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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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 United States. Congress. House.
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 United States. Congress. House.
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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 United States. Congress. House.
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 United States. Congress. House.
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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 United States. Congress. House.
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 United States. Congress. House.
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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 United States. Congress. House.
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 United States. Congress. House.
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hearings on H. R. 3 , to take the profits out of war , beginning tomorrow , Tues- day , January 22 . In reply will say that I was a member of the joint committee of the Senate and House which investigated this question several years ago ...
hearings on H. R. 3 , to take the profits out of war , beginning tomorrow , Tues- day , January 22 . In reply will say that I was a member of the joint committee of the Senate and House which investigated this question several years ago ...
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| Title | 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 |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1935 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 2 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 771 pages |
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