Philadelphia v. United States Housing Corp.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

In anticipation of, and during the war with Germany and her allies, Congress, by various statutes, authorized the President to secure the performance of a number of needed war activities, through the usual executive channels, or, in his discretion, 'to organize corporations for the purpose. Included in this list were the Acts of May 16,1918 (40 Stat. at L. 550), and June 4,1918 (40 Stat. at L. 594) ; the former empowered him, whenever it became necessary to provide proper housing for government employees engaged in war work, to obtain real estate, by gift, lease,…