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...Washington last week, 13 men sat down to plan a history-making project. The men: four admirals, four scientists, three generals, a colonel and, as chairman, Charles E. Wilson, vice chairman of WPB. The project: a permanent scientific high command to prepare the U.S. to defend itself in any future war. It will undertake the first permanent mobilization of scientists in U.S. history...
...Back or Else. Charlie Wilson's hankering to beat his Government swords into electric plowshares was typical. Many businessmen-in-service, sick of Washington and full of nostalgia for businesslike operations, have fled the capital for their old jobs. Fortnight ago WPB's Deputy Vice Chairman for Metals Howard Young resumed the presidency of American Zinc Lead and Smelting Co. Assistant WPB Steel Director Joseph L. Block has returned to the executive vice-presidency of Inland Steel Co. Others are shifting uneasily behind their desks as they shuffle the piles of paper from...
...exodus from Washington has become so apparent that WPB Boss Don Nelson has quietly started a drive to recruit new men from industry. But Charlie Wilson is a real bellwether. As long as he stays, many another WPBster will remain. When he goes, the rush will...
...great American whiskey drought was broken last week. WPB, which has long clouded up with plans to let U.S. distillers resume whiskeymaking, finally promised a drizzle. During the month of August, distillers will be permitted to make whiskey or neutral spirits for blending-for the first time since the October...
Adventure in Adversity. Then from Elder Statesman Bernard Baruch came the weightiest warning of all. In a letter to Jimmy Byrnes, Mr. Baruch whacked WPB as well as Congress for delay in putting into effect the Baruch demobilization plan (TIME, Feb. 28). Said the letter: "The nation is still months away from being prepared to meet the great adjustments that will come on X-day when one of our enemies is defeated...