Word: butler
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Butler's figures, said Tennessee's testy Kenneth McKellar, were 95% wrong. In the past three years, the U.S. has spent-aside from purchases of strategic materials -only $324 million. Cut out military and naval appropriations, and Lend-Lease paid back, and the Good Neighbor bill would come to only $178 million, McKellar said -not $6 billion...
After this overall blast, the New Deal, supported by pounds of midnight-oil-smelling research, laid down a barrage on each square inch of Senator Butler's 176-page report. Samples...
...Butler said the U.S. has spent $100 million on Mexican rail rehabilitation. Actual cost to date...
...Butler said the U.S. has lent Argentina $50 million for oil development. Replied Cordell Hull: no such loan was ever made...
...Butler included $57 million spent in Puerto Rico as part of his $6 billion Latin American outlay. Reply: Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory, not a foreign country...