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COi f! OEU I AL<br />
I UIII EI IH<br />
WAR PROG RESS<br />
PEG Staff: Mobilizing for X Day<br />
Main function is to dovetail cutbacks wlth<br />
increases in civilian production. Doto is<br />
bei nq assembled on plants, manpower, etc.<br />
to onsure prompt action when time comes.<br />
IT IS X DAY-Germe.ny has been defeated.<br />
As munitions p~og rM'6 are cut, mllllons<br />
of workers must be shifted from making<br />
war goods t o turning out nonmilitary<br />
items such as washing mach i nes, refrig<br />
~rat.ors , vacuum cleaners, lawn mo'ilers.<br />
That epitomizes t he job cut out for the<br />
month-old Product ion Execut ive Committee<br />
Staff.<br />
The staff consists of representatives<br />
of the Arfffl, Navy, lobr!Lime Corrmission,<br />
War Production Board, and War Manpower<br />
Commission. Although it is not yet entirely<br />
off the drawing board, the PEC<br />
Staff is being designed primarily as a<br />
governor to synchronize cutbacks in war<br />
production with increases i n civilian<br />
pr ograms. This is how iL is expected<br />
to work :<br />
Suppose, on X Ds.y, t he Arfff/ wants<br />
to reduce rifle and carbine output by<br />
~. The Arfff/ Service ll'orces inform<br />
the PEX: Staff ll!lllediately, supply it<br />
w i Lh a 11 s L of plants making r I flea and<br />
carbines, and, as far as possibl e, the<br />
list of subcontractors . Meanwhi l e, the<br />
PI!:C Staff - drawi ng on pl ans already peepaced-is<br />
making Hs own study of the<br />
proposed cutback, wlth an eye to reconversion<br />
possibilities. AS!
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