Patterson, Albert

In the meantime, the Department of State contacted the Textile Alliance to serve as a central importing and distribution agency for reparations dyes. The Textile Alliance had been organized early in 1914 to combat fraud in the textile industry but, with the advent of war, became involved in wartime commerce with Britain. Led by textile manufacturer Albert M. Patterson, who spent the spring of 1919 in Paris as an economic advisor to the American mission, the Textile Alliance managed the shipments of reparation and Herty Option dyes from Germany for distribution in the United States. ... 

Albert M. Patterson testimony in "USA v. The Chemical" (ref. 9), 2, 950, 998 Haynes (ref. 7), 3,264. During the war, the Textile Alliance supervised the importation of wool and other products from British territories. The British desired assurances that the products would not be resold and end up benefiting Germany. The Textile Alliance, as an organization of textile manufacturing associations, provided the assurance. Patterson testimony in "Hearings" (ref. 6), 307. 

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