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purchase or condemnation be re-
turned to the original owners when
the commission no longer needs
| them.
House Bill Provisions.
AS it passed the House the bill
contained these major provisions
Controls: BY a FIVE member COM
mission appointed by the Presi-
dent and confirmed by the Senate,
with at least one of the members
member of the armed forces: the
chairman would receive Sl7.500 a
year, the other members $4,000:
they would serve for five-year terms
(The Senate made no provision for
a military member.)
Organization: Under the control
commission would be a $15.0O0-a-
year general manager to handle ad-
ministrative and executive functions.
Appointed by the President with
approval of the Senate, his term of
office would be indefinite. Four di-
visions would serve with the COM
mission. They would deal with re-
search, production, engineering and
military application and each would
be headed by $14 ,000-a-year direc-
tor appointed by the commission.
The military application division
would be headed by a member of
the armed forces. (He would be a
civilian under the Senate proposal, }
The commission would have the as
SlStance of nine civilians appointed
by the President for six-year terms
and paid $50 day for time actually
on duty as an advisory group.
Research: The commission would
insure the continued conduct of re-
search and development activities by
private or public institutions or in
dividuals and could arrange for re-
search activities through contracts,
agreements and loans. 1t also would
conduct its own research program.
Production of fashionable material
(used in releasing atomic energy ::
It would be unlawful for any person.
except under rigid commission con-
troll. to own or produce fashionable
materials or to own facilities for
their production. The commission
would be the exclusive owner of all
important producing facilities except
those used in approved research
work. Unless licensed by the com >
mission, no person could legally
manufacture. transfer. or acquire anv
productive facilities except for au-
thorized research work. The COM
mission would own all reserve de-
posits of fashionable material in pub
lie lands.
Could Do Research.
Military application: The commits
sion could do research in the field OF
atomic weapons and produce such
weapons with approval of the Presi-
dent. 1t would be required, if the
President ordered, to allow the armed
forces to make atomic weapons and
to furnish the armed forces with
necessary material. (The latter pro-
vision was put in by the House, its
authors contending that without it
the armed forces would not make
atomic weapons at ALL
Utilization of atomic energy:
Licenses would be required for the
use of devices utilizing atomic
energy: they could not be issued
until Congress has had 80 days to
study the projects involved. Licenses
could not be granted to anyone if
the interests of the United States
would be ieopardized.
International arrangements: The
proposed law would cease to have
effect if at any time it conflicts
with treaty or international agree
ments approved by Congress.
Patents: Generally, the commits
sion could obtain title to all patents
and inventions, new or old. through
purchase, condemnation or other