Word: patterson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this frank statement from Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, the House Military Affairs Committee learned last week that production of arms is undergoing a vast change, because of the shifting tactical requirements of a worldwide war. Nobody knows better than the War Department's production executive that some weapons outlive their usefulness, that some weapons prove themselves in battle to be valuable beyond expectations, that others turn out to be comparative flops...
...Stress. This week Under Secretary Patterson revealed that the lessons of combat were not the only factors which forced production changeovers. The Army could still use plenty of the weapons whose production was now being reduced. But necessity's whip was laid on the Army's back last year by the War Production Board, which ordered a cut in 1943's armed-forces production schedule from $93 billions to $75 billions...
...Says Bob Patterson: "The idea that the cutback in production is the result of an abundance of certain weapons is wholly false. We probably never will have an abundance because of the heavy drain of battle attrition...
...Paso last week, Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson announced that production of heavy bombers exceeded 500 a month for the first time last month. Unless Charley Wilson's optimism over Willow Run is misplaced, Bob Patterson may have to double his figure before the year is over...
Manpower. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and Under Secretary Robert P. Patterson had endorsed compulsory national labor service. Newsmen scented an Administration quarrel. But their questions struck no fire: there was no disagreement, said Franklin Roosevelt. The only question was when, if ever, such a law would be necessary. The law would create a lot more Government machinery, make life more complicated, lead to increased regimentation. And while there had to be some regimentation in time of war, the President hoped the National Service Act could be avoided. At least it should be delayed as long as possible...