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100-octane gas 100-octane gasoline program Admiral ROBINSON ahead ARENDS armed forces Army and Navy Baruch report building Buna Bureau butadiene carry Chairman civilian claimant agencies commissioned committee completion date concerned conflict COSTELLO Crane Co critical materials crude rubber December decision DEWEY domestic economy ELSTON equipment escort vessels EWING THOMASON expediters FOGARTY FORRESTAL freezing directive going gram HARRIS high-octane industry inspectors interfere interfered issued January 26 JEFFERS Judge Patterson Justice Byrnes letter loafers MAAS manufacturing matter mean ment MERRITT military months MOTT Naval Affairs Navy Department necessary Nelson octane officers operate over-all Preference Rating Order priority problem Production Board question reference requirements Rubber Director rubber plants SASSCER schedule Secretary situation Special Direction statement stock pile Supplier supply synthetic rubber program tell testimony things THOMASON tion tires trucks understand Urgency Number valves War Department War Production Board
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Página 10 - That is a question that is very much akin of whether if we had some ham we could have some ham and eggs if we had some eggs.
Página 76 - Direction or a copy thereof, maytransmit a copy to any Supplier who is to deliver to him any lot of material or piece of equipment for physical incorporation into the project. Each Supplier upon whom a copy of this instrument is served shall transmit a copy to each Supplier who is to deliver to him any such lot of material or piece of equipment. Each copy so transmitted shall bear a certification in substantially the following form, signed manually or as provided in Priorities Regulation No. 7 (Sec....
Página 56 - I do not know whether they are or not. I do not take the position that these people are not entitled to a raise. I am simply trying to find out if they do get the raise, which they are going to get, whether or not it is going to be reflected in the price of the meat.
Página 35 - It is fair to say of 100octane gasoline, first, that the program is 100-percent military; second, that there are no substitutes or other resources that can take the "place of 100-octane gasoline for the operation of planes in combat. Either we have it or we are prevented from putting forth our maximum strength in air combat.
Página 1 - ... we can carry all of these programs along. As I have been looking at this picture, one of the things that appeals to me most in our failure to get what I could call even adequate production, is that we have too many so-called expediters in these big plants, Army and Navy men, commissioned officers. I know something about production ; I know something about operating plants. If we can keep the Army and the Navy and these loafers out of these plants, let these men who are in charge of these plants...
Página 82 - ... if there are any questions the committee would like to ask, I will be very glad to answer them. The CHAIRMAN. If it is agreeable to the committee, I shall be very glad to have you read them. Mr. FRAME.
Página 4 - ... scheduled delivery. The article concludes as follows: Qualified applicants will be commissioned officers in the United States Naval Reserve. Application may be made at the Office of Naval Officer Procurement, 150 Causeway, Boston. I want specifically to direct your attention to the wording of this article: "Their principal duty will be to expedite production in plants manufacturing products under Navy contracts" and, also, that "about 100 additional men are needed to analyze production methods,
Página 3 - ... the worst dangers that the war may bring. Program Unduly Delayed While the Committee has not sought to recount the mistakes of the past, it is concerned with the question of whether the present administrative organization is such as to insure the effective carrying through of the program. It is not. The Committee finds a number of different Government agencies with overlapping and confusing authority over the synthetic rubber program. The conflict between the Rubber Reserve Company, a subsidiary...
Página 39 - ... commissioned officers. One day it is the Navy. They come into a plant and they order people about. The next day it is the Army. And, seemingly, it is a battle as between how many stars or how many bars is the most important. I know something about production ; I know something about operating 'plants. If we can keep the Army and Navy and these loafers out of these plants, let those men who are in charge of these plants run them, have somebody tell them what is first and mean what he says, we...