PRODUCTION: Tractor Parade

Said a two-star general in MacArthur's theater: "In this war there are two items of army equipment which should be memorialized in marble—the tractor and the jeep." Said the Army Engineers' Chief, Major General Eugene Reybold: "Victory seems to favor the side with the greater ability to move dirt."

Tractor War. These flat statements from two working generals, who have seen the tractor fight the war all over the world, underlined one of the most pressing of Army production problems last week. When another Army big shot recently cabled "I've got to have...

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