Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-24
House Votes 1-Mon
Control Over Food
In Extending OPA
Sweeping Authority
Given to Anderson;
Other Changes Made
By ]. A. O'LEARY.

A rebellious House last night
passed one-year extension Of
price control, but only after vot-
ing, 211 to 155. to make the new
Secretary of Agriculture, Repre-
sentative Anderson of New Mex
leo, virtual car over all other
agencies on food problems.
Again overriding the admins
tration, the chamber by 200-to.
1854 vote wrote in a new court re.
view section, giving compliments
the right to test OPA orders in
regular Federal courts as well as in
the emergency courts of appeals.
Before these upsets occurred, both
parties joined in taking another step
to increase the meat supply by pro-
hibiting quota restrictions on any
slaughter if the Secretary of
Agriculture finds that the plant Is
sanitary. This carried 372 to 8.
Two Other Changes.
The House also adopted, 249 to
1913, an amendment requiring OPA
to consider cattle, sheep and hogs
separately in fixing reasonable price
ceiling on the processing of meat.
This is similar to the Barley
amendment, which the Senate
adopted when it passed the one.
year extension recently.
A fifth change the House tackled
on last night requires the OPA to
establish in connection with rent
control the same type of advisory
council utilized in other fields Of
control.
When all these alterations had
been made during a long Saturday
session, the House put its stamp
of approval on the revamped meas
ure at 7:30 pm. by roll-call vote
of 356 to r.
The changes still are subject to
final adjustment with the Senate in
conference. and the conferees must
work out an agreement before the
Price Control Act expires June 80.
If they should fail to agree by next
Saturday, it is generally expected
both houses would put through a
stop-gap resolution for a temporary
extension of price control.
Jenkins Plan Beaten.
House leaders succeeded in rally
ing their forces long enough to
strike from the bill the so-called
Hoover amendment, which would
have stripped OPA of all food pric-
ing and enforcement, and left 1t
only the function of ration regula-
ton. Sponsored by Representative
Jenkins, Republican, of Ohio, this
went into the bill tentatively Fri
day, AS to 142. but was eliminated
yesterday, 1913 to 178.
Their victory was short lived,
however. for the House then pro-
ceeded to adopt an alternative pro-
posal by Representative Andersen.
Republican, of Minnesota, which will
centralize all responsibility over
food decisions in the hands of the
new Agricultural Secretary and War
Food Administrator, Mr. Anderson
of New Mexico.
The essential difference is that,
while the Andersen amendment
leaves enforcement machinery in
the OPA, that and all other Govern
ment agencies having anything to
do with food must get the written
approval of the Secretary of Agricul-
ture on all policies.
The veto power over food con.
troll the House placed in the hands
of its departing colleague, who be-
comes Secretary on July 1. applies
to all existing rules as we'll as to
the future.
The amendment provides that.
notwithstanding any provisions Of
the Price Control Act, any other
law or Executive order-no regu-
lation, order, directive or ALLEGATION
shall be issued or any other action
taken Gncluding directives for dis.
tribution or price schedules), with
respect to any agricultural commod-
ity, including livestock, or for any
food product processed in whole or
in substantial part from any agri-
cultural commodity, by any agency
of the Government without the
prior written approval of the Sec
rotary of Agriculture.
1t also declares that no order,
1See PRICE CONTROL page A-20