engage in business that resulted in profits even before we had gotten into war. I had made up my mind to leave and do some other things that I hope to be able to do now; but that process was inter¬ rupted by my appointment as member of the ad¬ visory commission without any suggestion or without any knowledge or idea it was coming.’’ Does he mean that the process of getting out of business was interrupted by his appointment on the advisory commission, which appointment led straight to his complete rulership of the United States at war?
Mr. Jefferis—“Had any of the members of the advisory commission been engaged in the production of raw materials or in manufactured products, or not?”
Mr. Baruch—“I had.” Mr. Jefferis—“In what way?” Mr. Baruch—“I had made a rather deep study of the production and the distribution and manu¬ facture of many of these raw materials. I had to make an intensive study of these things in order to do the things I was