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...legality of contracts, all had been approved by that jealous guardian of the national purse, Comptroller General McCarl...
...that they were talking about legal interpretations, retorted Mr. McCarl, by what authority would Mr. Ickes pay for FHC's incorporation in Delaware last November...
...third note, Watchdog McCarl argued that even if FHC was legal, both he and the Attorney General would have to pass on the titles to each and every parcel of land which the Government intended...
...that Secretary Ickes blew up: "McCarl says the framers of the Constitution never contemplated that a corporation of this sort would be set up, and that therefore it can't be done. . . . The Comptroller General has ruled that he must be advised in advance about every transaction. He wants to know where the properties are, whether the price is a fair one and, in addition, he says each title must be examined by the Attorney General's office. In some tracts there are hundreds of small parcels, and the Attorney General would not have time to do anything...
...opinion because it might invalidate potent but as yet little used Federal Surplus Relief Corp., another potentially permanent investment agency under the temporary Recovery Act. When Secretary Ickes left the White House he was in calmer mood. Said he: "We will work the matter out all right." If Watchdog McCarl would not change his mind and sign the FHC warrants. Congress would be asked for fresh law on the subject...