GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge.
We are faced today with a lacuna in the midst of a somewhat dense federal law. The statutory language provides little guidance, and we have no helpful legislative history to aid us in filling the gap. Our task, then, is to read the collective mind of the 1948 Congress. Without a (very large) psychiatrist's couch, this task is difficult indeed.
I. Factual Background
Appellants Lourice Baker and Lena Marie Knowlton were...
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