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There were no sensational changes in the personnel of WPB. Its division heads were all chosen from OPM and SPAB; some dated back to the old National Defense Advisory Commission. The great change was in function. OPM had failed in part because of its leaders' divided authority and lack of full responsibility. WPB, as set up by Nelson, was to be a straight-line organization where every man had a duty, every man had the authority he needed, every man's successes or failures could be gauged at a glance...
Next Nelson set up six main divisions of WPB...
First Acts. WPB's first official actions made good sense. It officially stopped automobile production, curtailed radio production by 45%, virtually ended civilian use of rubber and aluminum. It began a hard-boiled survey of copper inventories, to try to find leaks of that vital metal from arms production. It ordered automobile graveyards turned into scrap, badly needed for steel production...
...even Donald Nelson, knew yet whether WPB could do the job. But for its first week it had moved fast...