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Under a previous WPB order cutting down civilian production by 40%, many radio manufacturers were already far along in conversion to war work. WPB warned all of them last week that any facilities not required in making military radio equipment must be converted within "three or four months" to war production of other kinds (e.g., bomb sights...
...First on the Nelson list was "getting greater production out of the plants . . . which are now producing war goods." That means crowding them with still more orders. Last week WPB's Purchasing Chief Douglas MacKeachie told the Truman Committee that all war orders from now on would be awarded on a negotiated basis, rather than on competitive bids. Most obvious purpose: to save time and red tape. But Douglas MacKeachie also announced that each contract would contain a standard renegotiation clause, which, if properly used, could not only 1) save money and time on contracts to efficient, low-cost...
...Getting military production out of factories and machines which are now producing civilian goods" came second. Last week a tough-as-nails WPB told the radio industry-a "good" industry compared to most, in that it went after some war orders early in the game-to convert 100% in the next four months or else have their plants stripped of usable men and machines by the Government. Three other industries (refrigerators, washing machines, office machinery & typewriters) got a less publicized but even more enlightening Washington lecture. They were told that WPB has a new conversion policy: 100% real war production...
...what silk the U.S. has left WPB tightened its grip last week, even at the Army's expense. After March 1 "no silk may be used in the manufacture of parachutes until the grade and type has been approved by the Defense Supplies Corp." Evidently the Army had been wastefully using it on parachute shroud lines and cords instead of saving it for canopies. If nylon is subjected to similar husbanding, women can at least feel that their sacrifice is necessary...
...pioneer of mass production through interchangeable parts, the typewriter industry ranks close behind Singer, Cadillac and Colt's Patent Fire Arms. Today its array of small precision tools is one of the most impressive in the U.S. WPB told the industry last week not to expect new special tools for its munitions work, but to use what it has. Not to save steel (typewriters took only some 25,000 tons last year) but to mobilize these tools was the main objective of WPB's curtailment plans...