The Military Surplus Act (or Kahn-Wadsworth Act) was signed into US law by the 66th
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in 1920.
Disposal of Surplus War Materials: Policies and Procedures, 1918-1926, Report of the War Contracts Subcommittee, September 25, 1944
1944, page 91 Sponsored by Representative Julius Kahn Julius Kahn may refer to:
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(R) of California
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and Senator James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (R) of New York
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, it distributed 25,000 surplus army trucks to state highway departments for road-building purposes.
References
1920 in American law
United States federal legislation
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