Production of War Materials

Archive Report

Note

The right to reproduce material contained in Editorial Research Reports is strictly reserved to the newspaper clients of the service. Verbatim use of such material by others will be permitted only upon written authorization of the editor.

Richard M. Boeckel, Editor

Progress of Defense Production to Date

One year after appointment of the National Defense Advisory Commission, mass production of war materials in the United States is just beginning to get under way on a scale which promises eventually to surpass the military production of the European belligerents. The office for Emergency Management reported on May 25 that authorized and proposed expenditures for defense had reached $39,177,800,000 in mid-March, in addition to which Great Britain had placed orders in this country amounting to $3,511,000,000. Plans are now ...

locked icon

Sign in to access this content

Get a 30 day FREE TRIAL

  • Watch videos from a variety of sources bringing classroom topics to life
  • Read modern, diverse business cases
  • Explore hundreds of books and reference titles