Show report frauds A in war contracts ts indictments issued for many persons and plants washington four hundred cases of war contract fraud have been reported to th the e department of justice As a result persons and 31 corporations have been indicted secretary of war royall revealed the individuals and corporations indicted paid fines totaling and a large number of prison sen bences were imposed royall also said 56 civil cases in evolving war department contracts have been disposed of pf with settle ment of judgments totaling 10 he said some of the frauds were discovered by the war department and a few additional addition al ones by the general accounting office and the department of justice the war department awarded 1188 1 contracts during the war renegotiation and settlement has resulted in a saving of 2 1 billion dollars gross and million dollars net re recovery of excess profits dur ing the last two years royall said with renegotiation 98 per cent complete he said recoveries dur ing and since the war now amount to 6 9 billion dollars gross and 2 1 billion dollars net including 3 25 billion dollars in savings from vol unitary reduction royall also reported 60 govern ment owned plants costing 2 have been set aside as standby plants for emergency use and have been leased to private in austry the rest of government owned plants have been declared surplus |