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War Contract Grafters Prosecution Funded By President
President Harding signed a bill appropriating 500000 to establish a new bureau in the Department of Justice to direct prosecution of war contract grafters and profiteers. Other items include a 10 percent freight rate reduction ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission and a report of April American corn exports reaching record levels.
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Department of Justice
Secretary of Commerce
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Daniel Willard
Interestate Commerce Commission
Attack on Attorney General Daugherty Stirs Paris Meeting
Edward W. Pickard reports continued pressure on Attorney General Daugherty from Senator Caraway of Arkansas over wartime frauds. Harding seeks freight-rate relief with railway cooperation. Interstate Commerce Commission orders 10 percent cuts on most class rates effective July 1. Discussions in London and Sofia touch Bulgarian politics amid Russo-Bulgar collaboration concerns.
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