Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11
Conference Will Plan
For Mobilization in
Event Of Atomic War

The National Security Resources
Board will take its first step toward
mapping the Nations complete
mobilization in event of an atomic
war at a conference Wednesday
with IA prominent industrial leaders.
The Board, which reports only to
the President, Is charged with CO.
ordination of military, industrial
and civilian mobilization.
Board Chairman Arthur M. Hill,
in announcing the meeting, said
yesterday that the industrialists
have had broad experience in deal
ing with the basic problems of re-
sources mobilization in World War
II" and were particularly qualified
to assist us in determining the
scope and content of our general
program"
Invited to Meeting.
The following were invited to the
meeting:
Thomas P. Archer, vice president,
General Motors; Hiland G. Batch
eller, president, Allegheny Ludlum
Steel Corp; Ralph Budd, president,
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad; Ferdinand Eberstadt,
president Of F. Eberstadt and Co.,
Inc, and Chemical Fund, Inc;
John M. Hancock, industrial banker
and advisor on War Mobilization in
World War II; William H. Harrison,
vice president, American Telephone
and Telegraph Co.
Also H. Struve Hensel, member,
Carter, Ledyard and Milburn and
former Assistant Secretary OF the
Navy; Eugene Holman, president
Standard Oil Co. OF. New Jersey;
James S. Knowlson, president, Stew
art-Warner Corp; William E. Lewis,
chairman of the board, OWens-Illi-
nois Glass Co.; John Lord OBrian,
former general counsel, War Pro-
duction Board, Gen. Brehon B.
Somervell, president, Koppers Co.,
Inc, and chief Of Army Service
Forces during World War II; j.
Carleton Ward, president, Fairchilds
Engine and Airplane Corp; Arthur
D. Whiteside, president, Dun and
Bradstreet, Inc; and Charles E.
Wilson, president, General Electric
Co.
Thomas j. Hargrave, chairman OF
the Munitions Board and, an East
man Kodak Company executive, also
will participate in the meeting. The
Munitions Board is concerned with
actual planning of military mobili-
zation in wartime.
Four Specific Questions.
Mr.. Hill, pointing out that his
Board would have "a highly quail
fled permanent staff to coordinate
and provide continuity" to its work,
said in general, four specific ques-
tons would be considered at the
meeting:
/. What should be the scope and
content of the mobilization pro-
gram?
2. Upon what assumptions should
the Board base it's planning? What
phases of the overall program OF
the Board should be given priority?
8. To what extent and how can
individual firms and specific in
dustries prepare themselves for mob
ilization and how can such planning
be related to the Boards over all
planning?
4. How can the Board best utilize
the Governments departments and
agencies?
AS result of experiences in the
last war, Mr.. Hill said, certain
firms are currently making their
own plans for mobilizing their re-
sources to meet any future war
situation" With refernce to the
Government department question.
Mr.. Hill added that Gin two wars
the Government has faced much
difficulty in quickly orienting the
agencies for the performance Of
essential wartime functions"