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A-67190,A-67191: Mar 27, 1936

PURCHASES - FEDERAL PRISON-MADE GOODS - NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT FUNDS UNDER EXISTING REGULATIONS PURCHASES OF ARTICLES SUCH AS PRODUCED BY THE RESPECTIVE FEDERAL PENITENTIARIES FROM FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT ARE REQUIRED TO BE MADE FROM THE FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES. AS FOLLOWS: I HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF YOUR OPINIONS (OP.C.G. 1935)...

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A-67190,A-67191: Dec 19, 1935

PRIOR TO MAKING PURCHASES PAYABLE FROM THE APPROPRIATION MADE IN THE EMERGENCY RELIEF APPROPRIATION ACT OF 1935 OF ARTICLES SUCH AS PRODUCED BY THE RESPECTIVE PENITENTIARIES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE OBTAINED BY ANY OF THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT. SOME QUESTION HAS ARISEN AMONG THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AS TO HOW THESE DECISIONS SHOULD BE INTERPRETED AND THE DIRECTOR...