Washington. June 4.
President Roosevelt told the press yesterday that the paramount objec-ive of the Administration's "draft property" law was to give the Government full powers to obtain deliveries on defence orders.
The president implied that defence officials desired authority to meet situations not at present covered by the requisitioning clause of the Selective Service Act and other measures.
The president said he was unable to say whether he believed that permanent powers to requisition property would be essential for the national defence programme. He said he did not desire to comment specifically on the phraseology of the new measure—United Press.
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