"a billion here, a billion there" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

"Trillion On Deck"
Date: 1917-06-23; Paper: Idaho Statesman, published as: The Idaho Daily
Statesman p 4 col 1
 "Congress never appropriates less than a thousand of them [millions]
for any military activity, a billion here, a billion there until
billions are getting common."
Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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