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    "ocrText": "-21-\nthe worst effects of unbridled competition.\nWith some raw materials not produced in this country,\nwe may find cartels forcing us to pay higher prices. Should\nour government use its influence to see that our manufacturers\nare not squeezed, particularly where materials vital to our\ndefense are involved? We can protect ourselves somewhat by\nkeeping in reserve our stocks of these strategic materials.\nPatents Mean Know-How\nForemost in the minds of the Committee, I gather, is\nthe relationship between German, other foreign and American\nmanufacturers in the use of patents. In most instances, I think\nyou will find that Americans have improved upon the processes\nwhich they obtained through these negotiations, Should the\nAmericans not have bought those patents? If that is the desired\npolicy, it can be put into effect simply by prohibiting the use\nof those patent processes in America. This would force the\nthings manufactured under those patents to be produced outside\nof the United States without benefit to our economy or increas-\ning our own know-how.\nOne proposal is that all international business\nagreements entered intc by American firms be registered with\nthe government, say, the State Department. Any businessman\nshould welcome such a law since it would free him of danger that\na business act taken in good faith in one year could be accused\nagainst him years later, possibly under changed international\nconditions.\n: ARCHIVES AND SERVICE"
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