The US government also wasn't exactly paying market rates for what they bought during the war, and the Manhattan Project also had the highest priority call on m

The US government also wasn't exactly paying market rates for what they bought during the war, and the Manhattan Project also had the highest priority call on materials, after the super-Mulberry we were building for the invasion of the Kanto plain in Honshu, the main island island in Japan and where Tokyo is located (look up Operation's Downfall (the general one) and Coronet for more details).