The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-06

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 In the words of Leon Henderson, "rt remains to be seen whether GIMP is the last plan to solve the troublesome materials problem, or just the latest"
 In the words of Ferdinand Eber- Stadt, the new WIPE vice chairman on Program Determination, "If GIMP isn't the last plan, 1t must be somewhere near the last plan be- cause human patience is limited"
 Every businessman who has ever wrestled with Q priorities applica- ton form will second that,
 MEETING OF MANY MINDS
 Eherstadt, the ex investment banker, and Ernest H. Kanzler, the ex-auto executive who supervised the conversion of the motor indus try to war production and was pro- noted to the job of WIPE Director General of Operations, are the two men mainly responsible for bring ing GIMP into existence as some- thing to correct the mistakes of priorities and production require ments systems, Among the brain trusters who worked out the de- tails were J. A, Krug, deputy de rector of priorities control: Black we'll Smith, who has been priori. ties lawyer ever since the start of the defense effort, and I. N. F. Stokes, Dave Novick and Henry Nelson, bright young men in gov- ernment,
 Eberstadt and Kanzler began working on GIMP as soon as they took over their new jobs at WIPE headquarters in September, There had been several plans to revise priorities kicking around and WIPE Chairman Nelson had been at work trying to bring overall planning of war production into the picture ever since he took charge in January, At first, only Q small group worked on GIMP, then gradually other war agencies were called in and finally the men from industry itself. Even the British production men came over to lend lease their advice.
 As now presented, the Controlled Materials Plan may not be perfect, but 1t Is flexible and 1t can be re- shaped to remove whatever holes may appear in the period of transi- ton up to July 1, i94S, when oper- ation of the plan becomes manda- tory.
 NO NEW AGENCY
 Educating the manufacturers and materials dealers to the operations of GIMP is the big job of the War Production Board in the transition period ahead. Bible for this mis- Alonary work will be a 72-page manual which describes the opera ton of the plan In simple English. In the back pages Is complete as- sortment of the forms necessary to effect transactions in raw materials needed for the manufacture or articles of war. Also, the manual outlines a time schedule for putting GIMP in operation. It does not im- pose a sudden, drastic. confusing turnover It applies in tSe be- ginning only to iron, steel, copper and aluminium. ..
 Inauguration of GIMP will not call for the creation of another huge government agency in Washington, If anything, administration should be simpler than the operation Of priorities control. for 1t is based on decentralization. In Washington the main job apparently will be to determine the total amounts Of raw materials available, then divide those materials among the seven claimant agencies" which are re- sponsible for production and dis tribution of goods essential to vari- ous phases of the war program the Army, Navy, Maritime Commis- sion, the new Aircraft Scheduling Unit for all plane production, Lend- Lease, Board of Economic Warfare and Office of Civilian Supply. It is then the responsibility of each one of these claimant agencies to decide how It's share of the material shall be used.