An Act to extend the provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended
PL 82-429 (S.2594), enacted 06/30/1952

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[66 ST A T . 
43 Stat. 618. 
Effective date. 
"(q) If the disabled person is shown to have had a service-incurred 
disability resulting from an active tuberculous disease, which disease 
in the judgment of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs has reached 
a condition of complete arrest, the monthly compensation shall be not 
less than $67." 
SEC. 3. The rate of compensation provided by the last paragraph of 
section 202 (3) of the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended 
(38 U. S. C. 473), for the loss of the use of a creative organ or one or 
more feet or hands is hereby increased to $47. 
SEC. 4. The rate of compensation provided in section 202 (7) of the 
World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended (38 U. S. C. 480), for 
arrested tuberculosis is hereby increased to $67. 
SEC. 5. All rates of compensation provided by the last two provisos 
of the first paragraph of section 202 (3) of the World War Veterans' 
Act, 1924, as amended (38 U. S. C. 473), are hereby increased 11 per 
centum: Provided^ That in any case the rate of compensation, as 
increased, shall be further adjusted upward or downward to the nearest 
dollar. 
SEC. 6. The maximum additional sum authorized by section 202 (5), 
World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended (38 U. S. C. 478), for the 
need of a nurse or attendant is hereby increased to $67. 
SEC. 7. The rates of compensation authorized by this Act shall be 
effective from the first day of the second calendar month following the 
date of approval of this Act, 
Approved June 30, 1952. 
Public Law 428 
CHAPTER 526 
,„ ,„„ 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
June 30, 1952 
[H. J. Res. 490] rji^ continue the effectiveness of certain statutory provisions until July 3, 1952. 
Emergency pow-
ers. 
/4B«e, pp. 54,137. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States 
of America 
in Congress assembled^ That the joint resolu-
tion entitled "Joint resolution to continue the effectiveness of certain 
statutory provisions until June 1, 1952", approved April 14, 1952 
(Public Law 313, Eighty-second Congress), as amended, is amended 
by striking out "June 30, 1952" wherever it appears in such joint 
resolution, as amended, and inserting in lieu thereof "July 3,1952". 
Approved June 30, 1952. 
June 30, 1952 
[S. 2594] 
Public Law 429 
CHAPTER 530 
AN ACT 
To amend and extend the Defense Production Act of 1950 and the Housing and 
Rent Act of 1947, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
tiolf*AVt^memi- United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
ments of 1952- 
be citcd as tlic "Defense Production Act Amendments of 1952". 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO DEFENSE PEODUCTION ACT 
5o%^sc^app. 
OF 1950, AS AMENDED 
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^ Section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
prSldti^ts,*" '""^* ing new sentence: "Nor shall any restriction or other limitation be 
Critical and stra-
tegic materials. 
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established or maintained upon the species, type, or grade of livestock 
killed by any slaughterer, nor upon the types of slaughtering opera-
tions, including religious rituals, employed by any slaughterer; nor 
shall any requirements or regulations be established or maintained 
relating to the allocation or distribution of meat or meat products 
unless, and for the period for which, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
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have determined and certified to the President that the over-all supply 
of meat and meat products is inadequate to meet the civilian or military 
needs therefor: Provided^ That nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to prohibit the President from requiring the grading and grade mark-
ing of meat and meat products."' 
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SEC. 102. Section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
amended, is amended by inserting " ( a ) " after "101.", and by adding 
at the end of such section the following new subsection: 
"(b) When all requirements for the national security, for the stock-
piling of critical and strategic materials, and for military assistance 
to any foreign nation authorized by any Act of Congress have been 
met through allocations and priorities it shall be the policy of the 
United States to encourage the maximum supply of raw materials for 
the civilian economy, including small business, thus increasing employ- 
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ment opportunities and minimizing inflationary pressures. No agree-
ment shall be entered into by the United States limiting total United 
States consumption of any material unless such agreement author-
izes domestic users in the United States to purchase the quantity 
of such material allocated to other countries participating in the 
International Materials Conference and not used by any such partici-
pating country. 
Nothing contained in this Act shall impair the au-
thority of the President under this Act to exercise allocation and 
priorities controls over materials (both domestically produced and 
imported) and facilities through the controlled materials plan or other 
methods of allocation." 
SEC. 103. Section 104 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
fo^usc^i'pp. 
amended, is amended to read as follows: 
2074. 
"SEC. 104. Import controls of fats and oils (including oil-bearing ^tc ^*^ and oils, 
materials, fatty acids, and soap and soap powder, but excluding petro-
leum and petroleum products and coconuts and coconut products), 
peanuts, butter, cheese and other dairy products, and rice and rice 
products are necessary for the protection of the essential security 
interests and economy of the United States in the existing emergency in 
international relations, and imports into the United States of any 
such commodity or product, by types or varieties, shall be limited to 
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such quantities as the Secretary of Agriculture finds would not (a) 
impair or reduce the domestic production of any such commodity or 
product below present production levels, or below such higher levels 
as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary in view of 
domestic and international conditions, or (b) interfere with the 
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orderly domestic storing and marketing of any such commodity or 
product, or (c) result in any unnecessary burden or expenditures under 
any Government price support program: Promded, however, That 
the Secretary of Agriculture after establishing import limitations, 
may permit additional imports of each type and variety of the com-
modities specified in this section, not to exceed 15 per centum of the 
import limitation with respect to each type and variety which he may 
deem necessary, taking into consideration the broad effects upon 
international relationships and trade. The President shall exercise 
the authority and powers conferred by this section." 
