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congress nas estaDiisnea tne permanent Small Business Committee of the Senate and the Special Small Business Committee of the House, which have continued to render great service to this im: portant segment of our economy. We favor continuance of both these committees, with all the powers to investigate and report conditions, correct discriminations, and propose needed legislation.
We pledge ourselves to increased efforts to assure that small business be given equal opportunity to participate in government contracts, and that a suitable proportion of the dollar volume of defense contracts be channeled into independent small business. The Small Defense Plants Administration, which our Party caused to be established, should reta n it3 independent status and be made a continuing agency, equipped with sufficient lending powers to assist qualified small business in securing defense contracts.
We urge the enactment of such laws as (will provide favorable incentives to the establishment and survival of independent businesses, especially in the provision of tax incentives and access to equity or risk capital.
Enforcement of Anti-Trust Lew. Free competitive enterprise must remain free and competitive if the productive forces of this nation are to remain strong. We are alarmed over the increasing concentration of economic power in
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