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to purchase grain seed for the 1922 planting, one of the lawyers of 

 the office was detailed to Grand Forks, N. Dak., to assist the admin- 

 istrative officials of the department in handling the loans and mort- 

 gages taken to secure them. Approximately 15,000 applications 

 for loans were received and 12,125 loans were made. The legal forms 

 necessary to effect these loans were prepared in this office. 



COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS PROFITS ON WOOL CLIP 



OF 1918. 



The department has met with stubborn opposition in the collec- 

 tion of the 1918 wool-clip excess profits in a number of cases and it 

 has been necessary to institute suits to collect these profits. Pre- 

 liminary to the institution of the suits this office prepared a very 

 exhaustive memorandum on the legal authority of the War Indus- 

 tries Board to prescribe and enforce the wool regulations of 1918 

 and furnished this to the Department of Justice and the various 

 United States attorneys to whom cases were referred. In addition 

 to this, the office prepared the complaints or declarations to be filed 

 in the cases and assistance was rendered the United States attorneys 

 in further proceedings in this litigation. In two cases the office par- 

 ticipated in the oral arguments in the courts. In the only three 

 contested cases in which decisions have been rendered the Govern- 

 ment prevailed. 



KANSAS CLAIMS. 



Following the outbreak of cattle-fever ticks in certain portions 

 of Kansas in 1919, caused by the shipment into Kansas from Texas 

 of ticky cattle, pursuant to certificates issued by an inspector of this 

 department, a bill was introduced in Congress for the relief of a num- 

 ber of Kansas cattle raisers who were affected by the outbreak. The 

 bill was referred to you for a report and this office exhaustively 

 examined the various claims, calling for additional evidence when 

 necessary, and prepared a full report upon which your recommenda- 

 tion was made to the Senate Committee on Claims. Numerous 

 conferences were had during the consideration of these claims with 

 the live-stock commissioner of Kansas and Members of Congress. 



ALLEGED VIOLATIONS BY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES OF TRAFFIC 



REGULATIONS. 



A number of department employees were arrested during the year 

 for alleged violations of the District of Columbia traffic regulations. 

 These employees were represented at the trials and hearings by 

 lawyers in this office. 



CONFERENCES WITH MANUFACTURERS AND PRODUCERS OF FOODS 

 AND DRUGS, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS. 



A number of manufacturers and producers of foods and drugs 

 and their attorneys conferred with this office during the year with 

 reference to cases pending in the courts and the character of labels 

 and advertisements used or proposed to be used by them. 



