Taking the Profits Out of War: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on H. R. 3 and H. R. 5293. January 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 1935 |
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... concerned , is an included part of the problem of preparing for an industrial mobilization , and is , under the law , a responsibility of the Assistant Secretary of War . The General Staff and the Chief of Staff do not , as such , have ...
... concerned , is an included part of the problem of preparing for an industrial mobilization , and is , under the law , a responsibility of the Assistant Secretary of War . The General Staff and the Chief of Staff do not , as such , have ...
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... concerned , to prevent in the event of an- other emergency slackers and war profiteers . It was very simple to express in words but apparently very difficult for the Congress to write into legislative language . Now , 13 years after ...
... concerned , to prevent in the event of an- other emergency slackers and war profiteers . It was very simple to express in words but apparently very difficult for the Congress to write into legislative language . Now , 13 years after ...
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... concerned , cannot be conducted with volunteers as was quickly recognized in the World War . Modern warfare demands too vast numbers of men , too great an amount of wealth , too enormous a quantity of material , and moves too fast to ...
... concerned , cannot be conducted with volunteers as was quickly recognized in the World War . Modern warfare demands too vast numbers of men , too great an amount of wealth , too enormous a quantity of material , and moves too fast to ...
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... concerned , and I am sure that every member of this committee feels this way , that this legislation is of so much importance that we will even sidetrack our private bills to get it through this Congress . Mr. TAYLOR . We express our ...
... concerned , and I am sure that every member of this committee feels this way , that this legislation is of so much importance that we will even sidetrack our private bills to get it through this Congress . Mr. TAYLOR . We express our ...
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... concerned in the adoption of such an act after deliberate consideration in the calm of peace rather than sudden action in the excitement and hysteria that immediately follows our entrance into conflict . We know of no better statement ...
... concerned in the adoption of such an act after deliberate consideration in the calm of peace rather than sudden action in the excitement and hysteria that immediately follows our entrance into conflict . We know of no better statement ...
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