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Then the rebellious House got to work on the milder committee bill, rewrote it almost completely. It kicked out provisions to give Leon Henderson licensing power over business and unrestricted right to buy and sell commodities-big-stick enforcement clauses. It created a fiveman board of review with veto power over Henderson's actions. The House insisted on keeping an inflationary three-point formula for farm prices, even added a parity scheme for fish. Finally passed by a 224-161 vote, the bill was now little more than a scrap of paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Price Mouse | 12/8/1941 | See Source »

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