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Takings the Profit Out of War
An essay arguing to extend World War I era War Industries Board controls into future conflicts to fix prices and allocate materials, preventing profiteering and distributing burdens fairly. It cites President Wilson and Harding Coolidge era mobilization, details price and labor regulation, and envisions a central draft and resource authority to deter war profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prussia
America
Wilson
United States
Harding
Coolidge
Omaha
American Legion
War Industries Board
Owen D. Young
Dawes Plan Fame
Walter Hines Page
Page School
Johns Hopkins University
Atlantic Monthly
Sisley Huddleston
Europe
Navy
Shipping Board
Food Administration
Railroad Administration
Army
Navy, Shipping Board
Allies and Railroad Administration
Congress
Crowder
Washington
Hoover
Draft Board
Capital Issues Committee
Treasury Department
New York
Philadelphia
General Crowder
France
Treasury
Woodrow Wilson