Millions of dollars—and promis+s of billions—are represented in the great tide of law suits which is beginning to pour into the United States Court of Claims as one of the results of the world war. The Court was expressly created to determine legal controversies between private citizens and the government.
The Attorney-General says the amount of war claims is enormous and that indications are that the influx of cases has only began. Actions upon claims involving proximately $124,000,000 have ready been filed. The ultimate aggregate of claims, it is estimated, will reach between two and three billion dollars. The personnel of the Department of Justice having charge of the defence of these actions has been doubled te enable it to cope with the flood of new' litigation.
These war claims are brought into the court by plaintiffs having claims against all departments the Government. The War Department has claims involving approximately—_ $5,000,000,000._ The Bureau of Internal Revenue now has pending claims for refunds and rebates aggregating $650,000.09. The Shipping Board has cane tions of contracts involving over $850.000.000. Claims for infringement of patents are estimated by the Attorney General at $100,000,- 000. The} Railroad Administration has differences with the railroads amounting to approximately $750,-
There are also claims proportion ately large in amount arising from the Housing Corporation, the War Risk Bureau, and the Food and Fuel Administrations, and it
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