The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-08-21
Production

The official report by the Office of War information
production in the month of June states that the produ
ton military planes tanks naval vessels and most types OF
artillery fell below the established schedule The report
bames faulty control of materials which caused the shutdown
of some plants.
The report also calls attention to the production OF small
for the ansubmarne campaign which less than
half of the schedule for June and that we shall be well along
the year 943 before again have much merchant ship
ping had December Z l941
These encouraging reports but the infor
nation office be congratulated its policy of bringing
cold unpleasant people, That carrying out the
precept of democracy couneracts the eusve propagan
a of those who would people Of the country that
industry everything that to produce the mate
rails needed by country 1t information that segov-
people must have if they to do anything to correct
the situation.
In the weekly bulletin from the office of nfor
nation it is told that there have been p of violations of
production orders by steel warehouses and into
the operations of 800 major steel warehouses under way
special investigation of the back market in STEEL charged
by Frank Higgins be in existence also being made,
result of his testimony before house committee.
The chain of disclosures made in connection with
ducon from time to time indicates that there too much cod
ding of the industries which place profits above
thing The magnitude of the transformation OF
omy from to footing tremendous and should
the hands, not of schooed the making OF profits
their particular fields undoubtedly the with many
the dolar-ayear directing production
Surely there qualified in production problems
who direct connection with any particular industrial
organization with which their interests wrapped If
there none, then surely in hard straits.
The production planes which has been discussed
by the people since Henry Kaiser urged upon the war pro-
ducon board could have been undertaken ago
the bulletin from the office of war information we could
do the following
eve could operate it (the fleet of panes) all the
around between Norfolk Virginia and Great Britain and
addition carrying enough gasoline for its complete round
trip that fleet would also carry this Bombs ammun
ions spare parts gasoline and food for $4,000 pilots
mechanics all sufficient maintain air invasion fleet
Berlin Of 1000 planes every day in the
g" The country has been deeply stirred by this plan
cago plane producon) because somewhere in the back of
always had the feeling that America would win
this in the air.
Elsewhere in this issue of The Voice. publish sugges
Second Front by Upton Sinclair reprinted
George Sedes IN FACT This is based air superior
and continuous of it, To the American mind
sustained and continuous air attacks appear to be the prac
of achieving victory Whenever discussion of the
raid Japan takes place. there is always
expressed why has been repeated There may
be sound srategica why it has not BEEN But is
hard for the people generally to arrive at conviction that
been practical to do it time and time again.