WAR FRONT: Comprehensive Picture?

Plans for getting "the most comprehensive and accurate picture of all foreign-owned property in the United States" were announced by the U.S. Treasury last week. The President ordered the picture taken when he froze the U.S. assets of all Europe (TIME, June 23) and it was to include the assets of every nation, from Abyssinia to Yugoslavia—every conceivable asset worth over $1,000,* from stocks and bonds and bank accounts to antique furniture and "several head of cattle." It was to include every foreign-owned or controlled asset, frozen or free, that is...

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