Booby Trap

A Congressional committee chairman who received an anonymous letter alleging that various unpatented, uncopyrighted trade secrets and industrial processes have been made available to the government to support the war and that somebody's selling them to unscrupulous companies seeking post-war advantage. It's hard to prove, since the profit motive can't be established until it's too late. Shattuck was also godfather to Colonel Ryder's only son, who was killed in action a few weeks before the story opens. Shattuck brought the letter to his old friend, Colonel Ryder with Army Intelligence, rather than to the FBI. RN