Vol. XXXIV

Santa Claus came early (and often) to those in the business of building warships. Although we have limited sources of information, we were able to find October “Defense” Department’s contract awards of $ 2,444,276,312 (see Art. 11 in this Volume) – and November “Defense” Department’s contract awards of $ 1,076,000,000 (see Art. 24). Chicken feed.…