War Department Civil Functions Appropriation Bill, 1940: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Seventy-sixth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 6260, Bill Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1940, for Civil Functions Administered by the War Department, and for Other PurposesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1939 - 228 pages |
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