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New War Profit Probe Pushes for Expanded Federal Powers
President Roosevelt forms a new wartime commission to scrutinize profits, prices and wages, aiming to legislate absolute power over industry during war. Key figures include Bernard Baruch, Hugh S. Johnson and cabinet members, with Nye questioning the move amid ongoing investigations.
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Roosevelt
Wallace
Veen Ee Ee
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
New York
War Industries Board
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Baruch
Lea
State
Morgenthau
Treasury
Dern
War
Swanson
Navy
Tugwell
McGrady
Perkins
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt
Eastman
Douglas MacArthur
George N. Péck
Congress
Nye