National Security and Defense Fund

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The President of the United States' National Security and Defense Fund was a $ 50 million grant from Congress during World War I for occasional emergencies where it would not have been desirable to accept the delay through a special permit.

reference

  • Frank M. Surface / Raymond L. Bland: American Food in the World War and Reconstruction Period. Operations of the Organizations Under the Direction of Herbert Hoover 1914 to 1924 , Stanford University Press, Stanford 1931, p. 88