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Amend Lever Food Control Act To Include Clothing, Implements and Contain ers-More Power Given Officials In Fight On Profiteers

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-without amendment and with practically no opposition the house today amend ed the Lever food control act to extend its provisions to include cloth ing, containers of food, feed, or fertil- izers. fuel oil and implements used in production of necessities, and to pen alize profiteering by a 5000 fine or two years imprisonment.
 Proposals to make the act apply to profiteering in house and room rents. adopted by the house in committee of the whole were stricken out in the final vote.
 Efforts were made by both repub- licans and democrats to have the amendments provisions cover neces- sities other than those included in the amendment as reported by the agricul- ture committee Inclusion of kerosene and gasoline was proposed by Repre- sentative Strong. Kansas, who said the prices of these products had increased 300 per cent in the last two years, but his amendment was rejected by a close vote, while that Of Representative - ciude raw cotton, was eliminated on a point of order by Representative Bianton, democrat, Texas.
 Attempts to bring farmers and farm organizations within the jurisdiction adso were blocked.
 Can Go After Little Profiteers Now.
 Recommendations of Attorney Gen eral Palmer to include retailers doing a business of less than s100, 900 under the profiteering section so that the de- partment of justice might go after the little ones were included in the measure as passed.
 Five hours of general debate preceded passage of the measure the first leg islative step in carrying out the rec concentrations of President Wilson in his recent address to congress on the high cost of living.
 The Hutchinson cold storage bill, modelled on the New Jersey act rec commended to congress by the presi- dent as worthy of patterning after, will be reported to the house next week.
 Depate today consisted largely in at taeks and defense of the administra- tion, republicans asserting that the democrats, with masterly inactivity had avoided discussion or remedies for the high cost of living and demo- cratic members charging that 'repub- leans had been busy playing politics and were mindful of coming elec- ions"
 Representative Rodenberg. republi can, Illinois, opening discussion on the measure criticised President Will sons feeble efforts to establish some sort of connection between the present high cost of living. and the League of Nations and said that sthe presidents mind for the last nine months had been completely absorbed by the idea of the league of nations
 AssaiI Wilson Hotly.
 If there was a famine in China. s the Illinois member continued. .a drought in Indiana, flood in the Mis- sisslppi valley, an earthquake in Por- 10 Rico, a volcanic eruption in Central America or an epidemic of spinal men lngitis in New York city. the presi- dent by a process of reasoning that satisfies himself at least, has con vinced himself that the sole contrihut- ing cause was the failure Of the league of nations
 Representative Hefliu, democrat, -At1bdhids Iudistu that repuDicdn Op- position to the league of nations had become so pronounced that the chap lain of the house was not permitted to pray for acceptance of the league of nations" He said the chaplain had offaed such prayer one morning "alfs since then his lips have been sealed by a high member of the re- publican party"
 Indication of the close interest with which President Wilson is following every movement on high prices was given today in a lengthy conference which he held with attorney General Palmer and Director General Hines.
 Mir. Palmer also was in conference today with the senate agriculture sub committee considering amendments to the food control act.