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...Baruch report, the Administration now believed, had set its sights too high. The vital materials for a program of 1,037,000 tons could come only from still more desperately urgent war needs-building of naval escort vessels, manufacture of high-octane aviation gasoline. Bill Jeffers had tried to bull his way through Army and Navy objections, regardless. But now he had a new set of instructions...
With the ruthless, 50-year-old Doenitz now in full charge, with submarine production in Germany booming, the U.S. and Britain can expect intensified assault by 500 or more long-range, highly effective U-boats this spring. Until this threat is checked by more escort vessels and perhaps by a top Allied anti-submarine commander of Karl Doenitz' calibre, the Allies will not win their...
...Handicaps. Big or little, all these manufacturers face the same terrific odds. Main reason for the lag in escort ships has been a series of Washington miscalculations. First, the Navy underestimated the real job. Then there was a drive for landing barges. The merchant shipping program itself has put enormous strain on all ship suppliers. More recently, the synthetic rubber program and high-octane gasoline program collided with the escort program for parts...
This week it looked as if Washington would give the escort program a real green light. It was too late to stew over past mistakes. The real challenge was to business-for on the success or failure of gear maker and instrument maker may rest the outcome of the Battle of the Atlantic...
Outstanding among civilian heroes of this war are merchant seamen who, often without proper escort protection (see above), deliver munitions to the fighting fronts. Last week, while thousands of these men performed their duties on the seven seas, some important developments affecting their status exploded at home...