Taking the Profit Out of War
The article argues that profits from war should be eliminated by national mobilization of resources. It traces historic profiteering, notes Wilson's peace doctrine, and cites U S efforts under the War Industries Board, Harding and Coolidge support, and the five M’s of resources to sustain morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prossia
Robbes
America
Wilson
United States
Harding
Coolidge
Omaha
Page
Johns Hopkins Univeresty
Atlantic Monthly
Sisley Huddleston
Europe
War Industries Board
Shipping Board
Food Administration
Railroad Administration
Capital Issues Committee
Treasury Department
City of
New York
Congress
American Legion
Crowder
France
War Industries Board and mobilizing America for war
The passage argues for centralized wartime control to mobilize men money and materials through a War Industries Board created in 1918. It describes price fixing standardization and priority rulings to support the front while limiting civilian disruption and preventing postwar inflation and profiteering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
War Industries Board
Navy, Shipping Board, Allies and Railroad Administration
America
United States
Crowder
Washington
Hoover
Draft Board
Treasury
Navy
Shipping Board
Food Administration
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
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