recriminations, and demand for adjusted compensation. The Nation will resume its normal labors where it left off. There will be absent during and after the war the usual carnival of corruption and briberty. If Government officials have no contracth to let carrying great profits, there will be no motive to offer a bribe. There will not be a new class of very rich made from war profits. All will equally and sincerely rejoice at the conclusion of war and the coming of peace, because it will mean the end of suffering and sacrifice for all.

DOCUMENTS

BY WAR POLICIES COMMISSION

MESSAGE

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

A COMMUNICATION FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR,
CHAIRMAN OF THE WAR POLICIES COMMISSION,
SUBMITTING ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS IN
CONNECTION WITH THE STUDY MADE
BY THE COMMISSION, AS REQUIRED

BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE

PUBLIC RESOLUTION

CREATING THE

COMMISSION

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MESSAGE

To the Congress:

I am transmitting herewith a communication from the Secretary of War, chairman of the War Policies Commission, submitting additional documents in connection with the study made by the commission, as required by the provisions of the Public Resolution creating the commission.

THE WHITE HOUSE, March 12, 1932.

HERBERT HOOVER.

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The PRESIDENT,

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

The White House.

WAR POLICIES COMMISSION, Washington, D. C., March 10, 1932.

DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: In accordance with the desires of the War Policies Commission I am submitting to you, with the request that they be forwarded to the Congress, documents to complete the record of the testimony furnished the Commission. One of these, prepared by the executive secretary of the Commission, comprises a summarized analysis of the testimony bearing on certain important questions studied by the Commission. Attached also are copies of legal opinions presented by the Attorney General, by the American Legion, and by others.

Respectfully yours,

PATRICK J. HURLEY, Secretary of War, Chairman of the Commission.

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