Evening star., 1942-01-04
Beuverbrook
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money. It was Lord Beaverbrook
who convinced the administration
that a $4,000, 100000 program was
essential. His experience and his
Imagination supplied him with the
arguments that guided our own
head officials toward the great
spending decision.
Wide RamificatiOns Seen.
The fact that We are only now
getting into the war made 1t diff
cult for our production experts to
visualize a program Of such incom-
parable scope.
Some phases Of the Beaverbrook
consultations are expected to have
world wide and perhaps postwar
ramifications. The establishment OF
a supreme inter-Allied supply coun-
Gil, in charge of the flow OF raw
materials and the disposition Of the
finished goods of war, is looked for
as one of the chief offsprings Of the
work Lord Beaverbrook has done
since he arrived here two weeks
ago tomorrow with Prime Minister
Churchill.
The great scheme in formulation
provides for the absolute economic
cooperation Of all the countries
fighting beside the United States
and Great Britain-a prelude, per-
haps to the universal economic CO.
operation which President Roose-
| welt emissions for the postwar world
as one of the chief props OF lasting
peace. An inventory has been taken
Of the raw-materials producers, and
plans for getting the goods to the
factories and the utmost use OF the
factories are being perfected.
While Lord Beaverbrook has taken
small direct part in the conversa-
tions at the White House between
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill on inter-Allied
unified war strategy. his operations
have been based on the White House
military decisions. His task has
been to blueprint the plan for max
ing the goods which will render pos
sible the successful carrying out OF
the military plan.
Dinner for Production Chiefs.
One of Lord Beaverbrook's flrst
steps here was to invite the Ameri-
can civilian production chiefs
Donald Nelson, william Bait. Leon
Henderson and Sidney Hillman-to
a private dinner at the Mayflower to
get a full picture of those mems ex-
perience with the American defense
production and then set forth his
ideas about the future course the
production side of the war should
take in the United States.
Since that dinner the Once OF
Price ALLEGATIONS has announced the
ban on sales of tires and of new
automobiles.
Complementing the Americans
side of the story, Lord Beaverbrook s
resident agents here have been IN
constant conference with their chief
They are Morris Wilson, former
Deputy Minister Of Supply. now
chairman of the British Purchasing
Commission; E. B. Taylor, president
and deputy chairman OF the COM
mission; Sir Arthur Salter. head OF
the shipping mission; r. H. Brand
head of the food mission. and Jean
Money, member at large OF the pur-
chasing commission.
AS the men charged with the
business of obtaining as much as
possible of England'S needs from the
United States, these officials were
able to give Lord Beaverbrook q
striking picture of American poten-
tialities and American production
shortcomings to date. Sir Arthur
was able to report also on the pros
poets of getting enough shipping
space to make possible effective in
terchange of raw materials among
the interallied nations for war
manufacturing purposes.
May Abandon Lease.Lend.
Lord Beaverbrook has conferred
also with Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau on some OF the flnan.
cial aspects of the projected super
arsenal's operations. There is
widespread view here that lease.
lend will go out the window anc
that the new conception of war ma
terials division will be based on thu
idea that the United States is th'
chief industrial front for the Allie!
and that all will benefit from thai
front in accordance with whatever
needs the military commanders de-
eide exist for each.
Whatever assistance Lord Beaver
brook can give to the United State