Word: cutback
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...cutback is absolutely necessary if the U.S. is to produce anything like the $87 billions worth of military goods which is the 1943 military goal. But the cutback will also be rendered difficult given the huge civilian demand. Joseph L. Weiner in the Office of Civilian Supply may labor prodigiously to get a balance of civilian output through drastic allocation of raw materials and through a "concentration" of civilian industries into the hands of a few firms. But how men and women are to be jarred out of the service industries with civilians able to pay good cash for services...
...predecessors brought about, the first great merit of CMP is that every part of a tank or gun or airplane will be assured of the same preferred position in the disbursement of scarce materials. Moreover, if changes in military strategy dictate a change in any armament program, a cutback or an increase can be applied with one fell swoop to an entire program...