Dogged Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War, blew the bugle for battle with this charge: the superduper, overriding priority won by "Bull Bill" Jeffers four months ago to bull through his rubber program had raised unholy hob with the 100-octane gasoline pro gram. Training planes have been grounded in this country, said Mr. Patterson, thus delaying the day when swarms of bombers will finally smash the Axis.
Quickly Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes, who had been honing up his snickersnee, slashed away, too : the rubber program was "a sock in...
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