Show Why Officials Official Did Not Sign Large Contracts Much fuch lund ling h. h been Q heard ishou Cool Cool- Idge economy onomy but luit the largest larg tat est Rt single saving to the government nt antedated by Ity nearly five It WO was vas nude liy by Judge ter tur Winter r Warwick then of the tue treasury One die afternoon III In No lOIS 1018 Judge e Warwick hk 18 asked by U len Ion n. n craP to tn drop In at nl the War Warwick naiad found nj nd a bevy of ot other oIlier high ra seated n round around u n huge table heaped with hll P t Is ha papers Irit Those iI contract OmIt explained They Ther represent the result of ot months of or negotiation lilt private 1 manufacturers Note None of ot halve been beest signed but we s-e have told the manufacturers In ha ends each ruse ease that hint we eX expect lct to sign 1 them They y cover lr munitions nail other supplies sup sup- plies and In each cacti case lIle the he manufacturer hint has gone olle on the thue assumption Lion tion that but the contract would be signed S Since those the II negotiations 8 were however the armistice lint has boon 11 signed sow 1 what we would Hie to 10 know kilO Jull Judge e Warwick Is la w I wl ar that makes any dIfference nce nether her we ve am lIn legally sIgnIa sign th them Ia Viii III Judge Warwick lck looked ot nt the thc lac paper pa va per How lIow money U Ii Involved In III these contracts lie he lI ked I billion Oh suppose roughly n a dollar replied Well VelI d gentlemen replied Judge e I 1 If It Warwick CullS can only say tills tills' you fOU sign ll them every last one of or you OU will go to the p penitentiary lie He 0 walked I out Ill the contracts were vere not signed One law bill billion 1011 dollars dol Jol lars lane more or less legs 11 remained In the federal treasury Coh Colliers Collier's lIers Weekly |