United States v. McMurtry

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

Congress in 1916 created a Council of National Defense, the purpose of which was the “co-ordination of industries and resources for the national security and welfare.” Section 2 (50 USCA § 1). Its duties among other things were “to supervise and direct investigations and make recommendations to the President and the heads of executive departments as to * * * data as to amounts, location, method and means of production, and availability of military supplies; the giving of information to producers and manufacturers as to the class of supplies needed by the…