CHASE, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
Of course, when a statute speaks in language which leaves no doubt of the intent of Congress, contemporaneous administrative construction, if contrary to the terms of the statute, is merely erroneous, and has no effect except to call for correction. It cannot be relied upon as an accepted interpretation of the law. The Swift & Courtney & Beecher Company v. United States,
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