Get Sore, Get Results

Of all the civic beefing-fests and sub-contracting-klatches caused by the fact and fear of priorities unemployment, one in Toledo last week gave the most hope of results. Toledoans were sore. They had sent Washington an ultimatum: come to the meeting and do some explaining, or stay away and be blasted. Washington came. Even the Army was there, and even the Army made some commitments.

Toledo, with 500-odd industrial plants, had $60,000,000 in prime defense contracts (Willys-Overland, Electric Auto-Lite, Spicer Manufacturing) and $65,000,000 in subcontracts. In a city like Toledo, that is chicken...

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