Steel Cartel Ties Exposed By War Prevention Unit
Dozens of G I investigators uncover a wartime steel cartel link between German industrial power and American firms. The files show 1937 1938 coordination to divide world markets, set production quotas, and enforce price controls, with German overproduction masking war aims while U S firms kept quotas and paid fines. Names include Eugene Grace Bethlehem Steel Ben Fairless U S Steel Rufus Wysor Republic Steel and others. The report notes sharp contrasts in compliance between American British and German companies.
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Government eyes fertilizer control as natural resource
A Washington debate centers on treating commercial fertilizer as a national resource from raw minerals to finished product. Bills propose TVA and government plants to secure phosphate and potash reserves, while foundations and farm groups clash over policy and implementation.
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Editorial Note on Veteran and Serviceman Problems Column
This newspaper quotes an editor note about a weekly Wash Bureau of Western News paper Union feature. Readers may send questions to the Bureau at 1616 Eye Street NW Washington DC for inclusion in future columns. Direct replies by mail are not provided.
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Veterans Administration Progress Amid Backlogs and Reader Questions
Gen Omar Bradley notes VA progress on insurance loans and pensions for over 13 million veterans but cites staff shortages. February 1 data show 91,176 training in progress, 258,781 eligible, 1,073,712 direct premium policies, 10,357,788 paid by allotment, 2,000,000 disability claims with 1,567,000 adjudicated and 458,000 pending. Recurring reader questions cover hardship discharges, travel for wartime spouses, civilian-job matching, and veteran pension amounts.
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Omar N. Bradley
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