The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-11

Che hands of troops In the
 United States"
 RELEASE or LABOR
 Summarizing the whole picture, the WIPE statistical division con. cluded:
 Available supplies insure the
 War Production Boards abil- lty to flow adequate equipment
 and ammunition in adequate
 volume Co our troops overseas
 and to sustain the large scale operations planned. Increased
 production Q; certain types of
 ammunition Is nevertheless es- sential in order Co insure ada auate supplies Of specific items"
 The report went on to cite the increasing production of steel and copper and to point to surpluses on hand. It also contained this significant statement:
 "The decisive factor in the decline in laboR requirements in the munitions industries has
 been the continued rapid tB. crease in uotput per worker This trend wIll continue aecei- erating the release ef labor as munitions productions declines"
 This statement was made just at a time when War Mobilizer Byrnes was lowing to the Army and taking the unsual step Of superseding Donald Nelson by an- nouncing that because Of man. power shortages, no civilian con. version could be started withotu the o.gay of manpoweT chiet Paul MNcutt.
 The WIPE report also took issue with ByTnes regarding manpow' CT shortages by stating:
 "The turning point Of direct
 waE requirements for mnapeweE
 has been passed, win She
 armed forces nov at peak strength. the further large re-
 leases from tile munitions ID, dustFles which are iu prospect will be available for civilian pre- gueuen,'
 CONFLICT OVER
 REC0NVERSI0N
 The men who prepared this report have been doing the same Job for Q long time. No previous fault had been found with their york. But the report happened to be at er0ss.puTposes wlth the views Of some Of the most lms n0Ttant people ln Washington- General s0nleryell, War MoblllzeF ByTnes and General ElectFles Charley Wilson,
 They have opposed peaeellme conversion now, haye bettleo against WIPE boss Donald Nelson on this point, Nelson, on other hand, maintains that t takes just about as long to tool up factories for peace time work as T dla t0 tool ID f0F war, Ee points 0ul that, when Henry Ford converted from the Model T Ford 10 Model q, lt required months, Therefore, unless Industry is given some NffAtfNN V" BY tN"*F ". f.".=NFssFf~ work now, Nelson maintains, we gill have several million pnems Rl0yea lp Q few months time,
 Sc when thAiF report was EnVstaElNuslV Vankea haek end destroyed, lls ehlef authaFs, BEVing kaplsH and " LeEls Rassle. Taagened,
 eenaf0r Kilg0Te 0f West Viz glnla, believing that Y will be highly deH0Fallalng t0 the enemy t0 know the tremendous arms suypluses accumulated here, lDs tends to ask for e th0F0neh keng ate alrlng Of the entire question,
 M0TRwRest illustration Of the conflict between hlg business and little business over peaeetlme conversion Is the manufacture af electric Irons, The hlg companies didn't want the WIPE 70 permit electric Iron manufacture, because little companies would get Q head start ln the peaeetinle market, Little companies, however, WeFe Idle, Finally, WIFE permitted the small companies te make lF0ns, but stamped the tTademaFk ei hlg e0mpanles on them 70 tha latter W0uldn't lese thslF pesee' time markets,
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 Mles Vlvlan lTaKsAle.Nell Kals lems Is s0 burned up because Representative John Coffee ef Washlnet0n nlada Q speech 70. gaFdlng her friendship with a blaekll6led Mam aeent ln AFaen' tina that she ls planning to stump Washington Stale 70 oppose Col' fee'E reelection, nhe has already visited Tacoma and nFainlgee 70 return lo stump his district, When abD returns, fhe will faoa iens