PUBLIC LAW 429-JUNE 30, 1952 
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Newsprint. 
5 0 u s e 
a p p , 
2092. 
50 u s e 
a p p 
2102. 
A g r i c u l t u r a l 
commodities. 
50 u s e 
a p p . 
2102. 
N o n a p pllcabil-
ity. 
Sale of fertilizer . 
P r i c e s 
a n d 
wages not subject 
to control. 
50 u s e 
a p p . 
2102. 
SEC. 104. The first sentence of section 302 of the Defense Produc-
tion Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by inserting before the 
period at the end thereof the following: ", and manufacture of 
newsprint". 
SEC. 105. Paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of section 402 of the 
Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by inserting 
after the first sentence thereof the following new sentence: "No 
regulation or order shall be issued or remain in effect under this title 
which prohibits the payment or receipt of hourly wages at a rate 
of $1 per hour or less." 
SEC. 106. (a) Paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of section 402 of 
the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by 
inserting in the fifth sentence thereof after "(1) the Agricultural 
Act of 1949," the following: "except that under any price support 
program announced while this title is in effect the level of support 
to cooperators shall be 90 per centum of the parity price, or such 
higher level as may be established under section 402- of that Act, for 
any crop of any basic agricultural commodity with respect to which 
producers have not disapproved marketing quotas,". 
(b) Paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of section 402 of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following: "No ceiling prices for products resulting from 
the processing of agricultural commodities, including livestock, milk, 
and other dairy products, shall be established or maintained in any 
agricultural marketing area at levels which deny to any processor of 
such products the cost adjustments provided in paragraph (4) of this 
subsection and which deny to any distributor or seller of such products 
the customary margin or charge provided in subsection (k) of this 
section. 
Where a State regulatory body is authorized to establish 
minimum and/or maximum prices for sales of fluid milk, ceiling prices 
established for such sales under this title shall (1) not be less than the 
minimum prices, or (2) be equal to the maximum prices, established by 
such regulatory body, as the case may be: And provided further^ That 
in the case of prices of milk established by any State regulatory body, 
with respect to which price, parties may be deemed to contract, no 
ceiling price may be maintained under this title which is less than the 
price so established. 
No ceiling shall be established or maintained 
under this title for fruits or vegetables in fresh or processed form." 
SEC. 107. Paragraph (4) of subsection (d) of section 402 of the 
Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following: "The provisions of this paragraph 
shall not apply in the case of a seller of a material at retail or wholesale 
within the meaning of subsection (k) of this section." 
SEC. 108. Subsection (d) of section 402 of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new paragraph: 
"(5) For the purpose of determining the applicable ceiling price 
under the general ceiling price regulation issued January 26, 1951, as 
amended, any sale of fertilizer to the ultimate user by a person who 
acquired it for resale shall be considered a retail sale." 
SEC. 109. (a) Subsection (e) of section 402 of the Defense Produc-
tion Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by adding after the word 
"profession" in paragraph (ii) thereof the following: "; wages, sal-
aries, and other compensation paid to professional engineers employed 
in a professional capacity; wages, salaries, and other compensation 
paid to professional architects employed in a professional capacity by 
an architect or firm of architects engaged in the practice of his or their 
profession; and wages, salaries, and other compensation paid to certi-
fied public accountants licensed to practice as such employed in a 
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professional capacity by a certified public accountant or firm of 
certified public accountants engaged in the practice of his or their 
profession". 
(b) Paragraph (v) of subsection (e) of section 402 of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"(v) (1) Rates and charges by any common carrier or other public 
utility, including rates charged by any person subject to the Shipping 
Act, 1916 (Public Law 260, Sixty-fourth Congress), as amended, 
and including compensation for the use by others of a common car-
rier's cars or other transportation equipment, charges for the use of 
washroom and toilet facilities in terminals and stations, and charges 
for repairing cars or other transportation equipment owned by others; 
charges for the use of parking facilities operated by common carriers 
in connection with their common carrier operations; and (2) charges 
paid by common carriers for the performance of a part of their 
transportation services to the public, including the use of cars or 
other transportation equipment owned by a person other than a 
common carrier, protective service against heat or cold to property 
transported or to be transported, and pickup and delivery and local 
transfer services: Provided^ That no common carrier or other public 
utility shall at any time after the President shall have issued any 
stabilization regulations and orders under subsection (b) make any 
increase in its charges for property or services sold by it for resale 
to the public, for which application is filed after the date of issuance 
of such stabilization regulations and orders, before the Federal, State, 
or municipal authority, if any, having jurisdiction to consider such 
increase, unless it first gives thirty days' notice to the President, or 
such agency as he may designate, and consents to timely intervention 
by such agency before the Federal, State, or municipal authority, if 
any, having jurisdiction to consider such increase: And 
provided 
further^ That the Office of Price Stabilization shall not intervene in 
any case involving increases in rates or charges proposed by any 
common carrier or other public utility except as provided in the pre-
ceding proviso;". 
