A quiet announcement from the National Military Establishment Munitions Board last week gave U.S. industry a minor shock. Said Board Chairman*Thomas J. Hargrave, president of Eastman Kodak Co.: the first steps toward industrial mobilization of U.S. plants for war have been taken. The new program bore the jawbreaking name of "Allocation of Private Industrial Capacity for Procurement Planning of the Armed Services"or APICPPAS, for short.
The plan, purely voluntary so far, was part of the long-range planning for the defense of the U.S. But no businessman missed the significance in the timing...
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