New United States economic pre partners, especially in the field of vegetable fats, oils and hemp was made possible yesterday when Congress passed and sent to the White House for signature the Philippines export control bill, The bill is applicable to all U.S, terri tories and possessions, Philippine coconut oil and copra are the best-known sources of Jaurie "id and fats easily convertible into reerine, gunpowder, plastics and many other wor essentials, Hemp is 'a Philippine monopoly and there is no substitute raw material for rope, which is vital to operations of ships and many industrial processes.
'Mr, Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House, and Vice-President Henry A. Wallace, acting for the Senate, signed the joitit resolution applying' export contro! regulations to the Phillipines, Puerto Rice, Hawaii, Alaska and the Canal Zone and despatched it to the White House to awalt President Roosevelv's signature:. Action was taken less than 10 days from the moment Col. Henry 1, Stimson, Secretary of War, sent the proposal to Congress,
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