(c) Subsection (e) of section 402 of the Defense Production Act 
of 1950, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new paragraphs: 
"(viii) Rates, fees, and charges for materials or services supplied 
directly by the States, Territories, and possessions of the United 
States, and their political subdivisions and municipalities, the District 
of Columbia, and any agency of any of the foregoing. 
"(ix) Wages, salaries, or other compensation of persons employed 
in small-business enterprises as defined in this paragraph: Provided^ 
however^ That the President may from time to time exclude from 
this exemption such enterprises on the basis of industries, types of 
business, occupations, or areas, if their exemption would be unstabiliz-
ing with respect to wages, salaries, or other compensation, prices, or 
manpower, or would otherwise be contrary to the purposes of this Act. 
A small-business enterprise, for the purpose of this paragraph, is any 
enterprise in which a total of eight or less persons are employed in 
all its establishments, branches, units, or affiliates. 
This paragraph 
shall become effective thirty days after its enactment. 
" (x) Prices charged and wages paid by bowling alleys. 
" (xi) Wages paid for agricultural labor." 
SEC. 110. The first sentence of section 402 (k) of the Defense Pro-
duction Act of 1950, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "No 
rule, regulation, order, or amendment thereto shall be issued or remain 
in effect under this title, which shall deny sellers of materials at retail 
or wholesale their customary percentage margins over costs of the 
Charges by com-
mon carrier, etc. 
39 Stat. 728. 
46 u s e 842-
N o t i c e of i n -
crease. 
5 0 u s e 
a p p . 
2102. 
N o n i n t e r v e n -
tion by OPS. 
E m p l o y e e s oi' 
small-business en-
terprises. 
65 Stat. 136. 
50 u s e 
a p p , 
2102. 
Percentage mar-
gins. 
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SO u s e 
a p p . 
2102. 
Prohibitions. 
Margin controls. 
50 U S C 
2103. 
W a g e Stabiliza-
tion Board. 
materials or their customary charges during the period May 24,1950, 
to June 24, 1950, or on such other nearest representative date deter-
mined under section 402 (c), as shown by their records during such 
period, except as to any one specific item of a line of material sold 
by such sellers which is in short supply as evidenced by specific govern-
ment action to encourage production of the item in question: Provided^ 
however^ That if the antitrust laws of any State have been construed 
to prohibit adherence by sellers of materials at wholesale or retail to 
uniform suggested retail resale prices, the President shall issue regu-
lations giving full consideration to the customary percentage margins 
of such sellers during the period hereinbefore set forth". 
SEC. 111. Section 402 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new subsections: 
"(1) No rule, regulation, order, or amendment thereto issued under 
this title shall fix a ceiling on the price paid or received on the sale 
or delivery of any material in any State below the minimum sales 
price of such material fixed by the State law (other than any so-called 
'fair trade law') now in effect, or by regulation issued pursuant to 
such law\ 
"(m) No rule, regulation, order, or amendment thereto shall be 
issued or maintained under this title, which shall deny to any hotel 
supply house or combination distributor, affiliated with any slaughterer 
or slaughtering establishment, or to any wholesaler so affiliated but 
whose affiliation does not amount to an interest or equity of more than 
50 per centum, the same ceiling price or prices for meat accorded to 
hotel supply houses, combination distributors, or wholesalers which 
are not so affiliated. 
"(n) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, whenever 
price ceilings are declared in effect on any agricultural commodity 
at the farm level, the Director of Price Stabilization must at the same 
time put into effect margin controls on processors, wholesalers, and 
retailers, such margin controls to allow the processors, wholesalers, 
and retailers the normal mark-ups as provided under this Act, except 
that under no circumstances are the sellers to be allowed greater than 
their normal margins of profit." 
SEC. 112. Section 403 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
amended, is amended by inserting " ( a ) " after "403." and by adding 
at the end thereof the following new subsections: 
"(b) (1) There is hereby created, in the present Economic Stabili-
zation Agency, or any successor agency, a Wage Stabilization Board 
(hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'Board'), which shall 
be composed, in equal numbers, of members representative of the 
general public, members representative of labor, and members repre-
sentative of business and industry. The number of offices on the Board 
shall be established by Executive order. 
" (2) The members of the Board shall be appointed by the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The President shall 
designate a Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board from among 
the members representative of the general public. 
"(3) The term of office of the members of the Board shall terminate 
on May 1, 1953. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring 
prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was 
appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. 
"(4) Each member representative of the general public shall receive 
compensation at the rate of $15,000 a year, and while a member of 
the Board shall engage in no other business, vocation, or employment. 
