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 1148 SEVEN TIETH CONG RES S. SEss. II. CH. 147. 1929 . February 4,1929. CHAP. 1 47 .-Joint Res olution Auth orizing the President to ascertain, a djust, [S.J. Res.59.] and pay certain claims of grain elevators and grain firms to cover insurance and [Pub. Res., No.80.] interest on wheat during the years 1919 and 1920, as per a certain contract authorized by the President. Whe at g uar antee d Whereas it is provided in the Act entitled "An Act to provide further 192 0 .5 c ontra cts, 1919, for the national security and defense by encouraging the produc- Preamble . tion, c onservi ng the supply , and c ontroll ing th e distr ibution of fo od products and fuel (chapter 53, Fortieth Statutes at Large, approved August 10, 1917, and chapter 125, Fortieth Statutes at Large, approved March 4, 1919), wherein the President was authorized to determine and fix a guaranteed price, to be paid producers of wheat, and whe rein the Pres ident was furt her authorize d as fol- lows Statutory authoriza- " Whenever the President shall find it essential in order to carry tion. out the guaran tees af oresai d, or t o prote ct the United States again st Vol. 40, pp. 281, 1350. undue enhancement of its liabilities thereunder, he is authorized to make rea sona ble comp ensa tion for han dlin g, t rans port atio n, i nsur - ance, and other charges with respect to wheat and wheat flour of said crops and for storage thereof in elevators, on farms and elsewhere" ; and Whereas, the President by an Executive order (Numbered 3087), dated May 14, 1919, in pursuance of the power conferred on him by said Act, did order as follows " I further find it essential and hereby direct that in order to carry out the guarantees made producers' of wheat of the crops of 1919, and to protect the United States against undue enhancement of its liabilities thereunder, the United States wheat director utilize the services of the Food Administration Grain Corporation (now the United States Grain Corporation by reason of a change of name authorized by Executive order) as an agency of the United States, and I authorize the Food Administration Grain Corpora- tion * such arrangements and to do and perform all such acts and things as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of said Act " ; and Whereas the United States Grain Corpor ation, in purs uance of said Executive order, and, for the purpose of carrying out and making effective the guaranteed price, made, and entered into, a certain con- tract, known as " the Grain Dealers' Agreement," with various ind ependent and farmer grain firms and grai n elevator co mpanies in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Wyoming, and Oklahoma, and wherein it was agreed as follows "Four th. In c ase the deale r (the elevato r firm s) shal l be un able, after using every effort and all diligence to ship in any week such total of grain as makes the equivalent of at least 20 per centum of the amount of wheat in his elevator and owned by him at the beginning of such week, the grain corporation shall pay to the dealer to cover insurance and interest for such week seven- twentieths of a cent per bushel on the wheat in the elevator owned by him at the beginning of such week " ; and Whereas the President, in an Executive order, dated August 21, 1920, did approve, ratify, and confirm all acts done or authorized by th e said United States Grain Corporation i n carrying ou t and making the guaranteed price effective ; and Whereas a number of claims of the said grain dealers, for money earned under said contract, still remains unpaid : Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United for earned claims under contracts money States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller Gen- to be adjusted by eral of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to ascertain Comptroller General . the amount due on said claims, if any, acid he is further authorized
 * * to enter into such volunt ary ag reemen ts to make

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