Word: probe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...weaseled statement he promptly said that his inquiry was merely "to begin a study of what appears to be an example of what might be an evasion of the purpose of the Holding Company Act." Then, having summoned only two witnesses before his committee, he hastily called off his probe for the summer...
Lustig promptly protested the News story. He insisted that the Treasury's probe had been requested by him to straighten out his books, that much of the cash owed the Treasury had already been paid. His explanation for the cash on hand revealed some of the tribulations of running a restaurant chain under OPA ceilings. Said he, with unblushing candor: "It is common knowledge today that many articles for consumption in public eating places as well as at home can only be purchased with cash...
Representative Keefe hinted that the answer would involve Government agencies, Congressmen, Senators and other bigwigs. He went to Chicago to probe by himself. By last week one speculator, other than General Foods and Dan Rice, had been identified: tall, ministerial Plane-Builder Glenn L. Martin. The Department of Agriculture charged that he and his broker had violated a Government regulation that limits the amount of rye futures an individual may trade daily to 2,000,000 bushels. Glenn Martin's broker had traded 3,000,000 bushels...
This new group will remain non-partisan, seeking to present educators and men form public life in discussions of various topics of current political and economic interest. A further activity will be the formation of discussion groups among the members who wish to probe deeper into the forum topics and other questions of interest...
...basis of the Government's probe and a preliminary report, the Chinese press demanded a crackdown on those responsible. Censorship withheld the news from distribution abroad. The alleged "fortunes" made by "insiders" were enormous only in terms of inflated currency. The 45 billion Chinese dollars pocketed by one group amounted to 45 thousand Chinese dollars in terms of prewar purchasing power. (The retail-price index has risen to 1,250 times what...