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Materials-the job of finding enough of them-remains under Batt, who also heads a new Requirements Committee. This committee will survey existing supplies of raw materials, allocate them among Army, Navy, Lend-Lease and civilians...
From the White House this week came an order setting up three new boards, jointly with Great Britain, which in effect will pool: 1) the raw materials, 2) munitions, 3) shipping facilities of Britain and the U.S. At the same moment, the same news was issued in London...
Each board will have one head named by the President to represent the U.S., one named by Mr. Churchill representing Britain. The Combined Raw Materials Board and the Munitions Assignment Board will actually deal with their stocks as part of "a common pool." Under the Combined Shipping Adjustment Board, said the President, "owing to the military and physical facts of the situation around the British Isles," Britain and the U.S. will each direct ship movements in its own waters. But, in principle, "the shipping resources of the two countries will be deemed to be pooled...
...average gain for all commodities, raw and processed, in War I, in the same period...
...workers who need extra energy should be served "Oslo meals" in mid-morning and afternoon. Originally given to Norwegian school children, Oslo meals (now used in British factories) consist of wholemeal bread, cheese, half an orange, half an apple, a raw carrot, a little less than a pint of milk...