We must raise our sights all along the production line. Let no man say it cannot be done. I have just sent a . . . This includes 45,000 combat planes-bombers, dive bombers, pursuit planes. Speed will count.
Lost ground can always be regained-lost time, never.
We know from the Victory Program that such numbers were not contemplated, but in 1944 the United States did produce nearly 100,000 aircraft, dwarfing all allies and adversaries. He could accept or reject its advice. Nothing in Nelson's charter indicates he was to be involved in grand strategy formulation. Nelson did not want to know anything about war plans. He limited himself to filling the materiel requests of those responsible for formulating grand strategy.