Each member representative of labor, and each member representative 
of business and industry, shall receive $50 for each day he is actually 
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engaged in the performance of his duties as a member of the Board, 
and in addition he shall be paid his actual and necessary travel and 
subsistence expenses in accordance with the Travel Expense Act of 
1949 while so engaged away from his home or regular place of business. 
The members representative of labor, and the members representative 
of business and industry, shall, in respect of their functions on the 
Board, be exempt from the operation of sections 281, 283, 284,434, and 
1914 of title 18 of the United States Code and section 190 of the Revised 
Statutes (5U.S.C.99). 
"(5) The Board shall, under the supervision and direction of the 
Economic Stabilization Administrator— 
"(A) formulate, and recommend to such Administrator for 
promulgation, general policies and general regulations relating to 
the stabilization of wages, salaries, and other compensation; and 
"(B) upon the request of (i) any person substantially affected 
thereby, or (ii) any Federal department or agency whose func-
tions, as provided by law, may be affected thereby or may have an 
effect thereon, advise as to the interpretation, or the application to 
particular circumstances, of policies and regulations promulgated 
by such Administrator which relate to the stabilization of wages, 
salaries, and other compensation. 
For the purposes of this Act, stabilization of wages, salaries, and other 
compensation means prescribing maximum limits thereon. 
Except as 
provided in clause (B) of this paragraph, the Board shall have no 
jurisdiction with respect to any labor dispute or with respect to any 
issue involved therein. 
Labor disputes, and labor matters in dispute, 
which do not involve the interpretation or application of such regu-
lations or policies shall be dealt with, if at all, insofar as the Federal 
Government is concerned, under the conciliation, mediation, emer-
gency, or other provisions of laws heretofore or hereafter enacted by 
the Congress. 
"(6) Paragraph (5) of this subsection shall take effect thirty days 
after the date on which this subsection is enacted. 
The Wage Stabili-
zation Board created by Executive Order Numbered 10161, and re-
constituted by Executive Order Numbered 10233, as amended by Exec-
utive Order Numbered 10301, is hereby abolished, effective at the close 
of the twenty-ninth day following the date on which this subsection is 
enacted. 
After June 27, 1952, the present Wage Stabilization Board 
shall issue no regulation or order except with respect to individual 
cases pending before the Board prior to such date. 
"(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the stabi-
lization of the salaries and other compensation of persons (not repre-
sented in their relationships or eligible to be so represented with their 
employer by duly certified or recognized labor organizations) employed 
as outside salesmen or in bona fide executive, administrative, or 
professional capacities, as such terms are defined in the regulations 
issued in pursuance of section 13 (a) (1) of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938, as amended, or as supervisors, as defined by the Labor 
Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended, shall be administered 
by the Salary Stabilization Board and the Office of Salary Stabiliza-
tion as presently established within the Economic Stabilization Agency, 
or any successor agency, subject to the supervision and direction of the 
Economic Stabilization Administrator. 
"(d) It shall be the express duty, obligation, and function of the 
present Economic Stabilization Agency, or any successor agency, to 
coordinate the relationship between prices and wages, and to stabilize 
prices and wages." 
SEC. 113. (a) (1) The first sentence of subsection (a) of section 407 
of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by 
63 Stat. 166. 
5 u s e 835 note. 
62 S t a t . 6 9 7 , 
703, 793. 
Functions. 
Labor disputes. 
50 U S C a p p . 
2071 note. 
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C F R , 
S u p p . , pp. 
513. 
1 9 5 1 
4 2 5, 
Salary Stabiliza-
tion Board. 
52 Stat. 1067. 
29 u s e 213. 
61 Stat. 136. 
29 u s e 141. 
Economic Stabi-
lization Agency. 
50 u s e 
a p p . 
2107. 
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61 Stat. 193. 
SOUSCapp. 1881 
note. 
50 U S C 
1896. 
s o u s e 
2108. 
a p p . 
a p p . 
F i l i n g of com-
plaint with Emer-
g e n c y C o u r t of 
Appeals. 
Powers of Emei^ 
g e n c y C o u r t of 
Appeals. 
striking out "relating to price controls under this title" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "relating to price controls under this title or rent con-
trols under the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended"; and by 
striking out "relating to price controls" after "any such regulation or 
order". 
(2) Subsection (b) of section 407 of the Defense Production Act 
of 1950, as amended, is amended by inserting after "this title" the 
following: "and the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended,"; 
and by inserting after "section 705 of this Act" the following: ", or 
section 206 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, as the 
case may be". 
(b) Section 408 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 
is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 408. (a) Any person who is aggrieved by the denial or partial 
denial of his protest may, within thirty days after such denial, file a 
complaint wdth the Emergency Court of Appeals specifying his objec-
tions and praying that the regulation or order protested be enjoined or 
set aside in whole or in part. 
A copy of such complaint shall forthwith 
be served on the President, w^ho shall certify and file with such court a 
transcript of such portions of the proceedings in connection with the 
protest as are material under the complaint. 
Such transcript shall 
include a statement setting forth, so far as practicable, the economic 
data and other facts of which the President has taken official notice. 
