In fact the OPS is going to be hard pressed to find some way to continue to keep employedthe 16.000 or more employees in that agency because of amendments added to this bill. The one section of the bill which was not amended by the committee but which. in my opinion. should be amended is title II-(amendments to the Housing and Rent Act of 1947.) I offered an amendment to that section of the bill in 1951 which the House approved but which was knocked out in conference. I propose to offer the same amendment again to that section of the bill which provides that after the survey ordered by the President. by the Secretary of Defense. and the defense mobilizer. that if it is found that the three following conditions prevail in the area surveyed: First. a new defense plant installation has been added to the community. second. it requires an immigration of workers and. third. there is a shortage of housing in the area. The local elected legislative body has the right to review these findings. I think the time has come for the Congress to recognize that local governments have some responsibility in matters of this kind.
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