What's Wrong

Surveying the War Production Board mess, the Senate's watchful Truman Committee last week put a firm finger on what was wrong. What the Truman report now said came as no news to U.S. citizens. They had heard it again & again & again for nearly three years. Said the committee: the row, and the resulting blow to production, were a "result of basic weaknesses in the control of the war effort." And the big basic weakness is WPB ("The lines of authority are confusing even on paper . . . they breed disputes").

The committee recommended: "First, the strong over-all authority of WPB must be made a living reality. This authority must be ready to make decisions and to enforce them. . . . Second, without dilution of the power of the chairman, WPB should function as a board. . . ." Both recommendations were sound, just as sound as ever; but the mess was still bubbling.

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