Upon such filing, the court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of the pro-
ceeding and of all questions determined therein, and shall have powder 
to grant such temporary relief or restraining order as it deems just 
and proper; to permanently enjoin or set aside, in whole or in part, the 
regulation or order or the amendment of or supplement to the regula-
tion or order protested; to make and enter upon the pleadings, evidence, 
testimony, and proceedings set forth in such transcript a decree enforc-
ing, modifying, and enforcing as so modified, or setting aside in whole 
or in part the order of the President; to dismiss the petition; or to 
remand the proceeding to the President for further action in accord-
ance with the court's decree: Provided^ That the regulation or order 
may be modified or rescinded by the President at any time notwith-
standing the pendency of such complaint. No objection to such regula-
tion or order, and no evidence in support of any objection thereto, shall 
be considered by the court, unless such objection shall have been set 
forth by the complainant in the protest or such evidence shall be con-
tained in the transcript. The findings of the President wdth respect to 
questions of fact, if supported by substantial evidence on the record con-
sidered as a whole, shall be conclusive. If application is made to the 
court by either party for leave to introduce additional evidence which 
was either offered to the President and not admitted, or which could not 
reasonably have been offered to the President or included by the Presi-
dent in such proceedings, and the court determines that such evidence 
should be admitted, the court shall order the evidence to be presented to 
the President. The President shall promptly receive the same, and such 
other evidence as he deems necessary or proper, and thereupon he shall 
certify and file with the court a transcript thereof and any modification 
made in the regulation or order as a result thereof; except that on 
request by the President, any such evidence shall be presented directly 
to the court. 
"(b) The Emergency Court of Appeals is hereby continued for the 
purpose of the exercise of the jurisdiction granted by this title, with 
the powers herein specified, together with the powers heretofore 
granted by law to such court which are not inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this title. The court shall have the powders of a district court 
Avith respect to the jurisdiction conferred on it by this title. So far as 
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necessary to decision the court shall decide all relevant questions of law, 
interpret constitutional and statutory provisions, interpret the mean-
ing or applicability of the ternis of any official action under this title 
or under this Act, as amended, of which this title is a part and with 
respect to this title, or under the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as 
iousc^'app^^issi 
amended. 
The court shall exercise its powers and prescribe rules "ote. 
governing its procedure in such manner as to expedite the determina-
tion of cases of which it has jurisdiction under this title. 
"(c) Within thirty days after entry of a judgment or order, inter- preme^co.^t.'''' ^"' 
locutory or final, by the Emergency Court of Appeals, a petition for 
a writ of certiorari may be filed in the Supreme Court of the United 
States, and thereupon the judgment or order shall be subject to 
review by the Supreme Court in the same manner as a judgment of 
a United States court of appeals as provided in section 1254 of title 
28, United States Code. The Supreme Court shall advance on the 
^2 stat. 928. 
docket and expedite the disposition of all causes filed therein pursu-
ant to this subsection. 
The Emergency Court of Appeals, and the 
Supreme Court upon review of judgments and orders of the Emer-
gency Court of Appeals, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to deter-
mine the validity of any such regulation or order issued under this 
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title, or under the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended. 
Except 
as provided in this section, no court. Federal, State, or Territorial, 
shall have jurisdiction or power to consider the validity of any such 
regulation or order, or to stay, restrain, enjoin, or set aside, in whole 
or in part, any provision of this title, or the Housing and Rent 
Act of 1947, as amended^ authorizing the issuance of such regulations 
or orders, or any provision of any such regulation or order, or to 
restrain or enjoin the enforcement of any such provision. 
"(d) (1) Within thirty days after arraignment, or such additional 
time as the court may allow for good cause shown, in any criminal 
proceeding, and within five days after judgment in any civil or crim-
inal proceeding, brought pursuant to section 409 or 706 of this Act, 
section 205 or 206 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, 2109, ^ile! i89Ji! 
or section 371 of title 18, United States Code, involving alleged viola- ^^,^^3^34 
tion of any provision of any such regulation or order, the defendant 
may apply to the court in which the proceeding is pending for leave to 
file in the Emergency Court of Appeals a complaint against the 
President setting forth objections to the validity of any provision 
which the defendant is alleged to have violated or conspired to violate. 
The court in which the proceeding is pending shall grant such leave 
with respect to any objection which it finds is made in good faith 
and with respect to which it finds there is reasonable and substantial 
excuse for the defendant's failure to present such objection in a pro-
test filed in accordance with section 407 of this title. Upon the filing 3107. ^ ^ ^ ^^^' 
of a complaint pursuant to and within thirty days from the granting 
of such leave, the Emergency Court of Appeals shall have jurisdiction 
to enjoin or set aside in whole or in part the provision of the regulation 
or order complained of or to dismiss the complaint. The court may 
authorize the introduction of evidence, either to the President or 
directly to the court, in accordance with subsection (a) of this section. 
The provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall be 
applicable with respect to any proceeding instituted in accordance with 
this subsection. 
