Todd Dry Dock & Construction Corp. v. Sumner Iron Works

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

The Urgency Deficiencies Appropriation Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 182 [Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 3115Viod]), provides, in part, as follows:

“The President is hereby authorized and empowered, within the limits ■of the" amounts herein authorized—'

“(a) To place an order with any person for such ships or material as the necessities of the government, to be determined by the President, may *218require during the period of the war and which.are of the nature, kind and quantity usually produced or capable of being produced by such person.

“(b) To modify,…