Senate Report Critiques War Production Board Roles
The report reviews public and closed hearings into Guthrie's accusations and surveys industries from refrigerators to textiles. It contrasts with a House subcommittee's earlier view, criticizes Philip Reed of WPB for slow maximum conversion, and cites Truman on big business influence, urging broader labor and independent engineer input in WPB.
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Philip D. Reed
WPB
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General Electric Company
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OPM
War Production Board
Hatch
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Wallgren
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Iowa
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R-Mini
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Burton
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Japan presses china coast and Burma air buildup
The article notes Japan widening the campaign to seal off southern China and threaten Chungking while massing up to 500 planes in Burma and 300 in China. It mentions possible attacks on India or far southwest China, Manchukuo reinforcements, and Kwantung divisions restored to about 600,000 troops.
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Chiang
Chungking
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Russian
Siberia
Burma
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Southeast Asia
Manchukuo
Kwantung Army
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Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Washington
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Pacific
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Midway
Pacific Ocean
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Australia
M Naval
America
British Split In On the Kharkov Front Report
Soviet dispatch said new attacks in field marshal Fedor Von Bock's week old offensive were bloodily repulsed. RAF bombers pounded the German U-boat nest at St Nazaire on the air war front.
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Kharkov Front
Fedor von Bock
St. Nazaire
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