"(2) In any proceeding brought pursuant to section 409 or 706 of ing!^^ o
f proceetj-
this Act, section 205 or 206 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as 
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amended, or section 371 of title 18, United States Code, involving an iage! ^^^^' ^^^^' 
alleged violation of any provision of any such regulation or order, the 
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"(i) during the period within which a complaint may be filed 
in the Emergency Court of Appeals pursuant to leave granted 
under paragraph (1) of this subsection with respect to such 
provision; 
"(ii) during the pendency of any protest properly filed by the 
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defendant under section 407 of this title prior to the institution 
of the proceeding under section 409 or 706 of this Act, section 205 
or 206 of the Housing and Eent Act of 1947, as amended, or section 
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371 of title 18, United States Code, setting forth objections to the 
validity of such provision which the court finds to have been 
made in good faith; and 
"(iii) during the pendency of any judicial proceeding insti-
tuted by the defendant under this section with respect to such 
protest or instituted by the defendant under paragraph (1) of this 
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subsection with respect to such provision, and until the expiration 
of the time allowed in this section for the taking of further pro-
ceedings with respect thereto. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, stays shall be 
granted thereunder in civil proceedings only after judgment and upon 
junction Vtc'^ *"" i^pplicatiou made within five days after judgment. 
Notwithstanding 
the provisions of this paragraph, in the case of a proceeding under 
section 409 (a) or 706 (a) of the Act or section 206 (b) of the Housing 
and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, the court granting a stay under 
this paragraph shall issue a temporary injunction or restraining order 
enjoining or restraining, during the period of the stay, violations by 
tlie defendant of any provision of the regulation or order involved in 
the proceeding. 
If any provision of a regulation or order is deter-
mined to be invalid by judgment of the Emergency Court of Appeals 
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which has become effective in accordance with section 408 (b) of this 
title, any proceeding pending in any court shall be dismissed, and any 
judgment in such proceeding vacated, to the extent that such proceed-
ing or judgment is based upon violation of such provision. 
Except as 
provided in this subsection, the pendency of any protest under section 
407 of this title, or judicial proceeding under this section, shall not be 
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grounds for staying any proceeding brought pursuant to section 409 
or 706 of this Act, section 205 or 206 of the Housing and Rent Act of 
1947, as amended, or section 371 of title 18, United States Code; nor, 
except as provided in this subsection, shall any retroactive effect be 
given to any judgment setting aside a provision of a regulation or order 
issued under this title." 
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SEC. 114. Title IV of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
sections: 
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"SEC. 411. In the administration of this title, no person shall be 
required to furnish any reports or other information with respect to 
sales of materials or services at prices which are below ceiling, if such 
person certifies to the President that such sales were made at such 
prices. 
"SUSPENSION or CONTROLS 
"SEC. 412. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress 
that the President shall use the price, wage, and other powers con-
ferred by this Act, as amended, to promote the earliest practicable 
balance between production and the demand therefor of materials and 
services, and that the general control of wages and prices shall be ter-
minated as rapidly as possible consistent with the policies and pur-
poses set forth in this Act; and that pending such termination, in 
order to avoid burdensome and unnecessary reporting and record 
keeping which retard rather than assist in the achievement of the 
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purposes of this Act, price or wage regulations and orders, or both, 
shall be suspended in the case of any material or service or type of 
employment where such factors as condition of supply, existence of 
below ceiling prices, historical volatility of prices, wage pressures 
and wage relationships, or relative importance in relation to business 
costs or living costs will permit, and to the extent that such action 
will be consistent with the avoidance of a cumulative and dangerous 
unstabilizing effect. 
It is further the policy of the Congress that 
when the President finds that the termination of the suspension and 
the restoration of ceilings on the sales or charges for such material 
or service, or the further stabilization of such wages, salaries, and 
other compensation, or both, is necessary in order to effectuate the 
purposes of this Act, he shall by regulation or order terminate the 
suspension." 
SEC. 115. Section 503 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing : "It is the sense of the Congress that, by reason of the work stop-
page now existing in the steel industry, the national safety is imperiled, 
and the Congress therefore requests the President to invoke immedi-
ately the national emergency provisions (sections 206 to 210, inclu-
sive) of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, for the purpose 
of terminating such work stoppage." 
SEC. 116. (a) Section 601 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, 
as amended, is hereby repealed. 
The heading of title VI of the 
Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended to read as 
follows: "TITLE VI—CONTROL OF REAL ESTATE CREDIT", 
and the subheading of such title is amended to read as follows: "This 
title authorizes the regulation of real estate construction credit only". 
The table of contents in the first section of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by striking out "consumer and". 
