Word: nelsons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...magic word, was about to replace priorities in earnest (TIME. Oct. 6). Theoretically, this meant that civilian industries starving for lack of scarce materials could expect a fairer shake, that Army and Navy must also submit to allocation, instead of hogging the head of the queue. Said Nelson Deputy Albert J. Browning last week, "Some proportion of critical materials [must be] set aside for general civilian...
...jewelers arrived in Washington last week the day after Donald Nelson had given the New York Sales Executives Club some jolting facts about copper. For this month latest OPM estimates show 5,730 tons too little copper for defense and Lend-Lease alone. For 1942 they show a maximum supply of 1,650,000 tons (including a sanguine 600,000 tons of imports); defense and Lend-Lease needs of 1,050,000 tons; "essential civilian" needs of 250.000 tons. This left 350,000 tons for "other civilian" demand-which OPM estimated at 1,100,000 tons...
...courage, said he would go to bat for the jewelers. His sympathy was strengthened when canny Joe Martin pointed out that the U.S. is still importing jewelry from British manufacturers, whom war has not yet liquidated. Nevertheless this week the jewelers got the kiss of death from Donald Nelson...
...Left to right: Don Nelson, Floyd Odium, Jeweler Ballou, SPAB Chairman Henry Wallace, Senator Green (D., R.I.), Governor McGrath of Rhode Island...
Warned Priorities Director Donald M. Nelson: "We're going to take every action ... we can take to bring compliance...