This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation.

这种作为私营公司的坚持之所以继续下去，是因为它确保了拥有巨大公共权力的人享有最大程度的匿名和保密，这些人害怕公众知道他们的活动是一种罪恶，几乎和通货膨胀一样严重。