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...Senator, ex-Economic Stabilizer, it was the end of a tough, heart-breaking job. At 66, he had been at his desk seven days a week, had flown to Europe on a mission for Franklin Roosevelt last fall, had made another trip to the Yalta Conference. Now, with V-E day in sight, he felt his part of the job was done. He wanted a rest...
...reconversion plan for U.S. industry after V-E day was formally unwrapped last week. Home Front Czar Jimmy Byrnes had given businessmen a good peek at it when he turned over his job to Fred Vinson fortnight ago, but he left it up to WPBoss Julius A. Krug to take off all the wraps. In so doing, WPBoss Krug optimistically predicted that a year after Germany quits, the U.S. will be turning out as many refrigerators, stoves and possibly autos - and all other consumers' goods...
...cutback of 12% in war production in the first quarter after V-E...
...tons of carbon steel, which the first V-E cutbacks will release, will be almost all chewed up filling these needs...
...months after V-E day, WPB hopes that there will be enough materials and manpower available so that the gen eral run of industries can reconvert as they please, let supply and demand govern output...