Show i CORPORA CORPORATION BILL I II HOUSE I Proposed Capital Is Cut in Half as Measure Is Given Sanction By Dy Intern International News Service WASHINGTON March 21 The The war finance corporation bill creating a federal agency for tor financing war In Industries industries in- in during the continuation of ot the conflict was passed by the house this afternoon after four days of debate The bill Which has been described as the most revolutionary piece of legislation ever passed on by an Amerlean American Amerlean Amer Amer- AmerI I lean ican congress differed from the measure measure measure meas meas- ure approved by the senate last week in only two particulars I Under the senate bill the corporation is permitted to issue bonds up to while the house measure restricts the amount to I The membership of ot the capital securities securities ties committee is limited to five by the I house while the senate placed the number rumber at seven I II Majority Leader Kitchin believed I I this afternoon that the dl differences could be smoothed out in conference and the measure measurement sent ent to the president I for signature by the end of the week I The vote was to 2 those voting against the measure being Representatives tives Lafollette of ot Wisconsin and Mason Mason Mason Ma Ma- son of Illinois Senator Chamberlain chairman of oJ the senate military committee this af afternoon afternoon at- at introduced a u. bill sent to congress congress congress con con- gress j yesterday esterday by the war department giving the president practically blanket blanket blan blan- I ket powers to take over all real and personal property in the United States The The- measure was referred back to the military committee wr tor pr investigation tion Indications were that hat it would I meet with the greatest opposition because be De- De cause of ot the almost unlimited scope of II the powers it confers upon the president dent Senator Chamberlain stated in the tha th I senate that he Introduced it at the re request request re re- quest of the war var department |