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FULL PRIORITY GIVEN 0PM 0PMHYDE HYDE PARK N Y June 2 President Roosevelt yesterday signed an act of Con ¬ gress which makes civilian needs definitely secondary to the 40000000000 British and national defense program The measure which was flown to Hyde Park for final ac ¬ tion gives the Office of Production Manage ¬ ment authority to impose mandatory priori ¬ ties on any goods needed to fulfill contracts with foreign governments Effect of the bill is to extend OPMs authority over army and navy requirements to include the lendlease program