Taking the Profits Out of War: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on H. R. 3 and H. R. 5293. January 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 1935U.S. Government Printing Office, 1935 - 771 pages |
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