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JobWith Job JobWith With World War II fin shed and andwith andwith I IWIth ' WIth the nation s great armament armamentproduct armamentproduct product on due to be slashed Inter Interest interest interest ' est mounted in m the government s sprogram sprogram program for sw ten tch ng mdustry industry mdustryback industryhack industryback back hack to a peacetime basis and pro provld provid provid vld vid employmentShortly employmeftShortly employmelitShortly ng cont nued high employment employmeft employmelit { Shortly before the cessation of ofhost ofhost ofhost host ] 1 ] ties lies Pres Pros dent Truman calledin called calledIn calledin In War Product on Board Chieftam Chieftain Chieftamh.rug ChieftainKrug ChieftainKrug h.rug hrug Krug . to go over plans for speedingup speedmgup speedmg speeding up reconversion to prevent a large largesCole largescale largescale sCole scale rupture of the country s econo economy economy economy my after V J dayAt dayAt day dayAt At the meeting meetmg it was deter determ determ determ m ned that the WPBas WPB was \\as as \ to con conduct conduct conduct duct a v gorous drive dnve for tl tJ ti e a expan expansion expanslon expansion sion slon of product on of materials matenals m in mshort inshort inshort short supply to meet all demands demands1 1 m t manufacture of articles arhcles re requ requ requ qu ring rmg scarce materials matenals estabbsh establish estabbsheffect establisheffect establisheffect effect ve ye control over material stock stockpiles stockpiles stockpiles piles to prevent specula speculative live hoard hoardmg hoarding hoarding mg ing that would endanger the stab I 1 Izat 1zat 1zai zat on program prov de pnorlty priority pnorltyass priorityass priorityass ass stance to break bottlenecks botllenecks that thatmight thatmight thatmight might impede the sw tch lch back to toCIV tociv tociv CIV 1 I an goods and allocate scarce scarcematerlas scarcematerials scarcematerials materlas materials ] tor for lo 10 to ' ve 'Ie Ie ye priced arllces articles articlesto arllcesto ] to keep costs down |