Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Single Shift. The power shortage was born during the war, when private utilities had to cancel their expansion programs. It became worse under the demands of the postwar boom. Not only did private industry step up its power consumption by 13%, but householders increased their demands with the installation of...
Double Effort. To build up their reserves and beat the shortage, the utility men were well into a $5 billion expansion program, the biggest in their history. Example: California's Pacific Gas & Electric Co. was spending $500 million on expansion, part of it to transmit power from the Government...
The plan is a model of restraint and care. Professor Wright's group has submitted a 'stepladder' program which would introduce the new rulings in a way that would allow smooth expansion of facilities and Faculty, and would not dislocate the College with a sudden changeover. And the proponents have...
Big Steel's extra cut to its stockholders implied that steelmen expected the boom to continue. Said U.S. Steel's Chairman Irving S. Olds: "There has been little letup, almost no letup, in demand for steel." Bethlehem Steel's Chairman Eugene Grace entered a mild dissent: he...
Now finishing a $50 million postwar expansion program, Cat is going to turn out the new diesel and step up production of diesel-powered Caterpillars to grade roads, dig foundations, clear jungles and move mountains all over the world. With its new production Cat hopes to boost its sales, already...