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When the question of Alaska Highway fuel came up, the Dean, admittedly no oil expert, talked around a little bit, and held one conference - at which no notes were taken. He did not bother to consult the Petroleum Administrator about the alternatives, or WPB about the availability of critical materials, transportation and manpower, or the Navy about the possibility of sending oil up from Seattle by tanker through the Inside Passage. "I am not familiar with Washington situations and setups," explained the Dean. Then Dean Graham sat down and wrote a one-page memorandum recommending Canol. General Somervell okayed...
Even that little blob of "essential civilian" production was a notable victory for tiny, grey Arthur D. Whiteside, chief of WPB's underprivileged Office of Civilian Requirements. Arthur Whiteside took his job seven months ago with the clear understanding that all he could hope to offer the U.S. civilian would be an occasional scrap from the military's groaning table. For months he battled with the Services just for the privilege of using the scraps. The military can spare the scraps all right, but they feared (and still fear) that U.S. civilians will automatically conclude that...
Some newspapers tried hard to meet the 15%-plus cuts in newsprint use requested by WPB for 1943. Many did not. Result: a piddling overall reduction of only 5% plus. Last week U.S. newspapers got a peek at the bad news...
...WPB continues to follow the recommendations of its Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee, U.S. newspapers will be asked to cut newsprint use by an average fat 18% in next year's first quarter. The cut ranges from nothing for small papers to 24% (based on 1941 consumption and allowing for increased circulation) for larger ones. Readers will have no trouble detecting the workings of this austerity plan if newspapers follow it to the letter (which is, in view of their 1943 record, not too likely). Magazines, which met the paper shortage more promptly, already show it in narrower margins, lighter...
Where Death Is Made. The Russians are justly secretive about their aircraft plants. Since the war began, probably no more than a dozen non-Russians, including WPB's Donald Nelson (see p. 20) have been allowed inside. But Soviet newspapers received in the U.S. last week cautiously described a Stormovik factory...