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ate until September to confirm in
cumbents.
For OPA the committee put back
SAT 900, 900. making the total $l77,-
100000. or virtually the budget es-
timated but wrote in provision to
prevent price investigators from us
ing entrapment methods Commit
tee members explained this would
prohibit encouraging or inducing a
person to make an illegal sale.
For Owl the committee allowed
So, sol ,499 for domestic activities. as
against nothing in the House bill
This is $4,000 more than SUBJ
committee approved last night and
is to cover accrued leave of any
personnel let out in the curtail-
ment Of domestic activities.
Foreign Branch Cut.
The overseas branch of Owl was
reduced, however. from S27.003 $50
to s25,00000t. The funds allowed
Owl Directcf Elmer Davis for the
domestic branch is allotted as fol-
lows
For the directors Office. Sl25 600
for programming. 1925 900; news
bureau 100000: for special activi-
ties, s9o0,000; for radio. S6ll ,499.
and for motion picture work, $50 900.
The committee tackled onto the
appropriation for the Board of Eco
nomic Warfare ban on use of any
funds for purchases outside the
United States except on formal ap-
proval in writing by a majority of
the board, filed with the Secretary
of State
The Senators struck out of the
OPA section Of the bill three re-
strlctlve clauses inserted by the
House. One placed ban on sub
sides. which was eliminated on the
/ theory the Senate already has voted
, to curb price rollback subsidies in
separate legislation.
The committee also knocked out
the HouSe requirement that Cnlv
persons with five years business ex-
pcrlence could be engaged in max
ing price control regula tions. and
the ban on issuance of grade label
ing regulations.
The committee voted down a mo-
ton to add approximately s1,OOO.0OO
| OF new cash to the 81 1000 900 in the
House bill for Office of Censorship
but made available Sl3,359.OOO OF
an uneXpended balance in OC
funds with the stipulation that not
more than 100000 of this balance
can be used for administrative ex-
penSeS.
The II agencies whose funds are
in the bill. and, therefore effected
by the McKellar Senate confrma-
ton amendment, are: Board of Eco
nomic Warfare, Office of Censorship
Petroleum Administrator for War
Office of Price Administration
Office Of Strategic Services. Central
Administrative Services. Office of
Civilian Defense, Office of Co-ordl-
nator for Inter- American Affairs
Office OF Defense Transportation,
Office Of Economic Stabili2ation
National War Labor Board. Office of
Scientific Research and Develop
ment, Office of War Information
War Relocation Authority. War Pro-
duction Board. Smaller War Plants
Corp. and War Shipping Admins
! tration
Davis Apprehensive.
In letter to Senator O'Mahonev
Democrat, of Wyoming, Mr.. Davis
said today the S3,O56,00O allowed b,
the subcommittee last night for the
domestic branch of Owl would mean
liquidation of about two thirds OF
the work of that branch.
He said it would mean dropping
more than half of our personnel
and closing Of so field Offices. He
estimated he would need $500 OO(
more to carry out this liquidation
including 100000 to complete mo-
ton pictures that are nearly finished
After considering the letter. the
committee added about half of this
! 100000 this morning.
Meanwhile. the Sl43 900, 900 urgent
deficiency bill, carrying salaries now
due thousands of Federal and Dis
trlct employees, is still deadlocked
because of the House rider seeking
to remove three men from the Gov
ernment payroll.
Look Toward Recess.
If Congress fails to complete all
supply bills tonight, no serious con
sequences will result. but leaders
were trying to keep the legislative
program in high gear to hasten the
proposed summer receSs-the first
the lawmakers have had in severa
years.
The S7l,5OO 100000 War Depart
ment bill is expected to go to the
White House today, since House anc
Senate differences are confined te
few definitions. AS the big meas.
ure was going through the Senate
yesterday, Chairman Byrd of the
Joint Committee on Non -Essentia
Federal Expenditures, promised tc
inquire into what he called waste
and extravaganza" in the military
establishment.
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