(b) Title VI of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 
]s amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. 607. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 602 and 605 
of this title, the authority of the President which is derived from said 
sections to impose credit regulations relative to residential property 
shall not be exercised with respect to extensions of credit made during 
any 'period of residential credit control relaxation', as that term is 
herein defined, in such manner as to impose any down payment require-
ment in excess of 5 per centum of the transaction price. The President 
shall cause to be made estimates of the number of permanent, non-
farm, family dwelling units, the construction of which has been 
started during each calendar month and, on the basis of such estimates, 
he shall cause to be made estimates of the annual rate of construction 
starts during each such month, after making reasonable allowance for 
seasonal variations in the rate of construction. If for any three con-
secutive months the annual rate of construction starts so found for each 
of the three months falls to a level below an annual rate of 1,200,000 
starts per year, the President shall cause to be published in the Federal 
Register an announcement of the beginning of a 'period of residential 
credit control relaxation', which period shall begin not later than the 
first day of the second calendar month following such three consecutive 
months. Each such relaxation period may be terminated by the Presi-
dent at any time after the annual rate of construction starts thereafter 
estimated for each of any three consecutive months exceeds the level 
referred to in the preceding sentence." 
(c) Section 708 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(f) After the date of enactment of the Defense Production Act 
Amendments of 1952, no voluntary program or agreement for the con-
trol of credit shall be approved or carried out under this section." 
steel i n d u s t r y 
work stoppage. 
5 0 u s e 
a p p . 
2123. 
61 Stat. 155. 
29 u s e 176-180. 
R e a l 
E s t a t e 
Credit. 
s o u s e 
a p p . 
2131. 
50 u s e 
a p p . 
2132, 2135. 
P u b l i c ation m 
Federal Register. 
50 u s e 
a p p . 
2158. 
V o 1 u n t ary pro-
grams. 
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S T A T , 
50 u s e 
a p p . 
2155. 
50 U S C a p p . 
2157. 
50 U S C a p p . 
2162. 
Joint Committee 
o n D e f e nse Pro-
duction. 
65 Stat. 144. 
50 u s e 
a p p , 
2166. 
C e r t a i n recov-
ery actions. 
50 Stat. 246. 
7 u s e 674. 
Jurisdiction. 
SDPA. 
50 u s e 
a p p . 
2163a. 
50 u s e 
a p p . 
2166. 
T e r m i n a t i o n 
dates. 
SEC. 117. Section 705 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
amended, is amended by adding thereto the following new subsection: 
"(f) Any person subpenaed under this section shall have the right 
to make a record of his testimony and to be represented by counsel." 
SEC. 118. The first sentence of section 707 of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by striking out the word "his". 
SEC. 119. Subsection (b) of section 712 of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by striking out the first sentence 
thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "It shall be the 
function of the Committee to make a continuous study of the programs 
and of the fairness to consumers of the prices authorized by this Act 
and to review the progress achieved in the execution and administra-
tion thereof." 
SEC. 120. Section 717 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subsection: 
"(d) No action for the recovery of any cooperative payment made 
to a cooperative association by a Market Administrator under an 
invalid provision of a milk marketing order issued by the Secretary of 
Agriculture pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act 
of 1937 shall be maintained unless such action is brought by producers 
specifically named as party plaintiffs to- recover their respective share 
of such payments within ninety days after the date of enactment of 
the Defense Production Act Amendments of 1952 with respect to any 
cause of action heretofore accrued and not otherwise barred, or within 
ninety days after accrual with respect to future payments, and unless 
each claimant shall allege and prove (1) that he objected at the hearing 
to the provisions of the order under which such payments were made 
and (2) that he either refused to accept payments computed w^ith such 
deduction or accepted them under protest to either the Secretary or 
the Administrator. The district courts of the United States shall have 
exclusive original jurisdiction of all such actions regardless of the 
amount involved. This subsection shall not apply to funds held in 
escrow pursuant to court order. Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, no termination date shall be applicable to this subsection." 
SEC. 121. (a) Paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of section 714 of the 
Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by striking 
out "1952" and inserting in lieu thereof "1953". 
(b) Section 717 (a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) Titles I, II, III, VI, and VII of this Act and all authority 
conferred thereunder shall terminate at the close of June 30, 1953; 
and titles IV and V of this Act and all authority conferred thereunder 
shall terminate at the close of April 30, 1953." 
61 Stat. 193. 
50 u s e 
a p p , 
1881 note. 
SO u s e 
a p p . 
1884. 
Termination. 
s o u s e 
a p p , 
1894. 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO HOUSING AND RENT ACT 
OF 1947, AS AMENDED 
SEC. 201. (a) Subsection (e) of section 4 of the Housing and Eent 
Act of 1947, as amended, is amended by striking out "June 30, 1952" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "April 30, 1953", 
(b) Subsection (f) of section 204 of the Housing and Rent Act 
of 1947, as amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"(f) (1) The provisions of this title shall cease to be in effect at 
the close of September 30, 1952, except that they shall cease to be in 
effect at the close of April 30, 1953— 
"(A) in any area which prior to or subsequent to September 
30, 1952, is certified under subsection (1) of section 204 of this 
Act as a critical defense housing area; 
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"(B) in any incorporated city, town, or village which, at a time 
when maximum rents under this title are in effect therein, and 
prior to September 30,1952, declares (by resolution of its govern-
ing body adopted for that purpose, or by popular referendum in 
accordance with local law) that a substantial shortage of housing 
accommodations exists which requires the continuance of federal 
rent control in such city, town, or village; and 
"(C) in any unincorporated locality in a defense-rental area in 
which one or more incorporated cities, towns, or villages constitut-
ing the major portion of the defense-i^ental area have made the 
declaration specified in subparagraph (B) at a time when maxi-
mum rents under this title were in effect in such unincorporated 
locality. 
