It is worth while considering whether it would not be wise to confer on the Government the right of civil action against the beneficiary of a rebate for at least twice the value of the rebate; this would help stop what is really blackmail.
Roosevelt suggests that the government should have the right to take civil action against rebate beneficiaries to combat blackmail.
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