The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-26
. BEHIND THE SCENES
m WASHINGTON

WIN W UsC SOvtIOCt OIStIIOO.
ton service which wos oroon-
lied to old small business but
didn't do the job because it
didn't have the authority to
old small business.
FIELD MEN FIRST
Look for q vost expansion
OF the new WPB field service.
The ideo is not to Try to settle
everything in Washington, but
to let problems be settled in
the field by WPB men on the
job and with first-hond knowI-
edge of their problems.
Keep an eye on the work Of
}. S. knowIson, head of the
new Dl0-Division Of indus
Try Operotions-which is to
become increasingly important
in getting as much production
as quickly as possible. KnowI-
son is O Cornell engineer whose
first experience was with Gen.
erol Electric. He comes to
Washington from Chicago,
where he was president and
board chairman Of Stewart
Warner
Nelson foresees no greet Is
sue on the problem Of giving
labor q voice in management.
Eoch of his SO or so Industry
committees will be split into
separate advisory committees
from labor and management.
The two can meet separately or
be coIled together. II assume
that both industry and labor
ore just os much interested as
! am in getting production"
soys Nelson. This bespeoks
on ottitude Of trust and con-
,fidence, not suspicion of ev-
eryone's motives. N e Is On
wants oil the ideos he con get
from these committees, but
won't question whether the
ideos come from labor or
management.
WATCH kAT
William L. Bott, former
heed of the ski industries,
hos two jobs under the new
WPB organization, but don't
make too much Of that. As
chairman Of the requirements
committee, Bott will meet with
representatives, Of Economic
Warfare Boord, leose-Lend,
Civilian Supply. Maritime Conn.,
mission, Army and Navy. From
these will be obtoined the
overall requirements. AS head
Of the moteriols division,
Bolts Job ilI--be- to see thot
those materials ore obtoined.
Major ALLEGATIONS Of mo-
terioIs will be made for econ
onic warfare, Ieose-Iend, ci-
viIon use, shipbuiIdinq and the
armed services. Administer
tors Of each OF these divisions
will have the Job Of olIocotine
or rotionine its shore Of every
moterioI within its own field.
Take rubber as on example.
Economic Warfare Board will
decide how much Of its share
goes into tires for civilian use
in South America; Civilian
Supply will decide how much
Of its share goes for buses or
privote owners, Leose-Lend
will decide how much Of its
share goes to tank treods for
Britoin or landing wheel tires
for the Dutch Eost Indies dir
force, and so on.
Priorities procedure will
probably have to be overhaul
ed again, the changes in meth
cd resulting from the change
in altitude toward the priori-
ties problem. The priorities
problem is different now from
what it was when Nelson be-
come priorities director lost
foil. And it will change again.
Nelson enviso9es no resort
to commissor methods. Never
theIess, his naming Of Ernest
konzIer. former head Of OPMs
outonotive branch, as head
of the automobile industry
committee charged with con-
vertine the quito plonts to wor
production gives konzler all
of Nelson's power and proc
ticoIIy makes him q czor Of the
industry. 1t will be Konzler's
Job to decide which plants
will be permitted to continue
making passenger car; tor CT
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