War Production in 1944

CLAIM CONNECTIONS / 8

Where this source is used

• The Controlled Materials Plan assigned the War Production Board's Requirements Committee the initial division of controlled-material supply among designated claimant agencies.

  • supports · The Controlled Materials Plan in 1944, pp. 73–74

• Quarterly reconciliation and schedule revision made some supply-demand conflicts corrigible, but the available evidence does not establish whose needs were discounted or whether affected workers and civilians could contest priorities.

  • supports · The Controlled Materials Plan in 1944, pp. 79–85

• WPB set the material envelope, claimant agencies authorized schedules and subdivided allotments, and producers distributed authorized quantities down their supply chains.

  • supports · The Controlled Materials Plan in 1944, pp. 73–75

• Claimant agencies submitted program requirements while the Requirements Committee estimated available controlled-material supply for the next quarterly allocation.

  • supports · The Controlled Materials Plan in 1944, pp. 73–75

• The War Production Board's retrospective reported that CMP operated smoothly in 1944 while requirements, supply, and program cutbacks continued to change.

  • supports · The Controlled Materials Plan in 1944, pp. 73, 79–85

• The plan used quarterly estimates and allotments, with continuing schedule adjustment as military requirements and available supply changed.

  • supports · The Controlled Materials Plan in 1944, pp. 78–85

• The plan initially controlled steel, copper, and aluminum for military and essential civilian production rather than every good or economic decision.

  • supports · The Controlled Materials Plan in 1944, pp. 73–74

• Approved production schedules generated material allotments that claimant agencies passed to prime contractors and through subcontracting supply chains.

  • supports · The Controlled Materials Plan in 1944, pp. 74–75