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Ithority.
REAL PROPERTY
ACQUISITION.
Present law: Allows the Presi-
dent to acquire real property for
the defense program.
The President requested: The
same authority and additional
power to acquire property through
condemnation.
The Senate and the House voted
Ito: Keep the law tantially the
way it is, although the House
agreed to a modified condemna-
Ition power.
LONG-TERM PURCHASE
CONTRACTS:
Present law: Allows the Presl-
dent to make long-term contracts
for the purchase Of things needed
i'm the defense effort.
The President requested: Con-
tinuation OF this power.
The Senate voted to: Give the
President what he asked for.
The House voted to: Give him
the power but limited the lentge
Iof the contracts to one year after
expiration Of the new law.
SUBSIDIES:
The present law: Doesn't allow
them.
The President requested: Power
ito pay subsidies to producers of
commodities and articles who have
an unusual high-cost production
problem. F
The Senate voted to: Deny the
request.
The House voted to: Limit SUBJ
Isidy payments to non-farm items.
PRODUCTION FACILITIES:
The present law: Permits the
President to install facilities and
equipment in existing Government
plants and install equipment in
Iprivate plants.
The President requested: Au-
Ithority to build and operate new
plants, expand existing plants, and
install new processes in private
plants.
The Senate and the House: Re-
ljected the request.
PARITY.
Present law: Follows the tradi-
tional practice of computing
parity prices monthly.
The President requested: Au-
thority to adjust the parity for
mula. for pricing purposes, an
nually instead Of monthly.
The Senate and the House
voted to: Deny the request.
LICENSING.
The present law: Doesn't per-
NIT use Of licensing powers to en-
force price regulations.
The President requested: Licens-
ing authority for enforcement
purposes.
The Senate and the House
voted to: Deny the requested au-
thority.
COMMODITY SPECULATION.
The present law: Does not per-
NIT the President to curb specula-
ton on commodity markets
through margin requirements and
other procedures.
The President requested: Au-
thority to curb speculation.
The Senate and the House voted
to: Deny the request.
SMALL BUSINESS.
The present law: Doesn't pro-
vide for a Small Defense Plants
Corp. to funnel business to smaller
industry.
The President: Made no request.
The Senate and the House voted
to: Create a Small Defense Plants
Administration.
DEFENSE HOUSING. -
The present law: Contains no
provision. '@
The President: Made no re-
quest.
The Senate voted to: Add
provision for defense housing con-
struction through FHA mortgage
insurance in critical areas.
The House: Didn't consider the
subject.
DURATION OF LAW.
The present law: Expired last
June 80 but was continued for one
month. The President requested:
A two-year extension.
The Senate voted: An extern
sion until February 20. 1852, on
price. wage. rent and credit con-
trolls and until June 80, 1858, on
other powers, the last year to be
limited to filling contracts made
before then.
The House voted: An extension
of the whole law until June 30,
1852, with rent control extended