Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-21
Ry the Associated Press


Tert OF the Price Decontrol
Boards decision regarding grains,
livestock, dairy products, cotton
seed products and soybeans fol-
lopS.
DETERMINATIONS OF
PRICE DECONTROL BOARD.
The Price Control Extension Ac
of 1916 was approved by the Presi
dent on July Is. 1t extended tn,
Emergency Price Control Act O
1912 which bad" expired on JUNE
30. 1916. In extending the Emer.
gency Price Control Act and reviv.
ing regulations and orders there
under, the Price Control Extension
Act left certain food and feed com.
modities free from price controls
It provided that the question O.
whether price controls should Of
should not be re-establisl1ed fol
these commodities should be deter.
mined by an independent. agency
the Price Decontrol Board, on Of
before August 20, 1916, in accord.
ance with certain standards SCI
forth in the act. The Price Decon.
troll Board has made it's determine
tons in this matter and has fileo
with the Federal Register its di-
receive containing these determine
tons. The purpose of this state
ment Is to set forth the reasons
which governed the board in reach
ing such determinations.
The determinations of the board
and the reasons therefore. were
arrived at unanimously and this
statement is the joint expression OF
opinion of the three board mem
bers.
A. Statutory Provisions.
Paragraph la (E) 90 was insert
ed into Title l of the Emergency
Price Control Act of 1912 by the
Price Control Extension Act of 1916
Subparagraph (A) in this paragraph
provides that no regulations under
the Emergency Price Control Act
of 1912 or under the Sterilization
Act of 1912 shall be applicable prior
to August 81. 1916, to the agricul-
tural commodities. food and feed
products listed in subparagraph
"a. Subparagraph CB) requires the
Price Decontrol Board to direct
that any of these commodities shall
remain free from price controls
after August 20, 1916, unless it finds
all of the following conditions tc
exist:
ID that the price of such COM
modify has risen unreasonably
above a price equal to the lawful
maximum price in effect on June
80, 1916, plus the amount per unit
of any subsidy payable with respect
thereto as of June 20, 1916, and
GD that such commodity is in
short supply and that its regulation
is practicable and enforceable, and
Gid that the public interest will
be served by such regulation. Any
commodity which continues free
from regulation by virtue of direc-
ton of the board issued on or before
mug ~ may, az any ooboCd0Ci1t
time, be returned to control by
direction of the board if the board
finds the necessary conditions to
exist. Paragraph 9 of subsection
lA(e) empowers the Price Decontrol
Board to determine whether any
subsidy is to be re-established in
whole or in part for any of the
commodities listed in subparagraph
90 ca.
B. Information Available to the
Board.
Subparagraph OBJ, quoted above
provides that the board shall make
its determination after due notice
of a public hearing and full oppor-
tunity for representative of af-
fected industries and consumers to
present their views orally or in writ
ing"
The Board issued and released its
notice of public hearing on August
2. 1916. (Foot note: II F. R. 8509-
August 6, 1946) The notice provided
that the public hearing would start
on August IL, 1916, and would be in
four main parts, as follows:
I. (a) Grains for which standards
have been established under the
United States Grain Standards Act
as amended. These grains are:
Wheat, corn, rye, barley, oats, grain
sorghums, flaxseed, mixed grain.
(b) Livestock feed or poultry feed
processed or manufactured in whole
or in substantial part from these
grains. August IL, 1916.
II. Livestock and food or feed prod
ucts processed or manufactured in
whole or in substantial part from
livestock. August 10, 1916
III. Cottonseed and soybeans, ano
feed products processed or manu-.
featured in whole or in substantial.
part from cottonSeed and soybeans
August "A, 1916.
~. Milk and food or FEED product!
processed or manufactured in whole
or in substantial part from milk
August IS, 1916.
Footnote: Because of the great
volume of appearances on this par
of the hearing, it was begun or
August IA, 1916, II F. r. $780, i
The notice provided that all in.
terested persons and groups, includ
ing representatives of affected
industries and representatives O.
consumers, would be given an op.
portunity to present views ant
econmic or other data by films
written statements and supple
mentary statements by way of re
buttal. The board received a tota
of 104 written statements.
Oral presentations were made a
the hearing by all the organization
and groups that requested time to b.
heard. In addition, in time avail
able on each day, the board invited
members of the public who wer
not scheduled to he heard to presen
their views. One hundred ant
eleven persons appeared before tn
board and made oral presentations
representing in the aggregate
greater number of organizations
The record of this hearing
available for inspection at the offic
OF the board and consists of tn