WAR PRODUCTION IN UNITED STATES
ORDERS TO INDUSTRIAL PLANTS , WASHINGTON, December 1. Addressing a joint conference of 280 army, navy and marine officials, the Assistant Secretary of War, Mr B. Johnson, revealed that 10,000 industrial plants in the United States had received “definite war schedules for production” in preparation for an emergency, says the British United Press. Mr Johnson announced that the War Department was recommending special appropriations to Congress to aid 250 factories capable of producing 55 of the most valuable military products which he would not name. He emphasized the need for the quickest coordination of industrial, military and naval activities. “I do not want a lapse of 14 months between the declaration and the day on which our first division is capable of- taking up the full offensive and is placed in the firing line,” he said. “I do not want the experiences of 191718 to be repeated.”
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Southland Times, Issue 23682, 3 December 1938, Page 7
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