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...bold and able man is William Loren Batt. In public life he is Ed Stettinius' deputy in the Industrial Materials Division of the Defense Advisory Commission; in private life he runs the U. S. end of the international SKF ball-bearing business. One night last week Mr. Batt went...
...also made a highly significant announcement: the U. S. steel industry, now operating at the highest rate in its history (78,000,000 tons a year), must either build new capacity or begin rationing its customers. "I am convinced," said Deputy Batt, "that the steel industry must enlarge its capacity, and I see indications that the industry realizes...
...Batt's indications were no mirage, they meant the end of one of the stormiest battles yet behind the scenes of the Defense Commission. Opposed for weeks were stand-pat steelmen, represented in the Commission by American Iron & Steel Institute Secretary Walter Tower, and expansion-minded New Deal staff economists, who want enough steel to handle defense and normal steel needs both. Mr. Tower has frequently boasted of the industry's readiness to handle any emergency without expanding. Republic Steel's Tom Girdler echoed him: "If ev erything in this country was in as good shape...
...Jaros and Ben Johnson, in foils competition; Paul Little field and Lynn Brown, in Epce; and Win Alberts and Robert Batt, in Sabers, are the returning members of last year's team...
Philadelphia Republican William Loren Batt, president of S. K. F. Industries...