Two Birds with One Stone?

The Senate, unable (or as yet unwilling) to rise up and oust Donald Nelson as WPBoss, this week passed a bill which would rip away a substantial half of his domain, and hand it over to an entirely new kind of czar--one created by legislation, not by Presidential fiat.

The Senate passed the Maloney bill, 44-to-29, setting up an independent Civilian Supply Administration. Donald Nelson had already set up a brand-new civilian supply division, headed by pint-sized Arthur D. Whiteside. On Czar Whiteside in the last fortnight Nelson had lavished new powers and prerogatives, in a desperate attempt to stave off the Senate bill. Result: Czar Whiteside now has the world's most ambiguous job. If the House shares the Senate's conviction that the home front will never get an adequate hearing within WPB, Mr. Whiteside's goose is cooked, and Mr. Nelson's is on the way to the oven.

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