Soon after the end of his Congressional service, McKeough went to work for the Office of Price Administration, a World War II-era federal agency charged with the enforcement of wartime wage and price controls instituted to prevent inflation. He worked for this agency until January 1944.
After completing his Congressional term, McKeough began working for the Office of Price Administration, a federal agency tasked with enforcing wartime wage and price controls to prevent inflation. This work continued until January 1944.