The Philippine War Damage Commission was created in 1946 and assigned the task of making compensation for war damage to private property in the Philippines. The Commission was required so far as practicable to give consideration to the recommendations of the Filipino Rehabilitation Commission created in an earlier act. But, said Congress, the Commission was not required to await, or be bound by such recommendations.[667] COMMUNICATION RELATED TO FRAMING OF A PARTICULAR DECISION The foregoing advice and consultation provisions fall short of setting the requirement in a specific action context. They seem to have the objective of maximizing the likelihood that interested official and private groups will have the opportunity to influence program content. At the same time they imply or categorically state that the action agency need not be guided by such advice. It is not patently clear in any instance that the administrator must defer action until after consultation; and, of course, in one instance he is specifically advised that he is free of such a requirement. The statutes referred to below clearly link the prescribed advice or consultation to the taking of specified action by the administrator. In some instances he must advise with others prior to taking action, but is not required to follow the advice. In others he is enabled but not required to act upon receipt of a report or information from another agency. An occasional statute will require not only consultation, but the making of specific findings precedent to exercising powers delegated by Congress. The administrator will sometimes find himself in a position in which he may take certain action only if it is acceptable to, or meets the approval of, other groups. And, carrying us to the end of this progression, we have the statutory requirement that the administrator act in conformance with advice received. _Must Seek Advice Prior to Acting_: A June, 1934 amendment to the Tariff Act of 1930 sought to assist recovery from “the present emergency in restoring the American standard of living” by authorizing the President to enter into reciprocal trade agreements for the relaxation of duties and import restrictions.[668] Prior to concluding individual agreements, however, the President had to seek information and advice with respect thereto from the United States Tariff Commission, the Departments of State, Agriculture, and Commerce and from such other sources as he deemed appropriate. The advice need not be followed, but it must be sought precedent to concluding a reciprocal trade agreement. The 1934 grant of power to the President to prohibit the sale of arms to participants in the Chaco War made the exercise of that power contingent upon prior consultation with governments of other American Republics.[669]