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Taking the Profit Out of War Plan for Industrial Mobilization
A persuasive essay arguing for an American system to mobilize national resources during war to prevent profiteering. It details the War Industries Board, price controls, labor wages, material allocation, and centralized planning. The piece envisions a future framework where government direction fixes prices and directs labor, materials, and transportation to minimize profits from war.
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Prowsia
America
Wilson
United States
Harding
Coolidge
Omaha
American Legion
War Industries Board
Owen D. Young
Dawes Plan Fame
Walter Hines Page
Page
Johns Hopkins University
Atlantic Monthly
Sisley Huddleston
Europe
Peo
Army
Navy, Shipping Board
Allies and Railroad Administration
Congress
General Crowder
Capital Issues Committee
Treasury Department
New York
Philadelphia
Crowder
France
Treasury
Navy
Shipping Board
Food Administration
Cell Shoes
Washington
Ich
Hoover
Draft Board