" (2) Any incorporated city, town, or village which makes the decla-
rations specified in paragraph (1) (B) of this subsection shall notify 
the President in writing of such action promptly after it has been 
taken. 
"(3) Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph (1) of this 
subsection, the provisions of this title shall cease to be in effect upon 
the date of a proclamation by the President or upon the date specified 
in a concurrent resolution by the two Houses of the Congress, declar-
ing that the further continuance of the authority granted by this title 
is not necessary because of the existence of an emergency, whichever 
date is the earlier. 
"(4) Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph (1) or (3) 
of this subsection, the provisions of this title and regulations, orders, 
and requirements thereunder shall be treated as still remaining in 
force for the purpose of sustaining any proper suit or action with 
respect to any right or liability incurred prior to the termination date 
specified in such paragraph." 
SEC. 202. Section 204 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as 
amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subsections: 
"(p) Except in the case of action taken after full compliance with 
subsection (k) of this section, the President shall not reestablish 
maximum rents in any defense-rental area, including any community 
owned and operated by the Federal Government, which has previously 
been decontrolled under this Act until a public hearing, after thirty 
days' notice, has been held in such area. 
"(q) Consistent with the other provisions of this Act, all affected 
agencies, departments, and establishments of the Federal Government employees, etc. 
shall, by July 15, 1952, establish and administer rents and service 
charges for quarters supplied to Federal employees and members of 
the Uniformed Services furnished quarters on a rental basis in 
accordance with regulations promulgated by the Bureau of the Budget: 
Provided^ however^ That the provisions of this subsection shall not 
apply to housing units under the jurisdiction of the Atomic Energy 
Commission where Federal rent control is now in effect." 
SEC. 203. The Director of Defense Mobilization is hereby author-
ized to appoint a Defense Areas Advisory Committee to advise him in 
connection with the exercise of any function or authority vested in 
him by section 204 (1) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as 
amended, or section 101 of the Defense Housing and Community 
Facilities and Services Act of 1951, as amended, or by delegation 
thereunder, with respect to determining any area to be a critical defense 
housing area. 
Any committee so appointed shall consist, in addition 
to a chairman, of representatives of the Department of Defense, the 
Housing and Home Finance Agency, and the Office of Rent Stabiliza-
Certain defense-
rental areas. 
65 Stat. 145. 
s o u s e 
a p p . 
1894. 
Q u a r t e r s sup-
p l l e d to Federal 
D ef e n se Areas 
Advisory Commit-
tee. 
65 Stat. 293. 
42 u s e 1591. 
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tion. 
Any Federal agency shall, to the fullest practicable extent, 
furnish such information in its possession to the Defense Areas Advis-
ory Committee as such Committee may request from time to time 
relevant to its operations. 
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TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
49 Stat. 2036. 
60 Stat. 238. 
5 u s e 1003. 
Wage determina-
tions. 
41 u s e 35. 
5 u s e 1009. 
Judicial review. 
PUBLIC CONTRACTS 
SEC. 301. The Act entitled "An Act to provide conditions for the 
purchase of supplies and the making of contracts by the United States, 
and for other purposes", approved June 30, 1936 (41 U. S. C. 35-45), 
is amended (1) by redesignating sections 10 and 11 as sections 11 and 
12, respectively, and (2) by inserting immediately following section 9 
a new section 10 as follows: 
"SEC. 10. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of section 4 of the 
Administrative Procedure Act, such Act shall be applicable in the 
administration of sections 1 to 5 and T to 9 of this Act. 
"(b) All wage determinations under section 1 (b) of this Act shall 
be made on the record after opportunity for a hearing. Review of any 
such wage determination, or of the applicability of any such wage 
determination, may be had within ninety days after such determination 
is made in the manner provided in section 10 of the Administrative 
Procedure Act by any person adversely affected or aggrieved thereby, 
who shall be deemed to include any manufacturer of, or regular dealer 
in, materials, supplies, articles or equipment purchased or to be pur-
chased by the Government from any source, who is in any industry 
to which such wage determination is applicable. 
"(c) Notwithstanding the inclusion of any stipulations required by 
any provision of this Act in any contract subject to this Act, any 
interested person shall have the right of judicial review^ of any legal 
question which might otherwise be raised, including, but not limited 
to, wage determinations and the interpretation of the terms 'locality', 
'regular dealer', 'manufacturer', and 'open market'." 
Approved June 30, 1952, 9:36 a. m., E. D. T. 
Public Law 430 
CHAPTER 531 
June 30, 1952 
^N ACT 
[H. R. 7397] 
To amend and extend the provisions of the District of Columbia Emergency 
Rent Act of 1951. 
65 Stat. 99. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1 (b) 
of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act of 1951 (Public 
Law 63, Eighty-second Congress) is hereby amended by striking 
"June 30, 1952" and inserting in lieu thereof "April 30, 1953" 
, Approved June 30, 1952. 
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