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If industry did not do it, then it might find the state trying to do it. Because it had been ready to pick up the reconversion ball, industry had shaken off the bulk of the wartime controls far faster than optimists had expected. Now it could shake off the rest by doing the job, or have more controls slapped on because it had failed. There was no reason why it should fail.
In technique, in its wealth of new plants and in prestige, industry was never better equipped. It had performed superlatively in doing the first part of the job, reconverting back to 1939. Now it must convert to 1946.