Word: opm
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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...final tatters of respectability were ripped last week from the old highfalutin promise that U.S. aluminum production capacity was plenty big enough for all needs. The Office of Production Management, whose high-rankers were parties to the mistaken promise, announced through OPM's Ed Stettinius aluminum's prospects for June. They were not pretty: defense was going to take nearly 100% of the month's production...
...OPM's Knudsen was clearly on its side. Said he: "What would we do with 30,000,000 tons more? That's too much for me. I'm not smart enough to pass on that. Let's keep our feet on the ground." Moreover, OPM recommended against Engineer Henry J. Kaiser's loan application for 1,500,000 tons of new capacity on the West Coast (TIME, April...
Eight new Douglas DC-3 transports were delivered to American Airlines and United Air Lines, with the blessing of OPM. Nine went to T.W.A., five to Eastern Air Lines earlier this year. Before Christmas, around 30 more transports will be prorated among the 17 U.S. airlines...
Early this month, when President Roosevelt requested planes for Lend-Lease use, OPM scooped 30 big transport planes from the fields, left the lines with about 360 planes-hardly enough to cope with the soaring traffic curve.* For the duration, the lines are resigned to being "frozen"-moderate schedule increases; passenger priorities if planes get too crowded; few new craft; few-if any-improved models...
...Even private owners of twin-engined Lock-heeds (including Tom Girdler) were asked by OPM to give up their "air yachts...