Sponsors of bill to prevent war profiteering meet with American Legion representative. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Senator Morris Shappard, left and Rep. Lister Hill, right, Chairman of the Senate and House committees on military affairs, said today they would press for earliest action on their war profiteering bill. Col. John Thomas Taylor, Chairman of the legislative committee of the American Legion, who are sponsoring the bill, is shown with the Senators. The bill is designed to prevent profiteering in time of war and to equalize the burdens of war and thus provide for the National defense, and promote peace