 The House World War Veterans Legislation Committee cited him for contempt of Congress in 1945 for refusing to reveal his sources within the Veterans Administration (though this citation was later rescinded).In his preface, Deutsch frames his book as an account of conditions that have not essentially changed despite the months that have passed since his original research, and which have in face worsened despite the “ambitious postwar planning programs.” Those programs, he writes, “have been blocked or dropped as a wave of budget retrenchment has hit one state after another, with resulting deterioration of services.Apparent budget increases are eaten up by inflationary costs.” In this regard, the postwar context within which Deutsch was writing was again significant.