> What civilian production there is will be more & more concentrated in small plants. This policy was implicit in a WPB order to the stove and range industry: after July 31, all normal production must come from the 250-odd plants of companies with annual sales of $2,000,000 or less; 92 larger plants must go to war.
> WPB and the Army & Navy Munitions Board announced that there is not enough steel even for essential uses, which now amount to 117% of the maximum steel capacity of the U.S. (which has 50% of...
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