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On the recordAugust 13, 1917
The United States Food Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to subscribe for and purchase all of said capital stock in the name of and for the use and benefit of the United States and as purchased to pay for the same out of the appropriation of $150,000,000 authorized by section 19 of the act of Congress hereinbefore entitled.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Executive Order 2681—Authority to Organize Food Administration Grain Corporation

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