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Show HOUSE GROUP OKEHS WAR MINERALS BILL WASHINGTON, March 11 (UP) The house military affairs committee commit-tee today reported favorably Its bill authorising expenditure of 1100,- acqulstlon and storage of minerals vital for war purposes. Chairman Andrew May, (D., Ky.) aaid the committee eliminated a provision for purchase of the minerals miner-als at S2o.000.000 par yssr, "and decided to leave it up to the war department to buy at any rate it finds necessary." The committee rejected an amendment to require that a percentage per-centage of the purchases be allotted to domestic production, iii ii i |