Show washington i NEWS LETTER i ny ly conr ibi KINSMAN ssan y y iua legislation or OF till THE WEEK two major lleces ot ol legislation have been before congress conR ress for the last two weeks behs those proposals are of utmost i importance ni p or to the entire country have to do 10 plainly mainly N with etli tho the transit sillon inn from war ar tinie to pence peace lime A hill 1111 passed by the lie senate deals wit alth h unemployment compensation of 0 civi civilian linn who leave lave been working in war plants the greatest lif ference of opinion was whether S or not the several states or the federal would administer the lim li As the bill finally az passed assed the authority for foi the laws administration would rest in the hands of tile the several states with tile the federal government insuring the unemployment fund of a state stale it if it were found necessary to to do so tills this bill as passed by the he senate hn has been referred to tile the house ways and mentis means committee where it hs hns bren boon drastically amended and it will no doubt pass the house materially different from tile the original senate version the rho other piece of legislation HR 1111 known knon as the colmer bill hns has to to do with the disposal of surplus property ranging all the way from food to war plants the llie main controversy tro versy in this legislation was whether or not it should be administered by a single administrator or a bord board As the legislation passed the house it pro bided vided for a single administrator with an advisory board consisting of the heads of the cabinet ns as well as other agencies that have been set up to prosecute the war such as chairman of the war production board etc it is estimates esti osti mateI mated that there will bo be abou billion dollars 0 of f surplus property to he be disposed of 0 and 15 billion dollars worth of which will revert to civilians and for civilian consumption rile directive sot set forth in tills this legislation contemplates an orderly and economic way of disposing or of tills this property to realize the great L esl st dollar return for the government and at the same time preserve our economic economy the bill provides that in the sale of war plants and installations none can be sold by the administrator where tile the value Is more than a million dollars without a majority of tile the advisory board it further provides tant no combat naval vessels can be disposed of without the co consent ol of congress i WW these two tiva pris tile the administrator has great latitude in discretion and vast powers TO 10 iw BE maur MADE AVAILABLE animals and birds nie are causing widespread destruction to corps and livestock in ill all sections of the country the war production board Is planning to remove temporarily the ban on tile the sale of ammunition to hunters and livestock men |