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Patriotism and Profits
Wechsler, James A. | July 13, 1946 issue

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The article reports on the hearings of the Mead Committee on war profiteering, that were held in July, 1946, in Washington D.C. The slow start was depicted. As the week ended the Mead hearing was the best air-conditioned show in town. The most recent efforts of Andrew Jackson May, chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee, have been dedicated to resisting civilian rule of the atomic energy program. The clue to his role in this new local drama was furnished early when the committee presented a chart showing the interlocking directorates which controlled sixteen arms plants, fifteen of which were located in Illinois.

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WAR, Cost of; WAR -- Economic aspects; COMMITTEES; NUCLEAR energy; MILITARY readiness; INTERNATIONAL relations; UNITED States
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