahoma and
adopted by the Senate.
A final effort was made by Senator
Shafroth to have the bill provide for
single food administrator instead OF
three-man board of food administra-
tion. but this was voted down, so to
23. and the board retained.
1t was said, however. that the nat
had gone forth that the board is to be
dropped in conference; that the House.
backed up by the President. will ear
nestly oppose the substitution OF a
board for a sAgIe food administrator.
The debate yesterday was marked by
charges to the effect that the inter
fort to have such products as cotton.
steel. aluminium and copper eliminated
from government control under the bill.
the burden of government control
Final Vote on Bill.
The vote by which the bill was passed
Ayes. s1-Ashurst, Bankhead. Beck
Calder. Chamberlain. Colt. Culberson,
Cummins, Curtis. Dillingham;. Fernald,
Fletcher. Frelinghuysen. Gronna. Hale,
James. johnson Of California. johnson
of South Dakota. Jones of New Mexico.
Jones of Washington. Kellogg. Ken
drick. Kenyon. King. Kirby. Knox. La
Kellar. Mclean. McNary. Martin. Myers.
Nelson. New. Newlands. Norris. Over
ns;n.. nan. Owen; Page; Phslan; Ia. Pittman, bans
son. Salisbury. shafroth. Shepard.
Shields. Simmons. Smith Of Arizona.
Smith Of Georgia. Smith OF Maryland.
olina. smoot. Sterling. Stone. Swanson.
Thompson. Tillman. Townsend. Tram
NELL. Underwood. vardman. Wadsworth.
Warren. Watson. Weeks. Williams and
Noes. S-France. Hardwick. Penrose.
Reed. Sherman and Sutherland.
The conferees on the part Of the Sem
by the Vice President. They are SEN
ators Gore. Chamberlain. Smith of
South Carolina. Smith Of Georgia, Ken
yon, Warren and Page.
Provisions Of Bill.
The food control bill as passed by
the government during the period Of
the war Of foods, feeds and fuels, in
cluding kerosene and gasoline.
1t creates a board Of food admins
tration of three members. to be ap-
pointed by the President and confirmed
by the Senate. to- have charge of the
food administration. The President is
to have supreme supervision of the en-
forcement of the food control law.
The bill fixes minimum price of
wheat at 81 bushel for No 1 northern
at the principal interior primary mar
kets of the country. This minimum
price Is to be guaranteed by the gov
ernment from the date of the enact
ment of the law until January /. 1919.
1t prohibits the use of foods or feeds
in the manufacture of distilled spirits
during the period of the war; prohibits
the importation of any such spirits into
the United States and directs the Pres
ident to purchase for the government
all the distilled spirits In bond at a
price equal to the cost plus 10 per cent.
The President also is authorized to
commander any or all the distilled
spirits in bond for the use of the gov
flict, but IL is expected that they will
be Strengthened out in conference.
Restriction on Contracts.
Provision is made to prohibit the
soliciting of any contracts with the
government by any member of the
council of national defense or its ad-
visory committees, either for himself
or for any concern he is interested in.
The bill. however, does not prevent the
government from entering into con-
tracts with firms of which members of
these committees are officers or in which
they are interested
drastic provision for the control
of the coal and coke business of the
country Is carried in the bill. 1t
authorizes the President, IL he should
deem 1t necessary during the war, to
fix prices for these products, using the
federal trade commission as a price
fixing agency. If any of the producers
or dealers in these products should
fail to conform to prices fixed. then
the President is authorized to take over
and operate their business. remunerat-
ing them therefor.
Stringent provisions to prohibit the
enhancing of prices Of the necessaries
covered by the bill are made 1t is
made unlawful for any person willfully
to destroy any of the necessaries to
increase prices, to waste them, to hoard
them. 10 limit transportation facilities
to restrict the supply or to lessen the
production willfully.
Licenses Required.
The President is authorized, when
ever he deems 1t necessary. to require
the following persons to take out Ii
censes to do business: Those operating
grain elevators or any other storage
g.