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...Henry J. Kaiser, the big, bald miracle man from the West Coast, will get a chance to build his cargo planes. In his bulging brief case this week was a written promise from WPBoss Donald Nelson, authorizing him to go ahead- to make 100 of his projected 70-ton transports- provided he could show that he could build them without taking materials away from the aircraft industry. He had Nelson's promise to make the number 500 as soon as the program proved practicable. And he had another, bigger promise: eventually he would get a crack at building fabulous...
...Thus Kaiser emerged from his nine-day whirlwind tour of Washington with a signal victory, gained only after bitterest battle with all the it-can't-be-done experts (TIME, Aug. 10). He had to convince Nelson, Nelson's advisers, two Senate committees; he had to beat down the Army & Navy, which still do not see where he can get the materials. But behind him he had the pressure of an enthusiastic public opinion...
...Henry Kaiser was working at the same feverish pitch which permitted him to build Boulder Dam two years ahead of schedule, by which he cut the time for constructing a Liberty ship from 105 down to 46 days. He was frankly indulging in a vast piece of bluff; he frankly wanted the Army and the Administration to call his hand; thus, in the old American way, he would get a chance to make good or shut up. Bluntly he told the Senate Committees that his plan would not cut into the bomber program. He said he was planning to prepare...
Many there were, both in & out of Washington, who felt that if anybody could do it, dynamic Henry Kaiser was the kind of man. Such a supporter was Grover C. Loening, pioneer airman, adviser to WPB's air-cargo committee. He favored the plan 100%. His only proviso: Kaiser must not cut into combat-plane production. Kaiser-boosters passed around a Bell Aircraft Co. cartoon which seemed to them very apropos...
...Facts. The principal argument against Henry Kaiser's big idea (with which few citizens disagreed in principle) was the raw-material shortage. Resourceful Henry Kaiser might use the chrome in California soil, tin from Nevada, but he did not convince WPB of his ability to get all his needed metals. Fact is that part of the Army's combat-plane program is already lagging for lack of raw materials. Donald Nelson promised Kaiser "plenty of action." if-a big "if"-it can be proved that the Kaiser dream will not cut into the combat-plane program...