<P> General sales were conducted from these centers; however, the idea for long term storage, considering the approximate cost of $20 per month per aircraft, was soon discarded, and in June 1946, the remaining aircraft, except those at Altus, were put up for scrap bid . </P> <P> After World War II ended, the type of loans provided by the RFC were no longer in demand . President Dwight D. Eisenhower was in office when legislation terminated the RFC . It was "abolished as an independent agency by act of Congress (1953) and was transferred to the Department of the Treasury to wind up its affairs, effective June 1954 . It was totally disbanded in 1957 ." The Small Business Administration was established to provide loans to small business, and training programs were created . Government agencies took over RFC assets, and the tin and abaca programs were handled by General Services Administration . The Commodity Credit Corporation, which was created to help farmers, remained in operation . Another establishment kept in operation is the Export--Import Bank, which encourages exports . </P> <P> In 1991, Rep. Jamie L. Whitten (Democrat of Mississippi) introduced a bill to reestablish the RFC, but it did not receive a hearing by a congressional committee, and he did not reintroduce the bill in subsequent sessions . </P>

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