Word: constructor
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...United States government at the present time is probably the largest constructor in the world. The estimates for architectural, engineering, and public works for 1921 amount to $788,816,229. Under the present organization, the expenditure of this sum is under the control of 39 separate agencies. There is a duplication and overlapping of functions; the departments doing similar work compete with one another before Congress for appropriations, and afterwards compete with each other for labor, materials and supplies...