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Patriots and bankers push for preparedness amid war profits
A 1915 Republican column accuses Morgan, Rockefeller, Schwab, Gary and peers of stirring public support for a large army and navy to profit from war. It condemns government contracts as wasteful while urging government ownership of arsenals and shipyards to cut costs, calling critics disloyal.
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Ihey
Morgans
Rocke“fellers
Schwabs
Garys
Navy League of the United States
God Bless
Navy League of the
Navy League of the Hifted States
Pierpont Morgan
Thoma Wilamont
Morgan
William H Porhere
Henry P Davison
Charles Steele
sPaul D. Cravath
Westinghouse Elect
Coudert
National Surety Co
Francis L. Hinn
Bankers’ Trst Co
Daniel G. Read
Guarantee Trust Co
Agent Atlas Powder Co
Hercules Powder Co
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
Standard OK
L L. Clark
American Locomotive Co
Percy Rockefeller
Shades of Lincoln
United States