...the Buy-American Act in making stockpile purchases, by declaring that such purchases were determined to be inconsistent with the public interest or the cost to be unreasonable. I should like to use this opportunity to summarize briefly developments occuring during the past year...

...far as is pertinent to the protest, the Buy American Act (41 USC lOa) provides thatrNotwithstanding any other provision of law, and unless the head of...interest, or the cost to be unreasonable, * * * only such manufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been manufactured in the United States substantially...

...American Act of March 3, 1933, Treas.-PO Dept. Appro. 47 Stat. 1520. Sec. 1 * * (a) * * (b) * * Sec. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and unless the head of the department or independent establishments concerned shall determine it to be inconsistent with the public interest, or the cost...

...act of Mar. 3, 1933, title III, sec. 2, which prohibits the purchase of foreign materials or supplies unless the head of the department or independent establishment concerned shall determine that the purchase of the domestic materials is inconsistent with the public interest or the cost of...

...Puerto Rico, the Philippine Islands, American Samoa, the Canal Zone, and the Virgin Islands. SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and unless...unmanufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been mined or produced in the United States, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and...

...Canal Zone, and the Virgin Islands. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and un- Sec- 2' less the head of the department or independent establishment...unmanufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been mined or produced in the United States, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and...

...Congress. It will accomplish the purpose you have in mind, but will be in language reading as follows : (&) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and unless...of the Department (or) independent establishment, or governmental agency concerned shall determine it to be inconsistent with the public interest, or...

...also provides that exceptions to this rule may be made when 'buy American' purchases are determined to be inconsistent with the public interest or the cost to be unreasonable, and that this provision clearly indicated that the stock-piling program should not be used as a means...

...invite attention right here to the provisions of section 2 of the economy act, which reads as follows: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and unless...unmanufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been mined or produced in the United States, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and...

...year ending June 30, 1934, contains the following regarding the purchase of American goods : "Sic. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and unless...unmanufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been mined or produced In the United States, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and...