Word: brewster
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...members include two NROTC men, but the bulk of the group is from the civilian Houses. The Council's newly-elected members are as follows: Robert Beren, of Adams House: E. J. Jacob, of Lowell House; Ellis Kaplan, of Adams House, Brewster Kopp, of Lowell House: Ronald Newburgh., of Lowell House; Albert Petite, of Kirkland House: John Rowe, of Kirkland House: Donald Willner, of Adams House, and Robin Worthington, of Lowell House...
Committeemen properly asked: In view of all this, could Brewster's new president, Shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser, get Brewster into production...
Replied Riebel: "Oh, I've dreaded that question more than any the committee could ask. It's a matter of embarrassment to a dear, dear friend of mine. . . . I say a little prayer every night for Kaiser's success at Brewster...
Certain Kaiser. But pachydermatous Mr. Kaiser, who also appeared before the committee, showed no embarrassment, wanted no prayers. He calmly stated that Brewster's failure to produce planes for the British and for the U.S. Navy was due to lack of cooperation between labor & management. He promised to end this and get Brewster producing on schedule...
...Navy, which finds Brewster 18 months behind schedule on contracts totaling $175,000,000, is almost sick & tired of the whole thing. Retired Navy Captain George C. Westervelt, who ran Brewster for a month when the Navy took it over, reiterated the ominous warning given by James V. Forrestal, Under Secretary of the Navy. He told the committee: if Kaiser fails, all of Brewster's Navy contracts should be transferred to other companies...