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What's the Use of Digging Up the Past in War Spending
A dialogue from a fictional story based on Washington records recounts a Select Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and aviation probes. Watson and Mr. Miller dissect misused billions in aircraft contracts, indicting officials like Edward A. Deeds and Dayton interests, urging public accountability.
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Mr. Miller
Watson
War Department
James W. Frear
Wisconsin
Walter Magee
New York
Clarence F. Lea
California
House of Representatives
Senate
Thomas Committee
Charles E. Hughes
Select Committee
France
America
Congress
Miller
George C. Squier
Dayton
Ohio
Edward A. Deeds
Deeds
Hughes
Dayton West Airplane, Company
H. E. Talbott, Sr
Dayton Metals Products Company
Dayton-Wright Airplane Company
United Motors Company
Liberty Motors
Justice Hughes
Wilson
United States
William GC. Potter
Potter
Guggenheim
John D. Ryan