United States v. Borin

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

This action arose from Defense Supplies Corporation’s administration of the Livestock Slaughter Subsidy Program, sometimes referred to as the “Meat Subsidy Program”, authorized by Section 2 (e) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, 56 Stat. 23, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 902(e). With the long range view of encouraging the production of livestock for slaughter, subsidy payments were made for the purpose of compensating slaughterers because of the low ceiling prices fixed by meat price regulations of the Office of Price Administration while the purchase prices for…