AMERICA READY
“PUSH-BUTTON" MOBILISATION
SPEEDY CONVERSION TO WAR FOOTING WASHINGTON, August 26, A gigantic network of industrial plants is being mobilised by the Army and Navy Munitions Board, ready to convert the United States to a war footing within 24 hours.! Reliable, sources report that the board is speeding up plans for a tightly integrated system, giving the nation virtual pushbutton mobilisation in the event of war. The programme is the result of repeated warnings from military sources that if there were another war the United States would be hit Suddenly. Full war production under the plan will be achievable in daysinstead of months. Standby plants could begin to roll within a few hours.;
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Evening Star, Issue 25882, 28 August 1946, Page 9
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114AMERICA READY Evening Star, Issue 25882, 28 August 1946, Page 9
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