Evening star., 1944-02-19
Text Of Bmuch Letter to Bynes and Index of Conversion Plan

make effective use Of industry ad-
visory committees.
10. The disposal agencies to lease
as well as sell, to exchange prop
critics, to sell on credit-but leas-
ing must not become hidden de-
vice for Government ownership or
subsidies.
II. The Army and the Navy to
examine their inventories Of the
most critical civilian items to see
what can be safely released during
the war for the civilian economy
without hurting the war.
IL. Surplus administrator to
study how to centralize the ham
ding of real property, also to ex-
plore the possibilities OF beginning
to liquidate Government holdings.
Close Cooperation Urged.
13. The closest cooperation be-
tween the War Production Board
and the surplus administrator so
that controls do not necessarily
hinder disposition by unduly lin
iting potential buyers, particularly
in assuring prompt disposal Of small
quantities of surplus materials.
IA. The surplus administrator and
the disposal agencies to have avail
able to them in carrying out their
policies the entire field force OF
all of the various agencies, includ-
ing the services.
Is. Surpluses to be offered In lots
OF such size as to permit businesses
of all sizes to participate.
l6. The Attorney General is
placed on the policy board because
OF the Importance of preventing
monopoly in disposal.
II. The Bureau of the Budget
is on the board to develop policy
for permanent good housekeeping
OF Government properties.
lS. The membership of the sur
plus property board to be made up
of men who will carry out the de-
cisions that are made.
10. The broad functions OF the
surplus property board are sum.
married on page of the chapter
on surplus in the addenda.
D. A General Tightening OF the
Entire Government War Machine
for Both Mobilization and Demobi.
lization-the Two Going Hand ir
Hand.
l. A running review Of the func.
tions of all war agencies by the
Bureau Of the Budget, reporting
regularly to the director of wal
mobilization with recommendation.
for cutting down the agencies a.
their work dwindles.
2. Intensification of the fine
work already being done in sweat
ing out unnecessary requirements
In the services programs.
3. An early, equally effective re-
view OF the programs for raw-ma
terial production, stockpiling, i'm.
ports, subsidies and premiums to
marginal producers so as not to
continue any of these program!
beyond being needed.
4. Early review of all wartime
material controls and limitation
measures to determine under what
conditions these orders can OF
should be modified.
S. Strengthening of the Industry
Advisory Committees in the War
Production Board.
6. frightened handling and ad.
vance planning of new contract,
and contract cancellation.
WPB-OPA Liaison Asked.
I. Closer working together of tn,
WPB and the OPA to avoid pric
Ing delays in the resumption O
civilian production.
| 8. The armed services to furnisl
all civilian agencies full informa
ton In adequate time for thes
agencies to do their planning.
8. The civilian agencies to or
ganize themselves to use this in
formation effectively.
10. A running conspectus by tn
ONCE Of War Mobilization of tn,
tasks assigned each agency.
II. No new mobilization agenc,
needed at this time.
E. Advance Planning for * Dav.
l. To be prepared in event Of ,
sudden collapse of Germany. tn,
armed services and the We P"o
duction Poard to co-operete in tn,
immediate p~e,arot;on of an y
day" reconver9icn plan based OF
the assumed dctaa' of German,
on a hypothetical * day"
2. This plan to seek to estimat
cancellations in advance. to max
tentative selections of the industrie
and plants to be freed to be use,
to get a head start on all demobili
cation problems.
3. Advance listing of the priori
ties to be given different civilian
needs in any opening up of civilian
supply.
4. The highest priority to go t,
those things which contribute di
rectly or indirectly to improve,
military efficiency, such as vital re
pairs, transportation.
S. AS far as possible, all competi
tors to be treated alike in the re
sumption of civilian production, bu
not so as to interfere with war re
quirements or to hold back produc
ton of needed items.
Insist on No Letup in War.
| 6. While this advance planning
is being done. no letup on the wal
F. Prompt Extension Of Needle
War Powers.
l. The price-control law
2. Priorities and allocations powe
ON which functioning of War Pro
duction Board rests.
3. Requisitioning power Of Presi
dent.
4. Attorney General to stud
other war powers of agencies to de
termine when they will expire
which can be allowed to elapse AM
which should be extended.
| G.. frightened Handling of Can
cellations.
l. Prompt cancellation of wa
contracts as soon as it is seen good
are no longer needed.
| 2. Procurement agencies to in
form the War Production Board O
possible cancellations or cutbacks a
soon as they begin to think of them
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