Transcript: [electronic resource]Priorities Division conference with trade magazines and newspapers, August 26, 1941, United States Chamber of Commerce Building / Division of Information, Office for Emergency Management.

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Title	Transcript: [electronic resource]Priorities Division conference with trade magazines and newspapers, August 26, 1941, United States Chamber of Commerce Building / Division of Information, Office for Emergency Management.
Alternative Title	Transcript of Priorities Division conference with trade magazines and newspapers, August 26, 1941.
Item Number	p0175
Creator (Corporate)	United States. Office of Production Management. United States. Office for Emergency Management. Division of Information.
Government Publisher	U.S. Government Printing Office
Original Date	1941
Physical Description	45 p. : 24 cm.
Notes	Speakers. Morning: Mr. L. J. Martin; Mr. John H. Martin; Dr. R. E. McConnell; Mr. E. R. Stettinius; Mr. Thomas B. McCabe; Mr. Robert W. Horton; Mr. A. L. Williams; Mr. Stephen E. Fitzgerald. Afternoon: Mr. R. B. Puckett; Mr. Maurice Heckscher; Mr. Stanley B. Adams; Mr. John Orchard; Mr. Robert L. Mehornay. Conducted by Mason Manghum, Head of the Industrial Contact Unit, Compliance and Field Section, Division of Priorities, Office of Production Management.--T.p.
Summary	Nobody knows the extent of necessary Government controls or the extent to which such controls will dislocate normal life. The plain fact is we are moving into a war economy, and it is not the most comfortable economy. But we all choose to do it because we are convinced we cannot live on this same earth with Hitler. Not many of us, however, knew the effect on our way of living that such a decision would undoubtedly have. Some of us close to the problems are beginning to get a glimpse of the dislocations, the discomforts, and the shocks that are coming as the result of increased shortage of materials. We are realists, and we will make the best of the situation. We will make that which we have go as far as possible. That is conservation. We will practice conservation. We will find ways of substituting more plentiful materials for those in which shortage exist. We will economize on our wants and simply our production. We will salvage materials which we formerly wasted. To do this we must inform the public regarding the problems and keep them advised as the way change. The people must be told how to solve the problem - how and what to conserve or to save. This essential publicity will not only help defense but will greatly lessen the shock and impact necessary Government decrees would otherwise inflict upon an uninformed public. It is essential to state the problem and to give some hint of the way that problem may be solved.--p.10-11.
Corporate Names	United States.--Office of Production Management. United States.--Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply.
Topical Terms	World War, 1939-1945--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Mass media and the war. World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies--Government policy--United States. Defense industries--United States. Industrial priorities--United States. Production management--United States. Price regulation--United States. Rationing--United States. Scarcity.
Gov Doc Classification	PR 32.402:P 93
Type	Text
Digital Format	.pdf
Digital Publication Date	Available in digital format: 2001-2002
Digitization Process	Scanned as 300 dpi .jpg; converted to Adobe .pdf
SMU File Name	p0175.pdf
Digital Collection	Historic Government Publications from World War II
Library	Government Information Resources
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	These files may be freely used. A high-quality version of these files may be obtained for a fee by contacting ncds@smu.edu.

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