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Surplus War Property Flap Hobbles Veterans Access
Washington report details a tangle of eight agencies at 100 sites handling surplus wartime goods. Veterans face scattered sales and high prices as War Assets Corp plans centralization under Gen. Gregory, with policy by W. Stuart Symington. Lack of inventory and overlapping authorities sparks widespread frustration among buyers and officials.
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Washington
Eye St
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
U. S. Maritime Commission
State Department
Department of Agriculture
Federal Works Administration
Federal Housing Authority
Department of the Interior
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
W. Stuart Symington
Truman
War Assets Corporation
Edmund B. Gregory
Quartermaster-General
Army
Gregory
Symington
Navy
Philadelphia
OPA
War Plants Corporation
RFC Disposal Agency
Department of Commerce
Navy Material Redistribution Office
RFC
Surplus Property Administration