War Claims Act

Ibid., 211-214. Although the original TWEA would have permitted patent royalty claims throughout the entire war, the War Claims Act amended that provision to exclude the period when the United States actively participated in the war. "Memorandum for the War Claims Arbiter" (5 Oct 1928), RG 60, entry 228, box 3. 

The government lawyer, on the other hand, argued that the Supreme Court decision clearly defined the Chemical Foundation as a private corporation, completely independent of the federal government. As a result, the government should not be liable under the War Claims Act for any claims after the sale in 1919. 

Not included in the 265 million were additional assets related to merchant ships and a radio station. McHugh, Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928, 195 The Trading with the Enemy Act, (1926) 352 (signed by E.M.B.). Jerald A. Combs discusses the relatively quick change in the Americans attitude toward the war and their analyses of the war s causes. His focus is on historians and public... 

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