Biggest Business on Earth

The U.S. Government has expanded faster since Pearl Harbor than industrial employment, is second only to the Army in rate of growth. Newest Civil Service figures for the executive branch: 1,545,000 employes before Pearl Harbor, 2,207,000 by last June. Best estimate for next June: 3,000,000.

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