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PUBLIC LAW 4 2 9 - J U N E 30, 1952 Newsprint. 50 USC app, 2092.

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A gricultural commodities.

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Sale of fertilizer.

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SEC. 104. The first sentence of section 302 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: ", and manufacture of newsprint". SEC. 105. Paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of section 402 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by inserting after the first sentence thereof the following new sentence: "No regulation or order shall be issued or remain in effect under this title which prohibits the payment or receipt of hourly wages at a rate of $1 per hour or less." SEC. 106. (a) Paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of section 402 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by inserting in the fifth sentence thereof after "(1) the Agricultural Act of 1949," the following: "except that under any price support program announced while this title is in effect the level of support to cooperators shall be 90 per centum of the parity price, or such higher level as may be established under section 402- of that Act, for any crop of any basic agricultural commodity with respect to which producers have not disapproved marketing quotas,". (b) Paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of section 402 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "No ceiling prices for products resulting from the processing of agricultural commodities, including livestock, milk, and other dairy products, shall be established or maintained in any agricultural marketing area at levels which deny to any processor of such products the cost adjustments provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection and which deny to any distributor or seller of such products the customary margin or charge provided in subsection (k) of this section. Where a State regulatory body is authorized to establish minimum and/or maximum prices for sales of fluid milk, ceiling prices established for such sales under this title shall (1) not be less than the minimum prices, or (2) be equal to the maximum prices, established by such regulatory body, as the case may be: And provided further, That in the case of prices of milk established by any State regulatory body, with respect to which price, parties may be deemed to contract, no ceiling price may be maintained under this title which is less than the price so established. No ceiling shall be established or maintained under this title for fruits or vegetables in fresh or processed form." SEC. 107. Paragraph (4) of subsection (d) of section 402 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply in the case of a seller of a material at retail or wholesale within the meaning of subsection (k) of this section." SEC. 108. Subsection (d) of section 402 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(5) For the purpose of determining the applicable ceiling price under the general ceiling price regulation issued January 26, 1951, as amended, any sale of fertilizer to the ultimate user by a person who acquired it for resale shall be considered a retail sale." SEC. 109. (a) Subsection (e) of section 402 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by adding after the word "profession" in paragraph (ii) thereof the following: "; wages, salaries, and other compensation paid to professional engineers employed in a professional capacity; wages, salaries, and other compensation paid to professional architects employed in a professional capacity by an architect or firm of architects engaged in the practice of his or their profession; and wages, salaries, and other compensation paid to certified public accountants licensed to practice as such employed in a