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...Washington this week a big spotlight was thrown on one of the most important, least understood U.S. laws. The renegotiation law was passed by Congress last April to govern the process whereby the Army & Navy regularly negotiate their war-production contracts over & over again to prevent excessive war profits. In the spotlight was a lucid, compact 19-page report by the Senate's hard-working Tru man Investigating Committee. The report lambasted the four price boards (Army, Navy, Maritime Commission, Treasury) for "confusion [and] too much secrecy," and suggested improvements...
...outdone by our more prominent neighbors, the Communications and Supply School, who seem to be setting their share of the spotlight, we have decided to try to give you some in treating information about overselves...
...decade in which Washington held the spotlight, the U.S. paid little attention to its State legislatures. But last fall's election, which shook Washington, filled State Capitols with grassroots, State's-rights men, up in arms against Government-by-directive...
...spotlight was on the President to an unusual degree all week. News came out of the White House in a steady stream; outside events focused swiftly in that direction...
...Russia the spotlight was on the south again, but this time the whole aspect of the front was importantly changed...